As actors, the challenges of finding employment often require us to be as creative in that search as we are in our acting. Some performers, for example, have found greater success and more-enriching experiences by looking outside American borders. Back Stage recently spoke with a group of these world travelers to learn how they made inroads overseas and what it's like to work abroad.Finding That First Job, or Letting It Find You"I didn't so much seek work outside of the U.S. as the work found me," says Alison Moehnke, who's been performing in A Christmas Carol off and on across Europe for the past six holiday seasons. Shortly after Moehnke graduated from Nyu, a former classmate who'd toured with the production mentioned that it was holding auditions. It was only after booking the gig that Moehnke learned the details: six countries in six weeks, with a salary,...
- 2/11/2009
- by Michael Kostroff
- backstage.com
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