Throughout, actors doubled as technicians and stagehands to highlight the company's collective and nonillusionistic approach to performance.
Meanwhile, political events had caused an industrial dispute at his factory and a walk-out of stagehands at the theatre.
That standard of excellence cannot be achieved without leadership from the top and commitment from every member of staff—from the stagehands to the front-of-house staff.
Most stagehands have a general knowledge of all the phases of a production, but tend to develop specialties and focus on specific areas.
By the 1970s the original bandshell had deteriorated to the point where stagehands, performers and even a grand piano had fallen through the stage floor.
The producers proposed loosening the rule so that producers determined how many stagehands would stay and earn overtime.
Producers proposed widening the tasks stagehands may perform during performance calls and reducing the required four hours of pay.
Most stagehands (riggers, winch-workers and operators) were in the lowest class, making about $1,200 a week.
