Actor in the making??...!!

So much for this thing of trying not to add more hectic-ness to my already overflowing plate!!

Last night Dylan auditioned for a role in the OSU theater production of Galileo and 2 hours after his audition (we were at a cub scouts pack meeting) I received a call from the director saying he wanted to cast Dylan. He said Dylan did a wonderful job on his prepared reading, reading from the script and switching roles suddenly when asked. As many of you may know Dylan has absolutely no acting experience, but has an amazing ability to be good at everything. (you know the only kid you remember from elementary school that you hated for being perfect??) From the time he was around 18 months old he has been interested in space and astronautics, around 2 1/2 he became interested in entomology, at 5 architecture, at 6 geology, and this past summer right after turning 8 started showing an interest in acting. He spent the whole summer making up and preforming plays for me.

Before we arrived for the audition Dylan was a bit nervous. He had a few times over the weekend he told me he didn't know if he wanted to do it or not. I just kept reminding him that it was good to try new things and he doesn't know he won't like it unless he tries it. So as we arrived there was an immediate panic attack as we realized Dylan hadn't brought the paper along for the reading he was supposed to do. So some of quickest make shift print action ever was done. We were the third audition sign up and Dylan was taken with two others to the stage to do their thing. After 30 min the 3 returned and Dylan's face was just beaming with excitement! He right away started talking all about how much fun he had and what he did. So when I told him he got a part his response was "YEESSS!"

I was told he got the role he read for at the audition. Andrea Sarti, Galileo's house-keepers son. Me, as a mother of an 8 year old first time actor is really really really (I could go on with the really's) hoping it's a small part as to not over do him on his first time having to learn lines and ques. I know he'll do amazing though no matter how big the part.

He starts rehearsals tomorrow evening and continues until the play opens mid November. It's going to make my already overbooked schedule even worse, but that's okay! It's worth it to see my kid get to open his world just a little further!

Please ignore the misspelling in the above picture, we'll find out what's up with that tomorrow! :P