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Employment / Re: Promissory Note versus Contract
« on: May 01, 2010, 04:35 pm »
I decided to step down from the position. I first spoke with the director/producer/lead actor/production manager/artistic director/writer about my concerns and he refused to make any changes. One of my request for changes was simply adding the name of the theater company onto the promissory note.
Over the past few weeks he's called me multiple times every day but today he has ignored all of my calls and so I sent a very polite email to step down from the position. Even though I am not an equity stage manager, I have always had a contract with every non equity theater and equity theater that I have worked with. Asking for clarification in the expectations of my role or the theater name to be added seems like a small request. Its not like I was asking for more money. I would have done the job for free and performed as if they were paying me a million dollars. I don't SM for the money. I do it out of love.
Anyways. I stepped down. Besides the promissory note was just another problem in many growing issues.
You asked if this person was someone who was connected and could advance my career. Maybe, maybe not. You never know who is connected to who. And that actually goes in reverse as well. I'm not looking to make a career out of being a stage manager. I'm looking to continue working on projects that I believe in with people who believe too. In all my years as a theater artist and stage manager, I have been blessed to be able to work with those standards and I don't plan on changing them now. I know that I am probably only able to do so because of the flexibility and salary of my other job. Not everyone has that luxury.
Thanks for you all's advice. It helped!
Over the past few weeks he's called me multiple times every day but today he has ignored all of my calls and so I sent a very polite email to step down from the position. Even though I am not an equity stage manager, I have always had a contract with every non equity theater and equity theater that I have worked with. Asking for clarification in the expectations of my role or the theater name to be added seems like a small request. Its not like I was asking for more money. I would have done the job for free and performed as if they were paying me a million dollars. I don't SM for the money. I do it out of love.
Anyways. I stepped down. Besides the promissory note was just another problem in many growing issues.
You asked if this person was someone who was connected and could advance my career. Maybe, maybe not. You never know who is connected to who. And that actually goes in reverse as well. I'm not looking to make a career out of being a stage manager. I'm looking to continue working on projects that I believe in with people who believe too. In all my years as a theater artist and stage manager, I have been blessed to be able to work with those standards and I don't plan on changing them now. I know that I am probably only able to do so because of the flexibility and salary of my other job. Not everyone has that luxury.
Thanks for you all's advice. It helped!