“My first tech weeks back post-baby were rough. Teching while running on very little sleep and also having to pump milk every three hours was terrible. The two 10/12s where I was in the building from roughly 9am – 1am after my first baby almost broke me.”
“With my second baby, I thought I was prepared, but once tech started my supply started dropping just as my daughter hit a growth spurt and wanted to eat, eat, eat. She went through my entire built up milk supply at home in the first two days of tech. I vividly remember sobbing in the theatre lobby with my husband telling him he needed to go buy formula because I just couldn’t pump enough in the upcoming 10/12s to feed our baby. Honestly, I have ZERO problem giving my kids formula – they both had it – it was just in that moment feeling like I was failing at being a mom, a woman, and a stage manager.”
“Working in this industry already means that your family structure is going to be non traditional…but why do we continue to promote these schedules that make having a family feel almost like a burden? I had the extreme privilege to have a parent be able to come and watch my kids during tech, but I thought often of other artist parents who are forced to step away from the business until their children are older because our system is not built for all.”
