In an audition, pitch, or interview, the idea is the same – do you tell them what you think they want to hear or do you show them where you are?
I recently completed a pitch where I took the second option. Since then, the organiser has ghosted me.
Where does that leave me?
Well, for me it was a win. Just as it’s a win if an actor gets a chance to show the producers of the show what they can do – it’s all we can control. Show up, treat the audition as the job at hand, and do your very best to put across your take on the matter. If you do that, you win, every time. Show up, do the work, and accept the result.
The alternative is to look for a win, in matters you can’t control, and that can be an exhausting place to be.
Selling out is the last rung on the ladder of human hope – failure not so much.