Thursday, July 03, 2014
The ‘Mysteries’ Cast Discuss Life as Struggling Actors
NYTimes.com: The boldface names in “The Mysteries” belong to the characters: God, Jesus, Lucifer, the rest of the biblical crowd. The actors playing them off Off Broadway, at the Flea Theater in TriBeCa, are not famous — but they’re young, hopeful and ravenous enough about performing to do it free.
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Mysteries sounds like an interesting play. In a culture where religious attitudes are evolving and the juxtaposition of questioning the integrity of the church while the concept of "accept everyone" is at the forefront of many people's minds today, seeing works of art involving biblical elements is always a blast.
Is it acceptable to hire actors without paying them? I think so. In show business, the most important tool one can have is experience. No matter how much training or talent you have, without actually getting up on that stage it's all for nothing. The actress Allison Buck seems to share this sentiment, relating her work with Flea to "planting little seeds." From her interview, it sounds like she's very ready to move on to whatever she sees as success. Way to go, Allison!
It's interesting to see the range of work the actors do on the side. One actor is unemployed, while another is working at Google. I'm intrigued by how one could possibly balance life as a software engineer as well as an actor.
The people working in this type of atmosphere provide an interesting perspective on what it takes to for an individual to accomplish their dreams. These actors sacrifice their time without the reward of pay at the end of each week or month. They juggle low paying jobs with long hours in order to support themselves while simultaneously working in productions. While it allows them to draw the attention of established people in the entertainment industry, the struggle to reach that kind of success is one not many people would take. Personally, this is inspiring how important achieving their dreams is. They will go to any length to do so, even if they have to settle for not getting paid. It makes the work involved that much more important to them, and a reminder of why I want to pursue a career in the entertainment. It’s an untamable passion.
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