#Theater Career

[icepopstar5105us]

My most recent blog post…

Bit of Background…

I have had the privilege to grow up in an environment where I have met and seen theater artists/writers with stable careers. My unique experience allows me to see the many different paths people in theater can take — beyond high school teaching or broadway.

If you want to act and do theater, then this article will probably be for you. Also, if you already have a theater degree and are wondering where to go from here… this might be at least give you a few search terms or thoughts to get you started.

(BTW: If you want to be famous… you might want to revaluate your reasons for doing theater. People do theater because it’s a passion and a handful get lucky. YouTubers have a similar skill set and would be much more likely to help you in that regard.)

https://icey5105.wordpress.com/2022/08/26/successful-careers-for-aspiring-theater-artists-and-creative-writers/

#theater #career #blog #how to start a theater career #theater career #drama #theater artist #actors #acting #theater kids #theater kid #theater degree #starving artist #how not to be a starving artist #career opportunities #career ideas

[stbot]

Niamh Wilson as bitchy theater gay thespian Lydia ↳ Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies

#grease rise of the pink ladies #grease rotpl #rise of the pink ladies #rotpl #lydia rotpl #niamh wilson #known thespian 'i've studied your gait' lydia #i think i need a gif tag #i love her. i do not understand why i love her as much as i do but I Do. #lydia spitting on her classmates: Peasants. #me with hearts in my eyes and my head in my hands: total plebs ur so right queen #she's such a pretentious theater kid which is objectively the worst kind of theater kid #but i love her!!! #can't wait for her to go to new york to pursue a career on broadway only to end up doing beat poetry in the village instead #lydia with her gay lil berets and gay lil scarfs >>> #floyd's little laugh when she calls the rest of them peasants <3

[sojutrait]

every couple weeks i give high school years another chance and it bores me to tears and i dont touch it again until the cycle repeats

#soju shut up #anyways this is marlee shes a swiftie a theater kid and a gamer #so shes a self insert #and this is coming from someone who actually likes active careers but idk... something about it #i love her maybe ill throw her in one of my actual good saves to be my sims friend

[mariocki]

Chaim Topol (9.9.1935 - 9.3.2023)

"What kind of advice can I give [young performers]? Someone sent me a quote that persistence wins. I have to disagree with this. It is an important ingredient. I don't think that there are any rules. Be persistent, be talented, work hard, but ninety-five percent is luck - so be lucky!"

#topol #chaim topol #haym topol #may his memory be a blessing #death ment tw #icons #fiddler on the roof #tevye #flash gordon #follow me #for your eyes only #galileo #american film theater #the house on garibaldi street #the winds of war #tales of the unexpected #war and remembrance #cast a giant shadow #is there a musical theatre lead more closely identified with a single performer than Tevye? i don't think so #whilst his screen career was comparatively modest‚ there's no doubt of the influence Topol had nor the impact of his version of Fiddler #his later work as a character actor on tv and film is full of small but superbly realised parts‚ but he was always and remained primarily a #stage actor. Fiddler was the first musical I ever loved and Topol's the first performance I ever heard (I still have the ost in fairly #heavy rotation). the sheer range of emotion and performance he goes through not just in the play but sometimes in one song #i mean If I were a Rich Man is a sort of pop culture behemoth that has a life beyond the play‚ but if you listen to it it's a man #expressing his wants and desires and then redefining them further and further to the realisation that his faith is most important to him #and that really he knows his faith is not predicated on any kind of wealth; and Topol sells every moment‚ the gradual adjustment from #flights of fancy and wild dreams of riches‚ to more modest comforts for his family and loved ones‚ to finally a simple wish to spend less #time working and more in devotion to g-d. it's a beautiful performance by a beautiful performer and one of the true greats of the stage

[blackandwhlteaesthetlc]

Florence was a guest on Zach Braff’s podcast to discuss her career and their new film A Good Person, which is out today!

I especially loved this bit at the end about her thoughts on possibly Directing films one day:

“I’d love to be a Director. I think I need to learn a bit more. I need to soak it up. It’s such a tricky position to have, and to lead, and to be a leader on a film set. You really have to be-You have to know your shit. And if you don’t a lot of people can get, you know, twisted up by that. And I think, for me, I don’t want to go in and not know and then affect an actor badly…It’s something that you really should go in knowing that you can do it. So I think I’m just going to do a bit more learning.”

#quote presented without further comment #I just love her #I was so on the fence about seeing the movie but the reviews are swaying me to watch it in theaters #and I really do hope she considers directing further on in her career #she also talked about her role as a producer on A Good Person and it sounds like she would make some really fantastic choices #as a filmmaker #I also loved how she appreciates fans of Midsommar but acknowledges we’re all weird 😂 #this was your daily dose of Florence Pugh for today :) #florence pugh #team flo #zach braff #a good person #film talk #Spotify

[childactress]

mara banks stage actress debut as janis sarkisian in mean girls national tour. do you see the vision

#tour NOT broadway mind you #like am i crazy to think she'd actually accidentally kill it... #maybe not much range in her theater career but janis is up her alley #post brought to you by mg musical movie being on tv rn #i will never understand this movie and its production decisions #i couldn't TRY to make this thing with so many elements out of place like #stupid with love slaughtered and left for dead omg #i literally have to be high to watch this. always have been always will be #i kinda love that mg events just get worse as they go on. movie > broadway > tour(s) > musical movie #what next please pelase please plepase please #ok bye

[bestofsophieturner]

Sophie Turner at the Playbox Theater (Warwick) on July 2nd for a special event "An evening with Sophie Turner".

She talked about her career, in a special one-afternoon event, in aid of Playbox’s ‘Raise The Roof Campaign’, to support the restoration of The Dream Factory’s roof.

Sophie was in conversation with Elle magazine’s Lena de Casparis and this formed the centrepiece of a dynamic evening of discussion.

https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/warwick/the-dream-factory/an-evening-with-sophie-turner/e-lgpyzy

#sophie turner #sophiet #career #acting #elle magazine #playbox theater #warwick

[skyelights-xox]

So are we ready to talk about how Tangled The Series is the Law & Order SVU of kids media when it comes to musical theater actors

#there are SO MANY broadway actors it's insanity #which I'm not complaining about because I mean it's essentially what led to me figuring out what career I wanted to pursue in my life #but I'm still finding out about cameos I didn't recognize the first time I watched tts TO THIS DAY #was NO ONE gonna tell me Christian Borle was in it?? I was supposed to find that out myself??? #tangled the series #tts #rapunzel's tangled adventure #musical theater #broadway #musicals

[petalsofchaos]

dude. i just want to like.. bake bread and kiss my friends on the cheek and support local theatres. i just want to have a little apartment with a little stove and a little pasta pot where people know they're always welcome. i just want to lend myself to the stage every night and breathe people into paper manuscripts. why does everything have to be so... much

#your girl decided on musical theater as a career path a month and a half ago and is already in mental chaos about it #I DIDNT KNOW THE SECRET GARDEN WAS A MUSICAL HELLO?? #why did i deadass find my audition song on tiktok 😭😭 #where do i get a monologue book?? #WHY IS MY SCHOOL YEAR ENDING IN FOUR MONTHS IM NOT READY 😭 #bro platonic love is so beautiful #wannabe cottagecore #cottagecore #musical theater

[s-ccaam-era-crepe]

i hate that society really treats most young passions and interests that don't have the easiest careers to get into, as hobbies for you to have when you're older bc they 'aren't good enough' as jobs. or maybe its just me idk </3

#camera talks #or even as things you will have to move on from and forget about if they aren't viable hobbies #this Is about the fact that i would die to be a professional lighting tech in theater #i mean seriously. i love tech and the lighting system so so so much if i could go into that as a career i fucking would #but i feel like it was treated with such hobby vibes for so long that i Never considered it to be something i could actually do #which sucks. because i love theater and tech so fucking much #not to say im not happy with the career im pursuing tho. i do believe that the career im pursuing (at least rn) #Is something i'd like to do #its just that i would probably drop everything in a heartbeat to be able to do lights professionally and as a job going to be honest #(realistically i understand i could probably switch career paths now but also i feel pretty suck in This one yk.) #anyways. fucking hell i cannot believe i will be going to college next year. gah. what the hell

[skunkes]

idk if this is strange to say but i wish there were more opportunities for like casual Acting bc that's like. a form of Play to me (pun not intended wee hee). Idk what happened to me that my shame and embarrassment gland got too huge but i Was in school plays as a kid and i enjoyed it. Nothing sounds more fun than having a contained space where u can be dramatic and say things in specific voices without it being Weird.

Dont say "get into ttrpgs" because its not the same i suck at improv and I'd be too embarrassed to really act bc i only have like 1 person in the whole world i wldnt be embarrassed to Act like that around. Too close. Need to fully move around a space.

i want to just be able to memorize lines/a script and deliver them in an appropriate setting without not making it bc i wasnt good enough for the role and cant sing well enough ykwim (as could be the case for trying to get into local theater). Does this make sense in any way❓❓ I was born to be a cartoon character everyone loves my weird funny exaggerated faces i need to be on a stage but i also need the escapism of pretending to be someone else and quite literally performing Feelings. Do u see my vision. I never outgrew imagining myself in music videos and its hindering my life. Does anyone wanna play dolls with me but we're the dolls.

#though i will say my embarrassment + self conchesness keeping me from becoming a theater kid was a blessing actually #talkys #long post - #finally...the long non vent post from cheye #i wanna be a character i wanna exaggeratedly act as a form of escapism its fun #saying this lightheartedly as a person who is only ''good'' at drawing but god. lately ive not been able to shake thots of like. #maybe my pipe dream career shldve been in theater acting and not art ykwim. maybe i shouldve been a theater kid! maybe i shldve aimed for #that like. road? even though id never make it big ykwim #at least id be Trained and be able to do it more. ykwim? i wanna do it wahh

[landlordevil]

just finished the meeting w the company director and I couldn't stop smiling TT_TT I probably looked like a freak but I'm just really excited to be back

#i hear the word ''world premiere'' and i get giddy I LOVE MODERN THEATER..... I LOVE U MODERN THEATER #like i know some people would consider me ''''''behind''''' when it comes to my career. i'm a little insecure about it tbh. #telling my mom like yes i could scrounge and beg and try to get to bway or hollywood #i don't WANT to. i want to read plays that blow my mind. i want to be there for new plays n ideas always #signing the contract next week...!

[sojutrait]

for the anon who wanted to see hayden hehehe she actually just aged up into a ya so i gave her a quick lil makeover

#shes so baby grill i love her #shes not going to uni shes jumping right into the entertainer career shes a theater kid #i had to implode my inbox so i couldnt answer the ask directly BUT !! here she is hehe #soju save extras

[alliluyevas]

pretty much all my friends from high school or college are either in political science/government or STEM. the token non-stem friend.

#sometimes it makes me feel really dumb and no one wants to go to the theater w me :( #i mean i am not a performing arts person in terms of my career or skills but i like performing arts #i know i'm not dumb i'm good at a lot of things but i'm not good at math #and like half my friends are stem phd students

[cozycreaturescorner]

y'all i'm finally applying to colleges after basically 4 years of procrastination! be very proud of me

#em is yelling #i have not written this much in a While #i'm really only applying to conservatories/intensive drama programs #bc i am terrible at real school and want to be surrounded by art all the time #mostly looking at boston and new york but lowkey also considering california.. #but i'd rather stay on the east coast lol esp considering i've never lived away from home #i haven't been in school since i was taking single community college theater classes one at a time pre-pandemic #soooo. nervouss. but i need to further my career and education and also not live at home anymore afjfxhn

[callixton]

i do get sort of scared for my future sometimes not bc i don’t know what i want to do but bc i literally cannot imagine feeling fulfilled or okay doing anything except for theater and yet it is so nebulous and hard to make a living off of so it’s really more of like. what if i fail and no matter what else i do it’s not enough

#like to call it a compulsion is almost an understatement it’s something i Need to do #in a way which freaks me out bc if i can’t where does that leave me #it’ll all be okay tho. people keep telling me i have what it takes. for whatever that counts for #i also give people the like. well you can still be involved in theater even if you don’t pursue it as a career #but. i can’t do that. #at least i don’t feel the need to exclusively be creatively involved like there’s a lot of production/administrative positions i think i #- would do well in for extended periods of time #ted talks