Today I was tasked with playing with my niece! :o)
Hard day, yeah right!!! So much fun!!!
Tomorrow, I'm tasked with playing with my other niece ...
and Friday, with BOTH!!!
Ok, back to the fun!
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Monday, March 28, 2011
Grrr.
I was so totally right! The trailer for the movie of my all time favorite book looks horrid - at least to me. Within a 1 minute TV trailer I saw several things that don't jive with the book, including the combination of two key characters into one role. Urgh. I will not see it!
As I'm commenting on books I've read, and seeing as I really do want to adapt this book for the stage, I feel it's an "appropriate" comment for this blog. Haha...
As I'm commenting on books I've read, and seeing as I really do want to adapt this book for the stage, I feel it's an "appropriate" comment for this blog. Haha...
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Sunday Sunday Sunday!
Today has been fairly relaxing, recouping from the weekends 24 hour project! :o) I managed to finally finish reading "The Princess Bride", the movie I've seen a bajillion times, and I'd begun the book ages ago ... but knowing the story line made it easy to put down when another book came into my hands, or when I was busy working on a show or work ... and so today I finished it! And I have to say, it's one of the only books to film that I love both of. Yes things were left out of the movie that are in the book, but they managed to keep its integrity the way so many others do not. At least in my opinion.
Tomorrow I've gotta get my rear in gear and apply to the list of jobs I've got at the moment.
The Drama Kids season ends at the beginning of June, and the Stage Manager's job I've got going on right now with WAM is over mid-May. And then I've got nothing until the month of August when I've got two gigs - Directing the Good Cause Club's Musical in a Week; and Teaching/Directing 3 week long sessions with Stone Soup Theatre in Seattle.
So ... what am I going to do in June and July? And again in September? I've got Drama Kids again in the Fall (I'm 99.9% sure) if nothing more full time comes my way, and or if I can work it out to do DK with another job as well. We shall see ... at any rate, gotta keep on keeping on.
*MUST finish my teaching philosophy.
That is all she wrote ... for now.
Tomorrow I've gotta get my rear in gear and apply to the list of jobs I've got at the moment.
The Drama Kids season ends at the beginning of June, and the Stage Manager's job I've got going on right now with WAM is over mid-May. And then I've got nothing until the month of August when I've got two gigs - Directing the Good Cause Club's Musical in a Week; and Teaching/Directing 3 week long sessions with Stone Soup Theatre in Seattle.
So ... what am I going to do in June and July? And again in September? I've got Drama Kids again in the Fall (I'm 99.9% sure) if nothing more full time comes my way, and or if I can work it out to do DK with another job as well. We shall see ... at any rate, gotta keep on keeping on.
*MUST finish my teaching philosophy.
That is all she wrote ... for now.
24 Hr. Theatre Project with WAM/MOPCO
WAM / MOPCO's 24 Hour Theatre Project, with participants from both the Capital Region and the Berkshires was a fabulous success!!! It occurred this past weekend, Friday and Saturday March 25 & 26, 2011 at the Troy Arts Center in, you guessed it, Troy, NY!
I was the Production Stage Manager for the event!
It was really great to meet and work with so many talented individuals from these two areas to create five new shows!
For me specifically, it was really great on the artistic side of things of course, but also on the "I've now finally worked professionally in the Albany area" (which, being where I'm from and where I am currently, is really cool)! It allowed me to meet and work with a large number of individuals who are well known in the area, Playwrights; Directors; Stage Managers; Actors; Lighting, Sound and Set Technical Genius', and now they know me too! Woo hoo!
We had a sold out house with a standing ovation at the end of the night! Success!!!
A friend of mine said he saw me on the news, a news segment about the project.
YIPES, haha! I knew that we were being filmed for the news, but I didn't really think I'd make it into one of the clips...hahaha. Hope I looked alright. :o)
At any rate ... that's my Friday / Saturday blog update.
I was the Production Stage Manager for the event!
It was really great to meet and work with so many talented individuals from these two areas to create five new shows!
For me specifically, it was really great on the artistic side of things of course, but also on the "I've now finally worked professionally in the Albany area" (which, being where I'm from and where I am currently, is really cool)! It allowed me to meet and work with a large number of individuals who are well known in the area, Playwrights; Directors; Stage Managers; Actors; Lighting, Sound and Set Technical Genius', and now they know me too! Woo hoo!
We had a sold out house with a standing ovation at the end of the night! Success!!!
A friend of mine said he saw me on the news, a news segment about the project.
YIPES, haha! I knew that we were being filmed for the news, but I didn't really think I'd make it into one of the clips...hahaha. Hope I looked alright. :o)
At any rate ... that's my Friday / Saturday blog update.
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Today's Applications, and ...
So far today I've applied:
1. For a stage manager's positions (2011-2012 season) with The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm THeatre in Rhode Island.
AND
1. A few days ago I received a response from a Children's Theatre in Connecticut where I had sent a general inquiry, a while back, about being a part time Teaching Artist with them. They responded in the positive re:interview, now I just need a bit more info. They didn't respond to my question of "is part time" even a doable position, though I gather from them responding that it's at least an option. :o) But also, times and places of the teaching to see if it's a feasible option for me as a commuter from NY.
AND
For the moment that is all.
1. For a stage manager's positions (2011-2012 season) with The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm THeatre in Rhode Island.
AND
1. A few days ago I received a response from a Children's Theatre in Connecticut where I had sent a general inquiry, a while back, about being a part time Teaching Artist with them. They responded in the positive re:interview, now I just need a bit more info. They didn't respond to my question of "is part time" even a doable position, though I gather from them responding that it's at least an option. :o) But also, times and places of the teaching to see if it's a feasible option for me as a commuter from NY.
AND
For the moment that is all.
Monday, March 21, 2011
Tomorrow's Mission
When was the last time I actually put an application in? If I'm asking the question it's been too long, therefore, tomorrow's mission ... to submit at least 2 applications before I go to Drama Kids - which means before 1pm.
Over and out.
Over and out.
Fear of not really being qualified.
Ok, I know I've said this before (right?!) but sometimes - despite knowing one has to "sell" themselves in this business - I find it ridiculously hard to actually submit myself to certain jobs. I know I could do it, but I fear that when (and if) "they" (the great and powerful they) read my CV that they won't feel that way. For example, I have no Artistic Director experience, and yet, I'm confident that I could do the job. I have no Managing Director experience, and yet all my stage managing credits, my directing experiences, my experiences as a director (even if they are small scale) and my working for a Talent Manager (among all my other theatrical and non-theatrical experiences), all these things have formed me into the person I am today, they have made me THE PERFECT CANDIDATE for these positions, and so many more! So, knowing in myself that I can do the job, why do I find it so hard to believe that someone else could see it too? And not just see it, but interview me and HIRE me!?!?!
I'm sure the feeling has something to do with the fact that I've applied all over the place over the past two years and only received a few interviews ... I wonder what my resume "doesn't" say, ya know? What's wrong with my credentials? Why am I not getting hired? Is it merely because I'm not related to some big wig already within the business? If I'm being honest, I do feel that this is part of the problem, I mean too many (in my opinion) folks get into the entertainment industry because of who they're related too over the talent they have (or, in MANY MANY MANY cases, DO NOT HAVE!!!). But I digress ... I have the talent and the experience so why am I not getting a good, full time job??? I've worked, literally all over the world ... I've networked ... I've got good connections ... so why can't I get a really good job?
Arrrrrrrrrgh...the frustrations! Time to stop complaining and get back to the hunt.
I've been surfing several sites this morning and finding jobs to apply for ... and yes, you guessed it, I find myself second guessing some of them for the above stated reason.
Get out of your head Maggie Moo ... and get applying!!!
Ok, now I must do that!
I'm sure the feeling has something to do with the fact that I've applied all over the place over the past two years and only received a few interviews ... I wonder what my resume "doesn't" say, ya know? What's wrong with my credentials? Why am I not getting hired? Is it merely because I'm not related to some big wig already within the business? If I'm being honest, I do feel that this is part of the problem, I mean too many (in my opinion) folks get into the entertainment industry because of who they're related too over the talent they have (or, in MANY MANY MANY cases, DO NOT HAVE!!!). But I digress ... I have the talent and the experience so why am I not getting a good, full time job??? I've worked, literally all over the world ... I've networked ... I've got good connections ... so why can't I get a really good job?
Arrrrrrrrrgh...the frustrations! Time to stop complaining and get back to the hunt.
I've been surfing several sites this morning and finding jobs to apply for ... and yes, you guessed it, I find myself second guessing some of them for the above stated reason.
Get out of your head Maggie Moo ... and get applying!!!
Ok, now I must do that!
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