168: Windy City Lighting with Heather Gilbert

An interview with lighting designer Heather Gilbert about financial habits throughout her decades-long career in Chicago and recently on Broadway.   Topics: ⭐️ Picking up the tab ⭐️ Asking for higher design fees ⭐️ Freelancer designers filing their own taxes ⭐️ Broadway design fees for plays versus musicals ⭐️ And an apology to Assistant Stage Managers from Lighting Designers   Video Version https://youtu.be/o5gZkkBQ5V8   Full Interview https://www.patreon.com/posts/168-windy-city-113688908?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link   "Entering The Industry" Slideshow & Resource List https://www.patreon.com/posts/resource-list-114287278?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link   Artistic Finance https://linktr.ee/artisticfinance   Heather Gilbert https://www.hgilbertdesign.com/ https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/heather-gilbert-522765   Pay Quarterly Taxes https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-utl/oc-paytaxeswithyourmobiledevice.pdf   Per Diem Rates https://www.gsa.gov/travel/plan-book/per-diem-rates   Entertainment Community Fund https://entertainmentcommunity.org/free-tax-preparation-services   Acorns https://www.acorns.com/   Parade https://paradebroadway.com/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parade_(musical)   David Cromer https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/david-cromer-478813   Laura Ingalls Wilder https://bookshop.org/a/86693/9781250182487   Carole King Biography https://bookshop.org/a/86693/9781455512621   The Outsiders https://outsidersmusical.com/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Outsiders_(musical)   Bug https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bug_(play)   Carrie Coon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrie_Coon   Tracy Letts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tracy_Letts   Scott Pask https://www.instagram.com/scottpaskstudio/   Casa Pask https://www.instagram.com/casapask/   Wilson Chin https://www.instagram.com/wilsonchindesign/?hl=en   Cory Pattak https://www.instagram.com/corypattak/?hl=en   Adam Koch https://www.instagram.com/instadamkoch/   HEATHER GILBERT (Lighting Designer) is a Chicago based lighting designer. Broadway: Parade (Tony Nomination, Drama Desk Nomination), The Sound Inside  (Drama Desk Award, Outer Critics Circle Award, Tony Award Nomination), Cult of Love (Second Stage). Off Broadway Dead Outlaw for Audible at Minetta Lane (Drama Desk Nomination). Chicago: Steppenwolf, Goodman, Writers Theatre, Northlight, Victory Gardens, Court Theatre, Steep Theatre, and many, many storefronts. Regional: The Muny, Center Theatre Group, Studio Theatre, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Alley Theatre, American Repertory Theater, Magic Theatre, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Pasadena Playhouse, Berkeley Repertory Theatre and Olney Theatre Center. She is the Head of Lighting Design at Columbia College Chicago and received her MFA at The Theatre School at DePaul University.   Instagram Handles @htglights @unitedscenicartists @ethansteimel @nicolevsteimel   Bookshop.org links are our affiliate links.   Interview by Ethan Steimel