Today I had a schedule-free morning, so I got the chance to catch up on some much needed sleep. I slept until about 9:30 and woke up to see the winter sun shining against the buildings outside my frosted window. This gave me some hope that today was going to be a good day. I was also encouraged by the devotional that my mom gave me before I left on Monday. Today’s reading spoke of letting God guide me through the hills and valleys of my life. The line that hit me most was “Walk hand in hand with Me through this day. I have lovingly planned every inch of the way.” It was wonderful that that was exactly the kind of reminder that I needed to help calm and prepare me for my first interview.
I went to lunch with two of my future roommates at The Corner Bakery (which I highly recommend to those of you who haven’t been there before) and then caught the Redline to head to my interview at Lifeline Theatre. The commute was over a half hour long, so it wasn’t awful. I got to my interview over a half an hour early. Rogers Park is a really artsy, cool area, and I really wanted to spend my extra time exploring a little bit. But, considering that it was 3 degrees outside, I decided that that was probably not the best idea. So I sat in the lobby and read through their season information.
During my hour long interview, I met with three different women: the Managing Director, the Artistic Director, and the Head of House. Allison, the Managing Director was great. As we talked, she gave me a backstage tour of the theatre. We walked through the props and costume storage, workshop and dressing rooms, etc. She told me that on Mondays, the whole gang works together doing maintenance around the theatre. They call this "Project Monday". I'm not afraid of a little dirty work, but I had to laugh when she said, “Ya, it’s not sexy. It’s just not sexy.” I immediately liked her after that. Haha.
Then I met Dorothy, the Artistic Director. She was really nice as well, and someone that I also like right away! She had long blonde dreads piled into a high ponytail and wore silver horn-rimmed glasses. Totally unique and awesome. She told me that I was welcome to sit in on any production meetings and rehearsals, and if there were any auditions I could observe those as well!
Erica is the Operations Manager. She is young and cute and she answered some of my questions. All of the women had specific questions they were told to ask me, but Erica looked at some of them and would say, “Ya, I don’t like that question.” I liked her honesty.
The space is small and intimate, and the work environment seems to be very cooperative, which is very important to me. I think that this location would be a great place to work and I would learn a lot. But I still have another interview tomorrow, and then there is more to the selection process, so nothing will be decided for a couple of days yet. I was grateful that my first interview went well.
For dinner, we had a pizza party at the Chicago Semester office and then my roommates and I went to Baskin Robbins for ice cream.
Tomorrow at 10am I interview at Chicago Dramatist. I ask again for all of your prayers and support as I commute alone again and face another possible internship opportunity.
I miss you. I love you. Always.
~ Julie ~
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