Okay, folks. Favor time.

The BackStory: CBS has a fun “reality tv” show on their website right now. Kinda like The Apprentice, except it’s called InTurn, and it’s a bunch of young college aged actors, and their “competitions” are all acting based, and the winner gets a 13 week contract as a character on As The World Turns!

A friend of mine, Geneva, is one of the finalists. (From the outset of the thing, it’s been clear that she was going to go far in the competition.)

I directed Geneva, who just graduated from Otterbein College, when I went down to Otterbein and directed Leaving Iowa there this Spring. Geneva played Mom in the show, and was marvelous. Great onstage, and marvelous to work with. It’s been a ton of fun watching her get challenged (and sometimes not) on InTurn. She’s got the looks and talent to kick butt in the Soaps!

Well, this week, she and the other finalists are doing their “final auditions”, which means they’re all playing small parts on As The World Turns. They’re all “murder victims”, (there’s a big stalker/slasher storyline going on, apparently), and they’ve all got a day where we meet their characters, then they get whacked by the slasher. I’m not a soap opera watcher, but it’s been fun watching this week to see the finalists. Good old TiVo…I can skip to the parts I want to see! 🙂

America has to vote on which of the finalists they want to win. Then, that actor will be brought back (as another character) for a 13 week job on the series. It’s a HUGE opportunity for a young actor.

SO: 2 things…

1) Go Vote For GENEVA! You can vote here, I think, after As The World Turns airs this afternoon. It shows from 2 to 3, then the voting becomes available.

2) If you’re interested, that’s also the link for InTurn, it’s been a fun easy show to watch. They did episodes every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, but they were only about 10 minutes long. They’re all on the site, so you can watch them all if you like.

That’s it! Take a minute or two, if you can spare them, and cast a vote or two for Geneva! And if you vote, or check out the program, let me know what you thought!