The review below hits the nail. This place does not pay you enough for the amount of work you do, and, the toxic work environment you deal with. From the “housing” to the super fans.. it’s not worth it. They work you like a dog here and show no sympathy if you get injured, or, your mental health declines. The only benefit from working here is the quality of shows. Besides that, you will be over worked and under appreciated.

Your time here will vary greatly based on one factor: where you live. PLEASE for the love of god do not live at the AHV or Fort Magruder. You need an apartment or sublet house to make this contract manageable. The AHV had roach and mold problems, and a gas leak. Magruder also had roach problems and three BGW employees rooms have been robbed during their stay there in the past six months. My mental health was deteoriating because of these things to the point where I seriously considered leaving mid contract. Most of the entertainment heads do care, but there's nothing they can do to help you. Your average work day is 10 hours or longer, and our longest stint without a day off was 12 days. You will be exhausted, overworked, and the corporate people calling the shots have no regard for your physical and mental needs. The amount of stories I can tell. - Tried to take a 4 day break that was on the schedule away, we fought back on it and got it back but still -Multiple leads were forced to work through sickness because it was a Saturday, one dancer had to go home midday because she was vomiting, we were forced to do a reblock of the dance numbers in 20 minutes and still go on for our afternoon show with that little prep time. -The cheaper eating facilities for staff in the park are infamous for giving people food poisoning -You get paid TWO DOLLARS more an hour working major holidays like Thanksgiving and Christmas - Constantly go back and forth on rules. In the orientation they say you can't work more than a week straight, yet they had us work 12 days in a row. They say they give breaks by equity rules but there were times during rehearsals we were working for three hours straight -CREEPY superfans. One has assaulted multiple actors and no action was taken -You have to walk almost a mile to and from your theatre because there is only one employee lot. At the end of your long days, this sucks. The only good part of my experience was the cast I got to work with. Hardworking, kind, and talented people, but that was definitely a streak of luck. I would never work here again. You're seriously better building credits with a community theater.

Wish I could leave zero stars. Terrible job and terrible housing. https://www.reddit.com/r/TheatreShitTalk/s/rjifM5sGSc

This is a cop out of an answer, but I had a pretty mediocre experience. The two heads of entertainment that I interacted with seemed kind for the most part and seemed to have our best interest in mind for the most part. The pay was not competitive, and the culture/vibes just felt…off? The show itself was fun, and our stage manager and sound tech were fantastic. My one word of advice is DO. NOT. STAY at the AHV, if they are still housing people there. It was cheap, but boy howdy, it has set a record for worst housing I have been in. There was both a roach, and a racoon problem when I was there and you may be put with up to 3 other roommates in a small run down motel type room.

Newbies....beware. You will be overworked. You will get ONE day off a week, and typically, because the dancer turnover rate is so high, you will have put-in rehearsals for cast members nearly every one of those Mondays. You. will. never. rest. Rehearsals are two weeks. 10am to 10pm. Short food breaks. Ross, the head of entertainment, is an insane wannabe Broadway star who takes it really personally when someone is more successful than him. Don't P!$$ him off. He will blacklist you for the smallest of indiscretion. Busch is a corporate company. Don't expect to have anyone to turn to, don't expect to feel cared about. Perks: get into the park for free. discount on food and merch in the park. Sometimes working with high-end directors/MD's. Cons: Ross. Overworked. Underpaid. Constantly have to be "on" when at the park, even on breaks. The super fans of the park shows are freaking weird and they will make at least one cast member uncomfortable on a daily basis. Does Ross or HR do anything about that? No. (edited)