We live, it’s true.

I must say this blog has fallen by the wayside. I’ve drafted a few posts, none of which ever amounted to anything that could successfully express the things Hope and I have experienced. I guess I will recap…

Hope and I worked together on The Debate Society’s newest piece, Cape Disappointment at P.S. 122. It was awesome and fun on the stage management side. Hope PSMed the show, and I ASMed the show. We have lots of fun stories, and met a lot of cool people during this time. On the being an adult real person side of things, I’m not so sure now how I’m still alive. Hope and I lived here in Brooklyn for nearly two months with nothing but our clothes. Hope had her laptop, which broke during tech of Cape Disappointment. We both were sleeping on air matresses. I had my iPod, moleskin, and a copy of The Bell Jar. Hope was working two jobs, which was obviously stressful and she obviously hated it.

When Cape was over Hope and I got jobs, if I remember correctly, on the same day. It was a rainy day which I was totally unprepared for, and we had dinner at her sister’s house that night. This was roughly a week after Cape closed I guess. My job was just a temperary stint on The American Plan. I got this job because of Facebook. That’s right, Facebook. I don’t remember what show Hope got hired for at this point. Hope’s done/worked on a lot of shows since we’ve been here. Anyway, after my stint at TAP I went home for the holidays, knowing I would return to an off off off broadway production.

When I came back I rented a truck and brought all of my belongings and picked up Hope’s stuff from Richmond. Hope was working, and got several job offers, quit her second non-theatre job, and now has been working on the same pretty bombass project. I had a month off before my off off off broadway production started. I was freaking out about money, but because I bought groceries in bulk before I came back I was actually okay. I did that show. Immediately following I started the Frigid festival which Hope also worked on, while doing her other shows. During this festival I had three interviews.

Now, here lies the most important lesson about growing up. Say yes to every job you get when you first move here, but be cautious and always carry a calendar. Of the three interviews I had during the festival, I BOMBED one due to late running trains and me showing up 20 minutes late. And scored on the other two.

I was offered a long run PSM position on Galileo, I turned this down. They were only offering 500 dollars and no EMC points, though this is show I want to do, it was a PSM position, and everyone seems cool and the company was legit. I REALLY wanted to do this job, but following the off off off Broadway show I did for not enough money, I could NOT bring myself to say yes.

The other job I was offered, I actually took. This job seemed to be with a cool company. I had a great time at the interview. They were offering EMC points. They knew famous people. It still wasn’t a lot of money, but it was more money. It was also as an ASM with a PSM who seemed legit. The same day I took this job, I got a call from a stage manager on Broadway that I had wanted to have drinks with. He said his PA quit because he got a promotion on Guys and Dolls. He asked if I wanted to meet and interview. OBVS. I called the other company and told them a job had come up, then I suggested they contact Hope. They told me to have Hope email them if she was interested. She did, and it looks like she is going to be their ASM. I hope it works out to be worth it and cool. They seemed so nice, and the company seemed put together. I went to the meeting and was hired on the spot to be the PA for The Philanthropist.

Whew. A job with stability.

There is the recap.

Things are crazy. Stage managing in New York City is harder than anywhere else, and it’s all because of things you can’t control, like the weather, or transportation. Living in Brooklyn does not help your work, but it does help the wallet. I really feel like Hope and I are ahead of the game for having just graduated. We’ve done some pretty cool stuff.

I can’t believe we’ve lived here 4 months.

~ by magic shel on March 22, 2009.