Hi all,
I'm Elisabeth.
First off, I have been hanging out in the shadows of Stage 32 for about 4ish months now, and have missed out on each Introduce Yourself weekend in that time. A failure of a sort?
I'm an actor, writer and an American (from Chicago) living in London.
My fail: When I first moved here, I had a long string of auditions in which I had to do a British accent... and I was literally laughed out of at least 3 of them.
There was even one occasion where it was for a traditionally American musical, but I was told at the audition that they had decided THAT MORNING to set it in the UK instead.
Anyway, I do appreciate that it's all just feedback. And I have been working on my accents (Thanks, YouTube!) so that I'm hopefully better prepared for future.
But it's fueled my desire to write. I'm currently writing a sitcom about a household of immigrants in London, where any and all accents are welcome!
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Let’s see…where do I start…lol. Well, my big fail this week was NOT getting into the Writers Lab. 2nd year in a row! Go me! Haha
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I love the premise of your sitcom... would it be funnier if a Londoner was correcting an American on her American accent and not her British one? When you finish it... if you post it to Coverfly, I'd love to read it.
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Love this post, Elisabeth. So glad you decided to step out of the shadows and introduce yourself. Inspiring that you were able to take what you initially viewed as a negative and turn it into a positive. Hope the writing goes well!
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LauriJon Caravella I have actually had a dialect coach for a show here (she was English) correct my American accent before she found out I actually was American!
And I haven't heard of that service before, thanks for bringing it to my attention.