How much really can we steer our career in the direction we want to?
I know for me, I find myself very typecast (regional theater, classical theater and working well with challenging productions or creative team members), and I am trying to break into a new and different paths for me. I am frustrated with where my career is currently, and wondering if people had similar stories? New paths taken? Good ideas or not?
I am actively trying to pursue non-classical theater shows at this time (although I am not totally closed off, I am trying to get a more diversified resume – musicals, new shows, non-classical theater). I am also trying to get non-PSM positions on larger shows to show that I can assist. (I have the odd resume in which I really only have three true ASM experiences in my career.)
I am frustrated because I really have become type, and I feel like I have hit a growth ceiling – with the jobs I am interviewing for and the jobs I am being offered, and want to, desperately shake it up. I have a couple of things in the work – for immediate jobs that I feel like could open my resume a bit.
But in the end, is this truly a career you cannot steer? Should I be satisfied I am working, and just take the next job? Should I let fate/destiny/luck take control? How do I keep from just doing the same thing over and over? (OR, OR . . . should I accept that I am really good at what I do, and have been doing, and be happy with that?)