Is it the actors’ responsibility to help out with striking the set?
So the last show I was apart of there was a small post-show beef between certain members of the cast and tech crew. After the last show, most of the cast left to get dinner and celebrate together while the tech crew stayed for many hours after the show was over striking the set. There was cast and crew arguing both sides, one side thinking that the cast should’ve stayed back to help tech take down the set, prep our rental equipment to get shipped back, clean mics, etc., while the other side argued that 30 high school actors that know quite literally nothing about set building or about the technology used for the show would only get in the way of the crew actually striking—saying that crew should be able to just do their thing and not have to worry about teaching the cast how to do things or worry about them breaking equipment. I’m curious what people’s thoughts are on this because I believe both sides to be valid. I was apart of the cast so I left to get dinner with everyone—it was my first and last show at school (I was a senior lol) and was unsure of what the theatre department at my school did in terms of strike but apparently it’s been an ongoing argument for years by now because no one can decide if it’s best for the cast to help or if the casts’ way of helping is staying far far away.
Posted Aug 15, 2024, 7:40 AM UTC