As many of you know, the rights of all us as artists and the rights of us in our profession is very important to me. As many of you also may know there has been a discussion of artist wages in DC. You want to know why I fight as hard as I do? You want to know why I am as vocal as I am? So long as this mentality exists, we will never be seen as people who deserve those rights, and trust me I wont shut up until we get them to see our craft differently I’m sorry, did someone trick you into thinking you were a special, unique commodity that deserves to just make art all day and be given the same considerations as someone who does something more valuable for society? Unless suddenly 90% of the thousands of theatre makers in the area just suddenly decide to up and leave, you ARE NOT special. I make a call for $100 and get a hundred of you. All of them much more willing to make art for the sake of art and can accept that we will pay them what we can, and if we end up doing well and can pay them more, we sure as hell will because we respect them for respecting us. No one is asking you to do what you are doing. If you quit what you’re doing, the world does not lose something important. Get off your high horse. You’re in theatre. Posted by someone known only as TB in the comment thread. Let me know how this makes you feel, or simply go here to let them know. I know I will not stop.
Posted on: Sat, 10 Jan 2015 04:09:14 +0000
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