The reputation this place has for having a revolving door in terms of employees speaks for itself. No one with any kind of self respect for the work they produce would, or even should, stay here for very long. The demands from the creative team are outrageous at best and downright delusional at worst, especially given the fact that they treat every rehearsal like it’s tech week starting day 1. There’s a strong “my way or the highway” mentality that everyone is meant to bow down to, specifically towards the AD, that turns the work environment very toxic very quickly if his demands aren’t met within the next twenty seconds. There’s no room for error, no sympathy for extraneous circumstances, and no peace. The biggest issue? Upper management loves to boast about having open communication so we can “all solve problems together”; what this really means is the AD needs to be cc’d on every single email on the off chance they can “save the show” by bringing in personal items from home or attempting to do some kind of build that is frankly outside of their skill set based on what I’ve seen them do during my tenure. Please don’t work here. Save yourself the trouble. The housing isn’t worth it. The pay for SURE isn’t worth it. And whatever credit they promised you isn’t worth it. There are better theaters that can offer what this place does and more, and they won’t treat you like scum for missing 1 out of the 15 emails they sent in rapid fire succession. Good luck out there

Horrible experience, will never work here again. Save yourself the hassle and audition for a local community theatre instead.

I’m good off another stint here.

Not fun

I might as well have been an indentured servant. I got brought on just as their show season ended so instead of learning how a professional theater works, I had to do all the things the managers deemed beneath them: cleaning the carpet, wiping bird poo off the windows, emptying dehumidifiers, etc. a lot of passive aggressive comments too. one time, there was a garbage can that fell over into the bushes and the manager took a picture, printed it out, and handed it to us to go pick it up instead of, y'know, doing it themselves. the artistic director was also never there. in the four months I was there, they only came in about three times. And what was really annoying was that all this cleaning stuff would be done in the about an hour or two but I was still scheduled to be there another six hours and there'd be nothing else to do. Yet they'd get mad that I would just be standing around. I'm pretty sure I did an inventory check four times a week because that's their go to task for you. If this is what all professional theaters are like, forget it.

toxic work environment, bad pay, daily 3 hour commute. actors deserve better if the creatives expect such "excellence"

Nightmare. Nuff said.

I had a very positive experience here. Are the higher ups intense? Yes. Do they create VERY high quality productions because of that intensity? Also yes. They want and expect excellence. Understudies are basically ignored until after opening, so learn your shit independently. Costumes, lighting, sound, production elements were all fantastic. Gorgeous, clean new theatre and dressing rooms. Also they give you free food and wine all the time, definitely a bonus.

The theatre is amazing. The creative teams are stacked with a whose who! The pay leaves something to be desired but its close to NYC. You rehearse and commute daily to CT. The staff is amazing. The productions are top notch.