JAGGED LITTLE PILL announces reopening dates and replacements (UPDATED) — Page 12

Is there anything at all that points to whether the decision was Patten's ?   Actor's don't usually make the choices of what number gets performed.   Also, what kind of bump could you possibly be referring to.  Patten has a contract, and theater actors commit to the long term under most  circumstances.   

BCfitasafiddle said: "Bravo, Sonya. A moving speech, in addition to fabulous work on the show."

Sonya wasn’t the choreographer for Jagged. So, not sure why she’s mentioned here.

I find it incredibly striking not a single member of the jagged little pill cast has congratulated or acknowledged Lauren Pattens win. On top of that, Lauren’s latest Instagram post has the comment turned off in fear that she will get hate comments. What a miserable win this must be for Patten. I certainly hope she is able to bounce back from this and can move on to new projects. She is an incredibly talented actress.

AEA has hired labor attorney Micah Wissinger to conduct an independent review of the Jagged Little Pill workplace. This is in addition to the producers' own investigation.

"As a transgender man, Wissinger brings relevant personal experience in addition to his extensive professional qualifications to the investigation. We trust Mr. Wissinger to conduct a thorough and fair examination of the experiences of Nora Schell and other company members at the show."

As with the Weissler/CHICAGO situation a few years back, we probably won't hear much more related to this investigation.

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Actors-Equity-Association-Engages-Attorney-Micah-Wissinger-to-Conduct-JAGGED-LITTLE-PILL-Workplace-Investigation-20210929

Sutton Ross said: "I find it incredibly striking not a single member of the jagged little pill cast has congratulated or acknowledged Lauren Pattens win

Shockingly, you can tell someone congratulations without social media. I know. WILD."

LOL - I was just thinking the same thing when I read your post. Back when I was a kid... we actually communicated face to FACE not face to Facebook. And while it wasn't instantaneous, it also wasn't Instagram-inous.

But I am also old and lived with a "party line" in my house... look it up kids.

Call_me_jorge said: "
I find it incredibly striking not a single member of the jagged little pill cast has congratulated or acknowledged Lauren Pattens win. On top of that, Lauren’s latest Instagram post has the comment turned off in fear that she will get hate comments. What a miserable win this must be for Patten.”

Anyone saying kind things to it about her right now will be similarly ostracized. There are several trans folks in the industry defending her, or at least providing context that reminds people that just because she’s the face of this controversy, there are more powerful people to blame, and even they are getting horrible responses.

 

As for turning off the comments on her post…good for her. She should have done it long ago, and if the JLP marketing team knows what’s best for them, they should too. Don’t let people who want to see you fail run your social media campaigns. And for an actor—I think keeping comments off is just good healthy boundaries. 

 

 

 

Updated On: 9/29/21 at 09:28 PM

The Distinctive Baritone said: "Jesus everyone needs to cut Patten and the creative team a break. Correct me if I’m wrong, but this is what happened:

- In the out of town tryout, there was some dialogue suggesting that Jo might be non-binary

- There was subsequently backlash against this because a cis actor is playing the role

- Rather than replace the actor, who was phenomenal, they simply remove that dialogue to make the character just a standard cisgender but masc-presenting lesbian

- When this gets brought up in interviews and social media interactions, the creative team denies the character was ever NB, and (likely) instructed Patten to say the same thing so that they will not be accused of erasure

- Two non-binary cast members, as well as non-binary fans of the show accuse them of erasure anyway, and social media goes nuts

Am I right? And if not, please correct me, and if yes, please explain to me why everyone involved in this well-intentioned blunder deserves to be unemployed. I mean come on let the poor girl enjoy her Tony Award."

Yeah, that kind of sums it up. I'd add that the non-binary cast member touting the "fire Lauren" story the hardest was Patten's former understudy, and I'm just trying to imagine any other scenario in which an understudy calling to get an actor fired who literally went through the same audition process and won the role OVER the understudy would ever be looked on as anything other than deeply toxic, unprofessional, and gross. 

The Distinctive Baritone said: "Am I right? And if not, please correct me, and if yes, please explain to me why everyone involved in this well-intentioned blunder deserves to be unemployed. I mean come on let the poor girl enjoy her Tony Award."

Yeah that pretty much sums it up! For sure the whole messaging and situation was handled clumsily, but it’s crazy to me how the entire show is getting derailed over this! Of course the views of non-binary community are valid, but you just need to look at the toxic stan twitter (and I assume tik tok) response to see that most of those screaming obscenities at lauren and the show are cis teens doing it for clout amongst their ‘socially aware’ teens. The “if you still support Lauren then unfollow me” tweet is a personal fave, lol!

Honestly, it just feels like this ‘outrage culture’ or whatever you want to call it is just going to get worse until it gets better. But I do think there needs to be more common sense amongst TPTB when these issues or conversations occur, because it seems like it literally only takes a tiny extremely vocal minority of people on Twitter to lead to all this self-flagellation we are seeing. And again, when so much of the outrage is performative, the voices of those genuine  voices seeking change are drowned out. 
 

It’s a mess.

And I totally feel bad for Lauren that she can’t even publicly enjoy her Tony award, and everyone is too scared to even publicly congratulate her. Ridiculous! 

gleek4114 said: "I don’t think it’s been announced anywhere, but just in case I missed it, does anyone know what the split Elizabeth Stanley/Heidi Blickenstaff schedule will be? I’d love to see Heidi and plan accordingly. Thanks!"

Goodness me, there are people out there that still want to see this show upon reopening? I thought I wouldn't live to see the day after all that has happened. 

Perhaps I should take back what I had said before about not creating a reopening night thread for Jagged Little Pill. Even if only for the sake of Blickenstaff...

Amy Lovatt, a YouTuber from the UK who does theatre-centric videos, does a very in-depth video about the controversy surrounding JLP. She shows side by side video comparisons of the ART vs. Broadway productions of the show, and goes through what the producers and actors have said over the course of the show’s two runs. It’s a very thorough, informative video worth watching if you are unfamiliar with the details of the situation. 
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