Shake the Speare ("There's a double meaning in that!")
I'm a Capulet! Not Juliet, a little sad, but still...I get to fight with the Montegues! Something to put on my resume - more Shakespeare - a new director - a whole new set of actors - more experience...all wonderful reasons to be thrilled to have a part - all be it a small one - in this show. I still refused to be convinced that I cannot someday have a job as an actor. Perhaps I'm being unrealistic, but why not? I've found an area of work that I thoughly enjoy. Who ever does that? And those who do find it, rarely pursue it. And that's even worse - to know what you would have loved to do your whole life, but for whatever reason, didn't do it. I've had some tell me that they couldn't imagine a career as unstable as theatre, but I cannot imagine working in a bank for the next 40 years. I'm already bored of this job. I like it, and it's a good job - benefits, the whole deal. But when I think about doing this every day for decades, it makes me tired.
I can at least try. Gosh darn-it!
I can at least try. Gosh darn-it!