My voice teacher is making me do Mister Snow from Carousel and she said that’s my character type and there’s been so few times in my life I’ve ever felt so insulted and misunderstood. She’s seen my rep book so she knows it’s full of feminist anthems and bitchy characters. Unless it’s Elle Woods or Anastasia I have no clue what to do with an ingenue character.
I might be able to pass as a soprano (I’m actually a contralto even though she apparently really wants me to be a soprano) but I’m not a classical ingenue and though I see the merit in expanding my range and getting out of my comfort zone, this song is functionally useless to me bc I can’t connect to it bc of the lack of substance, and the only classical show I’d ever do is Hello Dolly. I’m a contemporary actor, I would basically never choose to do a classical show bc they’re not my vibe and I’m not a believable ingenue.