Monday, March 30, 2015
Pictures like this have begun making the rounds as the vote begins to roll out. Here’s my wrinkle on it below. And yes, that’s Jesus above the computer screen and yes he’s …
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 07:57PMI actually have met Doug on a number of occasions and all of those occasions have been at 99 Seat theater productions. While his main gig is hosting a radio show at KABC, he also writes for …
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 07:45PMEnjoy it while you can, LemonHeads, because according to their track record LASA will more than likely run out of money again in about 5 years and close it all down like they’ve done b…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 06:09PMSunday, March 29, 2015
The voice of AEA Stage Managers has been sorely under-represented during this conversation. Carole Ursettie, 15 year veteran AEA Stage Manger in the LA area would like to change and asked if…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 01:50PMSome serious soul-searching from semi-retired LA Theater Critic, Kat Michels. It’s the specificity that makes it all universal. VERDIGRIS Kat Michels – Kat Michels For almost fou…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 10:00AMSaturday, March 28, 2015
And the hits just keep on comin’. That this has become such a prevalent pattern of behavior from so many of the AEA leadership (not all of them!) in response to valid concerns from t…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 04:29PMChuck offers some creativity and some serious common sense in his latest LA Times diatribe and I have to say, I pretty much agree with almost everything he hast to say, up and down the line.…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 03:44PMOnce again, Uncle Steven offers a up a “drop the mic” essay that puts the whole process of Equity’s 99 Seat Proposals into question, legally. And he does it – God Fo…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 02:29PMFriday, March 27, 2015
Hope Uncle Steven doesn’t mind but this was such a personal and thoughtful little post I saw on the Facebook wire that I had to share it with the LemonHeadNation: As one of the elder s…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 03:24PMCut the last scene. That’s it. Just cut the last scene. Completely. Gone. Out. See ya. Don’t modify it, don’t re-write it, don’t re-work it. Cut it. Completely. Never…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 02:12PMThese have just been too damn good to not highlight. Jon has been rolling them out at an extraordinary rate and he said it’d be fine to re-post them here at the Lemon. So we are. Enjoy…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 01:10PMThursday, March 26, 2015
Downer Don wonders about the participation of all these “famous actors” coming out in support of the Pro99 movement and against the AEA proposals, he especially wonders about B…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 05:33PMIt’s coming up, so don’t miss out. Here is the timeline for the whole shebang in case you were wondering: The Registration Process Registering for the Fringe is a three-step proc…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 04:52PMAll in all the more voices talking about this the better. While Sir Isaac the Butler got all bent out of shape when I accurately described his perspective as that of an outsider to the intim…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 03:51PMThis is more informative than provocative…I think. The voting was supposed to have begun yesterday, March 25, and many of us who signed up for paperless balloting were waiting to recei…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 02:53PMWednesday, March 25, 2015
And thank God! Because frankly, I was getting a little tired of having to mock my own union over and over and over again. So now there’s the North Hollywood Ten - couldn’t find o…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 11:16PMGonna have to fenangle Travis into becoming a regular contributor at the Lemon if he keeps this up… On the Value of Being an Equity Member in Los Angeles by Travis Michael Holder A c…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 08:30PM It’s probably not going to matter much, one lone voice, not when you see this many voices coming together today in the LA Times against these proposals. But as a 24 year member …
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 02:51PMIt’s a full frontal media onslaught, LemonHeads. And it’s the leadership of AEA that is getting bloodied. This from Noah Wylie in Variety today: NOAH WYLE, IN HIS OWN WORDS: In 1…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 01:27PMBecause of tone deaf responses like this. Its LA membership comes out in full force, unified, in solidarity, speaking with one voice against the 99 Seat Proposals and this is the official tw…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 01:20PMPretty good theater right here, folks. And yes my name is on this freakin’ document as well. Well done all. You can go here for the full text and below is a little more up close and p…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 01:10PMTuesday, March 24, 2015
Beautiful day, warm, gusty, the ever burgeoning life of NoHipster Village was a-buzzing and a-bustling. I decided to start from the other end of the rally and work my way backwards so as to …
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 03:13PMMonday, March 23, 2015
From Bill Salyers, a little AEA to English translator. We are nothing if not a merry group of pranksters…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 11:31PMAnd this is one of the things that happens when you bring race into an argument where it doesn’t belong… This arrived in my email box tonight as I’m guessing it did for ev…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 12:31AMSaturday, March 21, 2015
If you missed it you can listen to it here. This was the debate between Gail Gabler and Matthew Herrmann on the Yes side and Joe Stern and Jeff Marlow on the No side. Once again the No vote…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 04:59PMHi there, Thank you for getting in touch with me re:99-seat. Please forgive this form response but the emails have been abundant. As a Eastern Actor’s Equity Councillor, it is my job t…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 03:39PMYes, it’s come to this. Truly the schizophrenic nature of this affair is reaching its apex. I mentioned this event earlier, but it’s really shaping up to be quite the rodeo thoug…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 12:53AMFriday, March 20, 2015
I still think this is the wrong way to go with the argument, but in the spirit of trying to present as many views and opinions as possible on this debate, I give you an open statement from A…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 05:33PMWe reached out to Kate after she offered this statement last week and she reached right back with a followup. Of the three AEA presidential candidates I know of, Cahn, Wyman and Shindle, Kat…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 03:39PM 
