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 Minneapolis Road Case March 1 Oct 20205 Oct 2020 Video by Leazah; Photo by John Bartley Published October 2020 On September 10th, 2020, approximately 154 Live Entertainment workers, who are out of work, pushed road cases from the loading…
Connect… Move to Help… Stand in Solidarity 1 Oct 2020 By Tony; Photo by Regina Marie Williams Published originally August 2020 in USITT Northern Boundary News I remember March 13th well. We had a final preview that night. We showed up…
Connect… #RedAlertRESTART Minnesota 1 Oct 2020 By KikiSpecial thanks to Monkey Wrench Productions for organizing this event. Published October 2020 #RedAlertRESTART, a nationwide event on September 1, 2020 was to raise visibility of the live events…
Empower Standing Up, Sitting Down, and Getting Up Again 3 Jul 20206 Apr 2021 By Rachel Published July 2020 Since our beginning, Technicians for Change’s mission has been to educate, connect, and empower entertainment technicians on workers rights and protections. We were born out…
Connect Why We Happy Hour 3 Jul 202025 Dec 2020 by Allana and collective Published July 2020 It started innocently-enough (as these things do) sometime in the Fall of 2015. In September, I shared a beer with Murnane; October beer…
Connect… Theater Artist Leadership Coalition (TALC) and the Minnesota Theater Standards 1 Mar 202025 Dec 2020 By Sam Published March 2020 I attended a meeting Monday night, February 17th, 2020 held by the Theater Artist Leadership Coalition (TALC) led by Laura Stearns, Maria Asp, and Elena…
Educate Right-to-Work Laws 1 Sep 201925 Dec 2020 By Ray; Photo by Allana Published September 2019 What are right-to-work laws? Right-to-work laws do not actually grant a right for anyone to work at any particular job, or for…
Empower Earnings Equity 31 May 20196 Apr 2021 by Andrea and CarrieArt by Ricardo Levins Morales Published June 2019 Technicians for Change exists to fight for workers in arts and entertainment to be appropriately recognized for their contributions…
