I clean my green room and coffee area because I like it clean, even though there is a building cleaning staff that comes in early the next morning. However, cast, crew, and staff alike all know they are supposed to wash their own dishes, without fail.
OK, now let's see a show of hands over this scenario:
A commode overflows in the
only backstage Ladies Room at about ten minute call. The Ladies Room floor is flooded with (clean) water. No facilities cleaning staff is present in the building and I have no "interns." House Management is a little busy at the time...
So, who would pick up a mop and just take care of the problem? Who would insist this falls under "janitorial duties," stick to the strict letter of their contract, and not go near it?
For the sake of argument, please assume that asking the particular ladies of this cast to use the Men's Room or holding the curtain are NOT options, and that you would never ask your assistant to do something you won't do yourself.
Feel free to be as "hard-line" as you wish, as long as you are honest about what you would actually DO to solve the problem, when your cast, in costume, needs to use this facility right away
(For the record, I mopped up the water, put a sign on the broken commode, called the building engineers to come fix the problem, called "five," and went up to the booth.)
Hands Up, please!
(An addendum for clarity: No one asked me to mop, or told me I had to mop.)
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ALL Justin's employment at that theatre, and janitorial/custodial work is prohibited. Period.
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Under LORT "63(H)(7) The following activities are prohibited and a Stage Manager or Assistant Stage Manager shall not accept responsibility for the following:...(d) Doing building maintenance, janitorial, custodial or house management work."