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College and Graduate Studies / Re: Compilation of grad schools

« on: Oct 05, 2013, 11:01 am »

As I'm in the process of trying to find schools to apply to, this is incredibly helpful! I'd looked online and hadn't found a lot of the ones which have been talked about. Including Virginia Tech, and I'm currently living in Virginia and doing my undergrad.

One school which has not been listed is the University of Missouri-Kansas City. I don't know much about the school, but the program looks good.

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Students and Novice Stage Managers / Re: Rehearsals: Be quiet!

« on: Oct 05, 2013, 10:26 am »

Working with college actors, they're just about as bad as high school actors. Within one rehearsal, I probably give a minimum of 10 "QUIET/FOCUS, PLEASE" calls that will silence them for a few minutes. I've just accepted that the actors are a little ADD and get distracted every time they're asked to move. When it gets really bad, I do give a patented "death glare" (so named by the actors) and tell them to "Stop. Talking. Now. Thank you."
It does help adding the "thank you" to the end of everything I ask them to do. It reads as a "thank you in advance for listening to what I'm asking you to do" and subliminally says I expect it to happen, no questions asked. It seems to work--I haven't threatened anyone with duct tape yet.

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Introductions / Someone New

« on: Sep 18, 2013, 03:11 pm »

Hello, hello!
I'm Mo, and I am graduating from college in Virginia this semester and (hopefully) going to grad school next Fall. I've been working as SM for my school since August '10 and am currently between shows. We finish performances for one show this weekend and start rehearsals for the next on Monday. My school's theatre department is fairly small, so everyone ends up being a jack of at least two or three trades.
I'm originally from Texas, but I haven't decided where I'm going from here yet. I'm still looking for masters programs to apply to.
Mostly, I'm just someone new who wants to learn and be even better at stage managing.