#114: Sorry, Charley…
Thursday 12/5/24
Happy Thursday! Honestly, wow what a thursday. It couldn’t feel MORE like a Thursday. I’m REALLY SAD because when i refreshed my email today, the class i told you i enrolled in earlier this week for NEXT week… was CANCELED! Low enrollment and something about the class instructor being on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list which means a conflicting event. I was pretty excited about it. It was a Sweeney Todd Resident Director Class. Meaning, the class instructor was an associate director on the latest Sweeney revival. It was a 2 night class and i had organized my days to reflect this schedule change and was TODAY going to book studio space to do my coachings bc the classes were at 6pm. Like, i can’t get on a bus at 5, you know? So, i decided those days to do to some auditions in the AM and the do my like 2-5 coachings from NYC. Oh well.
I’ve been there though on the other side. I’ve had to cancel classes because running them is very pricey. When I was using another studio space, it would be $20 per hour and then I’d have to pay an accompanist. So, if it was a 3 hour class, thats $60 for the space, and probably $100-150 for the pianist. My rate for 1 hour private is $95, so teaching a class is 3 hours, which is just about $300. So, even though I wouldn’t take that kind of a fee for a group class, i am LOSING $300 by not just scheduling 3 privates during that time. So, let’s say I did $150 for myself, that means about $360 to run the class. If I want to keep the rate reasonable for participants, around $50ish, that means i need at least 7 people in the class but ideally it would be 10-12 (12 max). That number gives people plenty of time to work.
But, a cancellation 5 days in advance is a little shitty. I think I’m going to try to put together my own class at my studio for those two nights! I’m going to do it cheap and just pay a pianist. So, if you are in NJ, come hang! I posted the info in my IG and will do so more formally tomorrow.
It takes a village! Also, get excited for tomorrow… new FRIDAY FORMAT LOADING plus my recap of seeing Audra in GYPSY tonight 🙂
Dreams Don’t Die
Julie