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Stage Management: Plays & Musicals / Re: Reports - Getting actors to read them (from Tools of the Trade)

« on: Nov 12, 2010, 01:52 am »

I pretty much always just type my report in the body of the email.  I only write the categories that I need and can address things directly to people by name.  It is a bit more casual, but I happen to think encourages people to actually read the reports.

I do the same thing. I'll type the original in Word or Google Docs then copy it all into the body of the email. It's pretty effective. A great tip my advisor gave me. Attached reports tend to be ignored...a lot.
Post Merge: Nov 12, 2010, 01:55 am

I also include humourus quotes from the rehearsal in a special section of the report to encourage people to read the reports.  This seems to help a lot.  People are discussing them the next day at rehearsal.

I've started to do that. There's no section for them but if the director makes an usually specific note it goes in the report. The other day for an SFX: "Anti-climatic romantic music, with a hint of impending doom." You bet that was part of the Green Room conversation.