SAME ART, DIFFERENT BUSINESS

For my entire professional life until I was almost 29 (that's a mere 10 years, but still...) I worked exclusively in non-profit theatre. And it was good.

I worked in many different capacities, from actor to stage manager to carpenter, and I worked on many different plays, from Hamlet to Breath, Boom! to Miracle Brothers. And I loved it.

I was creating art, and though my contributions to the creation of that art were small, it was fulfilling and always different and exactly what I expected I would do with my life.

Those shows did not make money. They were not supposed to make money. They were produced to showcase the art.

And then I hit a wall and could not see how I could make a life for me and my family if I did not make a change. I observed the many different people doing many different jobs and realized that all of my previous experience seemed to be leading me to produce theatre. So there, I'll be a producer!

Folks, this is easier said than done.

I started looking for a path that could lead me to this goal. It seemed that if I learned about the workings of theatre from a management perspective I could open more doors for myself. I observed company managers and thought, "I could do that. That job fits me."

And a company management assistant gig opened up at exactly this time. Kismet?

I have to run to work now, but will continue this tomorrow.