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let me say, true solidarity with everyone who's come forward about their experiences in the industry. i've been wrestling with letting it all out on two different fronts: my decade-long position as Editorial Director of a major theatrical publisher & my summer as a Lit Director
i haven't for the publisher bc after i quit in januarym (for reasons of institutional Shittiness), the president role opened & i applied. anyone who knew me there (i hope!!) will back how i tried to change the place from inside & protected marginalized folks from the institution
if i could become president, i would be able to rebuild completely and change 50+ years of white male bullshit. spent a summer not being taken seriously as a candidate by the board, finally had an interview, all said i was the right choice, but this is an extenuating time
i don't want the job anyway so i'm not mad about it, i just want to explain how specifically i know these people close ranks around their own. they literally don't know what else to do. they CANNOT imagine change
everyone is screaming about institutions changing, but the levels to which agencies are involved in dictating seasons, the insular nature of NYC theater, the amount of money they ALL have and don't notice
literally companies will be in financial ruin, entry level positions will pay minimum wage while president gets $250k+, there will be a pandemic that demolishes the model entirely, and a white man who ran everything terribly will get a title change and a raise while artists are--
a "financial burden" and are asked to give up the money THEY'RE owed for the benefit of the institution.
this is just how it works. we say "'make change" and they literally cannot, because it means taking away their own positions and power.
this is just how it works. we say "'make change" and they literally cannot, because it means taking away their own positions and power.
and don't even get me fucking STARTED on the very role of "artistic director." a theatrical model predicated on the concept of some genius curatorial vision is inherently patriarchal. the fact that lit managers (the real artistic leaders) are beholden to ADs is laughable
