Abstract
This article interrogates workload policy frameworks for theatre faculty and staff in higher education, spotlighting the unequal burdens borne by design and technology practitioners. Drawing on reflective professional experience and institutional observation, the narrative traces how expanding production complexity, administrative paperwork, and audience sophistication intensify teaching load and backstage labor. The text identifies structural inequities that cast designers and technicians as chronic victims, then outlines pragmatic remedies: selective season planning, addition of full time shop technicians, enforcement of union inspired hour caps, and mission focused alignment between curricular goals and production scale. By comparing academic practice with professional theatre standards, this article supplies administrators and educators with a balanced blueprint for sustainable staffing, artistic quality, and equitable faculty development.
Recommended Citation
Weiss, David W.
(1989)
""Doan Be De Wictim: A Commentary on Workload Policies for Theatre Faculty and Staff,"
Association for Communication Administration Bulletin: Vol. 70, Article 13.
Available at:
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/aca/vol70/iss1/13
