Educate Working Below the Fissure: An Homage to David Weil 1 Apr 20223 Apr 2022 Article by Allana; Painting by AngeliquePublished April 2022 If I could invite one famous person, living or dead, to a dinner party, I’d invite David Weil. Administrator of the Wage…
Empower ‘No’ Problem 1 Apr 2022 Article by Ariel; Image by DoreenPublished April 2022 I don’t generally write what I consider “opinion pieces” but here’s an opinion that every theatre technician I know agrees may as…
Connect… Positive Change-Making with Outside Reinforcements 1 Apr 2022 By Allana; Photo by RolandoPublished April 2022 Too often workers are held in place by the fear of retaliation. The employer doesn’t have to do or say anything to get…
Connect… Are We Ready to Strike? (It’s More Than Signs) 5 Jan 2022 By Roger and AllanaPublished January 2022 Special thanks to Kyle Beebe, Bob Hazzard, Dhyana Colony Smith, Gary Edwards, Paul Kaessinger, and Carmen Jones for their help in brainstorming this article.…
Connect… What Happened to Save Our Stages? 5 Oct 2021 By GaeaPublished October 2021 Way back a dozen years ago at the beginning of the pandemic, a lot of folks in the industry organized around #SaveOurStages. In the Twin Cities,…
Educate Union FAQs: Strike! Picket! Banner! 5 Oct 20215 Oct 2021 By BillPublished October 2021 I was a freshman trying to get back to college after Christmas, heading to the Trailways Bus counter in Port Authority, NYC, when a man wearing…
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…
Connect… Not so Micro: How You (and I) Might Not Fully Understand Microaggressions 1 Oct 20206 Apr 2021 By Kenji Published October 2020 2 Things before I get into the article: CW: As an Asian-American theater maker, I am going to be mainly focusing on racial microaggressions/racism in…
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