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The Hardline / Re: AEA and "Right To Work"

« on: Dec 14, 2012, 10:02 am »

Check the other right to work states - Texas is one.  It's interesting working with union and non-union actors mixed, but it happens all the time on LORT shows.  As I remember for AEA, it just meant the theater, which still had a contract with AEA - paid health care and pension for everyone, as if there were AEA - the union wants to make sure there is no financial reason for them to go seek out non-AEA members.  And, if the actor chose to become AEA within a certain time period, these funds were available to them.

I think it has a positive upside in areas where there is not a LOT of AEA work, where bouncing back between AEA and non-AEA shows is a benefit.  I think in the long term, it's bad news for unions and workers in general - and it's a sad state of affairs.

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Employment / Re: How to differential between educational experience as a student and as a teacher

« on: Dec 14, 2012, 09:56 am »

I am not sure teaching needs to / should fall on a traditional SM resume . . .maybe under special skills, if you still hold onto that section in your resume.

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Employment / Re: How to differential between educational experience as a student and as a teacher

« on: Dec 13, 2012, 11:08 am »

Are you trying to list SHOWS or create a new academic section of your resume . . .

You might need to leave behind the traditional SM resume format and move on to a more complete CV format if you have are listing shows, and then academic teaching experience.

If you are trying to list shows, then maybe

Big Show      Instructional PSM      Director    So and So University

or something along those lines . . .

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December Madness I: 2012 / Re: Commercial, Round 4: Highlighter vs Hammer

« on: Dec 12, 2012, 12:19 pm »

Big enough, strong enough highlighter can take on some jobs a hammer does . . .

just a saying.

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The Hardline / Re: straight-six on LORT musicals?

« on: Dec 11, 2012, 10:17 pm »

And that is always going to be the case every time . . . 

and this is a big plug to go to the union.

what if the best "thing" in the situation is a bit of bending the rules or the rules are unclear on the situation at hand . . . if you are for it, the actors are for it, and you even got the General Manager aboard it - take it to the union and explain.

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The Hardline / Re: straight-six on LORT musicals?

« on: Dec 11, 2012, 06:02 pm »

I love Ruth.

(enough said)

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December Madness I: 2012 / Re: Community, Round 4: Glow Tape vs Paper

« on: Dec 11, 2012, 01:34 pm »

Glow tape is the biggest sham in technical theatre . . . thank goodness for small LED's now.

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The Green Room / Re: ARTICLE: NY TIMES saying no to college

« on: Dec 08, 2012, 07:41 pm »

my party line has always been my degrees have never helped me get a job, but my education have helped me perform the jobs I received. 

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The Green Room / Re: ARTICLE: NY TIMES saying no to college

« on: Dec 08, 2012, 12:58 pm »

The advance or specialty degree can help you prove you provide a special service for a need that may not be able to be filled in that country. 

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Stage Management: Plays & Musicals / Re: bass-ackwards

« on: Dec 05, 2012, 02:07 pm »

For timings, I write the time stamp on the top right corner of the page of the script once we hit full runs during tech week. This gives me a sense of how the show is going. The catch is always starting my stopwatch at the same point at each performance.

I find putting the stopwatch start and stop in the calling script like it was a cue makes sure I am timing it the saw way every time.

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The Green Room / Re: ARTICLE: NY TIMES saying no to college

« on: Dec 05, 2012, 02:06 pm »

I think a college degree maybe important earlier in your career and for jobs within educational enivronement - 5 to 10 years later, the paper (BA, BFA, OR MFA) doesn't really manner - in my experience.  Now, the education and contacts maybe worth that, but I am unsure if I would have made that just by working, as opposed to the 8 years of university education I have.

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The Green Room / Re: Scott Walters: The Wal-Marting of American Theatre

« on: Dec 05, 2012, 01:08 pm »

As someone who worked extensively in regional theater and left that behind for NYC, I have to say, that even in large regional markets, you eventually sometimes get tired of the scene, and want to continue to grow and challenge oneself.  Sometime the change is what keeps in this career for the long term.

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The Green Room / Re: ARTICLE: NY TIMES saying no to college

« on: Dec 05, 2012, 01:06 pm »

yes, but how valuable in OUR job market is the college degree outside of education theater?

I question the logic behind saddling young stage managers with large student loan debt, that may eventually price them out of early career jobs.

I just don't feel like everyone needs to go to school, get an advance degree or a MFA to do this job - especially in this economic  climate.

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The Green Room / ARTICLE: NY TIMES saying no to college

« on: Dec 05, 2012, 01:41 am »

It's a very interesting article, although almost all of the examples are in the hi-tech field.

I am wondering how many people in theater have had nontraditional un-college experiences.


http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/02/fashion/saying-no-to-college.html?_r=0&adxnnl=1&pagewanted=all&adxnnlx=1354689428-6jT0OJnNEXK1M/VAMqnUMA&gwh=085BA35F9CB5340E068FF8E46B76734E

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December Madness I: 2012 / Re: Commercial, Round 2: Laptop vs. Straight Edge

« on: Dec 04, 2012, 09:41 pm »

I can use my lap top as a straight edge . . . can't use my straight edge to type a prop list.

NUFF SAID.