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I hearyou all. And it does make sense. Although I won't be selling grilled cheese or drugs anytime soon (prime suggestions though)The work I don't mind 'cause outside of staging it's not very foreign to me. But not hiring someone they've never heard of based off little background for their...

That's more so what I'm aiming to do in applying for the local company that the festival has booked.The main challenge I'm running into is finding which local company is working which festival to know who to apply with.To my understanding festivals will book the local company months in...

Lol thank you for the article. It was very reassuring that this industry is exactly where I want to be. However I'm not looking to go on tour with one specific company, but more so travel from festival to festival as a hand. I'm aware I can certainly use more experience and skill which will...

Thank you! I'll check them out ASAP. As of now I've 3 months experience as a stagehand. I wouldn't classify myself as particularly "skilled" in any one area yet as I'm still fairly new although I have built stages, and setup lighting/audio.I went through upstage center for work on FPSF

Well that's certainly good news to hear!! So how did you find out which production companies to go to in order to get booked for the festival?

I just finished working my first festival (FPSF-Houston, TX), and now I'm hooked on the experience. While working the build I was told it's pretty common for some stagehands to work from festival to festival. This is something I'm very excited about doing however I'm not sure how to go about...