Stuff & Taxes
December 12, 2008
This week I went to Chicago to see a friend of mine in the play “Ruined” at the Goodman Theater. Wow! What a great show, the acting was fantastic, especially my friend who was the lead, Saidah Ekulona. The show transfers to the Manhattan Theater Club in February and I highly recommend that if you are in NYC at the time, go see this. Congratulations to Saidah and the cast!
Back in LA, I am winding down for the holidays. I have been doing a lot of casting workshops and I am slowly getting closer to building a clientele of actors who come to me for audition coaching. I love working with actors, and as so much of what I do is finding talent, it is super-fulfilling to help an actor book a job and/or realize what it takes to be prepared for an audition. Also, in these times it doesn’t hurt to have additional income :0)
I have been contacted by Student Filmmaker Magazine for an interview on how I got to where I am, so look out for that to come out soon. When I think about how I got to where I am, the first thing I think about is that I am still trying to get there, because where I am is not where I want to be, not in a negative way, I just have so much more to do! So, maybe as my New Year’s resolution I should think of what my goals are, because I think it’s time to step up my game and visualize where I want to be – or maybe I have been living in L.A for too long and now officially sound like someone from Southern California!
I have met with a lot of producers and directors over the past few weeks and I have been reading a lot of scripts, so I expect the New Year to be busy. “After.Life” is all cast, and my assistant Mark was amazing. He took care of so many things and made my life easy. It is important to have an assitant like that because Mark allowed me to do what I am good at, finding talent. Thank you Mark!
As the year comes to a close it is also time for me to do my taxes. I hate this part of the year, it is so bittersweet. On one hand you have Christmas, family, presents and on the other hand I have a tax bill looming, getting my finances together and praying that I can file by April. Oh, the life of a freelancer!
I’m actually looking forward to doing my taxes. More so than Christmas.
So you worked with Plum, cool. It seems they’re producing a lot of films in NY, so you guys won’t be keeping all the action over on the other side forever. : )
I cast anywhere someone needs me. I have done 3 films out of NYC this year and I am looking forward to casting films in NYC again, New Orleans and LA next year! I think these days you have to go where the job is and not wait for things to happen to you.