It's been a long time since I've really been on here. I went through a lot of personal and professional angst in the past 3 years but it's starting to look up and thought I'd share.
Some of you may remember I was very excited in the fall of 2008 when I was moving up to Hartford, CT to start at TheaterWorks where I was expecting to be for a few seasons. As the 1st season was closing with American Buffalo I was told that I wasn't being brought back for the next season (this was in September about 2 weeks before the show closed and about 1.5 months after they had told me I would be back for the next season). Since I thought I was continuing, I had renewed my apartment lease so now I was stuck in Hartford with an apartment and no job. The economy had already crashed and finding work (theater or otherwise) wasn't easy. I experienced my longest period of unemployment from November 2009 until April 2010 when I finally got a job with the U.S. Census Bureau which lasted until July 2010 and paid really well.
That July, the Production Manager for TheaterWorks called me and asked if I wanted and was willing to come back for the closing show of their 2009-2010 season. We both understood there was no guarantee of future productions but I had nothing else lined up and despite my being let go suddenly, I actually liked working there so I said yes. They had brought in a new director, Tazewell Thompson, for the show and he loved me and was doing 2 more shows in the next season so he requested me as the PSM. This eventually led to me doing all of the 2010-2011 season and as this season comes to a close in 1 week, I've been told (again) that they want me for all of next season. So it looks like I've come full circle and am back on the track that I was originally intended to begin in 2008.
