Orientation was great. There are 21 interns total. There are two days of orientation, and you only have to go to one day. So there were only 8 of us today. Everyone seemed perfect, seriously. That is why I love theatre people...especially theatre people like me who care about the impact of theatre on children and people. There were 4 of us that are doing the education internships, which is helping with the camps during the summer. Then there was a girl who was stage managing for the 5 week intensive for high schoolers (the musical is Assassins! Which I just love because Neil Patrick Harris was in it!). There was also a girl who was assistant stage manager for that show. And lastly there was a girl who would be doing costumes for Assassins. Everyone seemed passionate, talented, and excited to get started.
We took a tour of the theater. It was big and a little confusing. I feel like I will have a harder time navigating the Children's Theatre Company than the city of Minneapolis. :) The Theatre Arts Training (which is the program I am working with) was in the basement with classrooms, offices, a dance studio, and a small black box (non-theatre folk need to look up these terms...sorry. :) ). The second floor had the box office, more offices, the main theater (which was a proscenium theater...which is a "normal" theater), a second much bigger black box theater, green room, dressing rooms, scene shop etc. I don't remember what was on the third floor...probably classrooms and offices. The fourth floor had two huge rehearsal spaces with beautiful views of Minneapolis, lots of offices and different departments, etc. So obviously the place was big and very impressive.
After orientation we were invited to stay and meet some of the teaching artists, these are the people who will be running the camps. So I of course stayed because who the hell wouldn't? I am here to network and so that is what I am going to do. :) Only two of us stayed. I don't understand why in the world the others would leave...their own faults. I met most of the teaching artists and they at least now know my face. There were many different types of theatre people in that room. And when I say that I don't mean like their specialities like vocal or improv or working with 3 year olds but the fact that there are mellow theatre people and there are super outgoing and crazy theatre people and many different kinds of theatre people inbetween. There is not a stereotype, even though lots of people believe in that stereotype.
So I learned that I will be working next week with 9-12th graders with a camp called the "Complete Works of William Shakespeare Abridged". Which is a Shakespeare parody. I met my teaching artist for this camp and she is the mellow type of theatre people. I don't know what the rest of my camps are yet because my supervisor wants to keep it open in case I change my mind about the age groups I want to work with or I don't get along with a teaching artist or vice versa (which I could never see happening) etc.
They gave me a comp ticket to see their mainstage show of Annie this Friday during one of their school matinees! I have only heard good reviews of this show and it will give me a good idea of how wonderful and impressive this theatre company is.
On my way home I found this apartment building. I am sad I don't live there. :)
But I seriously love the place I am living. Tomorrow I am planning on going to the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden which a just a small walk from the apartment. The garden has the famous spoon and cherry sculpture (yeah, I didn't know about it until I started researching about Minnesota. :) )
Thanks for reading! Have a great night/morning/day or whenever you are reading this!
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