In March, I accepted a position as a patron services associate with Creede Repertory Theatre (CRT) in Creede, Colorado. But I still haven’t figured out how to explain to announce to all of my friends and family that I’m doing this. Perhaps it’s that I’m going through a phase where I barely use social media right now. I’m only logging into my Facebook account a few times a week, and I don’t 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’m 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’m 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 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏecticut 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’m 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’t have the opportunity to travel throughout Colorado, but I’m looking forward to hiking and exploring the San Juan Mountains, a part of the Rockies. Maybe I’ll even try to summit a fourteener–Colorado has 58 mountain peaks exceeding 14,000 feet. It’s crazy to think that when I leave after my graduation in May, I won’t be returning to 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ or any school in September. I don’t have plans yet for what I’m 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’m sure I’ll be able to find the right opportunity by that time!