NYC Trip - 1
My interview went really well. My initial interview lasted for about 30-45 minutes. We talked about my experience and goals. She also told me a lot about the program. She told me that not many applicants come in with as much experience as I have. (SCORE!) She liked that I use a website to distribute information because they use Outlook. (Which I've used before). I can get health insurance when I'm accepted...so that's awesome. It's about $700 for the whole year..and it covers the 3 months that I'm no longer working with them (Summer of 2010). Helen Taynton (The one I interviewed with) is extremely nice and knowledgeable. She takes all of the interns to see Broadway Shows, Off-Broadway Shows, concerts at The Met, and other cool things like that. She keeps track of everyone's hours to make sure they're not under / over worked. The environment she described was awesome.
Then she took me on a tour. That lasted about 30 minutes. I got to see all of the theatres and all of the shops. I met a lot of the interns that were working. I got to meet one of the head stage managers (not an intern) and she invited me to attend 2 rehearsals. One was last night and one is Monday night. I didn't end up going to the one last night because we went to Carnegie Deli. (more on that later) But I am planning on going to Monday night's rehearsal.
After the tour, we had a brief concluding talk in Helen's office and she invited me to go talk to as many people as I wanted. I gave her my business card and told her about my website, thanked her, and left.
I then met with the Production Management intern, Meryl. Meryl was so nice and had a lot of great information. I asked her about the energies around campus, where she lived, how it was to transfer to living in the city, how the work environment was, and some other random things. Everything she said made me want to be there. It seems like such a great place to work. I chatted with her for about 20 minutes, then I headed to the stage management office.
I got to meet almost every single stage management intern during the time I was in the office. I was in there for probably about an hour. We were just talking like friends. They gave me the real story behind how Juilliard works and how they like it. It was really great to hear their perspectives on everything. They always stay busy, but said that Helen takes VERY good care of them. One of the girls, Ariel, wasn't allowed to come to rehearsal because she was sick - even though Ariel wanted to come to rehearsal, Helen made her take a day off. They were all extremely friendly and welcoming to me. I got some of their e-mail addresses, and I'm going to be keeping in contact with them. I also gave them my card and asked them to e-mail me if they could think of anything else I may need to know. They were awesome.
After that, I met up with Casey again and she was mad at me for taking 3 hours! Haha. She wasn't really, but it was funny to joke about. "If you don't get this internship...I will be mad at you for making me wait 3 hours." Haha. But she was in Barnes & Noble the whole time, so it wasn't that bad.
We met up with Casey's brother's girlfriend, Kim, and then went to Carnegie Deli. Oh man, that was a big sandwich! I got the cold corned beef. It was sooooooooooooooooooooooo good. I took a picture of it. It was huge. I don't even know how I managed to eat the whole thing. Haha.
After dinner we visited the M&M store which was pretty sweet. Get it? Sweet! I didn't take many pictures yesterday...I was in a weird place in my life. You know - making strides toward starting the rest of my life. It's a weird feeling. Well Casey and I are planning on going to a great bagel place this morning, I think it's called Bubba's Bagels? Then we've got some errands to run and we'll probably head back to the city to see a show this evening. I'm stoked!
Then she took me on a tour. That lasted about 30 minutes. I got to see all of the theatres and all of the shops. I met a lot of the interns that were working. I got to meet one of the head stage managers (not an intern) and she invited me to attend 2 rehearsals. One was last night and one is Monday night. I didn't end up going to the one last night because we went to Carnegie Deli. (more on that later) But I am planning on going to Monday night's rehearsal.
After the tour, we had a brief concluding talk in Helen's office and she invited me to go talk to as many people as I wanted. I gave her my business card and told her about my website, thanked her, and left.
I then met with the Production Management intern, Meryl. Meryl was so nice and had a lot of great information. I asked her about the energies around campus, where she lived, how it was to transfer to living in the city, how the work environment was, and some other random things. Everything she said made me want to be there. It seems like such a great place to work. I chatted with her for about 20 minutes, then I headed to the stage management office.
I got to meet almost every single stage management intern during the time I was in the office. I was in there for probably about an hour. We were just talking like friends. They gave me the real story behind how Juilliard works and how they like it. It was really great to hear their perspectives on everything. They always stay busy, but said that Helen takes VERY good care of them. One of the girls, Ariel, wasn't allowed to come to rehearsal because she was sick - even though Ariel wanted to come to rehearsal, Helen made her take a day off. They were all extremely friendly and welcoming to me. I got some of their e-mail addresses, and I'm going to be keeping in contact with them. I also gave them my card and asked them to e-mail me if they could think of anything else I may need to know. They were awesome.
After that, I met up with Casey again and she was mad at me for taking 3 hours! Haha. She wasn't really, but it was funny to joke about. "If you don't get this internship...I will be mad at you for making me wait 3 hours." Haha. But she was in Barnes & Noble the whole time, so it wasn't that bad.
We met up with Casey's brother's girlfriend, Kim, and then went to Carnegie Deli. Oh man, that was a big sandwich! I got the cold corned beef. It was sooooooooooooooooooooooo good. I took a picture of it. It was huge. I don't even know how I managed to eat the whole thing. Haha.
After dinner we visited the M&M store which was pretty sweet. Get it? Sweet! I didn't take many pictures yesterday...I was in a weird place in my life. You know - making strides toward starting the rest of my life. It's a weird feeling. Well Casey and I are planning on going to a great bagel place this morning, I think it's called Bubba's Bagels? Then we've got some errands to run and we'll probably head back to the city to see a show this evening. I'm stoked!