Archive for February, 2008
Having the Answers
When you sign on to be a stage manager, you sign on to know everything that anyone could possibly ask you. Rehearsals, blocking, when actors need to be off book, what the set construction schedule is like – that sort of thing. It gets particularly exciting when there are two dozen people wondering [...]
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Tags: Miscommunications, Rehearsal
I Say!
I must be doing something right, because I was unofficially offered a job for the summer today! It’s really exciting, because I really want to stay in town for the summer rep season, and if I have a paid job, it will be just that much easier to do so.
There are some things that, [...]
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Tags: Spooky Stuff
Everyone’s An Actor.
We have, in our production, what we’re calling “audience plants”. They’re going to be in-costume, in-character, and helping create the atmosphere of our show. I think that’s an awesome idea. Unfortunately I don’t have a complete list of who’s who, because our director and I have both been asking different people.
In my [...]
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Tags: Miscommunications, Rehearsal
To be, or not to be?
I apologize for the Bard reference in the title. I was approached a few days ago by a friend (let’s call her Betty) about being my assistant stage manager (ASM).
Call me weird, call me crazy, but I don’t think I want an ASM. At least, I do not want one at the moment. [...]
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Tags: Miscommunications, Rehearsal
Miscellaneous Musings
I’m stuck house managing, and I am thoroughly perplexed. For some reason, people can NOT show up on time for this show. One of our faculty wrote a musical, it’s been oversold since dress rehearsals, and STILL we have late seating.
I can understand someone who gets caught up in crappy traffic, but how [...]
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Tags: Blunders, Miscommunications
Salutations.
Hello Internets! This is what I plan to do with my precious little spare time. I have taken a stage management position for the head of my college’s dramatic arts department. We are producing Oliver Goldsmith’s “She Stoops to Conquer” at the end of April, and I am essentially in charge of [...]
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Tags: Construction, Rehearsal
