This was passed along to me from a friend who saw it from a friend.
The job posting is for an actor's assistant. Check out the salary and duties. And the description of the actor plus the contact email. I don't know how to post a picture or else I'd post a screenshot, but here's the link: http://m.playbill.com/jobs/find/job_detail/47545.html
------ Assist a Broadway, TV, and Film Star
Company: TTC Category: Administrative
Start Date: 10/25/2012 Paid: yes Salary: $10/hr plus lunch
Description: Six-time Tony and Emmy nominated actor seeks intelligent, motivated, high-energy part time assistant.
Assistant must speak and write grammatically correct fluent English, be highly computer/iPod/iPad/iPhone/internet fluent, and able to type accurately at least 60 wpm. Assistant must have a valid United States driver’s license and be comfortable driving and parking in Manhattan. Assistant will be available to run lines with Actor and run errands for Actor daily and sometimes with the car from first day of work.
During the run of any theatre or film projects, Assistant will prepare actor for each engagement, settle her in her dressing room or apartment, and pack up actor’s belongings at the end of the engagement.
Some light cooking/meal preparation, simple cleaning and organizing, occasional light sewing, steaming/ironing, driving in New York and environs with a valid United States license, type/computer skills, wardrobe prep and maintenance, dealing with correspondence, mail, bills.
Confidentiality agreement signed from first day of work.
Response Method(s): Contact: TF Assistant By Email: TovahAssistant@gmail.com -------
I believe the only feminine pronouns used are "her" in reference to the actor, not the assistant-to-be:
"During the run of any theatre or film projects, Assistant will prepare actor for each engagement, settle her in her dressing room or apartment, and pack up actor’s belongings at the end of the engagement."
I will bet it is a $10/hour flat rate -- no overtime pay. I see a lawsuit in the making and a big fine from the New York State Department of Labor.
Sounds very similar to the way many nannies are paid.
When I see the phrase "the ____ estate", I imagine a vast mansion in the country full of monocled men and high-collared women receiving letters about productions across the country and doing spit-takes at whatever they contain.
-Kad
For assistants paid a weekly salary, about how much does it work out to per hour? I know the $10 per hour sounds meager, but not knowing how much assistants get paid and assuming ridiculously long hours, I wonder if the net effect is significant.
"It does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are 20 gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket, nor breaks my leg."
-- Thomas Jefferson
If the assistant is lucky and sneaky and possibly but maybe not but then again maybe gay, they might get an Associate Producer credit on a future B'way production
I've never worked as an assistant, but I have many friends who've done it. Specifically for old female New York types like Tovah. (Please note that I don't necessarily mean Jewish.)
All of them, and I mean all of them, were severely underpaid. Somewhere in the $10-$15 an hour territory to do a laundry list of ridiculous things. I don't know why rich people think they'll get great help for cheap rates. You can make the same amount of money at FAO Schwartz or Best Buy.
That being said, I find it pretty hilarious that this was on Playbill.