These days, topics that are on my mind are to be careful of catching a cold or "worse," receiving "unsettling" glares because of being Asian and of the spreading coronavirus, and not being prepared for the real world after graduating CalArts.
My first topic connects to my second topic. As a stage manager, I cannot get sick no matter what at this time because I have productions starting back to back this semester. Many students are getting sick and it is crucial for me to take care of myself since I must be present at every rehearsal. However, it is difficult to care for my body when I am required to work long hours every day as well as being a student. It's very hard to stay healthy or not get sick when working late long hours with no days off for weeks. This would be the same for most students at CalArts, so many end up ill.
My second topic is the coronavirus. I am not aware of much, but all I know is my parents constantly checking up on me at night asking if anyone is giving me looks or if I'm fine at school. My parents have been reading and hearing about other Asian students getting "unsettling" looks or being discriminated against because of the Wuhan coronavirus, but I think it is natural to get that treatment since it is a health crisis at the moment. Of course, it is unfortunate because I'm not Chinese, I'm Korean, but I still have to be aware that some people may be uncomfortable since I'm generally Asian.
My third concern is how I feel that CalArts doesn't prepare me for the real world outside of CalArts. I am speaking from a manager's perspective. I have always worked at gigs outside of CalArts as I was a student for the past two and half years and I always felt that I can't ask for help or go to someone at school when I have questions. I have a lot of interests in stage management outside of theater, but CalArts stage management focuses only on traditional theater stage management. Therefore, I learned from outside internships that the resume I learned to make at school for theater doesn't work at all in the bigger entertainment world or that actors need to learn how to write real resumes for auditions, but the school simply makes them fill out a form instead.
Toolkit:
The Ready Go Toolkit resonated with me and I learned it allows artists to go mobile with their projects. I would further dig into how projects are made mobile? Is the trailer in the photo provided a tool car? How does it help projects become mobile? I thought the action of this is interesting and something to dig into.
My first topic connects to my second topic. As a stage manager, I cannot get sick no matter what at this time because I have productions starting back to back this semester. Many students are getting sick and it is crucial for me to take care of myself since I must be present at every rehearsal. However, it is difficult to care for my body when I am required to work long hours every day as well as being a student. It's very hard to stay healthy or not get sick when working late long hours with no days off for weeks. This would be the same for most students at CalArts, so many end up ill.
My second topic is the coronavirus. I am not aware of much, but all I know is my parents constantly checking up on me at night asking if anyone is giving me looks or if I'm fine at school. My parents have been reading and hearing about other Asian students getting "unsettling" looks or being discriminated against because of the Wuhan coronavirus, but I think it is natural to get that treatment since it is a health crisis at the moment. Of course, it is unfortunate because I'm not Chinese, I'm Korean, but I still have to be aware that some people may be uncomfortable since I'm generally Asian.
My third concern is how I feel that CalArts doesn't prepare me for the real world outside of CalArts. I am speaking from a manager's perspective. I have always worked at gigs outside of CalArts as I was a student for the past two and half years and I always felt that I can't ask for help or go to someone at school when I have questions. I have a lot of interests in stage management outside of theater, but CalArts stage management focuses only on traditional theater stage management. Therefore, I learned from outside internships that the resume I learned to make at school for theater doesn't work at all in the bigger entertainment world or that actors need to learn how to write real resumes for auditions, but the school simply makes them fill out a form instead.
Toolkit:
The Ready Go Toolkit resonated with me and I learned it allows artists to go mobile with their projects. I would further dig into how projects are made mobile? Is the trailer in the photo provided a tool car? How does it help projects become mobile? I thought the action of this is interesting and something to dig into.
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