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I& #39;d like you to think of a night you& #39;ve had @ the theatre to understand how many people are affected by this shut down:
From the waiter who made sure you were out by curtain time, the usher who welcomed you to the theatre, to the deck crew you caught a glimpse of in the wings...
From the waiter who made sure you were out by curtain time, the usher who welcomed you to the theatre, to the deck crew you caught a glimpse of in the wings...
...to the folks who served you the (overpriced) drinks that sated you and sold you the march that you proudly wear.
If it was a musical, hear the orchestra warming up-top caliber musicians whose sound at the downbeat can fill your heart to bursting.
If it was a musical, hear the orchestra warming up-top caliber musicians whose sound at the downbeat can fill your heart to bursting.
Up in the flys, there were spot operators making sure the actors on stage look great (many of whom have degrees and all of whom have spent-and continue to spend-countless hours in pursuit of getting better at their craft so they can do their job better), after they had been...
...dressed and wigged and made up by a crew of professionals backstage that you never saw.
All of these moving parts were coordinated by the stage management crew, calling the show cues and at the ready if anything should go awry.
All of these moving parts were coordinated by the stage management crew, calling the show cues and at the ready if anything should go awry.
The actors were dressed and wigged in items that others had spent meticulous hours creating-designs which sprang from the imaginations of the design artists, inspired by the creative team, who were interpreting something that flowed from the brains and hearts of...
...the writers who had stories they were called to share by the muses of art and storytelling.
When the actors left at the end of the night, the people who work the door made sure they were safely on their way.
Did you get a drink after the show? Somebody served you...
When the actors left at the end of the night, the people who work the door made sure they were safely on their way.
Did you get a drink after the show? Somebody served you...
...that delight where you sat and talked about what you loved (and perhaps what you would have changed).
All of these people made the moments that you have loved-and all of these people will have been suddenly out of work for 14 months if theatre does indeed reopen at the end...
All of these people made the moments that you have loved-and all of these people will have been suddenly out of work for 14 months if theatre does indeed reopen at the end...
...of next May.
We are frightened of losing our health care, our housing, how we will educate our children and feed our families.
Show folk are wildly resilient-it& #39;s basically built into the job description-but make no mistake, we are sad and searching. We are...
We are frightened of losing our health care, our housing, how we will educate our children and feed our families.
Show folk are wildly resilient-it& #39;s basically built into the job description-but make no mistake, we are sad and searching. We are...
pivoting like crazy and doing our best not to go mad.
So send some love to someone who works in or around the arts...HIRE someone to coach you or to do a q&a (freebie time is over), and, if you can, send some money to organizations that help support them- @TheActorsFund...
So send some love to someone who works in or around the arts...HIRE someone to coach you or to do a q&a (freebie time is over), and, if you can, send some money to organizations that help support them- @TheActorsFund...
... @BCEFA are good places to start. On insta, please also check out the Costume Industry Coalition.
Then turn the volume way up and belt it out with your favorite recordings. Nice and loud, so they can hear you.
ALSO VOTE AND WEAR YOUR DANG MASK
xo, julia
Then turn the volume way up and belt it out with your favorite recordings. Nice and loud, so they can hear you.
ALSO VOTE AND WEAR YOUR DANG MASK
xo, julia
