I love theatre and I love stage managing. I get such a rush from calling a show. There's no feeling like it. However, it's stressful and exhausting. I also realize that professional stage management is going to be a lot more time consuming than educational. Hell, even graduate school stage managing is going to take more time than undergrad. I've been looking at grad schools for Stage Management, and may still do it. I do love it.
I also really enjoy costuming and make-up. I LOVE doing the research for it. I've got to work some more on the actual construction of costumes. But, hey! I'm nineteen. I have time. I enjoy creating characters, and costuming/make-up is another way to do that. However, another huge time commitment.
Here's my dilemma. I want children. I want to settle down and I want a family. I need this. This is going to be extremely difficult with a career in theatre, particularly stage management.
I've been tossing this idea around for awhile.
My town has two colleges, but there is very little to do in this town. It's located in a dry county (no alcohol), so a lot of the chain restaurants will not open establishments here. We have a hookah lounge that was opened last spring, and that has boomed! There is also a cafe that has opened. They do things like karaoke and live music too. But still there is very little to do in this town. Supposedly, the city is building a movie theatre at some point, but we'll see.
Anyway, there is no coffee shop or bookstore (excluding campus bookstores) in town. For a college town, this is shameful. Well, I've been thinking. Maybe, just maybe. I would like to open up a coffee shop/bakery/used bookstore in town. This way I would be able to raise and homeschool my children. I would have time for them! The coffee shop would let me have steady income and I could still work on my photography and writing. I could also do community theatre if I so desired.
We could have events, like poetry slams or live music. We could have art showings or a gallery [though there is a gallery in town
].Am I totally lame?
