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Post by Sir Trevor on Jan 28, 2005 9:31:39 GMT -5
The people working 'jobs' get paid. Actors do not.
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Post by Rookie on Jan 28, 2005 10:25:47 GMT -5
So why would should you do cast if you get to do all the same things, and get paid for it besides?
Sorry for all the questions, Rookie
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Post by Sir Trevor on Jan 28, 2005 10:43:43 GMT -5
Because the people doing jobs aren't doing the same thing. The jobs are things like taking care of the trash, working food stands, working the gate. Things like that. They don't really act. They just dress up (in most cases), make a bad attempt at dialect (like I am one to talk here ), and do their job. They stand in the booth all day long dealing with customers all day. Cast are the ones out in the street interacting with patrons. Doing some stage work, and other fun stuff. Sure it is hard work, but it is also fun, and always different
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Magda
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look into my eyes: what do you see?
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Post by Magda on Jan 28, 2005 11:18:59 GMT -5
Some of the cast are paid, but they're not taken from the auditions held in the area. They go to semi-national 'cattle-call' auditions; mostly from the OTA (Ohio Theatre Alliance) auditions, if I am to understand correctly. The bulk of the cast, however, is volunteer only. This past summer, there were appoximately 12-15 'in-house' (or paid) cast members, and upwards of 80 or 90 volunteers.
Most of the people who've spoken here are volunteers, and look at all of the nice things we said anyway! Even though we're not getting paid, it's only on weekends, and the benefits make it worthwhile. And don't forget, volunteer work that you're committed to can still be listed on resumes!
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Post by Rookie on Jan 28, 2005 13:52:54 GMT -5
OK Thanks for the info - I guess I've got a lot to learn huh? Anyway that is all for now.
Rookie
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Post by Alice Arabella Alestan on Jan 30, 2005 2:06:02 GMT -5
I know that all of this has already been said several times over, but I thought I'd throw in my two pence as well.
I've been a voulenteer member of the Uppe From the Ashes acting troupe for three seasons now (UFTA is the official name given to the street cast... unless they went and changed it on me? Anyways, I'ma still gonna call us UFTA 'cause that's what I know us as). I am not, by far, as talented as the in-house cast or the officers, but I do faire because it is a rather significant part of my life. When I started faire, I had just finished my sophomore year in highschool, now I'm finishing up my sophomore year in college - and while a lot of things have changed, a few basic truths remain: faire is an amazing experience. Yes, there's always some kind of drama stirring the waters, but that's because people care about faire. I have so far refrained to comment upon the latest disturbance officially, but I would never change the fact that I have worked at faire. Yes, I've sunk a lot of money into it for no material gain in return, but the things that you learn there are priceless. It's not just learning about acting and improv and learning how to face a stranger, look them in the eye, and tell them something utterly ridiculous. You learn how to deal with situations that you never thought would happen - you inadvertently learn how to deal with drama (both juvenile and grown-up type), and you learn so much about yourself. Gods.. by allowing yourself to explore being someone else, you view yourself in a new light and are able to make leaps and bounds in whatever direction you chose to take.
Those who've worked at faire, no matter how long, always have something to be bitter about. 'Eew, the green room's a mess of mud and I have nowhere to really put my stuff.. lovely.' So on and so forth - but in the scheme of faire, that really doesn't matter. I've learned to take things how they come and act accordingly. Through my experience of faire, I've slowly begun to treat every day a bit more as if it was actually 'groundhog day.' See, in rehearsals (well, up 'til that rather involved plot last year where I gotta be a warrior, whee!) we're taught that each faire day is the same day - but new. All previously developed whatevers are moot. You're back to a new, clean slate, you have the chance to do thousands of things to meet your goals or whatnot. It's an amazing way to live. Less to worry about, and I've actually found that it helps me reach my goals, because instead of wasting energy feeling guilty about whatever's happened, I simply deal with it and move on.
I would never trade my time at faire for anything. Nothing at all. The people I've met there have truly changed me for good.
Gods, I've even come to realize just how far I have to go to be a decent actress. I mean, lookit Earl from last year. Ghengis Khan - anyone remember that big sweetheart? Yeah. I seriously feel threatened by his enormous acting talent. I'm nowhere near that good. But that doesn't stop me from throwing myself into acting and trying to be the best actress I can be. And let me tell you this - one day, you'll see me somewhere, on the news for something, and you'll be able to say 'DUDE. I knew her! She was that crazy chick who made me part of her army against the dreaded Ghengis Khan that year..'
Even if I'm never famous, I feel that way every year, because each year I'm in cast, I become so much better of an actress. I feel more at ease doing crazy things, and I feel more comfortable inside myself. Not to mention, that every year I make a countless number of people smile - countless because there must be people who I didn't even see who noticed me 'sneaking' through the shire shouting at the top of my lungs that Brunhilda was the best sneaker in the world.. Faire will always be a part of me because it's changed me so much.
If you're willing to be changed for the better and learn innumerable things about yourself and others, try out for faire. Heck, even come visit a day or two. If I'm in cast this year, come find me, and I'll make sure to give you a personalized tour of the shire in my character (or maybe of my own personal country, like I did two years ago with Melancholmanda, Melancholia and Amanda's claimed country of gravel) and hopefully show you just how wonderful the shire can be. It's a whole other world where you can literally be whoever you want to be for a time.. and through that time in someone else's skin, change so much.
*shrugs* I dunno. I can't imagine my life if I'd never done faire, simply because there are so many wonderful people I never would have met. I don't know if I'll be part of the cast this year - not because I don't want to be, but because I'm going abroad to Japan next year for a semester and I should really concentrate on having some kind of money for while I'm over there, 'cause otherwise I'm gonna go broke. Broke is bad.
Anyways. I hope I wasn't too repetitive or whatnot, but.. give it a chance before you decide what faire's like. Come visit us during a faire day, and you'll soon realize that if you give yourself the liscence to be involved, you'll get so much out of it you won't know what happened to you.
Anyways, that's my two pence. Extra long pence they is, too.
Love always, Lei [Lynnet/Melancholia Tearworthy/Brunhilda]
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Post by Beatrice Peters on Jan 30, 2005 14:04:03 GMT -5
Brunhilda (or Broomhandle as Genghis liked to call you):
DON'T LISTEN TO A WORD OF WHAT SHE SAYS ABOUT HERSELF! SHE WAS ONE OF THE BEST ACTRESSES AT THE FAIRE! I have a soft spot in my heart for Brunhilda. Last year was my first official year for acting at the GLMF. It was a bit nerveracking and scary. EVERYONE, it seemed came with someone and/or knew someone from previous years. Me, I came with noone and basically didn't know anyone there. She is a warm and inviting person with a lot of love in her heart and she pulls all that into her acting. Sometimes, I would just sit and watch her interact with people just so I could observe her methods and take them in for my own knowledge. She has learned her craft and learned it well! And forget about interacting with her in a skit! It's so much fun! I got to do it moreso with her and Conrad Bellowsby and I had the time of my life with the two of them! They are two folks that surely I couldn't see the faire being without! I love them to pieces!
But, Brunhilda is right. Being at the faire is a learning experience and if I learned nothing else, it's that I can take away the experience for a lifetime and apply it not only to my acting resume, but real-life as well!
Ang
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Magda
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Post by Magda on Jan 30, 2005 16:34:15 GMT -5
Brunhilda and Beatrice, two of my madrigal sisters, rocked my world twice a day every faire day; they were some of the most fun people to do a show with ever!
And Conrad, our one and only bass, was pretty cool, too. *grin*
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Post by fyrestorm on Jan 30, 2005 20:34:07 GMT -5
madrigals!!! HOLLAH!!!!
madrigals were good times... err... when i wasnt running from one show to the other in a frantic, panic-driven madness...
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Post by Beatrice Peters on Jan 31, 2005 7:07:16 GMT -5
It was kind of hectic for you Genghis. I hope that even though that was the case, you enjoyed it anyway.
And as for the giggling gypsy, Divina Beshalade! Well, I have nothing but warm fuzzy thoughts for her. Such a deep person, for such a young age...she has an old soul...she radiated greatness!
As a matter of fact, there are TONS of people that I respect! If you think about working at the faire, just think that it offers you so many wonderfully diverse people to learn from and grow from and profit from in regards to theatre knowledge.
The officers really helped me a lot with my experience! They were all so wonderful in that they would take the time and partake all of their knowledge and theatre know-how and disburse it to you so that not only you come off as a good actor, but you had fun doing it. And they were amusing and funny and made it seem less like work (practice) and more like a gathering of friends and family.
Thank you Sean, Jen, Christy, Pete, Richard, Shannon, Greg and whomever I've left out. These people are the heart of GLMF and I couldn't have imagined my experience without them! Between them, there's not a thing you won't learn, Rookie! It will be an amazing experience for you!
Ok, I'm done waxing nostalgic now! ;D Hope this helps!
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Post by Gabriella on Feb 14, 2005 2:19:11 GMT -5
I miss you guys!!!! I've been going through normal daily stuff and had somehow managed to forget how awesome it was to be able to conive to torture innocent... Ahem...hee i mean, play with...wait...manipulate...no that doesn't work either...hmmm...nice way to say we made people do whatever we wanted just because we had a costume and an accent...hmmmmm.......hee hee hee. Seriously though Rook, faire will always be worth doing, and sure there are other faire's that could be (I'm not saying they are) more fun, but in different ways. I've never been to one or a part of one that was better than our loverly GLMF. And nobody is allowed to hurt me for the next sentence...but i won't be able to work it this coming summer. If you wanna know why feel free to ask privately, but it's not a big deal cause i'll make sure Gabriella still puts in a few appearances to annoy the hell out of all of you! hee hee, huggles my lovelies! ~naomi~
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Post by Sir Trevor on Feb 14, 2005 14:01:11 GMT -5
Sorry to hear you won't be back [pout] You will be missed
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Post by Grace O'Malley (Sarah) on Feb 14, 2005 23:18:33 GMT -5
I'm going to have to add one more voice to all this.
This past summer was my first working as volunteer cast with GLMF, and it was absolutely amazing, and another splendid summer I will always look back on very fondly. It had its ups and downs, but you'll get that with anything. I don't know how it's going to work out this summer, but as someone entirely new, many of the changes won't affect you, because you won't have known anything else. I think this has every ounce of potentially being one of your best summers ever if you do decide to join. It's an amazing experience. It really is. Like Gabriella, though, I don't think I'll be back this summer. I'll miss it terribly, but we'll see how things ultimately turn out... I'll definitely be stopping by, though. One is not rid of me so easily!
But I highly encourage you to work here. It's amazing.
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Post by Lady Catharine on Feb 15, 2005 11:17:37 GMT -5
Oh sorry to hear that..
Ya gott ;)a do what ya gotta do.
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