is this right ?
is this right ?
sparky310
Featured Actor Joined: 11/10/03
#0is this right ?
Posted: 3/7/05 at 3:01pmfirst..please read this before jumping to a response..i take things like this very seriously......i have just learned that particular theatre in this city would not allow me to assistant direct a show because i am a man. I personally find this to be in the poorest of taste..I believe theatres should never have "profiling" for positions..but pick the best candidate. Please understand I am not opposed to any woman ever having any job, but to discriminate against me because I am a man..is outright wrong. I dont want to cause trouble...but i believe this theatre is doing a disservice to the theatre world and to those of us who are looking to develop our careers. If we dont stop this kind of bias. where does it end.
FranklinShepard-Inc.
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/25/04
Mr. Tuttle
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#2re: is this right ?
Posted: 3/7/05 at 4:31pmYou've answered your own question.
Ignorance is temporary. Stupidity last forever.
Watch out BWW...
HE'S BACK.
#3re: is this right ?
Posted: 3/7/05 at 6:29pmis this a women only theatre? There also might be some kind of psychological problem that the director has that would make them afraid to work with you. Unlikely... but possible! Updated On: 3/7/05 at 06:29 PM
sparky310
Featured Actor Joined: 11/10/03
#4re: is this right ?
Posted: 3/8/05 at 9:01ami know they promote womens issues, but what does that have to do with working with men. How would women feel if men said no women stage managers..that wouldnt go over very well..I am very dissappointed others have not responded to this thread. very scary that no one seems to care about the environment they work in
wildcat
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/04
#5re: is this right ?
Posted: 3/8/05 at 9:10amIt's very Ellen Jamesian, isn't it? Sounds like an elitist environment you're well out of. There's nothing one can do when such attitudes are firmly entrenched. Time will make them obsolete.
#6re: is this right ?
Posted: 3/8/05 at 2:59pmMaybe Dorothy Michaels should apply .....
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GypsyRoseLee
Broadway Star Joined: 7/5/04
#7re: is this right ?
Posted: 3/8/05 at 5:29pmThere has GOT to be some legal issues with that. If it were the other way around, it would certainly not be allowed to slide.
"This is what I trained to do, and this is what I love about theater. What I love about being an actress is being able to really look into myself and understand another human being. And out my own self, to shape and form and fashion a real human being--and to present that in such a way that people see something of themselves or their own understanding in that human being."
--Phylicia Rashad
Joshua488
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/29/04
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#9re: is this right ?
Posted: 3/8/05 at 5:38pm
if it bothers you that much, write to a newspaper or one of the news channels that go out and ask questions (seven on your side?)
i dont know how much attention youll get but a letter or two wont hurt ya.
Firefly
Chorus Member Joined: 1/3/05
#10re: is this right ?
Posted: 3/9/05 at 9:58am
It sounds unfair, but before giving them a hard time, you might want to find out if maybe they are a non-profit applying for grants and there's something in their charter documents about certain positions being created for women. Or something of that sort...
If there isn't a good reason, then it does sound like discrimination. Have you asked them specifically WHY a man wouldn't be allowed to assistant direct? (Of course, if you go to the media complaining about them, then you will likely not be allowed to assistant direct simply because people tend not to hire someone who has attacked their company!)
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