Theatre Journalist Guest Blogger: Tara Folio has written 23 articles for BroadwayWorld since 2001, covering Musical theatre.
Tara Folio is a senior B.F.A. Musical Theater student at Auburn University. A theater enthusiast from a very early age, she has been performing since age three on various stages around her hometown of Atlanta, GA. She spent several wonderful summers at French Woods Festival and has studied at the CAP 21 Summer Professional Program. Tara is currently preparing for the role of Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme in Assassins.
As I was getting ready to graduate college and figure out my first move as an adult, I was warned by many of my theatre friends about getting too attached to my new destination.
At the beginning of the summer, I thought that moving from Atlanta to New Hampshire was a huge feat, but my 'journey' is chump change compared to the distance Giulia Dunes has traveled in order to be at Interlakes this summer.
John Donne once wrote, 'No man is an island entire of itself'; this statement is something I always try to keep in the back of my mind, especially when working in the theatre.
Ever since I was a little toddler in a tutu every adult I have come in contact with has told me to 'reach for the stars', and that 'I can do anything I set my mind to'.
Until this point, my blog has been all about what happens when an actor has a job, but now it's time to cover all the wonderful things that happen when an actor enters a magical time called 'Unemployment.
After doing six shows a week, you begin to settle into a production; the scenes seem to run smoothly, most actor's seem to be making similar choices in each performance, everyone can recite their lines at the drop of a hat, there's nothing to worry about, right? Wrong.
The process of stepping into a new role is definitely not something that can happen over night; it's something that an actor must gradually enter into.