Leave it to Ron Anderson to make life a little more complicated than it already was. After leaving LaGrange College, changing my major thirty times (ok, it's only been six times, but still...), and falling in love with journalism and photography, I thought the whole theatre bug was out of my system. Even working at the Springer Opera House and doing Winnie the Pooh didn't make me second guess myself. However, Mr. Ron casting me in Father of the Bride and the process I have gone through with that production has made the wheels in my head start to turn. And I don't know how I feel about that.
In the long term plan that I have in my head, I see myself finishing school, moving to D.C. or somewhere similar and writing for a newspaper or freelancing and writing for several papers, being a photographer and going to crazy places to get the perfect shot, changing the world one picture and/or article at a time, and traveling a good deal. Theatre was not a part of this equation. And I didn't want it to be. I was burnt out and in need of something else. However, I find that this is a job that I enjoy immensely. I get paid to play, read, research, be someone else for a little while, and spend time with really interesting people. I get to be the diversion that people seek when the world goes to hell in a handbag. Because of my job in the theatre, I have a voice that people are listening to. I have the opportunity to impact communities, tell a story that has either never been told or has been forgotten, and relieve the stress that people are feeling in their everyday lives. I am a part of an industry that has survived wars, depressions, and economic recessions. I do like that.
I could be a writer and an actor and a photographer. Either way, I'll be poor. It's not like any of those professions are something that one chooses to do for the money. I could still work with children and be apart of the arts education movement that I am so passionate about. I could freelance and finish that book. I could take pictures on tour, do headshots and other various shoots. This could work. It really could.
Thanks a lot, Mr. Ron.
Monday, October 20, 2008
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4 comments:
There aren't any easy answers, are there! You have a lot to think about, but nothing to decide today. Obviously, this is what you get for being a triple-threat.
Just find something you are passionate about. People often think you have to do the same thing your entire life. You don't. Revel in that. If you are not restrained by the desire for money (which you aren't), you will have a freedom many never find. SJC is still talking about Winnie the Pooh constantly. You have been a part of her theatre experience!
Very few people in this world are fortunate enough to 1) do what they have the natural talent and desire to do and 2) can make a living doing so. You are a unique, young lady with a voice "like comfort food". "It" (your plan) is going to work. You are going to be a success at whatever you attempt. I am happy to call you a friend. Don't forget me when you get famous. Just don't call when the wife is home ;)
Theresa, I was at the show tonight (Father of the Bride, 10/30) and thoroughly enjoyed it. You truly are gifted in "relieving the stress that people are feeling in their everyday lives", so you said. My husband and I chose to "do" theater for our date night and I'm so glad we did! Of course, in trying to escape my everyday life of Mommyhood, I was brought to tears when I watched Stanley and Kay enjoy a moment as father/daughter in the conclusion of the play. I could only think of my own daughter one day doing the same....leaving and cleaving. Anywho, thanks! I go to church with the Turner family (Leslie, Allison, Emily, David) and they sing your praises!
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