The Sober Reality for Theatremakers in Recovery

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Six theater actors discuss the ways stigma around substance use has impacted their careers, and the ways their career has helped transform their recovery.

Multiple people who worked on The White Chip are in recovery, and the team decided to not use a real beer bottle onstage because it would likely have traces of alcohol in it. “Whenever there’s prop food, we always ask who has any allergies. But we don’t put the same thinking toward people in recovery, even though they just have an allergy to something else.”
— Daniel

Check out the full article from American Theatre.