Just as a cursory gauge of interest: I've had it suggested to me a few times recently that I could teach seminars or workshops for introverts on overcoming social inertia without making yourself miserable. Would there be enough Boston locals interested enough to pay a small fee ($15-20ish?) for a class like that, to cover materials and space rental and maybe not letting the teacher starve? I'd also be happy to set up something similar to teach "basic wardrobe and makeup for geeks", all combinations of gender and style presentation welcome.
About a week ago, I crewed a show at the studio theater for a non-profit outfit up from New York. The guys who run it are friends of our executive artistic director, and they come up two or three times a year. I like them; I dealt with them a bunch when I was at the box office, because when you're the most experienced person they have around they hand you all of the EAD's friends, and I have an unofficial standing request to work their shows even when I'm not the only crew who is both in town and not drowning in finals. One of the guys, as it turns out, is laid up with an injury right now, so the other one had to fly solo, on top of performing in the show. I ran into him coming down the stairs as I was going up, and as soon as he saw me he just lit up like, oh, it's you! How are you are you working are you going to be my box office again! I told him I'd swapped over to doing tech and he asked if I was disappointed that I didn't get to dress up anymore. I
Um. Maybe for the socializing one, probably for the wardrobe-and-makeup one?
ReplyDeleteWell, I know where to get inexpensive meeting space at about $50/hr. So if you know another four people who would like a two-hour $20 workshop on either topic, let me know, and we shall book your semi-private lessons. :)
DeleteYou could do this over Skype too, to expand your clientele.
ReplyDeleteI haven't got a Skype account. They cost money. I hate webcams in general and I am very much talent who belongs on the lens side of the camera, but this thing does have one, and I know some people with decent video equipment. There is also a way to live-cast over YouTube/Google+, although I'd have to investigate further to figure out how. The meeting space I was looking at has at least one room that I know has specifically been used for videography before; I'll ask.
DeleteI second the Skype idea as I do not live in Boston but would be interested in both of these.
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