i'm employed...the update

in response to people's inquiries about the job prospects that i was gushing about in a previous blog entry, here's how the different things worked out:

that call back was a big fat waste of my time. maybe i jinxed it by being so excited by it. my call back day and time was rescheduled twice (and as a result i missed most of a concert i really wanted to see). i had to learn 8 scenes for 5 characters in a matter of days (and in some cases less than a day). they had me scheduled for an hour to read various characters with various other actors, but once i got there and waited for half an hour to be seen, he had me read one character in one scene once and then said "thank you. you can go now." much to the confusion of his assistant who pointed out how long they had me scheduled for. but he said he didn't need to see any more of me.

i think they had already decided who they wanted to cast based on their first night of call backs. the mood at the call back was completely different from when i first auditioned for them. i would have appreciated them telling me that they didn't need me to come in...then i could have actually been productive with my day instead of taking the time to try to memorize scenes that i never even got a chance to do. big waste of time.

i'm still acting and designing 5 years later with poy...our first read through is on wednesday.

i will be the *paid* assistant to the designer to blitzkreig, the hassidic professional wrestling musical. we had a visit to the storage space yesterday to see what sort of costume pieces they had left over from previous incarnations of the show. the costumes aren't actually all burlesque...i was a little misinformed, but there are 4 show girl type characters, so we'll still be working on stuff for them. my fee is tba, but it's money, right? and resume credit. the show will be going up at element in march. i'll let everyone know more info as soon as i have it.

the job at the management company is good. a lot of it is running around doing general copying, faxing, delivering stuff, but i've already had to do research on theatrical unions, finding new prod. stage managers, and stuff like that. this could grow into good things. and they've asked me to come in for an additional half day, so that's good too. i saw blythe danner as i was leaving work on thrusday, too. she's in a show that's playing on the block i work on.

other than that, i'm just trying to stay motivated, find an additional source of income and not let the winter weather get me down.

i'm employed!...sort of

this was posted on my other blog on january 12...i'm trying to keep both of these up, so please accept my apology for this being a little late...

i should be learning the three scenes i got last night for my callback tonight, but i can't focus, because i just got really good news, and had to share. after being really down about the state of my life lately, but good things have started happening!!!!!

last week i had an audition for a theater company that owned the theater i did crackwalker in. they called me in because the artistic director had seen crackwalker and i guess really liked me. i walked in to the theater, nervous as all hell because i don't audition well, and they aplauded me. three of them came up to me and told me how much they loved me in crackwalker. talk about pressure! and as i left, they asked me to pick up sides for another character in the show as well...which pretty much signaled me that i had a call back. they rescheduled my callback a couple of times and then last night asked me to look at three more scenes for three other characters. i'm freaking out a bit. i feel like i don't have the time to spend on any of the scenes or characters, but i guess it means they really want to use me, huh? i'd really like to get in this show because this company is well established and gets tons of press, etc. it could mean good things.

i'm also excited about a character i'll be playing in the next poy show, 5 years later...i'll be playing death. :) i'm also doing the costume design. should be fun.
and i've just gotten wind that i may be able to assist in the designing of 30 burlesque costumes (and get paid for it)...thanks for thinking of me sabrina. :) that's totally right up my alley and sounds pretty exciting.

and for the kicker...

i just got offered a job at a broadway/off-broadway theatrical management company. it's just two days a week and the pay is crap, but it's a step in the right direction! i accepted...how could i not? i start tuesday. so yay! i'm excited!

it was suggested i buy a lottery ticket today. maybe i will. :)