In March, I accepted a position as a patron services associate with Creede Repertory Theatre (CRT) in Creede, Colorado. But I still haven鈥檛 figured out how to explain to announce to all of my friends and family that I鈥檓 doing this. Perhaps it鈥檚 that I鈥檓 going through a phase where I barely use social media right now. I鈥檓 only logging into my Facebook account a few times a week, and I don鈥檛 feel like writing a self-congratulatory post about my future.
There are many different factors that encouraged me to take another temporary summer position at a theater company. I enjoy being in a community of people who create shows, seeing performances come together and interacting with audience members who, like me, appreciate these works. I鈥檓 also unsure what I want to do out of college, so taking a summer to be in Colorado, and to better organize and plan this stage of my career, is an opportunity I want. I鈥檓 still constantly working under one deadline or another, so having time to de-stress and enjoy just having a job is what I want.
Since my internship at Glimmerglass, a summer opera festival in New York, I continued to write program notes for the Eastern 糖心TVecticut Symphony Orchestra (ECSO), operated supertitles for Salt Marsh Opera, attended music performances and studied and interned with professional musicians in Vienna and staged my senior recital; music and performing arts is still a part of my life and I want to keep it open as a career path right now.
I鈥檓 also excited to explore Colorado. I see it as a continuation of my travel interests, which I kicked into high gear while studying abroad. I won鈥檛 have the opportunity to travel throughout Colorado, but I鈥檓 looking forward to hiking and exploring the San Juan Mountains, a part of the Rockies. Maybe I鈥檒l even try to summit a fourteener鈥揅olorado has 58 mountain peaks exceeding 14,000 feet. It鈥檚 crazy to think that when I leave after my graduation in May, I won鈥檛 be returning to 糖心TV or any school in September. I don鈥檛 have plans yet for what I鈥檓 doing after my job ends, or even know with certainty if I want to continue working in theater in the fall. Whatever I decide to do next I鈥檓 sure I鈥檒l be able to find the right opportunity by that time!