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08/29/2006
I got the job(s)
Yep.
I got the job, and one I wasn’t counting on.
I am now the co-coordinator for a local theatre’s youth outreach program. I will be producing four shows a year that will utilize high school talent, touring to schools in the greater Cleveland area. The program is to focus on key social issues such as abuse, suicide, etc.
I will be responsible for all aspects of production, booking, and fundraising. I will once again be the one-man-band that I was with my old company in the early days – except now I’ll have a budget, credibility, salary, and a product that I can actually rally some funds around.
I will be able to primarily work from home – which is good.
It is good because while I was waiting to hear about this job I got a call from a different local theatre wanting to know if I would be interested in acting in their touring show. It is an eight-month contract touring ‘The Hobbit’ all over Ohio, some parts of Indiana, and Pennsylvania. It is sporadic work that depends on the bookings and will work perfectly with my ability to build my own calendar with the outreach program.
When it rains it snows.
I am now dually employed as actor and administrator, and start rehearsal tomorrow.
This is more than I could have hoped for, and I am ecstatic to have actually landed a job that is not only in my field, but a step up from where I was – with the opportunity to build a program from scratch that will showcase what I am capable of as a producer and director.
This is exactly the kind of position I had in mind when I went back to school, and although the money is less than I was hoping for - the scheduling aspects allow me the flexibility to get freelance work as an actor and director, which will help to keep me balanced and sane.
So, yeah me.
Pickle’s Papa
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Congrats, dude! Great news. Sounds like things couldn't have worked out better.
Posted by: MetroDad | 08/29/2006
yeah. and now the wife wont kill me when I buy that bottle of Glenlivet.
Posted by: Pickle's Papa | 08/29/2006
She may still kill you until you get your first check! I am really proud and happy for you, son. Congratulations! Isle of View! Mom
Posted by: Mom | 08/29/2006
Oh yeah! Oh yeah!
Thats rockin. Congratulations.
Posted by: Panda | 08/29/2006
Wow! Great news---!! Congrads
Posted by: Tony | 08/30/2006
Been a while since I visited here. Congrats. What an opportunity.
Posted by: Ryan | 08/30/2006
WOOHOO!!! Congratulations, man. I am so glad for you that you've gotten into the field you wanted.
Posted by: Melanie | 08/30/2006
Congratulations!! I'm so glad for you!
Posted by: Pallavi | 08/31/2006