I've wanted to get this out there for a while so I grabbed my chance.
I'm glad that you did. I'm very sorry that was your experience. The only explanation I can offer is that someone dropped the ball, possibly me. You did all the right things. I'm bummed that you've left the area, because that makes it hard for us to make it right with you, but I will make sure that this becomes a cautionary tale for our Technical Directors and Producers.
It is not the case that our tech crew is drawn from non-cast actors. It is sometimes the case that people who have not been cast find an offstage niche on the show, but we've usually recruited much of our crew before auditions happen. Sometimes it does take a show or two before people find their niche, but we try to do a better job than you describe at integrating interested volunteers into the process.
If someone else reading this is interested in working crew on P&P, the best thing to do is to email tech at theatreatfirst dot org, introduce yourself and let us know how you'd like to get involved. If you're less of a techie, more of an administrative type, then info at theatreatfirst is the better bet. Or you can email me at this username and I'll see that the right connections are made.
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I'm glad that you did. I'm very sorry that was your experience. The only explanation I can offer is that someone dropped the ball, possibly me. You did all the right things. I'm bummed that you've left the area, because that makes it hard for us to make it right with you, but I will make sure that this becomes a cautionary tale for our Technical Directors and Producers.
It is not the case that our tech crew is drawn from non-cast actors. It is sometimes the case that people who have not been cast find an offstage niche on the show, but we've usually recruited much of our crew before auditions happen. Sometimes it does take a show or two before people find their niche, but we try to do a better job than you describe at integrating interested volunteers into the process.
If someone else reading this is interested in working crew on P&P, the best thing to do is to email tech at theatreatfirst dot org, introduce yourself and let us know how you'd like to get involved. If you're less of a techie, more of an administrative type, then info at theatreatfirst is the better bet. Or you can email me at this username and I'll see that the right connections are made.