I am realizing that the life I want to lead here will have no sense of routine or predictability to it. Things sort of pop up here and there with little-to-no warning. Sometimes I will have longer chunks of time where it is impossible to observe something, and then all at once it will be very busy. It is reminding me of life at Northwestern in some ways- either crazy busy or at a complete standstill.
I took Monday to rest and evaluate some of the things I have learned so far about professionalism. I did a lot of compiling my research and emailing further contacts, planning for the second half of the project. On Monday, I also sent a resume to a music director who is doing the Musical Theatre Factory’s next project. MTF is the same company that did We Are the Tigers during my first week here. He got back to me quickly, did some Youtube-searching of my work, and took me for the job! This score is supposedly very difficult. I am looking forward to doing some music teaching this time around since there is so much to learn in such a short period of time. I’ll be doing Finale work and coaching/teaching soloists in a separate room when necessary! This will be yet another huge learning experience and a chance to meet a lot more people over a longer process. I’m ecstatic to have a second assistant job in just my third week here.
Today, I took a break from musical theatre and saw Hand to God. I would describe it as a somehow even more disturbing version of Avenue Q, and just as funny. It was a nice change of pace from the kind of theatre I have been seeing here. It was my first Broadway play I have ever seen, and my 4th Broadway show of this project (the 6th of my life). I’m enjoying seeing so much theatre- on Thursday, I’m seeing Hedwig with Mahek and on Sunday I’m seeing Something Rotten! with my cousin Megan who is visiting this weekend. We are also seeing a Mets game and rooting against the Pirates so that the Cubs will move higher up in the division. I am a die-hard Cubs fan, so it will be neat to see another baseball stadium and root against a rival. It will also be my first time in Queens! Should be a great week and an even better weekend.