Evy Ortiz
My dream role was coming to Broadway. Needless to say, it was the worst time to develop a case of audition anxiety. My big audition with an iconic theater director was a failure and I was devastated. I couldn’t understand how in voice lessons and even in front of an audience I loved performing but in auditions I was shutting down. I started to seriously doubt if I could get past it and continue in show business. I dreaded having to sing in front of people and lost all confidence in my abilities. I realized I had made the whole audition process more about what “they” wanted and less about sharing what I had to offer and feeling confident in that. I decided to take a step back and do some major self work. And I returned to auditioning determined but much more relaxed and confident. My only goal was to leave the room feeling happy with myself. Success didn’t happen overnight, but eventually I was able to focus in the room and start marking those auditions as successes. I loved performing again. I eventually was cast in that dream role in the national Broadway tour. I look back at that time as a major growth period, where I grew as an actress but more importantly as a person and a woman.