What's In A Name?

Really quick update before I go to work...

So I've been stuck in this no cast zone for a while now, sometimes I find it hard to get a callback.  Recently I've received what feels like a gazillion rejection emails (...really it's been about 6) and it's gotten me thinking...

What qualifies me as a "working actor"?

For the longest time, as long as I can remember since deciding to go for this business, I threw off the idea of classes, readings, auditions for the sake of auditions, coaching, creating my own work, writing, reading...

WHY!?  How dumb can a twenty-something BE!?

Well, I've learned my lesson the hard way.  I'm rusty and not as connected as I'd like to be.  I'm going to change my mantra.  It's about the craft, my art.  It's not about getting cast (though that certainly is a nice feeling when it happens) it's about the work, the creation, the imagination.  So now I ask the question, how do I become the artist that I want to be?

First, I am going to create my own work.  I am presenting a small piece with Brat Shit Crazy II in two weeks and we'll see what happens from there.  I'll be posting more information about that on my website (www.cindyspitko.com)

I think I've been afraid, scared to truly put myself out there.  I had someone tell me once that I was afraid of my own power.  It's time to own my power, put on my thinking cap and dancing shoes, and let's get to work.  I am open and available for new classes, new ideas, and new ways of thinking.

Let's go.

-Cindy