Local arts activists say they ‘will not accept any more gaslighting’ from Orlando’s Mad Cow Theatre

On July 10, Orlando stage manager Blue Estrella posted on Facebook voicing her frustration with Mad Cow Theatre over her delayed paycheck for their production of Hound of the Baskervilles, joining an illustrious fraternity of local artists who claim they’ve been ignored or intimidated when asking for their contracted compensation from one of the region’s most acclaimed companies. Mad Cow’s July 12 statement regarding the matter dismissed Estrella’s post as a “trial by social media” caused by a “payroll timing error,” and board chair Kathy Godfrey told Orlando Weekly this week via email that “the employee notified us at 10:45 p.m. that she thought her payment was late.…