Not having an air conditioner is an excusable reason.  That brings in to question the safety of the cast & crew and should have been taken care of long before it got to the point that people were fainting on stage.  Safety and health before a show.  Not going on stage because of a baby in the audience, or because of some other trivial matter is totally unprofessional, yes we may be community theaters, but we will approach our shows with a professional attitude. 

I have to agree with you on the babies.

I don't know if he should be banned, but whoever is running the auditions should be brought up to speed as to the type of baggage he brings with him.  We had a young lady who was annoyed with our audition process and ended up defacing a bunch of professionally done photos (of the board) in our lobby.  She still shows up and she still auditions, but no one will touch her, as there have been other incidents as well and they don't want to take a chance.  She is now escorted in and out of the theater by the SM - very stressful...

I think every theater has those that believe they are professional actors just waiting for their big break and then you have ones that the theater should be a professional theater.  I like a place that is a even keel between the two.  People that act professionally in a theater that professionally acts.

Originally posted by tristanrobin "...threaten not to go on stage during the run of a show if the theater has a policy about babies that you don't approve of..." Frankly, I'm envious of  you. We don't ever get famous, important, demanding, temperamental stars to audition for our theatre.