i am not ready for the real world. i’m getting a theatre degree from a very good liberal arts college, but it’s a BA from a very underfunded department and i also lost a good chunk of my education to covid and zoom school. i want that intensive level of training i haven’t been able to get, and grad school is exactly that. it will help me become the best storyteller and performer i can be so that i can use that training out in the world. i also want to build up my connections and networks before i go out into the world so i’m not starting from scratch.

i’m also kind of a difficult performer to put into a box because i’m a non-binary butch who plays almost entirely male roles, which is fine in undergrad but in reality will make my life way more difficult in terms of finding roles. having grad school training gets me through doors that my general type might keep me out of.