Marry You

I looked at the description of my blog to the side, and I realized I wanted to talk about being an intern. Okay, I know you've heard me bitch about how much I work, so I won't be talking about that the whole time. I want to talk about my experiences so far.

For those of you who do not know (comment if you read this), I am the Theater Administration/House Management Intern for Barksdale Theatre and TheatreIV in Richmond. I've been to Barksdale/TIV shows since I was a kid, and I've worked with Barksdale a few times over the years. To be on staff is pretty much awesome. I like being able to say I work for the biggest professional theater in Central VA (Barksdale), the largest children's theater in Virginia and the 2nd largest children's theater in the country (TIV). Yeah, we're kind of a big deal, haha. SO what do I do? One part of my job is office support. I help out in our administrative office in all departments who need help. I'm kind of like the administrative assistant, but I take on projects from all different departments. It's been pretty awesome to learn about different aspects of a nonprofit theater company and what makes it tick. This is my favorite part of the job... I wish this was my only job (which is the original job for which I applied).

The other aspect is House Managing. On the plus side, I get to schedule House Managers for TheatreIV and Barksdale at Hanover Tavern, so having a staff under me is kind of cool. I get to see/hear the shows and meet a lot of cool people. Well, that's about it. Otherwise I have to deal with people. I hate dealing with people. I have very little patience. Haha. Also I clean the theater. I'm not a janitor, nor did I apply for a janitorial job. This part of the job is complete and utter b/s. After this internship, you can bet I'm not going to do this part of the job again unless I get paid a lot more money. I need to be in shows, and it hinders me from auditioning for anything. That's ridiculous and NOT for what I applied.

I think everyone should have an internship, but only once. If I had to be an intern again, I think I'd go crazy. It's a really great opportunity my first year outside of college, but after this year... I'm done. I can't make zero money for working a salaried job. I'm all for working hard on shows and at work... but the money needs to match the work next time, at least a little bit. But I LOVE working for a theater company. I was afraid I'd be stuck answering phones all year. I love working for this company, too. I don't think I could have been hired by a better place. :D

So that's a brief look into internship land. Tomorrow I'm going to start my 2010 Year in Review. If you haven't seen my previous years in review, I go month by month saying the big things that happened while I watch Donnie Darko... weird, I know. Haha.