The first thing I noticed was no subtitle. That's passing up another chance to sell your story before you even get started. Lacking a subtitle also hurts your curation chances I believe.

The next thing that jumped out at me was all the I's.

I think, I do, I stopped. Your story is excellent and I think the lesson is highly applicable to anyone doing anything creative not just performing arts but it would probably appeal more broadly if you focussed it outward a bit.

I have a tendency to do the same thing in my own writing so I change I's to you's wherever I can. You could even do that in the title, 9 reasons to sacrifice money to direct on your own terms. Obviously you'd have to change the story a bit to match.

I think there is also an elephant missing in this story. How are you able to afford sacrificing money to make plays? Are you earning a living but choosing to just scrap by rather than make more? Or do you have an outside job or family member that pays the bills while you do theater for art's sake? Without this information the story could anger someone who wants to do what you are doing but is also trying to feed themselves and feels like they have no choices.