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How Hard Is It To Be A Freelance Theatre Critic Under California’s New Gig Law? This Hard

THEATRE Posted: February 14, 2020 9:03 am

Lily Janiak, the only theatre critic in the entire Bay Area to have a staff position, writes about her friend and colleague Sam Hurwitt, who was earning all too little money before the law AB5. Now, with the new cap of 35 submissions per year before an outlet is required to put a freelancer on staff (which outlets insist they cannot afford to do), Hurwitt thinks he may have to abandon criticism altogether. – San Francisco Chronicle

THEATRE Published: 02.13.20

Read the story in San Francisco Chronicle Published: 02.13.20

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