On Words and Actions
"I’m truly sick of hearing companies wax poetic about supporting young emerging artists when in reality they don’t compensate them fairly for their work and time."
By Crystle Reid
To choose the path of theatre is ultimately fulfilling, but inevitably challenging. It’s increasingly difficult to ensure rent and student loans are paid while focusing on our craft, especially since there is no previously beaten path already established for us.
Indeed, each artist must carve out his/her own way in order to build a life in theatre, which is intimidating when we first start our journey into the field. The idea of helping up-and-coming artists begin their journey in theatre is a commendable one. Many theatre companies around town make the claim that they want to do this. It sounds very nice in interview, so I write this as a plea: please, if you’re making this claim, be sure you’re out there, really supporting.
