The bottom line is, search your seventeen year old soul:

1. Do you just want to get away from home for awhile? 2. Do you want to mark off a few years time until you can figure out where you are going? 3. Do you want to snag a successful mate/hubby? 4. Is theatre your passion, soul, being and you want connections?

If it is the later, go where the connections are - NY or CA....(while Ashland Oregon, or SF-NM opera, or Wolftrap VA, are some of the most beautiful, artistic communities on the face of the earth - there is not much commericail world-wide demand for Shakespearian Theatre, or the other par-mutations.)

The reality, is small gigs, and day-time-jobs.