Ok, so I've mentioned a few times here that I am an actress and model. I love all things creative. I haven't done it in a while since I'm in a small apartment now, but I used to paint from time to time. Pretty abstract, I'm not good like that to paint faces and such, but it's fun and in the end I have something to show for it just for me.
Anyway, I know I mentioned my shows at the end of last year that all overlapped in some way. I was in hell week then performance of A Flea in Her Ear at a dinner theatre, while beginning blocking and being fitted for my costume for A Woman in Black that showed the weekend after 'Flea' closed and I also was starting read throughs and blocking of Farndales version of A Christmas Carol. Whew! What a crazy three months that was on top of working two jobs, walking in 3 runway shows, having numerous photo shoots, family events, breaking up with my boyfriend of 7 years!!! and moving days before Christmas!
And even then I only took a week and half break having auditioned for Premiere! prior to the holiday and being cast with blocking to begin right after New Years. Following Premiere's performances in February, I auditioned for and was cast in Dixie Swim Club as Jeri Neal, the nun turned mother, turned cougar.
I had a couple weeks rest with one of those weeks being spent on Lido Island off the coast of Sarasota, FL then I came back to one night a week rehearsals for just three short weeks prior to this Saturdays One Act performance over the course of the day during a towns Art Festival.
Also in the middle of this I spent a day filming the easiest parts of the short film, My Own Words, in a small town nearly 2 hours away. The rest of the film will be shot over a weekend in late June.
I had a shoot this past Sunday and the only other one I have scheduled so far is in mid-July so after stage acting this weekend and filming later this month, I don't have much else on my plate aside from work and family.
In a way it's bittersweet. I know I need a break. I haven't had a real break for a year and a half and I'll admit I've been slacking. I need to recharge and go back to acting with all the passion I do really have for the craft. Unfortunately for me, acting is a side gig, hobby, strict passion as I'm not currently making a living off of it. So it's easy to get burned out in general when you also have a full time job and other commitments. I've neglected seeing my family as much and so now is the time to visit with them.
In the fall there will be plenty of acting opportunities in local theatres and I'd like to be jazzed up for those.
I'll never quit acting altogether. It's my breath, it's my life, my soul and I'll always seek out opportunities to get on stage. I do wish it could be my living, but even if it's not I'll keep on performing. We do it because we love it!
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