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Mary Robinette Kowal on twitter:
“Me, talking a writer down from imposter syndrome: How long have you been writing?
Them: Three years.
Me: And how old are you?
Them: 28.
Me: Okay. So you’re a level 28 human and a level 3 writer. How good were you as a level 3 human?
Them: Oooooooooooh.”
When you slowly start hating someone you were friends with.
Tech Date Posted, Job Title, Venue, Location, Posted by, Position Specializations or Requirements, Website( or link to posting- anything is better than nothing!), Contact Person, Contact Email/ Phone, Union? Which?, NOTES Performer Date Posted, Job Title, Venue, Location, Posted by, Positio...
Here it is! Here’s the link to a google doc I started, so load it up any and every job you know of!
its been a while but i just closed beauty and the beast at my favourite theatre and they let me draw the mural
My dad: “So if your pronouns are they and them, how should I refer to you when I brag about you? My daughter? My son?”
Me: “Mom’s just been calling me her kid or her child.”
My dad: “I shall call you…my Eldest Spawn.”
I feel like it’s worth noting that he was wearing a Cthulu t-shirt when this happened.
is there a tumblr wiki. we need to keep tabs on lore
*checks the tumblr wiki and it says communismkills is deceased* omg… spoilers
what it’s like being a 17 y/o theatre tech for school
let’s just start with what the hell fuck
no seriously what the hell fuck
we do e v e r y t h i n g
assembly? yeah let us just set out 700 odd chairs, somehow get our equipment that doesn’t work to magically work during that event whether one of us has to hold the wire in ~the place~ for the entire thing or not.
one time during a lunchtime showcase a kid kicked a speaker, yes, he kicked a speaker to look metal during his screamo performance
let me tell you he got a piece of my damn mind
he didn’t i can’t do that i would probably die if i did
no matter how many times we tell people if you are using a wireless mic PLEASE do not go infront of the speaker the feedback noise will happen
they do it anyway
it’s a nightmare chorus from the audience going “can the people on sound actually do their job?”
YES I CAN OKAY
enough cables? hell no, half of hours don’t work anyway or have been stolen by fellow students
( thanks guys real cool )
so annual musical rolls round early may and the ninth circle of HELL decides to open up it’s doors
i’m talking like actors yelling because they accidentally broke mics
us yelling because the actors are yelling
having to run on stage with a handheld temporary mic because a microphone broke MID PERFORMANCE
a funeral at some point probably
lighting board glitched out, temporary blackout for a solid 2 minutes
missed a sound effect cue, aaaaah yeah i think you can guess what unfolded
everyone ignoring our “please tell us a week in advance” rule and expecting us to do these extravagant set ups in less than a day
there are 7 of us who actually do stuff in the team the rest just dont show up
2 people doing a 10 person job? hhhhhhhH
i no longer have emotions, i have transcended stress
right so we finally convinced the school to give us a keycard that lets us around the school but we only have one,,,,,
the tech team has 16 people in it ( when everyone shows up )
when we set up for events we need more than one
yet the head students get given 7 key cards
i GET that we aren’t professionals but seriously it’s frustrating
so myself and my friend were both running for head tech 2018 and we compromised and became co-head techs because we work well together
i’m glad we did because shit what the fuck
mine and my co head tech’s hours from this year were logged at 250, thats the amount of hours we remembered to log, there is probably another 50 we didn’t log
we weren’t even head techs at this point
sometimes it felt like the school had forgotten we were students first and foremost
it got to the point where if i actually was in class, the teacher called it a miracle
i missed a lot of class
one more thing
the tech team does all of this v o l u n t a r i l y
hey i made a part two!!! 2018 graduated version
being an 18 y/o head tech for my school (i'm now graduated edition!)
since my last post of this popped off and i just graduated here's all the shit i had to deal with being 2018's head tech
oooooh lads lets go
feb 2018, first tech meeting of the year, we had a new TIC (teacher in charge) and loads of new people looking to join,,,, some of which thought they could just join for laughs and wouldnt have 2 put effort in hmmmm
so u know, things are looking bright
no
our gear just stopped working
first show of the year rolls round, i'm in it (oh no)
we didnt need sound BUT we needed lights which is fine
THINK AGAIN
our theatre is set up to be one way like there is a mezz and everything all facing the stage
director wanted to move the stage
we have to reposition all the lights and it almost killed us,,, because guess what
only three people including myself (i misssd a rehearsal for this shit) showed up it took days of blood sweat and tears
u would think after that it would be fine we could continue as normal
no
last minute projector set up for a backdrop it was sitting on polystyrene teetering on the edge of the mezz thank god for gaffa tape
by the way,,, some of out gear still isnt working at this point in the year
may rolls round its musical time!!!
fiddler on the roof, our main actor,,, playing the main dude,,,, cant sing and doesnt have rhythm,,,, director at the last minute got rid of the set,,, the set builders built and entire amazing set,,, we just used a table for the show just a singular table
please kill me (do it)
we hire some guy in to help teach the newbies,,,, he changes the entire soundboard set up that my co head tech and i spent hours meticulously setting up because everything has to have an individual channel otherwise its gonna be a disaster
guy changed it all and didnt tell us
he just said it would help
day before the show,,,, we were still figuring out what the fuck is happening,,, guy had put the entire orchestra into one singular channel
dude,,,, every section in the orchestra is meant to have its own channel what the fuck
i had multiple breakdowns because there was feedback, we couldnt hear some of the band, i dont wanna start with the mics
showtime
we had hired some mics and a transformer thing for all the recievers and it shat out opening show
it just stopped, we had to open it up, duct tape it into a really specific position,,, this is so damgerous pls dont ever do this
we survived (idk am i really alive at this point)
show was fine (no one died thats all i can ask for)
oh wait yeah remember those people i mentioned at the beginning who joined the team but didnt wanna put effort in,,, one of them was assistant stage manager,,, they just didnt show up
what the hell
thank u, next
new show its like idk june now i guess, the school loved putting last minute events on us and didnt tell us (ooooh we have a tech email now and a form to ask us about events ur welcome @ my high school the team would be a mess without all the updates myself and co head tech did)
last minute events are getting on my nerves and i literally started missing so much class due to tech that my teachers are getting annoyed and i'm failing school
hello july holidays u couldnt have come sooner
august talent show dont talk to me i was in it and i feel awful for how much stress my team were under because the people organising just didnt do anything, my team literally organised most of it
dun dun dun!!! we got new gear!!!!
it doesnt work
well it works sometimes its all wifi based so we dont have to manually set up for assemblies and conferences anymore (hell yeah!) (if the school had functioning wifi.....)
ooooh time to announce the new head techs so we can train them and tell them how to deal with staff and manage everything
uh oh actually chief we're going to take the only freedom u have left as the tech team and open the leadership role up to students who dont do tech
i almost dropped dead
see my school did this thing,,,, if we had a complaint about tech or how wenwere treated they told us to tell them
oh boy did i tell them a lot this year about the shit i dealt with from people
they did nothing but silence our cries for help
so new head tech time the accuse us of the fact we could be picking favourites
excuse me no, i would be more inclined to let everyone in on the process if we had someone who showed up to every meeting, every set up and every event but no, we dont get that luxury like the other committees get.
for a whole month we had meetings with different staff members going back and forth with our battle to regain the onky freedom we had and literally all this was doing was stalling me and co head tech it did nothing
but we carried on saying the same thing in every meeting until at one point i broke down in the middle of class because i was behind, i was failing still, i was getting treated like shit, and the tech team was going to fall apart
they gave in and let us help them pick
they then realised actually the way we have always done it works
tech party!!! we crowned the new head techs in november and officially resigned as tech leaders
prizegiving went flawlessly and i was given a scholarship that my school hands out for contributing to the school community, (i was the first non head student to get it)
i guess tech 2018 wasnt as much of a shit show as tech 2017
Freelancing in technical theater means you’re on a lot of different email lists. People need a crew, they send out an email, you respond with your availability. Now, most people start these with things like “hey folks” or “hi everyone”. Neal is not most people.
His openers started off innocent enough.
Then, he started to push boundaries.
And as you can see, it has spiraled out of control since then.
Tag yourselves. I’m the anteater in a suit who thinks he can pass.
THEY JUST KEEP COMING
He’s even witty in real time.
this scene was far too real for too many people
Foxes are weird. They’re like dogcats.
hi. did you know techs and crew are just as important, relevant, and needed as actors in the theatre world, work just as hard as actors for less recognition and appreciation and are as real theatre kids as actors. thanks.
Why should stage crew be appreciated
People think it is an easy job unlike acting, but everyone involved in the show ends up spending all their time in rehearsals
They do their job in the darkness, I mean how can they see anything?
They have to always be aware of actors, who might rush through backstage to get changed or something
“Who was in charge of that chair that is still oN sTaGe?”
They have to keep track of the time, as blackouts are short
“OMG I just made that actor move to the wrong spot on stage by putting set at the wrong angle IT’S MY FAULT” - just an everyday thought
They have to squeeze in tiny spaces when the entire cast is waiting behind the curtain
When ONE gets sick, the whole algorithm of moving set has to be changed even for one rehearsal
There is never enough of them backstage but you cannot have more because of the space
They are always there to help everyone backstage by fixing a dress or finding a prop and it is CUTE and SWEET
“NO YOU DON’T HAVE TO MOVE THE TABLE, I DO THAT”
The amount of squeezed arms and feet overrun by a really heavy set is terrifying
They are not mentioned pretty much anywhere WHY
They make stuff like FLYING ON STAGE happen
They are truly the ninjas of theatre
THEY ARE GREAT AND MUST BE LOVED, thank you
Hi, So I don't know if you have talked about this before but: My Proff keeps talking about us needing a theater resume and not really explaining the difference between that and a regular resume (which I have). Would you be able to explain the difference? (I've looked it up on google and the only major difference I could see was if you were an actor) Thanks!
hey there! I have talked to this before but it’s been awhile so like a conga line of polar cubs, it bears repeating. (get it?)
So here’s my resume…obviously i removed my phone number and the contact info of my references, but you get the gist of it.
So the main difference between a theatre resume and a Muggle resume is that you list what shows you’ve worked on, your position, the theatre company and your director/supervisor. It’ll vary a little bit based on what you do in theatre (for example, if you work in a shop for a couple of years, you may want to list that more like a typical job, but if you work show to show, this format works a little better.
Make sure your name and contact info is nice and big at the top. I feel like we’ve moved away from putting a physical address on resumes, but I could be wrong about that.
I have it broken down first by position, and then chronologically, but in theory you could have it in order of what’s most important to you, or clump them all by company (as you can see, I’ve worked at Theater At Monmouth a lot and I could group all of those together same with Phoenix Theatre where I interned for a season)
I’ve also added when I’ve been a Take Over SM/ASM, or just ASM in rehearsal, as I’ve found that’s useful info to have, since at least in my market there’s a lot of opportunities to take over ASM or SM tracks so it’s a good skills to have.
I’ve also put a list of related experience…this isn’t all of my work history (things like, Starbucks/Target and working for a summer school didn’t make the cut) just stuff that is relevant because it’s in theatre. This is stuff that is punched up on my muggle resume.
I also have related skills, that’s pretty self explanatory…if you have the space, put all kinds of stuff on here: dance experience, instruments you play, scuba certification, experience driving a 15 passenger van or a box truck, lifeguard, Eagle Scout, you never know what might be useful and what might spark a conversation in an interview. (I have a friend who has “can kick self in face” on hers…and she can do it!)
Education…pretty basic. I would put certifications here too if I had any but oh well!
And then references…make sure you get good ones, and rotate them out from time to time.
Hope this helps!
Also if anyone has any other suggestions I’d love to hear em, I’m by no means perfect at this.
Okay, so, it might make sense for SMs and Designers to have a show-by-show based resume, and I’ll even say that it makes a certain amount of sense if you have less companies/less experience on your resume. But there comes a time where you need to switch to a different format because listing all the shows you do just becomes not a great use of your space anymore. I was forced to change format when I started working at a place that did like 30 shows a year. I did 45 shows in the year and a half I worked there, there was no way that company was going to take up 45 lines of my resume. I also recommend the below style resume for production staff: props artisans, electricians, costume crafts artisans, carpenters, etc.
I’ve compiled a good example of two of my previous resumes here (piggybacking off a post from @thankyoufive). But here’s my current format (it has skipped a few versions since the last post):
Sometimes if you’re a a freelancer you can also do a half and half resume where you list companies you’ve worked for and then “Related Freelance Experience” in the same sort of format that @housetohalf has above. Although I would add at least a year to jobs listed because people wanted to know how recent your experience is.
Some important things about theatre references:
The whole theatre industry is like five people so listing supervisors is damn important.
Education section only matters enough to show people you have a degree so it doesn’t go near the top unless you’re applying to work at a school.
Put your damn references on your resume. Do not put it on a second page, do not say “available on request”*, put it on the resume. Because again, theatre is like five people. And also some people don’t want to have to send you another e-mail asking for them, they want to start following up now. *: The only exception is my resume I have on my website doesn’t have references because I’d prefer not to put my references’ information just up on the internet for anyone to use.
Skills section is VERY important. A special certifications/awards section is also a good thing to have. (I may be adding an awards section to mine soon, we’ll see).
You DO NOT need your address on your resume. Theatre is a transient industry, and we live in a digital age, the only time they’ll need your address is after they’ve hired you.
Unless you’re an actor, seriously, I would say do not put a headshot on your resume.
For non-SM & backstage crew technicians, include your website/online portfolio. Don’t have one? Please, please, please make one, it’s very important to have one when applying to places.
being a female head tech is hard,,, i’m being really serious. i had to go through training for scaffolding again even though i’ve done it twice already because the person in charge said “i don’t know if these two new head techs are up for scaff, they’re girls you know” yep. that was a whole thing. during said training they didn’t even want to let us on the scaffolding even though we actually knew more about it than the fucking teacher in charge, because u know we’re girls, the teacher literally said to the instructor “i’ll dodo it, they’re girls” then proceeded to make jokes about how he’d have to make a sacrifice by buying pink helmets, we already have like 8 yellow helmets i really don’t know what this dude was trying to get at, then the instructor for the training said he needed to see my fellow head tech and i be on the scaffolding to clear us and the teacher then got mad because the instructor kept pointing out all the smart things we were doing that the teacher didn’t do.
