Philadelphia Artist

Hello my name is Rena. (Everyone says 'hello Rena') I'm addicted to theatre, yes that's right theatre. And I have no intention of changing my ways, I'm such a horrible person. Of course some of you are laughing at this point, because theatre can not be that horrible of an addiction. But I am sorry to say it is. I moved to Philadelphia in November because I want to do theatre, real theatre (whatever that means). Filthadelphia, which I actually am slightly in love with.

Of course whether or not I'm actually doing what I came to Philadelphia to do is another question. I am an actress, writer, and director (and yes slightly insane). But what have I actually done since I moved to Philly? Well I was jobless for a couple of months, which let me tell you was great both for my credit score and my bank account. Its not really a joke when people talk about starving artists, although luckily thanks to a credit card I have yet to starve (which is I will admit a sad commentary on us spoiled Americans). At first I was rather good at auditioning. And then I did a show with a bunch of zombie enthusiasts out of Manayunk. And it looks as though I might be doing more shows with them. (They are called the Dawson St. Dramatic Society, had to plug them in here somewhere.)

Since doing the show though I have not really been doing anything theatre related, other then writing a short zombie play (easily influenced anyone?). And of course I am working full time, but that has absolutely nothing to do with theatre, although I am happy to say that it is not in food service. I really need to start auditioning again.

Auditioning. Might I state that who ever created this horrid practice should be shot (I'm really a none violent person). I hate auditions, and I have sat on both sides of the table. I hate auditioning for shows, and I feel that I am actually rather horrible at it. And I hate trying to cast shows from Auditions, although I will say as Director its nice to have just a little more power in the situation. Nevertheless, I must audition to get parts and I must audition to cast shows. So I have resigned myself to the fact that I will have to do something about auditioning more.

Perhaps what is bothering me the most right now is trying to decided if this is the direction that I really want for my life. So this blog is hopefully my story while I figure out a lot of things. The goal is to be accountableto all of you people out there, I have to give this more of a shot.

First road block: Subleasing my apartment to someone else so that I can sublease from someone else. But more on that tomorrow.