Anonymous

“And there was one night where it was a few minutes to the time we supposed to be released for the day but the director insisted that we run the scene that was just teched before leave. There clearly wasn’t enough time to do this and everyone was dead tired but our stage manager did not stop it. This scene required a transition into another scene where a multi-hundred pound living room set had to be hung maybe 40-50 feet in the air. Now because everyone was rushing to get this done since we were clearly the out of time for that day’s 10/12, the set piece was not hung properly and almost dropped on a cast member who thankfully had moved out of the way in time.”

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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

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“I started to keep track of what my hours in the building were through a payroll app. At the end of my second (and last) season, I had documented proof