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Stage Management: Other / Re: Opera tips
« on: Jul 04, 2006, 12:11 am »
Just don't want to offend by telling you things you know. Well obviously as far as prep work, the 30 second timings are crucial. I also like to go through and mark all scenes/arias on the right hand side with tabs for easy reference in rehearsal. As an ASM, once you start to accumulate entrance cues, etc., I always like to put flags for those on the top as sort of a visual check of how long I have till the next cue without flipping pages. I use tons of post its in my script during rehearsal, as notes about entrances, shifts, quick changes, etc. and then take the time to go back later to clean it up, with garage sale dots and what not. Obviously, the WWW is your most important piece of paperwork (usually with a preliminary version completed by first run-through). Don't know if that is helpful at all. Let me know if you have more specific questions.