It’s 6pm, do you know where your actors are? Chances are they’re throwing their script in their bag. Perhaps they’re digging through their closet desperately trying to find their jazz shoes. Some are just getting off their “real job” jumping on the train and trying to make it to rehearsal in time. Some are probably grabbing a slim fast and a cheese stick at 7-11 hoping it’ll be enough to get them through until after their show.
Where is this actor? This actor is playing on my computer, baking a naughty cheesy potato bake, and getting ready to watch BIGGEST LOSER. Which is appropriate, because honestly when you’re between gigs it’s hard not to feel like the “biggest loser.” I know it doesn’t really make any sense. I have a show I’m really excited about that opens in May. So I’ll probably start working on that in early April/late March. So really worse case scenario I have three months off. That’s not the end of the world, right?
RIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGHT. For an actor it is. And if they say otherwise, they’re lying. When most of your friends are actors, the question you hear all the time is, “What are you working on right now?” We all ask it. We’re all guilty of it. I, and I would guess others too, fear not having an answer to that question.
For non-working actors the answer is usually, “I’m really looking forward to having some time off.” And this is partly true, but for ambitious actors there is always that panic of where the next job is going to come from. Or if you have a show lined up, you worry about what you’re going to have after that. It’s a constant struggle. There is absolutely NO job security. ARGH it’s enough to make me want to go back to the Navy. At least they have benefits and a retirement plan. LOL
Don’t worry, I’m not going back to the Navy. It’s really not all that drastic. I guess I’m just having a little diarrhea of the brain. It’s time to figure out what to do with my three months. I have some ideas! It’s been three years since my last cabaret so I’m thinking about writing another one. We’ll see. I want to take an on-camera class. It’s something I’ve been interested in a long time. Those that know me best know that my ultimate dream isn’t Broadway anymore. If I could have any career I would want to be on a detective show on tv! I know that sounds silly, but dreams are allowed to be silly. I think the reason I never even considered tv/film an option is because I’m a little overweight and I always assumed you had to be a size 0 to even think about it. That brings me to my next thing. Since I work from home and now have evenings free I have absolutely NO reason not to overhaul my diet/exercise regime. I have Jillian Michael’s 30-day shred, so how about I do a 90-day shred?
After all, my next role is an ingenue.
In a flapper dress.
And ingenues can’t have flabby arms. It’s my rule, nobody else’s.
I call on Kate Winslet, my patron saint of AWESOME to get me through it.
Thank you for listening to my madness.
Yours always,
Harmony
