Billy Porter during an interview said that he was grateful for the lack of work. He reminded me that we should never only practice our art when we are under contract. We should never seek permission to do what we do. There are so many ways for us to connect with other actors, writers, and directors to create an artistic moment. It reminds me of the many readings that I have participated in that at times were simply in a living room with home cooked food and some chairs. The new words on the page that have yet to be spoken provided me with the chance to remember why I entered this business in the first place. The sheer joy of trying something new and pruning old routines into fresher ones.
The space during unemployment lets me learn new music new monologues, and to read and watch new plays. Just last week I learned some great new songs that I had copied years ago and never looked at. Hearing them in the rehearsal space with the piano's support brought a smile to my face and a flutter to my senses. Luck is when preparation meets opportunity. Unemployment is not a time for sadness or to contemplate how you can never get hired because the roles are so limited. It is a time to leap over those depressing notions into a space of creativity and newness. So I think I will plan a showing of new poetry and music as I await my next contract and share some joy. Yep! Now that is what I call finding opportunity in unemployment.
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