I recently had the amazing opportunity to take a week’s vacation (yes we at The Pearl are allowed to take time off) in Paris…yes you heard right, PARIS! I had never been and I was so excited (and a little nervous) to do so! I had 6 nights and 7 days to explore the City of Lights and fall in love with it, as you are supposed to do.
And boy did I fall in love!
It was just an incredible city…everything you would ever expect from it, it was. It was busy. It was romantic. It was beautiful. It was cosmopolitan. It was ALSO HOT! New York may be hot and humid in the summer—but we over air condition everything. The Parisians haven’t learned that art yet.
I could spend hours going over all the things I did and the sites I saw. From the Eiffel Tower to the Louvre, the Musee D’Orsay to Versailles, Notre Dame, Saint Chappell, Champs Elysee, Montmartre, Place de Voges…the list can go on and on.
Of course you can take the boy out of the theatre company, but you can’t take the theatre company out of the boy…and especially when the boy is a marketing director! I spent my entire time thinking about what I could get in Paris that would help me better market and sell The Pearl or what pictures I could take that I can use throughout the season. Isn’t it lucky we’re doing a Molière play this season!?
The Pearl's Misanthrope image in front of Molière's grave
So there I was, a good ole’ New Yorker armed with my trusty map, my tour book, and my Pearl Theatre brochure (aren’t those the three most important things to take on any vacation?) navigating the streets of Paris, expressing myself with the sole word I knew in French (“Bonjour Madame/Monsieur”), and having the time of my life. I even took a trip to the BEAUTIFUL Père Lachaise cemetery, where Molière himself is buried. Stay tuned for our production of THE MISANTHROPE, where many of my pictures will appear!
There is a busy season ahead—one with gripping drama, fall-out-of-your-chair comedies, and everything in between. But thankfully I had a vacation to both prepare me emotionally, and inspire me professionally!
Aaron outside the Louvre with his Pearl Theatre brochure
Finally, I’ve shown my pictures and I’d love to see yours (here’s is where the Marketing Director in me comes out). As we announced last month, we’re holding a contest. Anyone who takes a picture on their summer vacation with our 2010-2011 Season Brochure and sends it in to us will have a chance to win 2 tickets to THE SNEEZE this fall. We’ll give the tickets to the person who takes the brochure farthest away from New York City—and don’t worry, I don’t count! So send them to me at aaron@pearltheatre.org.
