Pay Theater Assistants

Currently, the assistants who help with the production of plays on campus are student volunteers who are not paid or fully trained. I suggest that the theater department pay the assistants who help out with plays and also give them special training. As someone who has been in campus productions, I know that using volunteers doesn’t work because they often arrive late for rehearsals, or not at all, and they don't know a lot about operating stage equipment. However paid assistants would be more motivated to provide reliable help. They would also be able to operate stage equipment more effectively because they would have better training.

Sincerely,

Sally Smith