Hello all! I am an sm student at the University of Maryland in College Park, MD and I just started working on The Winter's Tale (which is the aforementioned Shakespeare). I think for the most part things are going pretty well, but I'm running into overwhelming amount of stuff. I feel like I have a handle on the organizational aspect; I'm pretty good with forms and the more technical/paperwork end of things, but would love any suggestions people had about the people managing part of Shakespeare. We don't do a lot with the bard at UMD and I think a lot of students are overwhelmed by the text as, occasionally am I by the shear number of people in the show playing multiple parts. My ASMs are good, but also fairly new at sming at this level. I want to be as efficient as possible without confusing people or stressing them out. Specific suggestions people have for information juggling in a big, long, slightly inaccessible show like this. I would also love, love, love to perhaps shadow someone in rehearsal, if there's anyone on the forums that's working on Shakespeare in the area, maybe at the Shakespeare Theatre? Like I said, I don't necessarily have a specific issue, but I want to stay one step ahead! Any tips would be helpful.
More, possibly pertinent, background: I've smed 4 shows here as well as asming 2 and I smed with a company called Wildwood Summer Theatre for several years; I currently serve as the board of directors. The company is entirely people between 14-26 years old, but is a 44-year-old 501(c)(3)!
Thanks in advance for any advice!