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'Off-stage drama' brings better pay, work shifts for Williamstown Theatre Festival crews | Local News


The 1-acre reflecting pool at The Clark Art Institute is the setting for the Williamstown Theatre Festival’s production of the musical “Row.” Concerns about crew safety in what has become a rainy season of outdoor productions led the festival to increase pay for workers and ensure that staff members have at least eight hours off between shifts.
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WILLIAMSTOWN — A dispute over crew safety and work conditions this past week, during outdoor rehearsals for a Williamstown Theatre Festival musical, led the nationally known nonprofit to revisit how it pays and schedules its staff.
Members of the audio crew for the musical “Row” walked out of a July 14 rehearsal, citing concerns about their safety because they were operating electrical equipment in a wet environment. The show is being performed outdoors at The Clark Art Institute in Williamstown. ....

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Berkshire cultural workers seek to pull back curtain on pay, equity gaps with anonymous social media posts


PITTSFIELD — A new spread in Conde Nast Traveler seeks to explain, yet again, the Berkshires’ appeal to well-heeled weekenders.
“It’s the rich cross-history of bohemia and money, of creatives and cultural titans, that makes the Berkshires more than an escape from the city,” the authors write in the magazine’s current issue. “It’s an escape to one of the liveliest and most vital artistic hubs in the USA. … It’s country living with a symphony orchestra for its soundtrack.”
People who work for low pay in the region’s cultural centers are singing a different tune. In a new grassroots campaign on Instagram, they share personal testimony, anonymously, about the reality of work life inside museums and theaters. ....

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