Summer Employment while in College

CanadianMTgirl
Wed, 11 May 2016 17:21:23 +0000

This will be my first summer working in theatre. I’ll be at Theatre Aspen as one of their Arts Administration apprentices as part of the Theatre Aspen Apprentice Program. Between high school and my first year of college (before I transferred to a musical theatre program), I worked as a princess-for-hire with a local birthday entertainment company. Between my first year in college and my first year in my musical theatre program, I worked for the Canadian federal government at Passport Canada and as a retail employee at the Disney Store. I did the same last year. I didn’t mind not working in theatre for two summers, because I was paid very well and was provided with some strong data entry/customer service skills that make me a better administrator. I will not break even working at Theatre Aspen this summer (although they are housing me and paying for my travel), because I have to take this internship for credit and the cost of the credit hours exceeds what they are paying me.

I intend to work in theatre for the remainder of my summers in college, if possible. I knew I needed to get this for-credit internship out of the way, so I wasn’t pursuing performance as a priority this summer, but as someone who does have a double major in BFA Arts Administration, it’s nice to know that I can often seek a job that will complement both of my skill sets, as a performer and as an administrator. I would love to do summer stock next year, but am not in a position to pay to play. I guess we’ll see how it shakes out!