“It is a grueling schedule that really comes at a cost both creatively and personally…It got to the point where I was missing so much of my kids growing up. I was gone from my wife and kids for 40 weeks out of the year. Even when I was doing a show in town, I wasn’t really ‘home'”
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Female DesignerFemale Designer
“Sleep deprivation. Sleep is important in MS, and being deprived of it is messing with my cognitive skills, as well as aggravating the physical symptoms. As a non white person and more specifically as a Greek this mostly translates into language incompetency and tendency towards laziness.”
Male BIPOC Admin/Design – WestMale BIPOC Admin/Design – West
“I accepted a tenure-track position and taught for nearly seven years at a public university with a majority BIPOC student body, and moreover, a significant percentage of underprivileged students, first-generation college students, and DACA recipients. It was saddening, then, to see students immersed in a theatre-making culture which reinforced damaging, self-sacrificing practices… unpaid sessions occurring during class hours, throughout the night… The spirit of volunteerism can be fiery and wonderful, but for many – especially for young BIPOC artists – the approach ultimately discourages engaging theatre as a meaningful profession. The exploitation begins early.”
Female BIPOC DesignerFemale BIPOC Designer
“I’ve seen a few designers who have survived and figured out their work, life, and monetary balance under the 10/12 tech schedule but introducing their assistant to the culture of overworking and underpay… I know too many designers who have decided not to do so and sees overworking as a form of initiation.”