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« on: Nov 07, 2006, 09:05 pm »
I'm in college at the moment, production stage manager with two asms usually.
This is my third college show and how I break it down is like this;
PSM is in charge of overseeing backstage and communications between subordinate SMs and house.
ASM#1 Calls the show (I call musicals or something very difficult, in this case ASM gets bumped down a row
ASM#2 In charge of props, setting act 1 and two, run crew, relaying scene changes after #1 calls.
ASM#3 (Or a reliable crew member, or #2 during a musical) general gofer, when necessary duplicates #2's job on the other side of the deck.
This frees me up to deal with all the designers (some are very difficult to work with here and i wouldnt want my ASMs to take it personal), actors who are late etc. and communicate with the director/HM.
I have never worked with costagemanager and i'd never want to, there needs to be a hierarcy...