BREAKING: Stagehand strike is over at Philadelphia Theatre Company

We suspected as much when there was a mysterious lack of picketers last night, but it's official: All the drama is finally over. Or, rather, the drama can now resume.

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BREAKING: Stagehand strike is over at Philadelphia Theatre Company

POSTED: Friday, February 1, 2013, 3:08 PM

Filed Under: Arts Theater

We suspected as much when there was a mysterious lack of picketers outside Suzanne Roberts Theater at Broad and Lombard last night for the first time since The Mountaintop opened two weeks ago, but it's now official: All the drama is finally over. From a PTC press release:

Philadelphia Theatre Company is pleased to announce that an agreement has been reached with IATSE Local 8, the union representing the stagehand employees. The agreement needs to be ratified by the union leadership and the Philadelphia Theatre Company board of directors.

“During several lengthy meetings all afternoon and last evening, the union made significant movement to come closer to the terms which, although consistent with what PTC had originally proposed, had previously been rejected by the union,” said PTC’s Producing Artistic Director Sara Garonzik. “We have negotiated a settlement that is reasonable for PTC and appropriate to our size. We want to express our appreciation to our audiences, subscribers and artists for their wonderful support and patience during this challenging period. We are pleased that we can now focus on our mission of producing great theater.”

And now the drama can finally resume. Or, at least, resume in full — up until last night, at least, the MLK-centered play The Mountaintop was been being performed by two costumed actors under a static lighting situation, with a third person person seated on a chair at the side of the stage occasionally piping up with dramatic readings of the stage directions that weren't occurring, like "Blackout!" and "THUNDER ROLLS!"

Keep an eye out next Thursday for a more in-depth piece on the strike.

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