Jobs, Jobs, Jobs

Jobs.

Sometimes I have one.

Sometimes I want one.

Right now I'm in the second category.

I arrived in NYC and was very worried I would not find work. Four days later I had a job with NYMF which led to a job with Lark Playwrighting and with Racoco Dance. Then I interviewed and received jobs with Ardea Arts and with NYTE. Then Sunday came and I was suddenly unemployed again.

I have applications out. I've applied to Columbia to be an SM, and I had an interview with Cirque on Tuesday. I have an interview on Friday with TheatreworksUSA as an SM. I also can call my temp agency or get fingerprinted by the NYDOE for subbing work or call the temp agency and start temping. I also have an entire word document of jobs I've found in the past week and want to apply for.

So hope is not lost.

Job searching is exhausting.

Maybe I just need some chocolate.

onward and upward, i hope.

Job 3.0

My newest job starts today.

I will be the SM (under a Production SM) for the Capture the Flag Festival with New York Theatre Experiment.

I like this company for several reasons. First- the members are all about my age and finding the funding and inspiration to put together several pieces a year in NYC. That is pretty cool. Second- they have interesting ideas. The show I will be working on is actually a bunch of short pieces based around or inspired by iconic American photography. Instead of using the original piece they decided to recreate each photo using friends and family as the subjects. They get pretty close to the real photos. And Third- They spell theatre with an re. Which means the act of theatre not the building- not all theatre groups know that.

Anyway. I will be assisting the rehearsal process for the next few weeks. And on November 6th it will open and run through until the 16th. Different pieces will run on different nights so people don't have to sit for 4 hours. I mean this isn't "Dances with Wolves" or the Ring Cycle for Pete's sake! (Because seriously can you see Pete sitting and watching something for 4 hours?)

Onward and Upward.

(Edits in red- thank you Shannon!)

Job 2.1

Yesterday Castronauts closed.

Yesterday the Lark Playwriting Week ended.

That means in theory I was back on the unemployment list. Until Kelly (Castronauts SM and Santa Clause of SM jobs) swooped in again to pass me work she can't fit in her schedule. My new job is working for the Racoco Dance Company as the SM for their performance this weekend. It seems to be a very interesting piece perhaps on childhood? games? game theory? Not really sure yet- but the pay is decent and the show and run are short.

wheew.

Onward and Upward

http://www.racoco.org/

Work Already??!!

Ok- so I kinda have work already. I know, I know I've only been here a week but I guess I am just that awesome. (just kidding) As I was looking through Backstagejobs.com I found an ASM position for a show called Castronauts that is being presented during the NY Musicals Festival. It had been posted for awhile so I figured it was filled but I sent a little letter to the SM with my resume just in case.

I guess the last ASM they looked at didn't work out so I am now the ASM of Castronauts which will be presented at the NYMF at the Zipper Theatre.

The money isn't amazing but the festival is and the show is pretty good so far. On the 15th there is a big event in which I will be able to hob and nob with some pretty influential people AND this festival is where shows like "Midlife: the Musical" and "The Great Trailer Park Musical" and "title of a show" first started.

Pretty good for 8 days in NYC.

I still need to find a "real" job but at least now I have something to do.

Onward and Upward.