I've been considering going back to study with my old acting coach, at least temporarilly. Due to some recent events and scheduling conflicts I am most likely going to be either taking a break or moving on from where I'm studying now. It's not a bad thing. If things go as planned, starting in September I'm not going to be available the night of the week that my current class is on. Yeah, I could see about taking a different type of class there, and was seriously considering it, but then was told something that made me reconsider. Nothing bad, in fact it wasn't even about the class, it was more about me and how I'm going to get cast and this class might not be worth my time and money...well, it would, I know I'd get something out of it but it might not be where I should be putting my time and money right now. But I digress. I also could really use a financial break from it right now too. I can always go back. Or maybe it's time to move on...I've been there awhile.
Because I'm TERRIFIED not to be in some type of class, (I'm not counting my voice over classes because to me that's a whole separate thing and I'm not even sure if I'm going to continue with that), and I haven't done any research on new classes, and I got an e-mail that a new session of class is starting, I considered going back. On one hand, I know what I'm getting into. But on the other hand...I know what I'm getting into.
It's a good class, the people are talented (although some of them I think this is more of a hobby for them) and we work 3-4 times per class. And the class is dirt cheap. But...sometimes there's a "casual" vibe to the class that every so often gets a little too casual. Like this is social hours instead of class. Don't get me wrong, I really like the people in the class, and I admit, I've contributed to it, but caught myself and stopped (much to someone in the class' disappointment, lol).
The final straw came about a year ago. After a long absence I went back to the class for a few sessions because I felt like there was some stuff I needed to work on and could work it out in that class. For the final class we had gotten paired up the week before to work on a scene outside of class. I had a scene I really really wanted to do, and thought this one person in the class would be a good fit for the other character. I emailed him the scene and we were planning on getting together outside of class but it didn't work out so we decided to meet early before class and work on it then. I get to class early. Other people are outside working on their scenes too. My scene partner is nowhere to be found. I wait. And wait. And wait. Never shows up. Class starts. He's still not there. The teacher says they haven't called to say their not coming. About 15 minutes or so into the class, or maybe even later, my scene partner shows up. It was one of those weeks where someone decided to bring food or cake. My scene partner had agreed to bring something, drinks maybe, or maybe silverware. They had to go to three different stores to find what they were looking for. They say they were determined to find it and were not showing up without it!
Are you freakin' kidding me???!!! They were more concerned about finding whatever it was they were trying to find than working on the scene???!!!! And you couldn't even CALL me to tell me you're running late? I guess I could've called them, not sure why I didn't. We did get time to work on them in class but I felt like the scene had a lot of potential it never lived up to.
That was a year ago and that was my last class. That wasn't the whole reason I left - I had a sceduling conflict so I was unavailable the night of class, and I was also taking class elsewhere.
But when I got the e-mail about this session starting, I considered it but couldn't decide. There's a really big CD workshop I want to go to that's on the same night of the second week of class, and then I found out I have a scheduling conflict the first week of class so that decided it. I sent an e-mail back saying I was hoping I could've done this session but can't. I get an e-mail back saying that's okay...and that there are several birthdays in class around this time so someone is bringing cakes.
Some things never change...lol.
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