I Have Something To Say

I'm an actress.  I'm out of work.  I have strong feelings about that.

Most of the time, my job is to show up, know my lines, and not make waves.  Which means not expressing my opinion.  If a writer asks, "what did you think?" you are to tell them, "it's the best play ever" because if you give them honest notes they'll hate you.  Pretty much, as an actress, it's best to keep your true opinions to yourself.

And then I go home and tell myself "but what I really wanted to say is fill-in-the-blank-here."

Life is weird.  So here's my place to say the things I don't say to people.

Today, what I really want to say is:

• Casting Director A, stop telling me to keep days free and then not cast me for the role.
• Directors, stop telling me how talented I am but forgetting I exist when they cast their projects
• Boy- Silence is not a way to communicate.
• Universe:  I want to work.  I want to get PAID to work.

When I was a kid, I saw an original musical written for a summer camp called "Run for the Rose Garden." I remember was a guy running for office, and any time he opened his mouth to say something, someone would interrupt him.  He never got a word in.


He had a song which I remember this way:
                   Too Many Voices, Too Many Words,
                   So Many Choices these days;
                   Through all of this screaming has anyone heard
                    I have something to say
                    I have something to say
                    I.....have something.....to say


I'm betting that not the only one out there who has something to say.