Cat on a Hot Tin Homophobe — Page 2

Nah, Anton Troy/Brick seems pretty legit in his comments on FB. (Of course he also seemedhappy that The Advocate's coverage of the story had a picture of him shirtless in the play that got many complements on his abs.)

And man that Cat poster is so wrong...

Yeah, I think people aren't realizing this is a very small community theater in the desert an hour outside of Los Angeles. Outside a few volunteer ushers, I'm pretty sure there was no house management or anyone on site who could handle this with any authority..

It's a non union (ameateur) theatre company.

Not to thread-jack, but if actors are paid, it's technically a professional production, regardless of whether or not AEA is involved. "Professional" is a spectrum, it's not black and white.

My point isn't really about what qualifies a theater as professional ---but more to point out that when this story broke and was spreading like fire throughout the internet, I think many who were outraged that House Management didn't step in before the actor took action, were not taking into account that this is essentially a volunteer theater with little to no salaried support staff. This didn't happen at a major company like the Geffen or South Coast Rep with a house staff who could have easily addressed the issue. And I'm sure that's one reason why the actor felt he needed to take matters into his own hands. And I don't blame him. I can only imagine the horrific behavior that happens in amateur theater companies around the country that we never hear about.

Updated On: 6/5/14 at 12:45 AM

Michael Bennett--*absolutely* and I had the same thought when I looked at the theatre's (apparently now gone) FB page. It's TINY, and knowing that type of theatre well, besides a SM and I hope a separate lighting board operator in the booth, there was probably nobody else there. Except, I guess the people who apparently sold booze at intermission, but they were probably cashing out (and probably should have known not to serve the guy again--if he was as drunk as it sounds he was, but then again with no proper front of house maybe they had no idea.)