“I mean it’s just a misnomer because it implies you’re only working 10 hours…And it’s exhausting. Not all of us can afford cabs home late at night, trains run even slower and the further out you live because rent, the harder the cycle becomes.”
Anonymous – Northeast
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“A hellish tech week caused an reaction so severe that I had to leave campus and go into intensive outpatient therapy. While there were tons and tons of factors that were involved with my suicide attempt, a hellish day of tech where I was yelled at in front of the entire cast and production team was the cherry on top. College students shouldn’t have 10/12s”
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“As a disabled individual, 10/12s and the 6-day work week are an incredible obstacle in my work. Among other things, I am immune-compromised and lack of sleep only makes my already fragile immune-system weaker. I often experience work-induced flare ups of my chronic conditions due to the long days and long work weeks. It makes it harder for me to be present when my body is fighting me and causes me to loose work because I can’t “struggle through” as we are too often expected to do.”
“I take about 7 different medications a day, some multiple times a day, most are time-sensitive and many require a strict eating schedule that the 10/12 or constantly varying work-days do not accommodate. I have to make impossible decisions choosing between taking my medications or eating enough; between work or medical procedures; between loosing work today because of illness/flare up or going and risking hospitalization; between fulfilling the expectations of my job and taking care of my body.”
AnonymousAnonymous
“We should strive for solutions where no one on the show is asked to work more than a 10/12 on any given day. One path might be to have more tech notes days (e.g. 1 full day of tech notes for every 2-3 days of rehearsal). On the tech notes days, actors would go back to rehearsal room for acting/blocking notes. Another path is to hire more folx and do split shifts. Another might be hourly pay for everyone.”