EPISODE 168:
WINDY CITY LIGHTING WITH HEATHER GILBERT
Host: Ethan Steimel
Release Date: 10/20/2024
Release Date: 10/20/2024
An interview with lighting designer Heather Gilbert about financial habits throughout her decades-long career in Chicago and 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 |
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Links and Resources
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/
Matthew LaBanca
Performer, Musician, Playwright
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.
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/
Matthew LaBanca
Performer, Musician, Playwright
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.