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Hey miguel–
I dont know where you live, but Im wondering if its a large enough town/city to have a stage hand union. I worked for the stage hand union in Tucson for-- 5 years. One of the only jobs Ive never been fired from. Seriously, even though the work is mostly the same, its always different. Differnt show, different venue, etc. etc. Lots of a.d.d stage hands! Its good, because you are usually working with a crew, you are usualy doing one thing at a time, and its almost always interesting. I started out with zero experience. You dont have to join the union right away, most use on call folks, and thats your foot in the door. I showed up for bottom of the barrel gigs like setting up/breaking down for conventions--etc. I got on crews because Id show up earlier than anyone else and work really hard. In a few months, they started calling me for stage work, and I worked my way up to being a stage electrician– hanging lights, etc. Now why would Ieave such a job you ask? Well thats a story for another day! Anyhoo, when youre ready to go back to work, you could check them out under I.A.T.S.E local (?)– stands for International Assosiation of Theater and Stage Employees. Hope your in a city where they exist, or else this won`t be very useful, but I thought it might be worth a shot.