Olivia is an actress in New York City. She's in the last week of her Broadway show, and facing the uncertainty many actors face between gigs— unemployment. If you want to be on What We Spend, we'd love to hear from you. Write us at [email protected] To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Will you walk me through what your resume looks like on paper?
Let's see. I've done three Broadway shows. I've done a lot of commercial work when I was a child. I've been on TV as a guest star on Instinct, Maisel, FBI, Great News, Odd Mom Out, Younger, Good Wife, Big C, Law & Order. I've done like four. four feature films as small roles. One I had a big role in. Well, I've done a shit ton of regional theater because they're so short.
One national tour, which was actually a big reason why I actually have some savings. I'm pretty successful, I guess, on paper. Yeah. But yeah, I'm still completely have no idea what I'm doing from one day to the next.
This is Olivia. I'm 38 and I live on the Upper West Side. Are you from New York City? Born and raised in Manhattan, yes. Olivia is an actor.
Which means that most of the time I'm doing other things like babysitting or I have a pretty successful video editing business, but I've literally done everything from waiting tables to working at a shoe store. When I was doing the audio diaries, I was in a Broadway show, which was for the past four months.
For Olivia, being an actor living in New York means her financial life has been unpredictable. Like she said, she's doing what every actor dreams of. She's been on Broadway, in TV and films. She has made it. But being a working actor means you have to just keep working, keep looking for the next thing. And you have to figure out what to do when there is no next thing.
That means Olivia's financial picture is a mix of things we usually associate with success and things we associate with hardship. I mean, she owns an apartment in New York City on the Upper West Side. And she has a platinum Amex card. But she's also been on food stamps. And in the past, she's had to rely on unemployment. In fact, when we talked, she was about to be on unemployment again.
This week, we're going to follow Olivia through her last week in her Broadway show, and we'll hear how she feels as she gets closer every day to another phase of uncertainty. I'm Courtney Harrell, and this is What We Spend.
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