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The Hardline / Unions and Circus/Cirque
« on: Apr 02, 2013, 12:50 pm »
Hi,

I know this is an old thread but I am curious if about cirque.  I've seen many AEA Stage Managers who have worked for Cirque and I'm wondering how they're able to do that.  I've heard that cirque gives full benefits and I'd like to apply.  Does anyone have any recent insight on AEA and resident Cirque shows?  How do people make it work? 

Thanks!!

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Students and Novice Stage Managers / Rutgers at the Globe
« on: Apr 24, 2008, 05:00 pm »
I have recently been accepted to the Rutgers study abroad program at the Globe for the fall, as I know there are many Rutgers students and alum here, if anyone has been on this trip and could share their experiences, it would be much appreciated.  Thanks!!!

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Tools of the Trade / Breakaway Bottles
« on: Mar 20, 2008, 06:57 pm »
Does anyone know of a pre-scored breakaway bottle that shatters into only a few big pieces as opposed to many little pieces and is still safe for the actor getting hit?

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The Hardline / KC Mehl Scholarship 2008
« on: Mar 13, 2008, 11:38 pm »
I was wondering if anyone associated with SMA knows if the 2008 scholarship recipients have been announced or notified.  The SMA website says  "There will be three Scholarship Recipients each year: one from the Eastern Region, one from the Central Region and one from the Western Region of the United States. 2008 Scholarship Recipients will be named in January 2008." I couldn't find any updated info on the website, does anyone have any info about this?
 

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Tools of the Trade / I need help with a prop....please!!!
« on: May 04, 2007, 05:34 pm »
Hi Guys!

So I'm doing this show where a martini glass breaks onstage.  I could use some advice with this if you have any.  The situation is...the actor comes on with a martini, drinks it and then drops the glass in the middle of the stage, then they comment on how it broke into pieces.  Any chance you know a tip for doing this or a website where I might be able to find a tip? 

Thanks in advance!
Lauren

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Students and Novice Stage Managers / Eugene O'Neill Internship
« on: Apr 16, 2007, 11:59 pm »
I was just recently offered an sm internship at the Eugene O'Neill for the summer.  I was wondering if anyone has ever worked there.  I would love to hear some stories of what I might expect from my summer.

Thanks!
Lauren

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Students and Novice Stage Managers / I need some serious help!
« on: Apr 04, 2007, 02:39 am »
so i need some serious help....tonight i had the rehearsal from hell.  just to set you up, here's the deal.  i'm a bfa sm student at the university of miami and i'm in producing class.  the class is taught by broadway producer, barry brown and the purpose of the one year long course is to produce a new musical and everyone in the class has a job.  so of course i'm the stage manager and a fellow stage manager (student) is the director.  so it's a brand new work and things change, i get that.  the book writer, composer, and lyricist wouldn't sit in  a room together to work things out so big serious things like entire scenes, songs, and even characters were being argued about and changed in rehearsal in front of the actors, we didn't have an ending till a week ago.  so i was out for a week because i was very ill and the director filled in for me bc she is an sm.  so i come back a week later to find the show in complete chaos.  the actors were getting new complete scripts every night and they were not happy.  did i mention they were volunteering all their free time for this show?  anyway, the equity deputy (we're not equity but we run by equity rules) came up to me the night i got back and said the cast was extremely unhappy and ready to walk away if something doesn't change, they wanted the script frozen.  at this point we tech in two weeks and they reblocked the show 3 times because of all the changes.  so we had many meetings with the book writer and composer and lyricist and finally finalized the script, it was completely frozen.  then tonight, the director got really frustrated and broke down hysterically crying in front of the cast.  She went on and on about how she was sorry she was doing such a bad job and how she didn't know what she was doing and she had no help and no choreographer, and she had to fill in for me, and on and on with excuses.  this put the actors in a really awkward position to say the least.  then a faculty member came in and took over the show and as of tomorrow is reblocking it again.  what happened to frozen you ask?  out the window the second the teacher came in...none of the actors are going to turn to the teacher and say no please don't reblock the whole show that we're teching in a week.  so i'm this close to walking away from the whole project b/c i don't believe in what the director has done and is doing.  I mean what do you think, the cast is about to walk away, we open in 2 weeks, the script and score are supposed to be frozen, and now the teacher is "helping" (completely redoing himself) the entire show.  I think it's just not right.  what do you think, am i being ridiculous for thinking this is wrong and unprofessional to keep changing after the freeze date when we open in 2 weeks and the actors are unhappy?

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Students and Novice Stage Managers / NEWBIES: Tech Advice
« on: Feb 10, 2007, 12:53 am »
So I'm a student at the University of Miami where I'm PSMing Brighton Beach Memoirs in the round.  This will be my first time calling a show and I just found out I'll be calling from behind a scrim.  We go into tech on Tuesday and I'm really nervous about the whole process.  I've always been an ASM so being out in the front makes me a little nervous.  Any words of wisdom or advice for my first time teching and calling (especially in the round?!)

Thanks so much!!! :)
Lauren

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I have an assignment for my advanced stage management 2 class to observe a professional stage manager and write a paper about what I have learned.  I go to the University of Miami in FL, and I live in NJ near Philadelphia and NY.  Would anyone be open to letting me observe them work?

Thanks!
Lauren

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Employment / SM Employment Advice
« on: Dec 21, 2006, 12:05 am »
So I am a sophomore BFA Stage Management major at the University of Miami and I'm looking into finding an internship for the summer.  Many of the actors at my school attend SETC to find summer theatre work.  Apparently they do interview stage managers at the conference, but I don't know anyone who has gone before.  I'm curious if anyone has any advice or experience they could share with me about it.  Is it worth looking into or is there a better way to network and get a summer internship?

Thanks!
Lauren

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