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Over the years, I’ve heard several black actors complain about how their preferred hair plan was dismissed by producers. Now one is suing producer NETworks Presentations, 1776 Touring, and several of their employees, claiming that increasing tensions led to her being terminated after she expressed a desire to submit a written racism complaint.
Unionized teachers at the Second City Training Center in Old Town have reached a tentative deal with the comedy company, halting a strike planned for next week and ending a two-year dispute for a labor contract. After an 11-hour bargaining session Friday that resulted in the tentative contract agreement, the strike planned for Tuesday has been officially suspended, according to a social media ...
Students and educators attend 'A Christmas Carol' at The Public Theatre. New executive director announced as Ray Dumont takes over from Christopher Schario. Exciting changes at The Public Theatre in Lewiston.
Unionized teachers and others at the Second City Training Center said Tuesday they have authorized a strike and will set up a picket line proximate to the comedy company’s theaters if their employer refuses to bargain further, with the strike and pickets beginning Jan. 16. They said they will ask audiences not to cross the picket lines. The dispute involves members of the Association of ...
The Board of Directors of The Public Theatre recently announced that the Theatre’s longtime executive/co-artistic director Christopher Schario will retire this year. In a message sent to the Theatre’s patrons, donors, corporate sponsors and friends, the Board celebrated and thanked Schario for his incredible tenure – 30 years of artistic excellence and commitment to the […]