If Internships Go Away, What’s Next for the Next Generation?
As theatres scrap training programs that have often been more exploitive than educational in favor of paid positions, entry-level work may grow both scarcer and more equitably accessible.
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As theatres scrap training programs that have often been more exploitive than educational in favor of paid positions, entry-level work may grow both scarcer and more equitably accessible.
Most theatres found that COVID-era digital offerings have lost money, a new survey shows, though some continue to value the access and experimentation.
A movement to end unpaid and low-paid internships gains momentum, collecting testimony from more than 1,600 current and former interns.
A survey of U.S. theatres finds them almost evenly divided on the prospects for closure or survival in 2021.