Educate… Which Do You Want to Be: Independent Contractor or Employee? 1 Jul 202115 Aug 2021 By Lindy SpencerPublished July 2021 I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve heard people claim that they make more money as an independent contractor than as an employee,…
Connect… MN Theatrical Designer Pay Resource 1 Jul 20213 Jul 2021 by Mary ShabaturaPublished July 2021 Are you getting compensated fairly? Pay transparency in the theatrical production community is vital in combating worker abuse and white supremacy in the industry. Thanks…
Educate What is Material Sustainability Within Theatre? 1 Jul 2021 By SadiePublished July 2021 How many shows have we been a part of where everything just ends up in the trash? Theatre is often called a disposable artform, because most…
Educate… Health and safety in the workplaces–what can OSHA do for you? 1 Jul 20213 Jul 2021 By RebeccaPublished July 2021 I used to work as a technician in the performing arts. I was primarily a scenic artist, but also dabbled in props, scenic carpentry, general stage…
Uncategorized Theater People should Run the Vaccine Rollout 31 Mar 20214 Apr 2021 By Gaea Published April 2021 Kinda. The reality is that there are theater people playing vital roles in both mass testing and the vaccine rollout. The other reality is that…
Connect… The Year of the Stage Manager and a Union Divided 31 Mar 20211 Apr 2021 By Sam Houkom Published April 2021 2020 was a year too hard to describe. On a global scale, what I want to write about may seem small and unimportant, but…
Connect… Design (in a Time of Reckoning) 31 Mar 202131 Mar 2021 By Katherine Freer and Porsche McGovern Originally published on February 22nd, 2021 by HowlRound What would it mean to have a culture of justice in theatrical design? This week, we…
Educate… Illuminating the Careers of Disabled Lighting Designers 31 Mar 2021 By Annie Wiegand and Michael Maag Originally published on February 22nd, 2021 by HowlRound Annie Wiegand is the first, and maybe the only, professional Deaf lighting designer in the theatre…
Connect… Three Costume Designers Meet for Tea on the Edge of a Cliff 31 Mar 2021 By Lux Haac, Dominigue Fawn Hill, and Deb Sivigny Originally published on February 22nd, 2021 by HowlRound Bringing together three designers—let alone three designers of the same discipline, costume design—for…
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