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lblair55

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Found my calling
« on: Feb 17, 2014, 12:43 pm »
Hi Everyone,

I founded a community theatre group in 2008 and have worked as Production Manager, Props Master, Makeup Artist, running crew - just about any hat you can wear in theatre, I've worn it.  Except for Stage Manager!  I started stage managing in August 2013, and my eyes and heart were opened!!  So at 52 years old, I'm excited about learning everything I can and managing every show I can. 

Thanks for having me on this forum!

Lisa
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Re: Found my calling
« Reply #1 on: Feb 17, 2014, 01:52 pm »
Congratulations! It's funny how that works isn't it?
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Re: Found my calling
« Reply #2 on: Feb 17, 2014, 01:55 pm »
Welcome :) That is actually exactly how I came to love it. I had done everything else and really wanted to try my hand at stage managing and fell in love lol. Now my professors can't get me to stop.
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Re: Found my calling
« Reply #3 on: Mar 06, 2014, 08:50 pm »
Hi Lisa! Thanks for joining!

Back when I was just a bitty thing I started my own small company too. Of course I was still in high school at the time and it didn't survive after I left for college, but hey, it was a good time anyhow. You're right, running the ship gives you practice wearing a lot of hats, which in turn makes it far easier to sidestep into SM once you manage to put them all back on the hat rack.

Looking at the recent U of Iowa SM Survey I see that only 1% of the respondents over age 51 had less than a year of experience. Your life experience and diverse career experience should give you a great leg up as unique bargaining chips. I'd reckon you'll have quite a bit of leverage over the standard teenage/early 20's newbie SM, so I hope you figure a way make the most of that.

I'd love to see more of your perspective on things as I'm sure it's going to be quite unique. Please join our conversations when you can!
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