Monday, December 04, 2006
Equity Gets Embroiled in 'Girl' Fight
Backstage: "To an outsider, a job at the theatre at American Girl Place in Manhattan would seem to be a young actor's dream: a chance for paid work on a New York stage for months at a time. Though toiling at a doll store in a musical titled Circle of Friends or Bitty Bear's Matinee isn't like tackling Sweeney Todd or Grey Gardens, it is an opportunity to hone skills in front of an audience that can be tough to please: children and their parents."
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I fully understand the benefits for actors working in an AEA house rather than a non-unionized house. However, it seems that if certain actors (defintely not all from what the article presents) dislike working there so much they should quit. If I were working any job (theater or otherwise) and I hated what I was doing and was being forced to damage my body I would leave. Clearly, the salary and benefits are good enough to keep the shows staffed. So either suck it up and take the good with the bad or work elsewhere. It just seems logical to me not to stay in a job you hate or where you feel mistreated. - Maddie Regan
Yeah, I agree with Maddie on this one. Its like we were talking about the other day in class. It seems a bit hipocritical to complain about working some place, but continue working there because the pay and benefits are so good. Nothing is holding these people to stay there, so they could just go elsewhere.
this seems that this could be a stage parent problem as well. The parents want their children in equity in order to get a leg up. on the other hand, as children, they should be allowed to quit an activity that does make them happy.
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