and no stage manager would want to be far from either to get the job done.
...well.
Okay: small venue. Small cast. Production staff of three. (Carpenter-electrician, SM, ASM. SM/ASM will handle all running tasks.) Scripts are rented from the author's agent, and the author's contract forbids alterations. An etext version is provided to stage management. Very few cues: little more than "Act 1, Lights On. Intermission, Lights Off. Act 2, Lights On. [...]"
Under these circumstances, you can
just about make do without a photocopier. It might make your life easier, but it's not bare-bones essential.
The multi-tool isn't strictly essential either, but when it's the difference between popping it out and tightening a screw, rather than having to dig out the big keyring, go down the hall, unlock the carpentry shop, unlock the tool storage, find the right screwdriver, sign out the screwdriver, lock the tool storage, lock the carpentry shop, walk back into the venue...