I bring you another friendly greeting from the production side of the Rep where our main source of light comes from the lovely glow of the scene shop. My name is Krystin Matsumoto and I am this year’s Production Management intern. I am among those first interns who started way back at the beginning of September. At the end of my senior year in college, I had never expected or really planned to move to Seattle, but here I am. I completely uprooted my life in California and moved ever northward to pursue a career in something I’ve always loved to do.
Anyway, enough about my sad separation from my home state. Seattle Rep is a truly remarkable place to be interning at. Not only are the facilities unbelievable (especially when I was used to doing cheap, college, “guerilla” theatre as someone had put it), but what truly makes this organization great for me is the opportunity to work with a group of fantastic people. I look forward to the fact that I have to go to the Rep because of the people I work for. From discussions on everything theater and musical theater, to our infatuations with Joss Whedon, Aaron Sorkin, and Stephen Sondheim, to talking about science fiction, battling the evil gnomes that turn on and off my desk light and steal my office supplies, and bursting into song in the production management corner (yes, I’m serious) these people are talented, funny, and know how to run a theatre. Not to mention, my supervisors are actually legitimately interested in what I want to do in the future and are willing to help get me there. I’ve learned a great deal about contracts, artist relations, equity and unions, all of which I was completely unfamiliar with at the beginning of my internship. Although generally, on a daily basis I’m still learning “how to be an intern” as I attempt to take up as many projects as I can and learn how to occupy myself when there is downtime, I wouldn’t trade this experience for anything.
-Krystin Matsumoto, Production Management Intern
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