Philadelphia Live Arts and Fringe Fest Volunteer Extravaganza: Canyon

I was not able to participate in Lady M. I had to work. THAT’S how my show goes.

Show: Canyon

It all begins with the box. Rolling around, laying yellow tape.

Overheard at the show:

Girl 1: “There’s no method to that madness”

Girl 2: “No method is a method”

Location: Wilma Theater on the Avenue of the Arts

Photo Credit

Job: Ticket Seller. No Pseudonymous required. But am kickin it in my Holly Hobby dress

Primary responsibility: Will-Call. And to direct a woman with an infant and stroller to the back of the audience, because that is her only option.

Outcome: My ticket selling partner was Jul**. In true Philly fashion, she knew someone I knew, Justintime. A testament to my belief of Philly being a big city, but a small town.

Reward: I got to see a moving box lay yellow tape throughout the lobby and hit everything standing still.

Tidbits of the night

1. The Wilma has their light sponsored by PECO

2. It was opening night

3. The theater has won 39 Barrymore Awards for Excellence in Theater, the most awards received by any company

Next up: Back to Red Rovers for Firewatch

Philadelphia Live Arts and Fringe Fest Volunteer Extravaganza

The secret way to get into the shows for Philadelphia Live Arts and Philly Fringe? 

Volunteer!

It’s THE best way to see what the yearly, two week event, offers. It will definitely offer some adventure, because you never know what you’ll be doing and where you’ll be doing it.

I’ve sat next to the exit door in a hall, ready to direct the audience to safety, only to have all the actors standing around me through multiple costume changes and nowhere for me to go and a loss of where to look. I’ve sat in a dark, abandoned CVS, watching someone in a bear hide crawl his way across the stage, directly to my feet, and “die”. I’ve sold tickets, ushered people into rows, across fields, and through multiple rooms while becoming part of the show.

This years fest, I’m hoping will be no different. I have signed up for multiple shows and looking forward to all of them.

Great Travel Money News

I do not celebrate in others misery or inconvenience. But I do notice a  great opportunity when I see it. I went to my second job today to get evaluated only to discover that of the two therapists at the facility, one is on light duty with a shoulder injury and the other is about to go on maternity leave.

I told the director I was willing to work every weekend possible.

Total potential travel income: ~1000/month!

Oh joy, joy!

My Last Big Purchase for the Next Two Years.

So,Yael, my neighbor,  just had her parents visit from France for three weeks.  Her mother and I both struggled with our communication with each other….wavering back and forth between choppy, unsure English or French (whoever just happend to be talking) to just speaking what we knew best, only to blankly look at each other and wait for Yael or her father to translate for us.  Yael’s father (Claude) asked me four times throughout their stay how my planning was coming along, only for me to blankly look at him in complete bewilderment/disappointment/anxiety.

I never mentioned that I:

1. Just made the massive payoff of my credit card 1 and

2. I  just bought a $150 all purpose, can’t go wrong, wear it everywhere during all seasons, will (and better) last me for at least 5 years little black dress whos future plans are to attend The Crystal Tea Room NYE party and then a grand wedding at the private and exclusive Union League in January. I mean, this dress has a future and only greater potential to send people over the edge with complements to me.

3. Lastly I just spent $135 on the Crystal Tea Room NYE party.

Both purchases, the dress and the NYE party ticket, are  on the credit card 1 that I just sent in a massive pay off.  It stings each time I think about it. But have you seen my dress! My God! I got it at Macy’s! It’s traditional.  I’ll wear it again and again….even when I do my travels, it will be my dress I take for any last minute dinners with strange and fascinating men I meet on the French Riviera or the enduring blokes I meet in Ireland or Scotland.

Maybe I need an automated voice of Yael’s father asking me how I’m coming along. At least I can come up with a better answer than, “It’s my off day.”

Last Great Purchases for Two Years:

Dress $140

New Years Eve tickets to the Exclusie Crystal Tea Room: $136

Promise.

Back to the Beginning

I decided to make a MASSIVE pay off on one of my credit cards to get it down to a $0 balance.

World Trip Mula: $0