A Whole NYMF Meet & Greet

Tonight was another round of Meet a Greet for the New York Musical Theater Festival.

I quite enjoyed my experience at the last event and I came prepared to chat up some new folks and perhaps reconnect with some now more-familiar faces.

I met up with a friend of mine who was already chatting with a producer of a musical which had just been submitted to the festival. We chatted with her and a few others who ranged from producer to playwright. People are very approachable at these events and in actual fact, my friend Jason and I found that we hardly moved from the same spot for about an hour as people were constantly approaching us. It was pretty cool! All one really had to do to strike up a conversation was to make eye contact with another individual. It was that very type of chance encounter that got me a little ukulele music video gig this weekend! A man who had been involved with the festival in years past mentioned that he had just submitted a ukulele show into this year's festival - "Oh cool! I play the ukulele!" I said candidly.
"You do?" he asked excitedly.
"Would you want to be in a ukulele music video this Saturday?"
And with that, I had a new gig! You never know what can happen at these things!

I ended the evening on an even higher note by having a nice chat with the festival's resident Casting Director. We became instant facebook friends and he gave me one of his cards so that I could invite him to a future Made-Up Musical. I hope that this will lead to good things!