On Thursdays through Sundays, the planetarium lecturers entertain legions of schoolkids and families, narrating and contextualizing the movements of the celestial bodies projected above them.
The astronomical tour guides whose job it is to point out the Big Dipper and explain the Big Bang to visitors of Griffith Observatory have petitioned to join a union better known for representing stars of the theatrical variety.
“We are telling stories about the sky,” said Michael Faulkner, who’s worked at the Griffith Observatory for more than a decade. “In that way, we are nodding to the myths of the past and those who told stories about the constellations. Mankind’s relationship to the stars has always been primal and rich with intention.
“They wanted to have a say with their employers, just like their colleagues side by side with them,” said Actors’ Equity organizing director Stef Frey. “Our role is unique and it is appropriate that in Hollywood, California, there is a live person interpreting this text — which is sometimes technical language, sometimes like Shakespeare,” Faulkner said.
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