Sunday Mar 28, 2021

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/