I'm sorry this happened to you! Like you, I've had no desire to ever appear on stage--I managed to get a crew position in my first show because I was friends with the festival director, who gave my name to the Tech Director... it was a fortuitous bit of networking. I can see that it could be hard without that "in."
When I've TD'd and produced in the past, I've tried to keep in contact with auditioners who expressed interest in crew/house positions. As lillibet noted below, most of the crew positions are filled even before auditions, so I think I didn't feel a need to expand the search for crew.
I did run into a situation earlier this year when I was trying to find a substitute for a crew member, so I posted on the Theatre@First LJ and Facebook page and to our mailing list--it didn't occur to me to try the DSLJ. If you're not subscribed to those, I'd recommend doing that, especially the mailing list (http://www.theatreatfirst.org/mailinglist.shtml)--it's a good way to keep up to date on T@F happenings and even other theatre projects in the area, some of which also sometimes are asking for crewmembers. We try not to be spammy.
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Date: 2011-11-21 11:26 pm (UTC)When I've TD'd and produced in the past, I've tried to keep in contact with auditioners who expressed interest in crew/house positions. As
I did run into a situation earlier this year when I was trying to find a substitute for a crew member, so I posted on the Theatre@First LJ and Facebook page and to our mailing list--it didn't occur to me to try the DSLJ. If you're not subscribed to those, I'd recommend doing that, especially the
mailing list (http://www.theatreatfirst.org/mailinglist.shtml)--it's a good way to keep up to date on T@F happenings and even other theatre projects in the area, some of which also sometimes are asking for crewmembers. We try not to be spammy.