Your guide to assembling and organizing as we work to make change in our theatrical spaces.
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What is Assembly Guide?
Your guide to assembling and organizing as we work to make change in our theatrical spaces.
Hosted by Alicia Newcom, the goal of this podcast is to to create a more empowered, aware, and connected community of advocates for more humane theatrical spaces.
AG Pod does that by discussing needs for change, highlight work already being done in our industry to create more humane spaces, and sharing tools and resources for navigating advocacy in various areas.
Episode 11: Holidays in Theater
The holiday season is huge in the theater industry. It’s a time when audiences are extra excited to see shows and when theaters make a lot of their profit, but that doesn’t mean that time has to be any less humane for the people working it.
During the holidays, theatre workers often work excessive, inhumane schedules without adequate rest, often during cold and flu season when theaters are already significantly understaffed. We are also expected to be away from family and friends at a time the rest of the world is celebrating being together, and while theaters make significantly more profit thanks to additional labor during this time, theatre workers aren’t compensated appropriately for the extra highly-strenuous work that we’re doing.
Holidays in the theater industry could be way more humane. We should be taken extra care of by our companies in a time that’s physically and emotionally an extra strain on us, while being exceptionally profitable for them. Remember: your humanity is non-negotiable. Even during the holidays.
