LA Stage Blog - Beta

Membership Intern
LA Stage Alliance

Week 1

This being my second time doing an internship through the LA County Arts Commission I pretty much knew what to expect. Filing, data basing, organizing, copying, making coffee, answering phones – typical intern office stuff. Things I’m good at, but also loathe. Now why would an office hater such as I voluntarily submit to interning? Simple, I love the arts so much that I will do whatever it takes to be apart of the performing arts community. And, lets be honest, it’s a great way to network. In fact, networking is how I got this internship. My supervisor from last summer basically told LA Stage Alliance to hire me immediately. And last summer’s internship was a result of interning for CTG. And the job that I hopefully get when I graduate and become a real adult will most likely be from networking. See a theme here?

So LA Stage Alliance – As the membership intern, my job includes, but is not limited to, dealing with membership applications and files as well as everything to do with the Ovation awards. Right now we’re receiving Voter applications and I’ve been organizing those. I’m also assisting in revamping the instruction manuals for members and voters. We’re hoping to have a comprehensive and easy-to-use website for the manuals. We’ll see.

My most important self-giving task was programming the coffee maker. I’m pretty sure I’m the only intern who actually enjoys making coffee. Well, it’s not so much that I enjoy making coffee - I just like to have it ready as soon as I come into the office. This has made my fellow coffee lovers happy which makes me happy. Speaking of coffee, I need another cup.