it's all about the party.

It's all about the party. This is the lesson I learned today in my business of theatre class. Networking is the most important thing. I've heard this before. But I've never heard that the most important networking you do is at PARTIES. Opening night parties for any show, especially Broadway though. You have to figure out who will be at these parties, and then learn everything there is to know about them. Then everything there is to know about their interests. This way you have stuff to talk about with them. Michael, my tap teacher but also our business of theatre sub, said that you will get more jobs at parties then you will at auditions.
As actors, it is our job to know everything happening in theatre in NY, everything in current events in the US and the world. No big deal. We just have to know everything.
This class was extremely overwhelming and made me anxious. I'm scared of this business. But at the same time, I want to take my fear and anxiety and channel it into an energy that will be useful to me. My nerves can become the energy I need to put myself out there. I will use the insecurities I have to my benefit. Somehow. I must find a way. Because saying I'll just get rid of them doesn't seem as realistic as deciding that I will just have to make them work for me.
I need to start taking cues from my sister and stalk as many Broadway people as possible. (Online, of course, not actually like follow them home...) Actors, producers, directors, designers, everyone. I need to know more shows and read more plays and steal more Playbills. I need to know more.