#Booked

OMG. Story Time!!

This morning I was laying in my bed, feeling sorry for myself after a pretty crappy day yesterday. Let me explain to you all why yesterday was just the absolute worst day. First, I slept on the floor of my friend's townhouse and that was just hard. Then, I had a phone interview for this really amazing camp that I was looking into working for- but long story short, they didn't want me for the dance instructor position... they wanted me to teach soccer. ME. The person with the least sports/ athletic knowledge that has ever graced this earth. But because I was being polite, I asked for a different position and the closest they could get me to something that I'm comfortable with was teaching music like vocally and guitar and piano (which in all honesty I'm not too confident in myself let alone teaching them...). So I finished the interview but then I got in a funk because I was looking forward to a summer dancing in Maine. Then I started researching a billion jobs- everything from childcare to cater-waitering to working at a women's shelter (which I was actually pretty pumped about) to working at Francesca's in the mall. I just felt like the biggest loser yesterday because I knew that I wasn't going to be doing what I wanted to be doing this summer. And I just made this bomb blog and I couldn't imagine what I was going to write about all summer... going to the grocery store with my mom? BORRINGG.

BUT THEN I woke up to an email from an amazing theatre in New Hampshire that was offering me a job!!! I never thought that this summer I would be dancing or singing or acting at all let alone be performing in THREE different, challenging shows and helping teach a Broadway camp thing! I'm going to be working at Jean's Playhouse (also known as Papermill Playhouse) in Lincoln, New Hampshire from June- August in The Addams Family (Ancestor/ Wednesday's understudy), Annie (Cecile/ Star to Be/ Boylan Sister/ Ensemble) and I'll be performing in their mystery dinner theatre show! I'm so extremely lucky to be doing all of these things that I love and just to get the opportunity to learn and grow this summer.

I'm a very firm believer that good things come to those who work hard and who genuinely care about what they're doing. I know that I wouldn't be where I am today with four shows at JMU under my belt and this amazing summer stock job without working my butt off every moment I can and being persistent and showing people that I love what I do, and I'm willing to do anything to be able to do it. There have been so many times just in college so far that I have taken a job on a show that I really didn't want but in the end it turned around and worked out wonderfully for me. Each of those experiences have lead to me actually being in shows!! Work hard people! Especially in this profession, people are always watching and they will see you working and want to work WITH you in the next show they direct.

Sorry, I'm ranting. But it's only because I want everyone to do well and I'm just the most excited.I've been listening to The Addams Family all night. Maybe one day I'll live my dream of playing Morticia but until that day, I'm pretty darn happy. #booked

xx.💋

Liv