Not enough people can say that. But I love my job.

Last night (now Wednesday night – it took me  a while to post) I set up a Theater, managed some interns (we could have had more), trained our Tech staff and worked Box Office for two Awesome #TIIF festival shows. I got home late, sent a bunch of messages to coordinate details for the Richmond Improv Festival (coming up November 5-7, 2009), drank a coke, watched CSI: Miami, edited footage from an improv set on Tuesday**, watched the season premiere of Heroes, and got to sleep around 5am. Alarm went off at 930, sent a few replies, walked to the ITC studio and coached a one-woman character show before work.

** ZW hijacks Annie Bankes, Photography Oath / Skydiving Accident

Thursday was great. Heavy discussion about the Toronto State of the Union and the business of comedy and improv theater. A lot of people forget that improv comedy IS SHOW BUSINESS and, for producers and theater owners, it can be overwhelming to watch after the “business” for so many people to enjoy a hobby. And what we do IS a hobby for a lot of people. Like golf, if you want to play it costs money. You have greens fees, club fees, fees for plaid pants. On top of that, You need clubs and balls. OH!, the balls. I’m gonna keep this going later in another post, but you get my point, It was heavy, I loved it.

Another fun set with two Toronto ITC performers on Thursday night (clips coming soon). It was a later night out, but I crashed hard around 2:30am. I fully intended on waking up at 9am but pushed it until 10-ish and luckily got over to the Second City to set-up for lunch and the symposium.

We had more food than we needed, but that’s better than the alternative. Our talk about community, marketing, audience education and longform vs shortform was fantastic (I WISH WE COULD HAVE TALKED MORE), but our guest presentation by a chiropractor who sponsored the festival was standout. She talked about everything I believe in from her perspective: UNCONDITIONAL SUPPORT AND RAW POSITIVITY – YesAnd, YESAND!, We were reminded to remove the toxic things from our lives. Remove the toxic, Add the good. We were asked to say OUT LOUD that what we do makes people’s live better. As comedians, we have the opportunity to ADD THE GOOD to the World.

Now, I’m in the Box Office, supporting the Festival and its 120 performers by managing the event. Right now we’re in the middle of the 10pm show on Friday. Every Act has checked in. I forgot one team’s intro music. We forgot one team’s shirts. AHHHH! Not really that bad. Easily handled. But I strive for perfection. Every group deserves to have the perfect check-in, to be treated like Rockstars for the weekend. Anyway, I need to make sure the Festival venue is alright (make sure the bartenders are happy). I’ll probably help bus the theater between sets, AND THEN I’m back on stage at Midnight. I love it. I love my job.

Awesome.