New York is expensive and over-rated!
So where are some actors going? NACH DEUTSCHLAND!.
IN DEUTSCHLAND, to make their connections, actors are reading:
http://www.stage-entertainment.de/
www.stagepool.com. (available in DEUTSCH and SVENSKA)
To also get YOUR name around the theater circuit, I recommend getting out (of the house, apartment, and/or closet) and mixing with the people!
Germans are lovely people as are the Turks, Italians, Greeks, Serbs, and almost anything else living among them!