“I’ve driven home falling asleep at the wheel, windows down, slapping my face to get home at night on local shows where I still might have a 40 minute drive home at 1am after notes.
But also because of our inflexible schedule, and low pay coupled with a scarcity-mindset, I missed my sister’s wedding. I was young and starting out and felt I had no choice.”
“Not designed for people to have a life—it’s a sacrifice not a job, and there is no room for family life.”
“Many in our BIPOC community have left the business because of this.”
“There’s competition to stand out and working beyond our means – demands more than the staff is physically capable of doing, especially in the Off-Broadway circuit.”
“I can’t take my family to doctors’ appointments, therapy, hospital visits – not to mention just needing to be there for them consistently as a mom and a daughter.”