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Tag: Finances for SMs

The Math of Taxes for a Coloradoan on Unemployment

March 2, 2021 cue2go Leave a comment
Screenshot of Colorado Department of Labor and Employment's Tax Form 1099-G webpage

One of my reporter friends just asked me if I’d done the math on what a person could owe in…

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Filed under: Finances for SMs, Navigating Unemployment, Real Life SM Stories

Navigating Unemployment for Theatre Artists: Pandemic Extension Edition

September 2, 2020 cue2go 6 Comments
Screenshot of the home screen for Colorado Unemployment's Online System

UPDATE December 8: Note, to keep more up to date, you might want to visit my more recent Navigating Unemployment…

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Filed under: AEA, Care and Feeding of Stage Managers, Finances for SMs, Helpful Links, Navigating Unemployment, Real Life SM Stories

Navigating Unemployment for Theatre Artists

February 15, 2019 cue2go 7 Comments
Layoff: Your employment ended due to: lack of work; temporary layoff; your position being eliminated; employer's business closed.

Edit, Summer 2020: We’re far enough into the pandemic that many of us have exhausted regular unemployment benefits (or are…

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Filed under: Care and Feeding of Stage Managers, Finances for SMs, Navigating Unemployment, Real Life SM Stories

Recent Blog Posts

  • COVID Compliance Training Roundup and other Updates April 9, 2021
  • Enjoy today’s numeric date April 3, 2021
  • SMInstagram Takeovers April 1, 2021

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Year of the Stage Manager Takeover

Check out my “stories” on the @sminsta2020 Instagram account:

  • January 20, 2020 during Opera Naples’ Double Bill
  • April 2, 2020 during USITT 
  • November 20, 2020 during virtual recordings of Westport Country Playhouse’s A Merry Little Christmas Carol.
  • Upcoming April 13, 2021 during WSHU’s Join the Conversation virtual event

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Western Stage Manager Convention Delegate

It’s official; I was elected in the last Actors’ Equity Association election. Check out the blog posts tagged as AEA and let me know how to best represent YOU at the upcoming conventions.

“Erin is wonderful at bringing people together from across the entertainment industry. No matter if she is in Colorado or Florida – working on opera, theater or dance – her knowledge and joy about what she does is infectious in the best possible way. I trust her professionally, personally, and with any show I have the pleasure to work with her on.” – Adrienne Wells, Corresponding Secretary of the Stage Managers’ Association

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