Moving forward

Tuesday I spent a huge part of the day at Kinko's putting together mailings of my headshot and resume for several theatre companies. I found exciting looking theatres online that where seeking new talent, so I mailed them my headshot/resume with a note. I also finally filed a claim to the insurance company that I had for my flight to NYC. Remember that whole fiasco? Well, I will be getting money back for the expenses I incurred while stuck in Detroit 2 weeks ago. Glad that's almost over with.

Then I went to the post office to mail everything. I stood in line for 30 minutes just to get to mail my letters. People were getting agitated waiting in line that long. If anyone needs a job, the US Postal Service is sorely understaffed. haha.

When I got to the front of the line, there was a lady that didn't realize there was a line so she cut in front of me and walked up to the next open window. The postal worker in the window told the lady to "get to the end of the line" and he didn't serve her. I loved it.

After I paid him for my postage I hurried to put my change and receipt away so he could move on to the next person in the long line. The seemingly gruff postman in the window saw me hurrying and with a thick Staten Island accent reassured me that I "didn't have to hurry," I waited my turn, "they can wait." I really appreciated that. I realized that I've been hurrying to try and keep up with the NYC pace and the truth was that I didn't have to hurry, they can wait.

After the post office I talked to a nice lady named Jordan Corbin whom I will be taking voice lessons from. She has a lot of great training and experience as well as many students that have successful careers on Broadway. I thought I'd go for the best. I'm paying a pretty penny for the lessons but I'm sure they'll keep me competitive in the musical theatre scene. My first lesson is this Thursday night. More on that later...

I walked around on the Upper East Side for the rest of the afternoon. I walked along Central Park East, and then made the long trek back to the apartment. Now I know what the Upper East Side has to offer!

On Tuesday night, Murph, myself, and a girl I met through my roommates, Laura, all decided to go on an adventure. We walked a mile to go to the trendy new dessert mecca, "Pinkberry." It is a really popular place that sells real frozen yogurt with all sorts of fun toppings to choose from. The big draw is that the frozen yogurt really tastes like frozen yogurt, not some cheap ice cream knock off. It's not all that bad for you and it tastes great. It was so refreshing on a hot night. Once we got to Pinkberry we stood and waited for about 45 minutes in a line that stretched out the door (I told you it was popular!). Then I got fresh raspberries and coco crunch cereal for my toppings. It sounds random but I couldn't decide! It was SO good. The best part was that I didn't have to feel guilty about eating dessert. It was relatively healthy stuff and I walked a two mile round trip just to eat there! I'd say that was a good adventure.

On Wednesday I put together a cover letter and resume and took it to the Sephora store in Union Square. While I already have potential work with a temp agency, I wanted to put my resume in at Sephora just to see what would happen. I really like Sephora stores and think it would be a great experience working there. They excepted my resume and seemed interested. We'll see.

I visited the fabulous farmers' market and got some farm fresh apples because I had ran out then I headed to the apartment to get ready for my next audition.

(While I was walking back, I called my temp agency and they have a job lined up for me to start on Friday at a "high-end interior design firm." Just like IKEA. Ooo cool. I won't know all the details until tomorrow so that's just a little snip it of what's coming up. haha)

Tonight's audition was for Impact Theater's production of "Polly Princess and the Penniless Fry Cook." Yes, it's a children's musical. The theatre is located in Brooklyn and I've read a lot about it. It seems like it would be a great first theatre job in the city because the theatre is up and coming and has had great reviews on its past productions. (Plus, it's a paying gig!)

I sang for the director and the producer and they had me do cold readings for the roles of Polly Princess and the Godmother, Gabby. It's a pretty funny little show. I loved the role of the Godmother, she's sarcastic and sassy. Right up my alley, haha. Well, I got a callback, which means they want me to come back on Friday night and hear/see me read more. I'm pretty excited! I'll keep you posted on what happens, of course!