A Call to End the Culture of Silence Rachel E. Pollock I’ve been following the effects of the pandemic on our industry on my costume production blog, La Bricoleuse, in a series of interviews with costume professionals impacted by the shutdown in April of 2020. These interviews–ostensibly...
At a grocery store just after New Years, two young men working at the register were talking about the minimum wage increase, which had recently taken effect. They were quite excited to be getting $11/hour ( $12/hour if you work Sundays!). It was...
ONE BIG, HAPPY, HOMOGENEOUS THEATRE FAMILY At _______ Theatre many of our cast and crew members audition, volunteer, and perform time and time again. Their parents, siblings, and friends join in and over the years we’ve become one big family! We want to share the love, support, and success...
I recently had a serious sit-down with an intern at a theatre where I was working as a Designer. I wanted to explain why they had been unilaterally shot down by the production team when volunteering to stay late during tech. The pushback was not...
“What are they smoking?!!” A job posted by the Colorado University, Boulder, had been called to the attention of Costume People (a facebook group for costume professionals to network, seek advice and recommendations) by Elizabeth Wislar, a veteran costumer and educator. Yet another theatre department was...
