Student Blogger: Grace Johnson

The search for employment.  Universally hated, universally experienced.  Searching for jobs can be a very draining and exhausting process, especially when it stretches over a long period of time.  After a semester working on three very time-consuming productions, the prospect of a summer job got pushed to the back burner, something that “I would figure out later.”  

I have never done remote work before, and have never had the opportunity to work from home, so these past two weeks have been a learning experience for me. 

As a humble theatre student with no legal knowledge whatsoever, who am I to say anything about this topic. 

Living in the city for the summer can be daunting.  What am I doing if I’m not headed to campus, finishing assignments, and working on a multitude of shows? 

So to you, Burnout, thank you for showing me that I needed a rest, and hopefully I don’t see you again any time soon!

Sometimes you do a show, and it seems like there is a little bit of magic packed into it. It feels like a family came together on stage and step-clapped their way into each other's hearts.  Catch Me If You Can had that magic! I was fortunate enough to be not only a cast member in Toronto Metropolitan Theatre Company’s production but also the Head of Wardrobe for this dazzling and wonderful production!

Burnout is no joke.  I can list all these tips that I do, but the truth of it all is that I am prone to burnout, and spreading myself too thin.

My real work began the following week during tech, where we enjoyed hours and hours of lighting levels, and myself and the other ASM got exceedingly good at sweeping and mopping the dance floor. 

The metaphorical bricks, realistically being assignment deadlines, lack of sleep, long days in the theatre, and a bought of Covid-19, made for a long and tiring fall semester.  This is a sentiment shared by many in my program.