Past theatrical glory: Raped Clarity, the play I mentioned in my last post, was a great experience, well-received by the relatively small audiences, very powerful and lots of fun. I met some wonderful folks who I hope to work with again in the future, got to wear lots of fun hippie clothes, and got a really great play under my belt to start me off on a dazzling theatrical and film career in Austin! (knock on wood, of course)
Ongoing exercise in rejection: I've been auditioning for lots of student project at UT Austin, which is a great way to build a reel (without getting paid of course). Unfortunately I haven't been cast in any yet, but I'll keep trying and something will probably turn up sooner or later.
Present lucrative opportunities: I now have three (yes, three!) part time flexible/seasonal jobs, which I'll list in order of ridiculosity. Least ridiculous is a job my cast-mate got me at Austin Market Research. It's very much like the job I had at Synovate, except better: less phone-abuse, friendlier co-workers, more flexible hours. Not too shabby. Slightly more ridiculous job is working for a company that installs Christmas tree lights on people's houses. My job is basically to go to the house of a potential customer, find out what they want to do, tell them how many hundreds of dollars it's going to take, and get the check (10 percent of which comes to me!). That should occupy most of November. And the most ridiculous job is working at one of the most acclaimed haunted houses in the country, House of Torment. I'm in the theatrical part of the "haunt," as they call it, and I get to play a creepy old nursemaid who ushers you into a terrifying tunnel made of inflated air bags that you have to push your way through, kind of like a giant vagina. Perks of the job include half-price creepy white contacts (Marilyn Manson style), breaks on the roof, and awesome co-workers. Apparently in mid to late October we'll be getting 5-7,000 visitors a night, so I'm bracing myself for a tough couple of weeks. Fun fun fun!
Future directing opportunities: I'm entering a show in Fronterafest, Austin's fringe theater festival, in January, so that will be an adventure starting in November or so. It'll be a spin-off/continuation of the Two Cardboard Boxes saga, currently entitled The Blackwell Family Funeral. I'm excited/extremely scared about it, should be awesome. I've also been chosen to co-direct a show called The Penis Vagina Dialogues, which has its first round of auditions tonight. The main director is a mellow Californian by the name of Damiian with lots of theatrical experience and an open mind, I think I have a lot to learn from him. It should be a great process, with lots of interesting stories, needless to say.
And that's about it! Roger and I are happily engaged in being domestic, fostering an addiction to Chipotle, commuting together occasionally, and other cute coupley things. My current personal addictions include Dr. Who and cooking things like homemade roasted-pepper salsa and nut-free pesto. So basically, to sum it all up, life is very good right now, Austin rocks, and I hope you come visit us sometime! :)
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