Bad Workshop Scenes

We've all had it happen. You are super excited to meet a guest, because they're doing some hot new drama, that you think you're totally right for.
Then they hand you a scene from some 90's sitcom, playing the lead character, who went on to win five Emmys for the role, and it's not even that funny.
You spend the first couple of minutes venting at your crummy luck, then you spend another couple of minutes trying to figure out how to get the voice of that actor out of your head, then you spend another minute bemoaning your life and how they're ever going to see you when all they'll be doing is hearing how much you DON'T sound like that famous actor, then five minutes rehearsing the scene where you feel not funny at all, and then you sit in the back dreading your turn.

Happens right?

I don't have the answer. I don't think there is an easy solution. Except this: Throw It Away.

If you come to every workshop hoping for the perfect scene that is gong to match that breakdown you just saw come out yesterday, and they'll bring you in tomorrow you're coming for the wrong reasons. It's a place to stretch, to have fun, to work with your peers, to jump up on stage and be fearless, to be brave, and put the very best of you out there. The more in your head you get about the scene you've been given, the less that becomes possible, and the more likely you will be unmemorable.