Jacquelyn Long: On Presenting Professional Theatre

Thursday, December 5 th , 2024. 12:07 PM. Confidence in my career/choice of major: 55% Song stuck in my head:  I Will Go Anywhere With You by Julia Nunes                    It's fine. It's allll fine. I'm not tired at all. I'm goooooddd. I don't feel sick at all. Not at all. Not even one bit. This one? I'll take no points. Yeah. I just want to put it on the blog for completion's sake. So I can get the confidence-o-meter in here. Feel free to ignore. Yeehaw. Well maybe I can say about about the confidence-o-meter. Based on the research I've done, it seems like there are a few big names who do a lot  of shows. It feels like how people keep casting movie stars in everything. Like do they just get cast because they've got that name recognition and star power? How does a little fish like me find their big break? I don't know. They've got so many credits. It seems like they never rest. I don't know how to be Chris Pratt! I'm not...

 Friday, December 6 th , 2024. 8:51 AM. Confidence in my career/choice of major: 70% Song stuck in my head: Why Do You Let Me Stay Here? by She & Him                 Listen I know this "choose your own adventure" journal entry is really supposed to be about one of our days in class. But I'm sick and I want to talk about hospitality and event management. Because I considered studying that, but one of my friends picked that as her major and I didn't want to copy her. She's graduating next semester and will be a great  wedding planner one day, I'm sure.                 On the first night that I attended load in for A Beautiful Noise , we stepped out of the Palace theatre and into the State Theatre's lobby, where they had set up "coffee" for all the workers. An array of snacks and drinks lined the bar. They offered us some, but I didn't feel like I had earned any food....

December 1 st , 2024. 5:22 PM. FINAL Confidence in my career/choice of major: 100%! Just kidding it’s like 70% still FINAL song stuck in my head: Love Like You by Rebecca Sugar      Distilling my thoughts about this class and what I’ve learned into one neat little journal entry is a little bit of a daunting task for someone who can hardly remember what they ate for breakfast this morning.                      I believe the most valuable thing I gained by participating in this class is a better understanding of the touring process, as well as better understanding of the kind of work I'd think I'd like to do in theatre.                      Touring seems like a very, very valuable experience, as it's a great way to learn as you work. It does seem like "trial by fire," but if I can survive touring, I can survive anything, right? Working in a pl...

Tuesday, November 19 th , 2024. 10:12 AM. Confidence in my career/choice of major: 78% Song stuck in my head: The Verge by Bad Moves                    Cam. Cam. These journal entries can't all be good. Bullet points are all I've got today. My neck hurts. Warum!!!! Excited to see/had questions about: Illusion Practicals I had liked so much - how would they be used What on earth had caused the show to be delayed almost a full hour the previous night, and if it would happen again We had been told the lights would come on and people would be singing and dancing? That intrigued me  Did I like the show? Ehhhhh...... Did I have a good time? Undoubtedly. It was nice to see how happy everyone else was! Some big Neil diamond fans in the audience. That's what theatre's all about, baby. What I liked: In theory, the therapy framing device. It had potential but it wasn't explored nearly enough for my liking Trying to take the pen out of his...

Wednesday, December 4th, 2024. 5:48 PM. Confidence in my career/choice of major: 56% Song stuck in my head: Turn the Lights Off by Tally Hall                     What is a Director of Production? A whole lot of work, that's what! And also Penny Zaletel and Dianna Angell, they're directors of production. I'm not capitalizing it every time.                    All of m y questions were about the responsibilities of a director of production, which were answered in their talk. I also found this job listing from The Public Theatre in New York for a "director of producing," which is pretty close I think. I don't know, you told me to include a link so here it is. There's a huge list of responsibilities, but hey, also a salary of at least  100,000 dollars. That's not bad! And a "robust slate of benefits." How wonderful.              ...

Friday, November 22nd, 2024. 2:24 PM. Confidence in my career/choice of major: 75% Song stuck in my head:  Salut d'Amour Op. 12 by Edward Elgar                 If this is a freebie journal entry, then I'm using it write about guest speakers DeAnn Boise and Jordan McKey, company managers for Some Like it Hot. I took a whole bunch of notes while they spoke to us, and I'm glad they're not going to waste. I found their talk to be particularly interesting and unique.                    I had little to no knowledge about the role and responsibilities of a company manager before the DeAnn and Jordan came to class to speak with us. My takeaway is that they handle the logistics and finances of the tour, and act as liaison between the company and the producers. DeAnn's exact words were that they "represent" the producers. They work with travel agents to secure lodging, manage payroll...