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The Green Room / Re: Help, creepy assistant director
« on: Mar 02, 2016, 08:46 pm »
Go to your guidance counselor, homeroom teacher, assistant principal or another school staff member. Bring some cast members along -- there is strength in numbers. Tell the staff member in plain language that this AD's behavior is making the cast uncomfortable. Here's some language I have used in the past, in comparable situations:
"We came to you for help. We love doing theater and we love our school, but this behavior makes us feel unsafe."
Then -- also important -- wait for the staff member to respond to your statement. You will be nervous and it will be awkward, but you have no obligation to fix the awkwardness.
About the director losing respect for you... you have a serious concern that is shared by several classmates. If noticing unprofessional or threatening behavior is grounds for dismissal... there are bigger problems. My humble opinion is that you have a responsibility to address the bigger problems. You might SM this show and forget all about it in one or two or ten years, but you will always remember this opportunity to stand up for your peers and your shared values.
Good luck and keep the SMNetwork posted.
"We came to you for help. We love doing theater and we love our school, but this behavior makes us feel unsafe."
Then -- also important -- wait for the staff member to respond to your statement. You will be nervous and it will be awkward, but you have no obligation to fix the awkwardness.
About the director losing respect for you... you have a serious concern that is shared by several classmates. If noticing unprofessional or threatening behavior is grounds for dismissal... there are bigger problems. My humble opinion is that you have a responsibility to address the bigger problems. You might SM this show and forget all about it in one or two or ten years, but you will always remember this opportunity to stand up for your peers and your shared values.
Good luck and keep the SMNetwork posted.