Setbacks
Well, I finally sent another email off to NIU, basicly saying: It's past when you said you'd make a decision, I'm assuming you went with somebody else, if you didn't, let me know soon 'cause I have other options. They sent back quickly, well, it's not final yet, but Yes, we did go with somebody else who's expected to accept.
So it's back to pounding the internet pavement. I got D's ArtSearch online subscription until September, so that's a plus. I got a lot of good leads off of that. I sent off an application for the same basic job as NIU at the University of Oklahoma at Norman. That was a trip! The only way to apply is online. You have to register at the OU website, then apply for the job, which entails a 5 page application, including little drop down forms to add Schools and Job experiences. Then, after that, you're still not applied. you have to upload your coverletter, resume, and references. That converts them to a PDF (that you can view to make sure they got it. The formatting was minorly messed up, but it was pretty complete). Then after that's submitted, they give you a confirmation number to finish your application. The whole thing took maybe an hour. Sheesh.
Another wild job opening is out in Seattle. Teatro ZinZanni. In the loosest sense of the term, it's a dinner theater. More specificly, it's a 5 course gourmet dinner, with a three hour cirque-du-soleil style show happening around, among, and above the diners. All for $130 per ticket, plus drinks. Oh, and all under a circus tent. In downtown Seattle. The job is Lighting supervisor, which is a fancy name for Master Elec. and Board op. I'd be running the show every night (wed-sun), programming new acts into the show, and maintaining the equipment. How bizaare. Yes, I applied. Another online application.
Yesterday was the first rehearsal/read-thru for The Foreigner, up in Beloit. After the initial read-thru, I sat at the table and composed coverletters for half a dozen places to go out this week. Most of them can be emailed at least.
Charlie Brown is a pretty decent show. When the cast isn't sick, as they were last weekend. This could be the best show of the season. Now that I've seen the cast of Foreigner, I'm sure that won't surpass it. The first two characters we see are two British guys, about 40. Well, the two actors in those roles are 20 and 60; on average they're ok. One of those, the 20 yr. old, is the twin of the other main character in the show. We'll see how that comes off. We'll see if the fabulously crafted script can save it. If you don't know the show, find a copy and read it, it's the funniest bit of theater since Noises Off.
The biggest annoyance (beyond being terminally unemployed) is that I'm spending a lot of time up in Beloit and they don't have Wi Fi up there at the college. Well they do, but they don't give out the password to summer guest artists like us. Grrr. I've got a few more pics to upload to Flickr, but can't (well, ok, won't) upload them via dialup. I've gotta find a hotspot up in Beloit.
That's all for now.
So it's back to pounding the internet pavement. I got D's ArtSearch online subscription until September, so that's a plus. I got a lot of good leads off of that. I sent off an application for the same basic job as NIU at the University of Oklahoma at Norman. That was a trip! The only way to apply is online. You have to register at the OU website, then apply for the job, which entails a 5 page application, including little drop down forms to add Schools and Job experiences. Then, after that, you're still not applied. you have to upload your coverletter, resume, and references. That converts them to a PDF (that you can view to make sure they got it. The formatting was minorly messed up, but it was pretty complete). Then after that's submitted, they give you a confirmation number to finish your application. The whole thing took maybe an hour. Sheesh.
Another wild job opening is out in Seattle. Teatro ZinZanni. In the loosest sense of the term, it's a dinner theater. More specificly, it's a 5 course gourmet dinner, with a three hour cirque-du-soleil style show happening around, among, and above the diners. All for $130 per ticket, plus drinks. Oh, and all under a circus tent. In downtown Seattle. The job is Lighting supervisor, which is a fancy name for Master Elec. and Board op. I'd be running the show every night (wed-sun), programming new acts into the show, and maintaining the equipment. How bizaare. Yes, I applied. Another online application.
Yesterday was the first rehearsal/read-thru for The Foreigner, up in Beloit. After the initial read-thru, I sat at the table and composed coverletters for half a dozen places to go out this week. Most of them can be emailed at least.
Charlie Brown is a pretty decent show. When the cast isn't sick, as they were last weekend. This could be the best show of the season. Now that I've seen the cast of Foreigner, I'm sure that won't surpass it. The first two characters we see are two British guys, about 40. Well, the two actors in those roles are 20 and 60; on average they're ok. One of those, the 20 yr. old, is the twin of the other main character in the show. We'll see how that comes off. We'll see if the fabulously crafted script can save it. If you don't know the show, find a copy and read it, it's the funniest bit of theater since Noises Off.
The biggest annoyance (beyond being terminally unemployed) is that I'm spending a lot of time up in Beloit and they don't have Wi Fi up there at the college. Well they do, but they don't give out the password to summer guest artists like us. Grrr. I've got a few more pics to upload to Flickr, but can't (well, ok, won't) upload them via dialup. I've gotta find a hotspot up in Beloit.
That's all for now.
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