brutal

this is gonna be brutal.

dropped off my first load of headshots and resumes at my agent's office this morning, with her promise to begin sending them to casting directors for specific projects. then i get to hope that, based on my headshot/resume, they give me an audition appointment. then it's simple. i just show up and get the job! first one she's sending me out for: alabama shakespeare festival.

film and tv are shut down because of the writers' guild strikes. it could last months. i can do student films and the like, but they don't pay. i'm officially eligible for the stage actors' union, known as Equity. now i can join, and audition for shows that actually pay on the kind of scale i could scrape together a living on. the catch: i have to pay $1100 to join. YIKES.

meanwhile, i'm going back to my old job at the drama book shop a few days a week to make a little (emphasis on little) spending cash, and i just got a writing assignment for los angeles confidential, massive thanks to the two friends i still have at the magazines!

and i'm also acting as my own agent, trolling backstage casting notices and submitting myself for audition appointments. tomorrow i'll just show up for an open call for the roundabout theatre company.

here goes!