TCG Circle: Recently, I left gainful employment in arts administration to become an independent theatre artist and musician. I am certain that there are people who do this-earn a living by making theatre and music as their primary vocation. I want to be one of them. So, I saved a little money and took a flying leap. I left my day job. I took a trip to Asia that I had wanted to take for years. Now, here I am, poised to become the independent artist I have also spent years dreaming about. I am ready to do the work and share the information with all of the dreamers and those who just know they will make it. I am my own case study in progress.