Category: Blogs
We’re Hiring: Production Manager
Seeking: Seasonal Production Manager, Fall 2024 ProductionTimeline: July 9-October 9, Part TimeFee: $6,000Reports to: Artistic Director Ryan Purcell Job Description:The Feast is seeking a show-specific production manager for our fall 2024 production. The production manager will oversee all aspects of production including managing budgets, schedules, personnel, and resources to ensure the successful execution of the…
We’re Hiring a Director of Operations and Development
Seeking: Director of Operations and Development Salary: $30/hour, 20 hours per week The Feast is currently a flat-income organization, all annual staff earn the same hourly salary.* Reports to: Artistic Director Ryan Purcell Manages: Accountant and seasonal Box Office Staff Job Description:The Feast seeks an ambitious and growth-oriented director of operations and development to help…
The Feast’s Statement in Solidarity with Gaza
As an organization that works with union labor including Actors Equity, IATSE, and USA, Ryan and Jesse, the staff of The Feast are signing on to SAG/AFTRA and sister union member’s letter calling for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza. To align with our values, we know there can’t truly be a feast amidst a famine, and art cannot…
The Feast Manifesto
In the shell of an American theatre that is decomposing, shuttering, shrinking, and getting safer, The Feast seeks to model an alternative: A nimble, artist-driven ensemble theatre that makes maximalist, collectivist work; pays really well; and offers sliding-scale tickets. Our ultimate vision is an aesthetically and materially abundant theatrical ecosystem, in which artists are paid…
American Theatre Crisis (Part II)
Two weeks ago, we sent out the first missive of our responses to the “crisis” in the American Theatre. Here are the rest of our takes, including an introductory reflection from Creative Producer Dedra Woods: This financial situation of The American Theater has made its way into my anxiety sphere as I like to call…
American Theatre Crisis (Part I)
In the last few months, American theaters have faced a number of heartbreaking closures, layoffs, emergency fundraising pushes, cancelled seasons, and cut programs. This has affected theaters that [The Feast] staff and artists have loved, worked at, and admired. We’re grieving these losses. Some of the factors affecting the field as a whole are affecting…
The May Day Gala for the Proletariat
A Reflection from Communications Manager Jesse Roth on International Worker’s Day, Ancient Fertility Festivals, and our May 6th Gala
Happy Opening Sweet Lorraine
Last night, we opened the first-ever professional production of Lorraine Hansberry’s The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window. We are so excited to share Hansberry’s masterwork with you. Roughly monthly, [The Feast] sends out “Project Notes:” a list of our inspirations and favorite things. In honor of our Opening Night, we’re sharing our favorite things about Lorraine Hansberry, or,…
All About Baldwin
Every month, we’ll send you a blast highlighting our team’s inspirations, favorites, and projects. This month, as we gear up for our production of James Baldwin’s The Amen Corner, we’re bringing you our favorite things about the visionary writer and activist. Study up with us, and we’ll see you at the show in a few weeks! 1) “While…
“I feel Jimmy in the room with us:” A Conversation with THE AMEN CORNER Director Reggie D. White
By Jesse Roth [The Feast]’s Communications Manager, Jesse Roth, sat down with The Amen Corner director Reggie D. White to discuss card games, [The Feast], the privilege of pressure, and most importantly, James Baldwin. JR: Reggie, what’s your favorite card game? RW: My favorite card game is spades, followed very closely by this game that I learned called…