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Employment / Re: When is it OK to work for free?
« on: Aug 18, 2010, 12:26 pm »
I was wrestling with this very topic this week so I wanted to take a moment to comment. I had two shows offered to me this week which were right on top of each other, one a 3 week foreign tour for good money (not AEA because it's all international) and the other an off broadway PA gig for basically "coffee & transit" money but with a good company on a fun new show.
After going over my finances I decided to turn down the tour to have the "in" at the off broadway company and here's my reasoning...
I'm stable enough financially, I just moved to NY with the plan to network and try to get an off broadway/broadway show in the future, there is long term potential with the off broadway show and company vs. the tour is only 3 weeks and then done for an unknown duration of time.
Basically I decided to roll the dice here in NY rather than go for the easy money with a show I have done, but that being said I had a plan in mind when I moved and had my finances in line to support it.
Hope that was a little helpful.
After going over my finances I decided to turn down the tour to have the "in" at the off broadway company and here's my reasoning...
I'm stable enough financially, I just moved to NY with the plan to network and try to get an off broadway/broadway show in the future, there is long term potential with the off broadway show and company vs. the tour is only 3 weeks and then done for an unknown duration of time.
Basically I decided to roll the dice here in NY rather than go for the easy money with a show I have done, but that being said I had a plan in mind when I moved and had my finances in line to support it.
Hope that was a little helpful.