Today I found myself sitting in my room, attempting to organize my life and find purpose ("it's that little flame that lights a fire under your ass" -Avenue Q) because it is abysmal outside and because I am between projects. My non-paying internship ended last week and my script supervising gig doesn't start for another week and a half. I have resorted to organizing and cataloging my sheet music collection that I have accumulated over several years of musical theater, when all at once my phone vibrates and my computer dings. I have an email.
Apparently I applied for a Production Assistant job with a theater company in New York City over 2 months ago and they have an opening. It turns out my application was received after their original cut-off date and so it was filed for later use. Lucky for them because the Production Assistant that they hired just bailed on them to go to Sundance. The nerve, right?
So the Founder and Managing/Artistic Director emails me out of the blue to ask if I am available to work as their projectionist for their current production starting tomorrow through the end of the run and set strike on February 13th.
It's like it was meant to be. I'm bored. I need money and I don't have to be on set in Philadelphia until the 14th!! Perfect! So I immediately send a reply email, so as not to be beaten out by any other candidates, and accept.
Who knew that that email application that I sent out into the "black hole" of internet job applications actually landed on someone's desk, was read by a human being and was kept because of it's merit?!
It's days like today that I know I'm doing the right thing with my life and that there is some higher power looking out for me. I'll let you know how it goes!
Congrats Trish! That is great. If you need a place to stay close to Philly let me know. We are about 30 miles south and we have an open guestroom. Vanessa
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