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Stage Management: Plays & Musicals / Re: No longer spoiled

« on: Apr 04, 2007, 05:27 pm »

I think, in situations like this where the environment is charged, all you can do is just go to your happy place and make sure you are doing your job.  There's a lot of poor choices that the actress/director/producer is making, and while no one else may ever know, you know, and now you've learned not to put yourself in this kind of situation with this particular person.

Just stay calm and let your two directors fight it out. 

And don't start drinking just because of a show.  I know it's your job and you care about it, but in the end it's theatre.  No babies are going to die over this.  It's not worth the stress, and it's not worth the damage to your liver.  Why let them get the best of you?

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Employment / Re: Job Reference

« on: Apr 03, 2007, 03:33 pm »

This is a great question, and it can get you in a lot of trouble.

Legally, the whole reference thing is very dangerous.  While you can give someone a glowing recommendation, you can't give them a poor recommendation or you can be sued.  Instead, you give a neutral recommendation, stating when the person was hired, left, and if they left at the end of their contract or left early.  That's it.  "I don't feel confortable answering that question" is a great way to answer followup questions someone may have, and will tell them what they need to know without you actually saying anything that will get you into trouble.