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national-hockey-lesbian · 21 days

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ok so in the show i’m crewing right now with the theater i work for, one of our out-of-company actors that was hired is an ambulatory wheelchair user and she’s incredible and the theater and management have made it this whole production to try an accommodate her needs through the process. Which is wonderful!

But on the part of the the theater it comes of as so disingenuous to me (especially with the way they’ve been publicizing it on social media), knowing that i spent last semester crying after every rehearsal due to the way my disability was treated and i was considering quitting theater altogether. and even going into this production the way i’ve been treated has been subpar. and it makes me so angry but i can’t talk to anyone i know about it because i dont want them to think im bashing the actor when im really just pissed at theater management.

#i think part of the problem is i’m a university fed hire #while the actor was hired out of company as freelance #and so for me it’s just another nail in the coffin about the way this theater treats their student workers #but like i was hired for two positions in this show. and i was (not gracefully) fired from one of the positions #so i could ‘focus on my other position’ and not strain my disability too much #obviously this was decided without any input from me #the stage manager who was making me cry last semester and spreading very personal information about my disability #was out of company hired as well and she is not invited back for many reasons #but when i made my complaint about the way she was treating my disability i got a ‘we’ll talk about it tomorrow and im sorry that’s happen’#only for it to never be discussed until the following semester after the show had ended #and i received a ‘we’re going to try and do better than the last show where details of your vulnerable medical episodes were shared without #your consent’#i love this actress and disability solidarity all the way #but i’m frustrated with the fact that she’s getting accommodations i could never dream of getting #while i’m still being told that my disability is too inconvenient for some jobs #we’re the only two mobility aid users to work for this theater and i’m baffled by the different reception between the two of us #i’m just so. tired. of being treated like a liability #and watching someone else be treated great by people who’ve stomped on me makes me want to never work in theater ever again

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