How do you feel about "courtesy callbacks?"
Are "courtesy callbacks" a thing? Should they be a thing? I recently did a show with a semi-professional theatre company, and as far as I know, it went very well. I was good in the part, I got along with everyone, etc. I then auditioned for their next show - for a role that is very much my "type," and which I thought I had a good shot at, and...I didn't even get a callback for it - not even to be the understudy.
I understand not getting a role, but it feels insulting to me to not even get a callback for a role that I am clearly right for when I have already established what I thought was a good relationship with that director. I know I'm being too sensitive (rejection is just part of being an actor), but this brings up something I have been wondering about for years: actors, do you feel that - even if they are probably going to go another way - directors should generally try to call back as many people as is reasonable (especially people they have established relationships with) for a role as to make actors feel like they got a "fair shot" at it, and not completely rejected, or would you rather not have your time wasted? And directors, are "courtesy callbacks" something you do, or is this just a term/concept that I somehow completely made up and that doesn't actually exist?