You take the “interview” for the job while on the train back from an audition in NJ. Bob and Renee, your bosses to be, promise you flexibility and you say yes. You earn receive a regular salary, with some benefits.
You’re still living with Lilli in Brooklyn. You’re beginning to do some cabaret singing and have an occasional gig singing in restaurants with friends. You are turning 35 and really starting to wonder what you should do. Your voice teacher comes to town to visit and tells you about how hard it was for her to move to Florida, until she 100% embraced the new place and committed to finding new skills and new happiness. You wonder how to do that for yourself, so you decide to go out of town for your birthday. You book a bed & breakfast in Beacon and have a nice train ride.
And then a magic moment happens.
You sit down for dinner and check your email. You have been cast in the TV show you auditioned for a few days ago and when you come back to town after your weekend, you don’t have to go to the office. You are going to work as an actor. The universe said yes.
You make your birthday wish, which has, so far, continued to come true. And you buy a baseball cap so that you can still enjoy your weekend outside without worrying about sunburn. You still take time to consider what you want to come next, and decide that you’re ready to live on your own.
You start saving, and you also do your own cabaret show (with a lot of support from your friends). Then, the next spring, you move into your own studio apartment. Rick and another friend help you paint it blue, and more friends and your parents help you move in. Two weeks later, you go to New Hampshire to do a play.
You come home, run a 10k, do the farce at Bickford and go straight into rehearsals for “A Wilder Christmas,” which is a showcase contract that turns into a mini contract for a one-week extension, and is an amazing ensemble, and one of the most beautiful shows you have ever performed.
A few months later, you are hired to play Jenny in “Chapter Two” for a theatre in Pennsylvania, where you can work as a local hire by living with your parents. The man playing George is one of the best actors you’ve ever met, and every night you jump off the cliff together to tell this story.
When the show is over, what do you do