I have a question that as the season crawls closer, I am curious to how you do it. I have seen on the TV that there are haunts (represented here :-)) that have a waiting list for actors and have a much more sense of responsibility, dependability and accountability from the actors. Without naming the exact names of the haunts that do this, my bottom line question is this....How do you get the actors to know that it is a privilege to work there and if they screw up they are gone with the next actor ready and eager to fill that spot? That making the actors chosen more inclined to do what they were hired to do and do a damn good job doing it because they know it was hard to get the spot to begin with. Where does it start? Does it start at auditions, does it start at preseason meetings? Does it start with the chain of command and the respect there and limiting how many chiefs there are?
As an operator, we pay well, take very good care of our actors and treat them with respect for their talent and craft. After last season we have more people wanting to be a part of our home and we have older actors who just feel because of their "tenure" they are untouchable. All we ask them to be dependable, responsible, accountable and mature. Staring this season we are not going to be as soft as we have been in the past. We want to give them everything, but let them know there is a tag to that and if they can't do it, then bye. I want to be like the one haunt that comes to mind, where that example thrives and makes the haunt even better because everyone is on the same page. My biggest pet peeve is an actor taking a night off on a busy Saturday night to then show up with their boyfriend/girlfriend and take them through the haunt.
As an operator, we pay well, take very good care of our actors and treat them with respect for their talent and craft. After last season we have more people wanting to be a part of our home and we have older actors who just feel because of their "tenure" they are untouchable. All we ask them to be dependable, responsible, accountable and mature. Staring this season we are not going to be as soft as we have been in the past. We want to give them everything, but let them know there is a tag to that and if they can't do it, then bye. I want to be like the one haunt that comes to mind, where that example thrives and makes the haunt even better because everyone is on the same page. My biggest pet peeve is an actor taking a night off on a busy Saturday night to then show up with their boyfriend/girlfriend and take them through the haunt.
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