Why I Have Not Did Theatre In 5 Years

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The last play I did was Urinetown in April 2011, I auditioned for another play called Dearly Departed in Sept. 2011 at the same local Theater I have always performed. I was so disappointed in not getting the part, Dearly Departed was a Southern Comedy and I felt the role I was auditioning for was hilarious and harkened back to my role as Ellard Simms in The Foreigner. The only reason I could ever come to terms with was that I had been in 6 shows in a two-year time span, and they wanted to cast talent whom we're new to our Theater. Watching the play and seeing who they cast really ticked me off, I wanted to be happy but here was someone giving the worse Southern accent i have ever heard by a guy who was a nice enough lad but whom sounded more Scottish then Southern. I started to think it was more because of who the directors were, they were a married couple and in every show they cast there son (whom granted is a tremendous actor) and people they were friendly with. Don't get me wrong I think they liked me fine, but do to the fact the previous two shows I had issues with another guy whom was one of there sons close friends, i think that really effected my working relationship with them. To go back in time a few years when i dated my very first boyfriend Franky he left me to date another guy, well this other guy Daniel happened to be a staple at the same community theater as me, and to make matters worse i ended up dating a guy named Ian we only went on a few dates but then i find out he is seeing Daniel, and is still texting me. So now not only am i being cast in a play Urinetown with Daniel, i find out after already being cast in the show that his current boyfriend Ian is also joining the cast. So imagine the awkwardness of being in a play with the man whom my ex boyfriend left me for, and my other ex boyfriend whom is now dating this guy, in essence two of my former boyfriends leaving me for the same guy. Well during Urinetown I had a awful time taking orders from Daniel whom designated himself as assistant choreographer and I made it clear I was not ok with this, he was not are choreographer and I did not want his assistance. He even had the gaul of making fun on my singing voice, which prompted me to almost quit the play, basically I said “They knew what my singing voice was when they cast me, if they didn't like it they should not have cast me” Which is true right? If you don't think someone can carry a tune why the hell are you casting them in a musical other then the fact they needed another body to prance around onstage. After this show ended I ended up dating a guy named Jordan whom happened to be Daniel's long term off and on boyfriend, so as with Theatre I think I ended up being considered uncooperative and a boyfriend stealer, even though the fact is he took two of my boyfriends so why could I not take one of his? LOL Anyway that is really only part of the story, a few years back I lost one of my front teeth, I am very self conscious about this fact and it has prevented me from dating, and is also a cause for a lot of my depression. I have not been able to get the proper dental care I need, and I know it will cost a fortune as the insurance I do have will not provide a lot, so it has a lot to do with problems with people involved in my Community theatre, but it also is a self confidence thing. The Photo is of one of my Headshots from when i was hoping to become an Actor.