tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8829734.post6382321049206296658..comments2024-03-29T03:39:42.411-04:00Comments on The Wicked Stage: Sweating EquityRob Weinert-Kendthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04015688507553252146noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8829734.post-67182938988361336842015-03-03T18:15:45.846-05:002015-03-03T18:15:45.846-05:00To one of Bill's points: There are a handful ...To one of Bill's points: There are a handful of tireless pro-AEA posters about whom I think, every time I see another post: "You're never going to do another play." Some of us have a couple years (membership companies), but (if the proposed changes go through unaltered) most of us will either stop doing plays, go non-union, or leave Los Angeles.Jacob Sidneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06908744807267373817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8829734.post-46674795530601613852015-03-03T17:59:36.489-05:002015-03-03T17:59:36.489-05:00To one of Bill's points: There are a handful ...To one of Bill's points: There are a handful of tireless pro-AEA posters about whom I think, every time I see another post: "You're never going to do another play." Some of us have a couple years (membership companies), but (if the proposed changes go through unaltered) most of us will either stop doing plays, go non-union, or leave Los Angeles.Jacob Sidneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06908744807267373817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8829734.post-11846538665523961912015-03-02T22:16:02.388-05:002015-03-02T22:16:02.388-05:00Thanks, Rob. We are torn up, and refuse to give up...Thanks, Rob. We are torn up, and refuse to give up the fight, but it is definitely fucked up on more levels that I can even grasp. I learned how to do theater by going and practicing in the 80's and of course beyond. I cannot comprehend our fair city not being a place to incubate, experiment and experience and I usually do tried and true musicals! I can only hope that in the end we can hammer out a compromise.JMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08388251926522465066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8829734.post-25685009271660657812015-03-02T15:46:21.168-05:002015-03-02T15:46:21.168-05:00Ouch, that's fucking bleak! I hope it doesn...Ouch, that's fucking bleak! I hope it doesn't come to that. Honestly.Rob Weinert-Kendthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04015688507553252146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8829734.post-49051583380889586532015-03-02T15:43:35.071-05:002015-03-02T15:43:35.071-05:00You're too kind. I didn't mean it like tha...You're too kind. I didn't mean it like that. I'm not ashamed of my obscurity.<br />I meant that Equity wants to do for LA what it did for Seattle, where I lived and acted for a decade. The same 20 people got the tiny handful of large-contract roles in that town each year, while the rest of us had to skirt our own union just to practice our craft. And here in LA, that problem is exasperated by the fact that the large venues like to hire celebrities. <br />It's just hard to accept that, unless I do as I'm being told I should by some pro-change folks and get out of "their" union, I may have done some of my last theater. My one, sad consolation is the knowledge that a lot of those same people will be sitting at home right along with me, whether they realize it now or not.bsalyershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09217841943304986612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8829734.post-88251818739797389452015-03-02T15:27:16.767-05:002015-03-02T15:27:16.767-05:00Bill, I loved your work onstage in L.A. Please don...Bill, I loved your work onstage in L.A. Please don't mistake that list of name actors--many of whom I saw onstage before they were in any way famous or flush--for in any way a complete one. As with the list of playwrights I cited, I was using name-recognition shorthand to make legible to the larger, uncomprehending world outside L.A. how amazing the work I saw onstage was. I hope and pray you and hundreds of other of my favorite actors who are less widely known can find a way to keep being amazing in any medium that will have you, but especially onstage, where you've made such a difference, and not only to me.Rob Weinert-Kendthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04015688507553252146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8829734.post-48562950743052632982015-03-02T15:22:57.277-05:002015-03-02T15:22:57.277-05:00Man, Rob. This situation sucks. If Equity's pr...Man, Rob. This situation <i>sucks</i>. If Equity's proposals pass, I guess I'll have to become a TV star, so I can get on stage here in LA.bsalyershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09217841943304986612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8829734.post-20413264258054211772015-03-02T15:21:09.671-05:002015-03-02T15:21:09.671-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.bsalyershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09217841943304986612noreply@blogger.com