So Long Seattle

Monday, November 17, 2008, 11:35 am

Filed under: Asides

Actor Laurence Ballard rants in retrospect on life in a not-so-little city.


2 Responses to “So Long Seattle”

  1. Laurence Ballard Says:
    November 18th, 2008 at 7:50 am

    In my mid-fifties, I’ve earned a retrospected rant or two.

    Individuals on Seattle theatre boards are primarily there for their corporate networking and business connections, not because they necessarily know - or care - jack about creating art. Board members have used their corporate skills very well to apply a corporate business model to the administrative concerns of their institutions - to a fault. At larger institutions, department heads are paid at competitive market rates; actors working at the same are paid a fraction of that. At a performing arts institutions, nobody pays a dime to see Staff Heads appear onstage. Time to work just a wee bit harder now and do some real heavy lifting to actually create a reason why their institutions should exist in the first place.

  2. lexlei Says:
    November 18th, 2008 at 10:45 am

    Thanks for the reply. I’m a huge fan of rants, Mike Daisey, and anyone who calls attention to difficult conditions for artists and suggests changes.

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