[SML] Aggregate hours for majors?

[Richard Niederberg]

Dear Pat, (Continued)
I'm willing to go out of my way for innovative Designers, which are less
likely to lie in order to feed their families while attempting to achieve
their Artistic Aspirations. I also train freshly-minted CA Lawyers on
Entertainment Law practice.
/s/ Richard

On Mon, Dec 21, 2015 at 8:50 PM, Richard Niederberg <ladesigners at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Dear Pat,
> Exposing actors to the tech side can become a two-edged sword. While it
> may spawn appreciation and respect for the technical side, a little bit of
> knowledge can be dangerous, as hazardous shortcuts may be taken. The
> 'product' of the school is the Student, not the show, which, as you
> mentioned, is NOT the same goal of professional theatre, either for-profit
> or nonprofit. Several times, I have hired a technician for a job, only to
> discover that they really want to Act or Direct, and not do their job,
> 'earn a pension and retire in a house with a white picket fence with 2.5
> kids and a dog that answers to Spot.' Also, there a lot of Community
> theaters whose play selection more closely match the Professionals.
> /s/ Richard
>
> On Mon, Dec 21, 2015 at 7:28 PM, Pat Kight via Stagecraft <
> stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:
>
>> The needs and reality of the educational institution, which is often
>> trying to put on shows without trained/dedicated/dare-I-say union stage
>> crews, rarely match the needs and reality of the industry. And there's
>> something to be said for exposing aspiring actors to what it takes to do
>> all the things that allow them to them shine on stage. If nothing else, it
>> should make them more appreciative of the crews they work with on the off
>> chance they wind up on the professional stage.
>>
>> --
>> Pat Kight
>> kightp at peak.org
>>
>> Richard Niederberg via Stagecraft wrote:
>>
>>> You may give students a fuller education so they can be a Jack or Jill
>>> of many theatre trades, but a master of none, which may be OK for your
>>> school. Conscription may not be the best way to develop employable
>>> specialists, though.
>>> /s/ Richard
>>> _________
>>>
>>> On Sun, Dec 20, 2015 at 2:14 PM, Blackfaer via Stagecraft <
>>> stagecraft at theatrical.net <mailto:stagecraft at theatrical.net>> wrote:
>>>
>>>     Have you considered a longer term strategy that if you don't show
>>>     up to load in and strike you don't get cast in the next several
>>>     shows? That was my alma mater's rule and so far as I know everyone
>>>     was always at every strike...
>>>     >
>>>     > The biggest problem that I see (with this facet) is that we
>>>     don’t have buy-in from the majors that they need to be helping on
>>>     the tech.  I had required load-in put in the “contracts” of those
>>>     cast in the current show and about a third showed up (most of whom
>>>     are in my Stagecraft class and they knew they would have grade
>>>     issues if they didn't).
>>>     >
>>>     > I know that I’m doing both them and myself a disservice by
>>>     putting up the set myself because then they learn that if they
>>>     don’t show up, the shoemaker’s elves will do it, so I’m thinking
>>>     about making a policy that if I don’t have at least two students
>>>     at a work call, the work call is cancelled, and they get the set
>>>     (and lights) that they earn.  But, as our department is struggling
>>>     to gain recognition on campus, I think that would hurt the greater
>>>     cause and the students who actually show up.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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>
>
> --
> /s/ Richard
> _________
>



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/s/ Richard
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