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Stage Management: Plays & Musicals / CALLING: Onstage as an SM

« on: Jun 17, 2011, 09:51 am »

For the next show that I am stage managing, I will actually be onstage.  There's a non-speaking character in the script that acts as a cameraman/technician, so instead of casting an actor, the director has decided to have me do it and actually run lights/sound from the stage.  I don't have an ASM, will have only one or two crew members who will deal with the props.  (There is a lot of food involved and there will be food fights on the stage.)  I was wondering if anyone had ever encountered a similar situation and had any advice/suggestions.  Thanks!

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Stage Management: Plays & Musicals / PROMPT SCRIPT: Formatting when SM is also running deck cues

« on: Feb 07, 2011, 10:27 am »

Besides your standard light, sound, fly, etc. cues that one usually puts in their calling script, what other kinds of information/cues wind up in your book when you find yourself backstage (or anywhere not in the booth calling cues)?  Do you tend to format these cues in the same manner as if you were calling them?  (i.e. with standbys, cue numbers, etc.)  For example, if you are responsible for moving a chair onstage, do you prefer to simply make a notation that the chair moves onstage to x location or incorporate it into cues like "standby set Q11", "set Q11 go" and then have a description of set Q11 on a separate list with any details, where it goes, etc. 

I'm mainly curious in finding a good way to set up your prompt book when you aren't calling the show, so that if you needed to hand off your prompt book to someone else, it would be easy to follow.  I'm also interested to hear what kind of weird or often overlooked items that people like to include. 

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