Omg...I really dont know what to do here.
I'm currently SMing for a non-profit production in a small town. Everyone is volunteer and yet, there is a board of directors who make final decisions. The show is running this year from Feb 25-28 with our Tech's on 23 and 24th. NOW the problem. I've been asking since september for a final script. It is now February (A MONTH AWAY) and i have yet to receive a final script. The keep telling me the current one is final but they keep changing things, moving songs, DELETING songs (without telling me) and messing around with it. I'm trying to make my own copy of the script with all the cues on it (which is a very difficult and time consuming thing when its a 2 1/2 hour show). My prompt book is up to date, and everything is in order on my end...but they keep changing everything! And the worst part is, when they do change stuff (such as lines or moving things around) they dont even tell me about it. when I confronted them about it, they said that it wasn't that important that I know about it anyways. I honestly wanted to ask them what they thought a stage manager does and...if i'm calling the show...why they think it's not important for me know that a whole section of the script was removed. I dont know what to do here. HELP!