The Concerts are Coming! The Concerts are Coming!
Hawaii is in the middle of the Pacific. As a result, getting bands on US tours to come out here is like pulling teeth. It ain't cheap. And we don't have the greatest venues either.
But a shiny bit of news: Dropkick Murphys added a Honolulu date. Yeah concerts!
So things are slowly looking up again...now that the hell of the last few weeks has come and gone. My co-worker got blindsided by a nasty bit of news though...they want to put her on a 6 month contract. Meaning she'd be done the end of January. I'm not sure what they are thinking. My take is that the artistic staff at this theatre has very poor human resource and management skills. But that's not really news. There was never any hint that they would only hire her through January. Even administration was shocked...previous seasonal contracts have always run August to April or May. And we got hit very hard in February and March. Even with one less show in the spring, I cannot imagine we'd be in a good enough place to end her contract that early.
I did talk to our bosses regarding that and their response was they still don't know what they are doing for the last show (a full rental from Seattle Children's Theatre seems in the works). Using that as their crutch they claim they may hire her back as overhire to get the show on its feet if it looks like we'll need the help.
I personally think the artistic director is being lazy in not utilizing the staff he has to design and create something new instead of remounting what some other theatre has done before. I'm sure he and the production manager have been discussing this for a while and just held back on informing either Morgan or myself. I think she was screwed over...now's a little late to start looking for other work for the fall...
And it doesn't look like the management style is going to change anytime soon. I'm done here after next season and heading back mainland. Should another job back East seem really appealing before next May, I'm to the point where I will put in my two week's notice and leave mid-season. They take too much for granted from their employees...
But the summer should be good. We're organize and cleaning the next weeks...as I continue to plug along on the Tempest. At the very least, I can leave the shop in better workable condition than the previous person did...
But a shiny bit of news: Dropkick Murphys added a Honolulu date. Yeah concerts!
So things are slowly looking up again...now that the hell of the last few weeks has come and gone. My co-worker got blindsided by a nasty bit of news though...they want to put her on a 6 month contract. Meaning she'd be done the end of January. I'm not sure what they are thinking. My take is that the artistic staff at this theatre has very poor human resource and management skills. But that's not really news. There was never any hint that they would only hire her through January. Even administration was shocked...previous seasonal contracts have always run August to April or May. And we got hit very hard in February and March. Even with one less show in the spring, I cannot imagine we'd be in a good enough place to end her contract that early.
I did talk to our bosses regarding that and their response was they still don't know what they are doing for the last show (a full rental from Seattle Children's Theatre seems in the works). Using that as their crutch they claim they may hire her back as overhire to get the show on its feet if it looks like we'll need the help.
I personally think the artistic director is being lazy in not utilizing the staff he has to design and create something new instead of remounting what some other theatre has done before. I'm sure he and the production manager have been discussing this for a while and just held back on informing either Morgan or myself. I think she was screwed over...now's a little late to start looking for other work for the fall...
And it doesn't look like the management style is going to change anytime soon. I'm done here after next season and heading back mainland. Should another job back East seem really appealing before next May, I'm to the point where I will put in my two week's notice and leave mid-season. They take too much for granted from their employees...
But the summer should be good. We're organize and cleaning the next weeks...as I continue to plug along on the Tempest. At the very least, I can leave the shop in better workable condition than the previous person did...
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