Nicholas Barnard COM101.08
Opening question: “All actors are unemployed. So what do all those theatre majors do when they get out of college?”
Introduction
Clarify that all theatre majors are not actors, and my focus
Directing/Producing focus
Answer this by sharing internship process experience
Resume prep - w/ career services
Call a bunch of theatres - get info
Send out resumes
Interview
Internship hunt at career services
Resume
Rewrote it several times and shared it with lots of people for feedback
Threw it out and started over
Listings
From both books and websites
Called the theatres got information
Applying
Sent out resume packs
Wait
Interviews
All telephone interviews - theatres are cheap
Horizon's was 40 minutes or so
Bay Street was 30 minutes but caught me off guard
The Offer
Came very late - two weeks before internship started
Planning the move
Lots of quick planning—Used Emory's website for info
Phone calls and fast arrangements w/ work and professors
In Atlanta
First week -- meet, then start working on NDL
Description of NDL
World Premier
Summary
My responsibilities
ASMing
Properties management
Actor herding
YPF Festival
My responsibilities
Setup, setup, setup
Readings
Seminars
Working ways of writing plays, rewriting
Readings
My responsibilities
SMing - setup, and ensuring everyone had what they needed
Pay off: Joy of seeing new work formed
Back Office
Random assistance
Computers
Marketing stuff
Play selection
Lots of other little things
Other Shows
Saw a bunch of other shows - highlights
Closing Comments
Theatre majors work
Very varied internship, lots of different things
Theatre majors do other things than act
Backstage (ASMing and Props)
YPF
Readings
General Back Office help