Jay Croft

What I Did: Week Ending 2010-03-07

jcroft — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 14:42:00 +0000

Started an Intro to Voice Over last night. #

What I Did: Week Ending 2010-02-21

jcroft — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 09:42:00 +0000

not accepted to the Atlanta Unifieds this year. Selection committee sayd: believes there is not enough foward motion to receive new credits. #
What does that mean. Last year I did five stage shows with 3 leads. What??? #
Best year yet…. not enough forward motion??? #
It means that I have been in community theatre tooooo long. Looking at my resume with all the shows I have done, looks like I cannot advance #

Not Enough Foward Motion

jcroft — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 17:49:06 +0000

I did not get accepted to 2010 Atlanta Unifieds. This year, the number of applications forced the Atlanta Coalition of Performing Arts to add a third day to the normally two day event.

I received my rejection letter this week. The letter stated:

“An independent panel of representatives from the theatre community screens all non-Equity applications…. The Selection Committee’s mandate is to select a group of professional and emerging actors who demonstrate a record of professional growth.”

I was rejected because “The committee believes there is not enough forward motion to receive new credits”. I don’t know what the “credits” are. Maybe part of the rating process. I have enough stage credits to meet initial qualifications; for non-Equity applicants, a minimum of 7 stage production. The resume I mailed showed 11, a partial list.

My resume is nothing but non-Equity productions. I read somewhere in an acting as profession book about being too heavy in this type of work. The perception is that too much of one type of work shows that you are not able to do other type of work, in this case Equity work. Perception.

Perception is a double-edged sword and a bitch to recover from if it is bad. So, what to do about this. I was rejected because the perception was that I am not advancing in my career to be worthy of being seen at the Unifieds. Not even for as an alternate. I am not a professional. I am not an emerging actor.

I did not receive any calls from the 2009 Unifieds. I did from the 2008 Unifieds. I was given two opportunities to impress people and I have failed. What to do about this?

First: rearrange my resume. Put emphasis on other areas.

Second: I need to get some references, some nice quotes, tag lines, sound bites from directors, casting directors, coaches and peers that I can put in a cover letter and on this website.

Third: It’s time for another mass mailing of this new resume with new cover letter.

If the perception is not an accurate reflection of who I am, then I need to do something about it. Now it is time to shower, I have an audition in a few hours.

What I Did: Week Ending 2010-02-14

jcroft — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 09:42:00 +0000

I like watching Hockey if I am at the game. Otherwise I am not a sports fan. It is 2 in the afternoon and I just looked up who played/won #
superbowl #

What I Did: Week Ending 2010-02-07

jcroft — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 09:42:00 +0000

Valentine's Day will begin the year of the Tiger. #
I vote for @LAGenX for a Shorty Award in #innovation because… they simply are the best. Is there another reason? http://bit.ly/shorty #
OK. So I have an audtion Saturday night for @Daynalynnn 's The Small of Her Back at the Alliance. It's been a whole month not being on stage #
On Saturday the 20th, I have another audition for the @ATL_Essential Theatre Play Festival plays which will be produced at @AExpress. #
Did 5 stage shows last year. I am looking foward to what this year has to bring. Maybe a replacement for my Day Job!! Please?!!?!??! #
Just realize that the new Pokemon games arrive next month. I remember buying Pokemon Blue at the airport in London. I was hooked after that. #
I am verbose today. hmmm… #
Having to take the Myers-Briggs test for work. Do they know my masters thesis incorporated Myers-Briggs? Today I shall be an NTFS. #
1) ABCD Puppies? 2) LMNO Puppies. 1) OSAR. CMPN? #
NTFS. figure that one out. When I took this in college I was INFJ. Will see what a decade or two has done. #
Masters Thesis BTW was "Learning Styles and Teaching Methods of Gerogia State Park Interpreters". The Park Rangers who give guided tours. #
BA in Anthropology (Archaeology – Colonial Ceramics) and a Masters of Recreation Administration. And now I test software for a living. #
Both degrees were from Georgia Southern (College when I started) University (when I gradutated). #
Perferred career is acting. But QA (and the wife) pays the bills… right now. #
is there a Trance Energy equivalent in North America? #
Miami? NY? Kansas? #
@dougmaciver Awesome. I would love to go one of these years. #
Good morning… mostly. Have a nice cup of Earl Grey Creme at my elbow. Being at the beach in a hammock would be better. #
got a call this morning at 5AM from Syria or at least that is what the 963 country code was. Would not have answered regardless of the time. #

Audition Notice: The Small of Her Back

jcroft — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 20:04:47 +0000

The Alliance Theatre Players are thrilled to announce that we will be working on another brand new play, The Small of Her Back by Kendeda Graduate Playwriting Competition finalist Dana Lynn Formby.

Danielle Fitzman believes the glass ceiling has been shattered, allowing her to climb her way up the corporate ladder of the NP Power company. When an opportunity opens on the board, Danielle must battle tit for tat—learning tit works more than tat. She finds defining the difference between sexual harassment and harmless flirting akin to drawing a line in sand during a windstorm. A hilarious and timely look at workplace sexual politics.

The Alliance is producing a free reading of this play next Tuesday, February 2nd at 7:30 p.m. in our Black Box Theatre. To reserve tickets, call the box office at 404.733.5000. I encourage all of you to take advantage of this opportunity to hear this provocative new work before our auditions on February 6th.

To schedule an audition, call our office at 404.733.4700. Auditions will be held on Saturday, February 6th starting at 6:00 p.m.

What I Did: Week Ending 2010-01-24

jcroft — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 14:42:00 +0000

Please contribute to the "Because Jay Wants It" fund. I need things and stuff. #
COOL!!! Just got a call from Babes 'n' Beaus Agency just called. They want to submit me for a project. #

2010 Essential Theatre Play Festival Auditions

jcroft — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 21:03:27 +0000

The Essential Theatre will hold General Auditions for the 2010 Essential Theatre Play Festival, three full-length plays to run in repertory (with separate casts) from July 8 – August 8, performing in the Actor’s Express space. (Performance schedules for the individual plays to be announced.)

Non-union, most performers will be paid a stipend. General Auditions will be held on February 20 and 21 (location and time to be determined).

Call 404-212-0815 or e-mail pmhardy @ aol.com to schedule an audition appointment.

Website www.EssentialTheatre.com. For audition, bring headshot and prepare two contrasting monologues (comic, dramatic, contemporary, classical – whatever) not totaling more than 4 minutes in length. If you sing, bring in about 30 seconds of something to sing without accompaniment.

The plays: THE DARKER FACE OF THE EARTH by Rita Dove, directed by Betty Hart. The classical story of Oedipus, from Greek Tragedy, re-imagined on a slave plantation in the American south. Large cast. Many African-American performers needed, both male and female, with possible ages ranging from 12 to 72. One Caucasian female, age around 40, and two Caucasian males, age range 30-50.

SALLY AND GLEN AT THE PALACE by Peter Hardy, directed by Ellen McQueen. Bittersweet comic drama about the friendship between two colleges students working in the lobby of a 1973 movie theatre. One male, one female, both early twenties.

QUALITIES OF STARLIGHT by Gabriel Dean, directed by Peter Hardy. Twisted and poetic family comedy set in rural Georgia, about a young man who discovers that his parents have become addicted to crystal meth. One male in the 50-60 range, one male around 30, one male in the 20-30 range, one male in the 30-50 age range. One female in the 50-60 range, one female around 30.

What I Did: Week Ending 2010-01-17

jcroft — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 09:42:00 +0000

OK. I have decided that I did really bad at last years Atl Unifieds. Only a single call and that because my resume said I sing. #
Despite no calls from the Unifieds, I did 5 plays last year. 2 of them as lead. plans this year are to spend the 1st Q in acting classes. #
Put over 8000 miles on my truck related to acting. That is about a 10th of the total mileage for last year. #
Doctor Who and Battlestar Galactica take on Law & Order: UK #
I have used bit.ly myself, but .ly is the top level domain for Lybia just as .us is the for USA and .fm is the Federated States o Micronesia #
.tv is the island of Tuvalu. Each country can open up their domain for sale or not. To have a .uk TLD you have to be a citizen of the UK #
During the Eocene (56 to 34 million years ago), the average temperature at the poles was 59 to 68 F. Man did not cause that warming did we? #

What I Did: Week Ending 2010-01-10

jcroft — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 09:42:00 +0000

Egads. It's Friday of the first full week of 2010. Roads are a little icy her in Atl. #
Started advanced scene study again this week with Pat Hurley at the Alliance. Planning on being in acting classes the first quarter of 2010. #
Gladiators Hockey game tonight at the Arena at Gwinnett. Taking on the Stingrays. #