There is one thing everyone going inot
community theatre needs to know... IT IS ALL POLITICS!
I love working at our
community theatre. We are lucky enough to have very good equpitment, and I love the people there. I have learned practicaly every thing I know there.
But
community theatre is all politics. The bigest thing I have learned is to pick my battles, fiure out whos ass I have to kiss up to, and perfect my anger management skills.
At out
theatre, there are 19 people on the board. Nothing every gets done. Instead they sit around and complain how the scene shop is a mess when we were in the middle of the set
build for a show! Instead of addressing issues like the fact that there is faulty wiring in our 1 year old lighting
system, or that wiring and
power supply in the building is not great enough. Everytime one of the 6 air conditioners kicks in every light in the
theatre flickers, even the
stage lighing. But that is all besides the
point.
When you get started in
community theatre, you are sure to get alot of crap from people and no respect from just about every thing for the first year or 2. It greatly helps if you find someone who has been at the
theatre for many years and work very well wih them... that will greatly help you out.
The last thing... in
community theatre, the board of directors will be sure to like you if your show makes money. What ever you do, don't put your show in the hole.