Page 36 of Finding Finn
I pulled up my email and started to reply to Ben about doing our shows at the resort. It was better to have something like this in writing, and before we could get completely on board, the actual board would have to approve. According to Buffy, that wouldn’t be hard. They usually said yes to whatever we decided as long as we had the cash. This would almost double our cash flow and would help the bottom line for the entire season.
The only show I wouldn’t take to the resort would be our children’s show. Adults would not want to see Charlie and the Chocolate Factory if the cast were all children. It was nice that the theatre did a show with an all-child cast, but I knew it would eventually drive me crazy. I was not good at wrangling children unless they were in a dance class. I could do that.
Dance class!
I jotted a quick note to Buffy on a Post-it and stuck it on her computer. We needed to look at my idea of having classes here at the complex. That would be a great way to earn revenue and help train the children to be even better in the theatre’s productions. It really was a win-win for everyone.
Except me, I guess. It would take up a lot more of my time. Maybe there were other people in town who could also teach a few classes here and there. I’d have to ask Buffy if there wassomeone who might want to teach voice and acting. I could then focus on the audition and dance classes.
Jim James… I wonder if he’d want to teach a weekend seminar on technical theatre? I’m sure he would. He always said the hardest thing about putting up a show in Foggy Basin was finding enough people to help him work on the sets. Maybe he could do a class on stage design and craft building, props, and lighting. Hopefully, there would be some high school kids that would enjoy that. Maybe it could even get them extra credit at school.
I jotted another quick note to Buffy to look into that and once again placed it on her computer.
She was going to get sick of my new ideas.
I was just about to start composing my email to Ben when my phone lit up.
I could not believe who was calling me.
Marcus? What did he want? He left me high and dry without any hope. I floundered after he…
God, I had to answer it, didn’t I? I needed to know what he wanted.
I picked up my phone just as it was about to go to voicemail.
“Marcus?”
“Finn, I’m glad I caught you.” His voice always sounded so tinny over the phone. The curse of a high tenor.
“What do you need, Marcus? I have to admit, I was not expecting to hear from you.”
“I’m sure, but things change, Finn. The world of theatre moves fast.”
“You can say that again.”
“The world of theatre moves fast,” he laughed, and I grew quickly annoyed. He always was a clown.
I sighed.
“Alright, let me get right to the point. I want to sign you again.” My former agent, Marcus, not to be confused with my ex-boyfriend Marcus, shocked the shit out of me. I almost dropped my phone.
“You what?”
“I want to sign you back to the roster, kiddo?”
“And why would you want to do that? I’m done, Marcus. I can’t perform well enough anymore to be in a show. I’d be out of the show more than I’d ever be in it. You know it didn’t heal correctly.”
“Not as a dancer. Though I wish you still were. There are a lot of parts coming up next season that you might have been great for.”
“Don’t rub it in.”
“I thought you said that you wouldn’t keep me on as an actor,” I reminded him with a tad of acidity. I was still hurt by his decision to drop me after my dance career came to a crashing halt.
“It’s an artistic contract. There was an issue with the assistant choreographer for the Kiss Me Kate revival. He fell off a ladder while painting his house, and there's no way he can do the job. They need someone quickly as they are about to go into rehearsals. When they called, I immediately thought of you, Finn.”
“I… Well, I’m honored, but…”
“It’s your ticket back to Broadway, and maybe a whole new pivot to what you can do. Think of it, Finn. With an assistant choreographer credit, I could set you up for some off-Broadway gigs with your name as the choreographer. You got the talent, kid. It could be a start to a whole new career for you.”
