Nope. I worked here last summer (was supposed to work here all summer). First of all- it was a $750 stipend for each project, which as an actor is unlivable. On the first day the owners invited us over for pizza and we played a game where we went around the room and said what our first professional gig was and how much we got paid. I didn’t have the heart at the time to tell them I was paid way more for my first professional experience than what they were paying me at PBT. Second, the main director they use refuses to read the librettos of the shows he directs which is a bit insulting when you’re under his direction (small problem, but ask anyone who’s worked with him: it’s almost astounding). Third and most astounding, however, is their utter lack of safety concerning their actors (asking one of our leads to stand on a rolling bed before locks are installed, unscrewing things mere feet from a lift call and leaving the hardware out, clunky clogging of the wings creating tripping hazards, etc) which is all the more shocking considering someone was PARALYZED AT THE THEATER a few years prior. Upon confronting the owners about this, I was asked to (and encouraged to) leave the following two projects I was cast in. DO NOT WORK HERE. THEY DO NOT CARE ABOUT THEIR PERFORMERS OR ACTUAL STAGE CRAFT, THEY JUST RELY ON TALENTED PERFORMERS TO CARRY THEM THROUGH THEIR SEASON.
Nope. I worked here last summer (was supposed to work here all summer). First of all- it was a $750 stipend for each project, which as an actor is unlivable. On the first day the owners invited us over for pizza and we played a game where we went around the room and said what our first professional gig was and how much we got paid. I didn’t have the heart at the time to tell them I was paid way more for my first professional experience than what they were paying me at PBT. Second, the main director they use refuses to read the librettos of the shows he directs which is a bit insulting when you’re under his direction (small problem, but ask anyone who’s worked with him: it’s almost astounding). Third and most astounding, however, is their utter lack of safety concerning their actors (asking one of our leads to stand on a rolling bed before locks are installed, unscrewing things mere feet from a lift call and leaving the hardware out, clunky clogging of the wings creating tripping hazards, etc) which is all the more shocking considering someone was PARALYZED AT THE THEATER a few years prior. Upon confronting the owners about this, I was asked to (and encouraged to) leave the following two projects I was cast in. DO NOT WORK HERE. THEY DO NOT CARE ABOUT THEIR PERFORMERS OR ACTUAL STAGE CRAFT, THEY JUST RELY ON TALENTED PERFORMERS TO CARRY THEM THROUGH THEIR SEASON.