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Friday, November 19, 2021

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WEAR A MASK – WASH YOUR HANDS – WATCH YOUR DISTANCE

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Sunday, November 14, 2021

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Here are a few posts from last week's Greenpage that might be worth your time...

IATSE Workers Divided on Whether to Ratify New Contract

Variety : Charley Gilleran has had a 30-year career as a rigging key grip, moving between superhero blockbusters like “Iron Man” and Oscar winners such as “No Country for Old Men.” This weekend, he plans to vote to ratify the new contract negotiated by his union, the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees.
Posted by David at 11/11/2021 09:38:00 AM

Theatre's hiring crisis

Exeunt Magazine: “For the first time I’m going, ‘I’ve got the budget, but I can’t find the people.’ It’s so strange,” says production manager Heather Doole. Her words are echoed across the theatre industry, in meetings, social media and job listings sites, where the same roles come up repeatedly and with increasing urgency. It’s surreal, because until the pandemic, the main conversation about theatre and hiring was on the impossibility of breaking into what often felt like a cliquey closed shop.
Posted by David at 11/08/2021 09:25:00 AM

Theater workers aren’t just changing jobs during the pandemic. They’re leaving the field

Datebook : One low point for Julie Saltzman Kellner came when she was in labor with her daughter but still answering work emails. “That is to some degree my own damn fault,” she recalled ruefully. “Like, put the phone away!”
Posted by David at 11/09/2021 09:25:00 AM

Meet a JEDI Trainer

Dramatics Magazine Online : Destinee Steele’s a JEDI trainer. No, not of the Star Wars variety. She recently completed her first theatrical JEDI training tour and shares the story! If you don’t know her yet, Destinee has an MFA in wig and makeup design. She is the CEO of The Beauty Menagerie, LLC. She is also a Founding Board Member of Black Hair and Makeup United. Let this multi-talented theatre maker fill you in on her JEDI training tour and the work she’s doing. You’ll be inspired!
Posted by David at 11/11/2021 09:34:00 AM

Outside theatre: why it mustn't stop after the pandemic

theconversation.com: Indoor theatre is back. Despite audiences being inscrutable in masks, I’ve seen two packed shows and begun to believe that theatres are finally recovering after a dreadful year. But the outdoor experiments that have kept theatre’s flame alight during the pandemic shouldn’t be cast aside in the process.
Posted by David at 11/08/2021 09:31:00 AM

Friday, November 12, 2021

DP Weekly Wrap Up

WEAR A MASK – WASH YOUR HANDS – WATCH YOUR DISTANCE

https://www.cmu.edu/coronavirus

Sunday, November 07, 2021

Worth a Look

Here are a few posts from last week's Greenpage that might be worth your time...

Gennean Scott: Broadway Can and Will Change

AMERICAN THEATRE Last summer the live theatre industry’s commercial trade association, the Broadway League, plucked Gennean Scott (she/her) from Omaha, Neb., to fill a newly created position as the League’s first director of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion. Hired from a national search conducted by Arts Consulting Group, Scott has been tasked with helping the industry navigate a more socially conscious time, when more equitable representation on- and offstage is becoming an increasingly non-negotiable requirement.
Posted by David at 11/05/2021 09:55:00 AM

Series of Social Justice Initiatives Announced In Conjunction with Broadway Production of CLYDE'S

www.broadwayworld.com: Second Stage Theater has announced a series of social justice initiatives centered around the upcoming Broadway production of Lynn Nottage's play, Clyde's, directed by Kate Whoriskey. A funny, moving, and inspiring new play, Clyde's centers around the lives of four formerly incarcerated kitchen staff working at a sandwich shop and looking to reclaim their lives.
Posted by David at 11/02/2021 09:47:00 AM

The B-Girl's Battle for Equality in a Male-Dominated Style

Dance Magazine : It was the late '90s, and breaking pioneer Ana "Rokafella" Garcia was in rehearsals for a major theater production with a crew of male breakers. A popular b-boy began making comments dripping with sexual innuendo about the only other woman in the group. With each consecutive rehearsal, the harassment progressed while other castmates stood by silently.
Posted by David at 11/04/2021 09:25:00 AM

Mandy Greenfield Resigns From Helm of Williamstown Theatre Fest

AMERICAN THEATRE: Artistic director Mandy Greenfield recently tendered her resignation as artistic director of Williamstown Theatre Festival (WTF), and the festival today announced the appointment of Jenny Gersten to the role of interim artistic director. Greenfield’s exit follows a storm of controversy and criticism about working conditions at the theatre.
Posted by David at 11/02/2021 09:44:00 AM

Hollywood Armorers Speak Out on ‘Rust’ Safety Issues, Guns on Sets

IndieWire : When Mike Tristano is working on a film or television production, his guns never leave his line of sight. The armorer, who has lent his decades of weapons expertise to “The Purge” and hundreds of other productions, follows strict safety protocols on sets to ensure that the guns being used cannot harm the cast or crew he works with.
Posted by David at 11/03/2021 09:46:00 AM

Friday, November 05, 2021

DP Weekly Wrap Up

WEAR A MASK – WASH YOUR HANDS – WATCH YOUR DISTANCE

https://www.cmu.edu/coronavirus

There are no bad ideas

Friday, November 19, 2021

DP Weekly Wrap Up

Sunday, November 14, 2021

Worth a Look

IATSE Workers Divided on Whether to Ratify New Contract

Theatre's hiring crisis

Theater workers aren’t just changing jobs during the pandemic. They’re leaving the field

Meet a JEDI Trainer

Outside theatre: why it mustn't stop after the pandemic

Friday, November 12, 2021

DP Weekly Wrap Up

Sunday, November 07, 2021

Worth a Look

Gennean Scott: Broadway Can and Will Change

Series of Social Justice Initiatives Announced In Conjunction with Broadway Production of CLYDE'S

The B-Girl's Battle for Equality in a Male-Dominated Style

Mandy Greenfield Resigns From Helm of Williamstown Theatre Fest

Hollywood Armorers Speak Out on ‘Rust’ Safety Issues, Guns on Sets

Friday, November 05, 2021

DP Weekly Wrap Up

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