48: Pay Equity & Wage Transparency with Christine Pasqual and Elizabeth Wislar

A discussion on pay equity with costume designers Christine Pascual and Elizabeth Wislar.   Christine is a member of On Our Team, an organization building pay and labor equity in the theatre industry, by requesting equitable pay and support for theatrical designers.   Elizabeth is a member of Costume Professionals for Wage Equity and the two organizations are calling on Playbill to require clear rates of pay for listings on their job site.   UPDATE: March 26, 2021 - Paybill begane requiring clear pay rates for job listings on their site in response to this public call to action.   Christine Pascual is a costume designer based in Chicago. She is the oldest of seven children whose parents immigrated to the US from the Philippines. She was nominated for a Hewes Design Award for notable effects in costumes for The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity at Victory Gardens Theater.   Christine Pascual Website: https://christinepascualcostumedesign.weebly.com/   Elizabeth Wislar is a Multi-Award Winning Costume Professional, a Large Scale Textile and Integrated Technology Artist, a Wage Equity Warrior, and Instructor. She spent twenty years as a freelance theatre artisan in Chicago and is now at the James Madison University as Assistant Professor of Costume Design.    Elizabeth Wislar Website: https://elizabethwislar.wixsite.com/mysite   On Our Team: https://onourteam.org/home   Costume Professionals for Wage Equity: http://cpfwe.org/   Instagram - @onourteam: https://www.instagram.com/onourteam/   Twitter - @On_Our_Team: https://twitter.com/On_Our_Team   Facebook - On Our Team: https://www.facebook.com/groups/482244235827175/   Playbill Job Board: https://www.playbill.com/job/listing   Bug - Play: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bug_(play)   How To Defend Yourself - Play: https://victorygardens.org/event/how-to-defend-yourself/   Victory Gardens - Theater in Chicago: https://victorygardens.org/   TikTok - Basketball Weight Room: https://www.tiktok.com/@sedonerrr/video/6941180880127888646?lang=en&is_copy_url=1&is_from_webapp=v2   Lift The Curtain - End Unpaid Arts Internships: https://www.facebook.com/groups/588849201770626/   Links from the Patreon only episode:   Favored Nations - Paying All Designers Equally: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Most_favoured_nation   ...   Interview by Ethan Steimel   Become a patron at: www.patreon.com/artisticfinance   www.artisticfinance.com www.patreon.com/artisticfinance instagram.com/artisticfinance   tiktok.com/artisticfinance twitter.com/ethansteimel facebook.com/artisticfinance youtube.com/artisticfinance