tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41059895999067483972024-02-07T08:49:15.666-05:00Against Type: Life and Career of a CreativeA chronical of events, large and small, of my career as a performer.Janie Hitchcockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08947177050955587944noreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4105989599906748397.post-62931966889824296412012-07-19T15:07:00.002-04:002012-07-19T15:07:50.622-04:00Adventures in HippingI take classes at Dance 101 when I can (sadly, time and money rarely keep up with my inclination). Last Friday was a day that I could, so I went down to Briarcliff after work to see what was on tap.
Dance 101 is a drop-in studio; rather than signing up for weeks-long sessions of the same class like your mama did for you in your tutu days, each class stands alone. You can Janie Hitchcockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08947177050955587944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4105989599906748397.post-78257052119171948892012-06-06T16:00:00.002-04:002012-06-06T16:00:12.504-04:00Rolling Out the Red Carpet: My PremiereI'm pretty sure--I didn't actually check--that I had this blog three years ago when I filmed a small part in a film shot here in Georgia. Now, this was a real Georgia movie, folks. Not one of your celebrity-spotting, Hollywood tax break on-location, SAG-legit shoots. Oh no. Everyone working on this film, from the crew to the actors to the agent that booked them, were down-home folk that like to Janie Hitchcockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08947177050955587944noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4105989599906748397.post-40444445229703259522012-05-18T11:40:00.004-04:002012-05-18T11:40:36.839-04:00Bite-sized PerformingThis weekend, I'm taking part in one of my very favorite theatrical activities: a staged reading. I love doing these because they are:
A.) Labor non-intensive. Little or no rehearsal, usually a one-time thing so it doesn't take up the whole weekend, much less multiple weekends. No costumes or makeup, or even blocking (generally).
B.) Suited to my particular talents. I don't claim to be good atJanie Hitchcockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08947177050955587944noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4105989599906748397.post-6385739146585227242012-05-03T16:33:00.000-04:002012-05-03T16:33:05.520-04:00Geekdom: No Place for HateI will be seeing The Avengers this weekend. Since my husband is Patrick it's not like I had a choice, but I think it will be enjoyable. With prepurchased tickets at one of those dinner-and-a-flick places, even reserved seating (yes, it's at thing), it's shaping up to be quite an ordeal event.
This movie has been a twinkle in the hubs's eye for a long time, and he loves his comics. Seriously: Janie Hitchcockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08947177050955587944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4105989599906748397.post-581139416955872782012-03-30T12:48:00.006-04:002012-03-30T14:59:30.656-04:00I feel ya, KatnissLike half the world, I saw The Hunger Games last weekend. I read the books last summer and the movie stayed pretty true to the text, although--probably because the first person limited narration of the book is so very internal--not everything transfered to the screen with same potency. But there were certain moments that actually stood out more on the screen than the page. One such moment that Janie Hitchcockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08947177050955587944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4105989599906748397.post-54734957754494867062012-03-19T09:58:00.007-04:002012-03-19T12:01:44.929-04:00To Know HopeSo the inevitable moment arrived this Saturday--the letter from GSU informing me that my application was "not approved" (you can tell a bunch of counselors came up with that nonsense wording). Not exactly shocking news, but it still stung to see the concept of you're-not-good-enough laid out so concretely. The letter assured me that every single person had reviewed every single aspect of my Janie Hitchcockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08947177050955587944noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4105989599906748397.post-73835136728055387442012-03-05T16:00:00.005-05:002012-03-05T16:47:26.115-05:00Misfire - Part TroisThis is the third and final post of the intuition - or lack thereof- series. This is chronologically the last in a quick succession of life events that have been, in laymen terms, pretty shitty.Then there's work. As in, the place I spend most of my waking hours, that allows me to eat and be an artist at the same time. It's pretty well publicized that in December I was un-promoted from my HR Janie Hitchcockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08947177050955587944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4105989599906748397.post-47021123476616158992012-03-05T13:06:00.010-05:002012-03-05T16:49:38.555-05:00Misfire - Part DosThe second part of a 3-part series. Read the first post below.Until that Friday. You may or may not know, since I haven't been very vocal about it, but I've been applying to grad schools to be a school counselor. Part of the grand life plan, ya know. More on that another time.Really, I should say "school." Because although I initially had a list of five or six potential programs, pregnancy Janie Hitchcockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08947177050955587944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4105989599906748397.post-21202333518992470042012-03-05T12:31:00.006-05:002012-03-05T16:48:04.363-05:00Misfire - Part OneThis ol' tough shell has taken a triple whammy over the past few weeks. (Stop snickering, guys. I really do have a tough shell!) Part one of this three-part series on rejection and intuition follows.First, I auditioned for the play Doubt. I haven't performed in a long time, but it was a cold-reading audition, which is a strong suit. A stipend was offered, so that makes it more worth the time awayJanie Hitchcockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08947177050955587944noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4105989599906748397.post-90234011272487684122012-01-16T14:18:00.006-05:002012-02-09T16:50:35.455-05:00InspirationRecently, I heard word of a literary journal requesting submissions of poems and short fiction for its spring biannual, and decided to give it a shot. Long time followers (all two of them) might recall that I am also a writer. (I outlined the plot of a novel in 2008, and worked at it - albeit sporadically - for more than two years. Sadly, all my work is stuck on a broken jump drive. At my Janie Hitchcockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08947177050955587944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4105989599906748397.post-62381669296900853142012-01-10T10:35:00.003-05:002012-01-10T10:59:56.219-05:00Hakuna MatataWe are a little less than three weeks away from the opening of my current choreography project, and it's time to start panicking.Or not.All the pieces, save one, are already set and have been worked at least once. There have been very few absentee holes during rehearsals, and thus very little catching up/rehashing to do. I cannot begin to explain how much smoother things go when the proper peopleJanie Hitchcockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08947177050955587944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4105989599906748397.post-71508562668220648302012-01-04T14:37:00.003-05:002012-01-04T14:40:58.062-05:00I am not aloneJust wanted to share this link to a great blog post on hellogiggles. It's about the artist-mommy dichotomy, and it resonates with what I've written about here (and with my life in general).http://hellogiggles.com/motherhood-muses-and-no-room-of-ones-own-part-1#comment-108586Janie Hitchcockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08947177050955587944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4105989599906748397.post-55326105824733954852011-12-22T15:11:00.003-05:002011-12-22T15:13:43.121-05:00I'm a Real Boy!Er...girl.That's right folks, yours truly now has cred on IMDB. (It's for Evolution Creek, the indie movie I had a small role in a few summers ago, which is in post-production).Let me tell you, this place is locked up tighter than Fort Knox. In order to enter my own birthday on my own page, I had to link the the url of an official court document identifying me! Shoot. For that, you can believe Janie Hitchcockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08947177050955587944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4105989599906748397.post-48140081207646803362011-12-21T10:29:00.019-05:002011-12-22T15:10:09.739-05:00Irrational IrritationsLet's face it--there's a lot to hate about trying to make a living as an actor (or dancer, or writer, or artist). Fear of rejection, 65 hour weeks with no overtime, breaking out from wearing cake makeup a few too many nights in a row...you know, important stuff. Then there's the other stuff. You know, the little inane things that for some reason make you disproportionately irritated. At the top Janie Hitchcockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08947177050955587944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4105989599906748397.post-16221595327082496162011-12-08T12:55:00.007-05:002011-12-12T16:35:33.882-05:00Breaking the IceOver the past six months, there's been a lot of hopping back into various and sundry saddles that I'd temporarily abandoned. Exercise, sex, not eating two helpings of dessert come to mind. Oh yeah, and work. (I know, shocking how quickly one can get used to not having a job, right?)But one of the hardest things to get back into is my creative extracurriculars (the resurrection of this blog was Janie Hitchcockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08947177050955587944noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4105989599906748397.post-85026466278235798952011-11-17T09:17:00.028-05:002011-11-17T11:44:56.064-05:00She's baaaaack....Just when you thought you'd gotten rid of me. For those of you who know me personally (which I'd wager is everyone), my hiatus hardly needs explanation. About three weeks after my last post, I came down with the worst stomach bug of all time. Except it wasn't a bug, it was a baby. Baby Being a mom is a great gig. You might say the best ever. But does that mean I'm ready to chuck life as I know Janie Hitchcockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08947177050955587944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4105989599906748397.post-89708260507393857052010-09-17T12:47:00.003-04:002010-09-17T12:57:08.039-04:00UPCOMING PROJECTType: Stage - Straight PlayTitle: Steel MagnoliasRole: ShelbyCompany: Northside United Methodist ChurchLocation: 2799 Northside Dr, Atlanta, GA 30305Date: November 12 and 13 (only two performances!)Time: TBACost: TBAJanie Hitchcockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08947177050955587944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4105989599906748397.post-38271883376824756782010-07-13T13:33:00.006-04:002010-07-13T16:30:36.307-04:00The Male DivaPatrick and I have done several shows together over the years. It's rare that we actually get to act opposite each other; often our characters are peripheral to one another. But it's still a great bonding experience to be able to commiserate over the daily grind of rehearsals, our reflections of the casting choices, the idiosyncrasies of this director compared to others we've had, etc. That's theJanie Hitchcockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08947177050955587944noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4105989599906748397.post-1559132252809526192010-06-30T11:24:00.003-04:002010-06-30T11:30:42.174-04:00A Series of Surreal MiraclesJust wanted to share this charming New York Times 'Celebrations' announcement of the marriage of a costume designer and a choreographer. (click the blog title to view). If you subscribe to the "meant to be" school--or even if you don't--you'll love the part about the key.Janie Hitchcockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08947177050955587944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4105989599906748397.post-53806666342245271432010-06-18T11:11:00.004-04:002010-06-18T12:29:45.147-04:00It really is a muscleYesterday was Patrick's and my five-year "dating" anniversary. It's not something we really celebrate per se, but every year we do like to offer a little tip o' the hat to the day. Five years isn't a very long time, relatively, but I found myself reflecting on what a different place I'm in now than I was then--mentally at least.That became even more apparant in the afternoon when I had my first Janie Hitchcockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08947177050955587944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4105989599906748397.post-62508755336480276212010-05-26T12:15:00.003-04:002010-05-26T13:22:12.508-04:00Nobody else but youMy friend and I were recently discussing Myers-Briggs personality types, and how less than 5% of the population shared our type, INFP. I thought about that. Fewer than 1 out of 20 people even think the same way as I do. It's no wonder it sometimes feels like the world is looking at me with a giant blank stare.While it's true that there's a slightly higher concentration of intuitive feelers in Janie Hitchcockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08947177050955587944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4105989599906748397.post-30795285251420535312010-04-13T11:38:00.008-04:002010-05-26T13:29:33.160-04:00Nothin' like a good waffleUpdate: I neglected to properly emphasize in the orginal post that any experiences I felt were negative were just that--my own feelings. This post is about introspection and how what is inherently "off" in my own brain projects on my outside activities. I was and remain grateful for ever single bit of experience I've had in the past six monts, year, my whole life."How we spend our days is, of Janie Hitchcockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08947177050955587944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4105989599906748397.post-39753343929018676632010-01-26T12:27:00.005-05:002010-02-11T12:55:31.220-05:00UPCOMING PROJECTType: Stage - straight playTitle: All in the Timing by David IvesCompany: Epidemic Theatre (http://www.epidemictheatre.webs.com/)Location: British Academy of the Performing Arts (2550 Sandy Plains Rd, Marietta, GA 30066, in the LA Fitness Plaza), and The Arts Place (3330 Sandy Plains Rd, Marietta, GA 30066)Role: Betty in "Sure Thing" and Kafka in "Words Words Words"Dates: March 26-28 at BAPA andJanie Hitchcockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08947177050955587944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4105989599906748397.post-71691927350992324502010-01-26T12:15:00.003-05:002010-02-11T12:50:36.422-05:00UPCOMING PROJECTType: Stage - music and dance cabaretTitle: Seasons of Love VIIICompany: benefits the charity CHRISKids, sponsored by TiffanyLocation: 14th Street Playhouse, 173 14th Street, Atlanta, GA 30309Role: singer and dancer (soloist)Dates: Friday & Saturday, March 5-6Times: 8:00 pmCost: $40. Purchase tickets at www.14thstplayhouse.orgNotes: This is the second year I'll participate in this fundraiser Janie Hitchcockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08947177050955587944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4105989599906748397.post-36250677525355122132010-01-26T11:24:00.002-05:002010-01-26T12:14:59.575-05:00After a long hiatusAfter Thirteen Hours closed, I took a much-needed mental and physical health break for the entire holiday season. I'm still learning the value of things like saying no and doing nothing, and it's a daily struggle. It's hard to disassociate guilt and idleness.But I wasn't totally unoccupied all these weeks. I've been focusing on my day job and was rewarded with a bonus and a salary increase at theJanie Hitchcockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08947177050955587944noreply@blogger.com1