COLLEEN
DOYLE

...and was hired to work for Norwegian Cruise Lines as a Props Master for Priscilla Queen of the Desert. It was a dream job in every respect: I was doing the job I wanted to do for my favorite musical of all time. It just happened to have the extra bonus of traveling rent free and meeting people from all over the world.

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I worked with NCL for five years and in that time I saw the lonely props position grow. My first year there was only one position in the entire fleet, by the time I left there were four. I came for Priscilla but I stayed for Burn the Floor, Jersey Boys, and Choir of Man. I even had the honor of opening Kinky Boots on the Norwegian Encore as a member of the inaugural company.  

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We had a saying on board, "Ship Life isn't easy," because it... isn't easy. Every day was a new challenge, or an old one with a new face. It takes a special breed of human to be on call, ready for the next obstacle, every day for six straight months, and a well of relentless ambition to stay with it as long as possible.

When I look back on the life I've lived on ships, I marvel at how far I've come as a professional and as a person. 

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Ten years ago I wouldn't think I was capable of such strength.

 

Today I know I am capable of anything.