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| jburt1 (profile) wrote, on 5-17-2004 at 9:54pm | |
| I had a long day today. This morning I went in and paid off the balance for my tuition and turned in my sign-out sheet. At 9:00am I had to report to the Fraunthal Center for the Performing Arts (FCPA) for my first job shadow. It was a looong day, but it was still fun. I met with Mary Oleniczak, executive director of the theater. There is so much she has to do from deciding what shows to book to payroll to public relations to applying for grants and much more, but theater management looks like an awesome job. The first half of the day she just spoke about her career. She graduated from MSU with a business degree concetrated in marketing. At noon she took me to Racquet's for lunch. When we came back, channel 77 came to videotape all the "nooks and crannies" of the theater. That "Tom" guy was kinda loud-mouthed and annoying, but it was awesome seeing stuff about the theater that no one ever gets to see...like the top of the "occulus" or the trap room or the organ pipes or the projection booth. I even heard about "PJ" the theater's ghost. Later in the day, I got to observe Mary talking with her assistant, planning which day would work best for their first annual block party. There's so much work that goes into planning all their events. I was also there when Mary called Jane, a booking agent of sorts who was trying to finalize the deal to bring Tapdogs to the Fraunthal. She put her on speakerphone, which was cool because Jane got me involved in the conversation as well. As the day ended I got to meet Michelle, the house manager in charge of the volunteers. She said they have my number and might call me about volunteering this summer. That'd be pretty cool, but I told them I'd like to Usher. If I could usher at the tribute to John Lennon, that'd be awesome! Well I gotta get directions for tomorrow's job shadow. Later. | |
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Randomperson | 05-18-04 10:12pm What's there to know about the ghost? I'm a paranormal junkie. |
jburt1 | Re:, 05-19-04 12:38am P.J. is the ghost, and he's named after the original owner of the theater. As far as I know, there's no background on the ghost, only ghost strories. Bill, the technical direction who "the theater was built around," claims that there is a ghost because one night when he was directly underneath the stage he heard someone walk across it. Immediately he went upstairs but no one was there. Also, the ghost doesn't like it when it's dark. He's been known to turn on the house lights in the middle of a performance. If you look in the Beardsley, they keep a light on for him. |