Tell me what to do Pogo Tribe, HELP!

[rialvestro]

I've been having problems at work. I work at a live theater, I've been there for 6 years working back stage the entire time trying to be an actor. I've only recently realized that they're holding me back because I've found out they've intentionally prevented me from attending auditions, other actors working the same job are getting paid alot more, and I haven't been credited when I am an actor.

There's another theater I use to work for but they didn't pay when I was there before and I hear they've gotten alot better, that being Stage 3. I'm thinking about going back to work for them.

Also because I started working while finishing high school I never saw the point in college but if I quite my job it would allow me to focus on going back to school.

One of the actors I've worked with is now a producer for his own film company in town, Beloved Pictures, and I might be able to get a job there.

As a last resort I've also considered moving back in with my ex-girlfriend. We're still friends and she already said it was OK. I've talked it over with her. And that way I could look for work in my field that doesn't exsist in town.

[speakmouthwords]

Why don't you confront them on the issue?

[rialvestro]

May 12, 2010 18:33:00 GMT -5 speakmouthwords said:

Why don't you confront them on the issue?

To be honest I was planning on looking for other work anyway for other reasons but wasn't sure how I was going to do it because of money issues.

Idealy I would like to have a place to live and not worry about rent, I mean actually own a place where I can find more work. Because of money issues that hasn't been an option and still isn't.

I'm pretty much being forced into looking for other oppertunities earlier than I would like. I do have enough money saved up to get by for a few months. That money would also last longer in college because I still have Schoolerships which I can claim money for with a college registration. I just have to find the box I stuck my papers into.

Basically it's not just work, it's my home life that's a problem as well. My dad is great, he's been supporting me morally and finacially every step of the way, mostly morally. It's basically as long as I'm working, he doesn't care how little I'm being paid as long as I'm happy doing what I do. My mom however likes to find every excuse she can to kick me out of the house and to be quite honest for the longest time I wasn't even living with my parents, my bedroom was just a storage area for all my SHIRT while I was living with my brother.

Which leads me to my other issue being that even though my brother and his wife want me there all the time, mainly because I make convient baby sitter when they're both working, I feel like more of a pain than a help living there with them and my 2 nephews than staying with my dad. My brother and his wife are also very supportive I just feel like a burden.

So really looking for a way for a way to get out on my own and make enough to support myself while still working the same job was what started this. The stuff at work is what finally pushed me forward into OK I just need to leave now.

I'm still concerned that maybe I won't find work or I will but won't get a decent amount of pay to survive on my own for long but I'll deal with it when I get there. From what I hear though SRT has the lowest pay scale of any theater so I should get a nice pay increase just by working somewhere else.