Schroedinger’s Cast – During the time between your audition and hearing official word, you are neither in the show nor not in the show. You are therefore part of Schroedinger’s Cast.
Got to credit my friend Mikhail Blokh for bringing that one home to a punchline – we were discussing the concept after a couple of El Compadre flaming margaritas the other night.
In any event, although I have technically heard nothing, enough time has past since my last callback that it’s a safe bet I’m not going to be in this new show I was targeting. This is not entirely tragic – it would have been exhausting to roll right into rehearsals while performing Much Ado after having just done the same overlapping Much Ado with Richard III. Now I get a little break from stage performing to move some other projects forward. There are always, always, other projects.