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Working Backstage: A Cultural History and Ethnography of Technical Theater Labor - by Christin Essin


Working Backstage: A Cultural History and Ethnography of Technical Theater Labor by Christin Essin

Illuminates the work of New York City's theater technicians, shining a light on the essential contributions of unionized stagehands, carpenters, electricians, sound engineers, properties artisans, wardrobe crews, makeup artists, and child guardians. Based on the author's (a former theater technician herself) archival research and interviews with more than 100 backstage technicians, members of the New York locals of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees.

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Publisher: Univ of Michigan Press

Released: 2021





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