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Employment / Hiring and references

« on: Nov 26, 2006, 01:36 am »

It seems like this thread has wrapped up really nicely and covered a lot of the question marks associated with resumes.  As a young freelancer, I like to list the season as a sub heading to show my commitment and ambition level.  While I do still have my college and year of graduation listed - and probably always will - i have reached a turning point where I have phased out all of my academic shows to make room for the professional ones.  Hooray. 
It does raise one question for me though - Some of the larger scale academic shows are being phased out so that I can include more recent work on workshops and readings (among other full productions).  I went to school in Boston and now live in DC so I see it as a way of showing who I'm connected to so far in the city but typically are workshops important to include? 

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Stage Management: Plays & Musicals / Question for all the SMs out there

« on: Jan 31, 2006, 11:07 pm »

For the last couple of shows I have worked on , I have been able to maintain the standard that crosswords, etc. (nothing rowdy or distruptive) are OK, but once the standby is given, all eyes are on the stage (or sound board, etc.).  I've been able to establish this pretty well, but some board ops - just like any employees - need a heavier hand than others.  
Take for example, the last show I worked on where the sound board op occasionally read or did crosswords and still rarely missed a beat, but the light board operator ..... well let's just say that once she realized the leash had some slack, she ran with it.  Cleaning out your purse in the booth doesn't exactly get on my good side.

Although, I was only to find out later that she was coming to work high anyways.....

I take it on a case by case.

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Students and Novice Stage Managers / theatre is a business

« on: Jan 06, 2006, 12:45 pm »

I would add that being a stage manager is more business-like than other paths in the theatre. Furthermore, it can lead to very "business-like" jobs such as production managing, and producing that spend just as much time behind a desk than they do onstage.  I would say that going into stage management is so great because it prepares you for so much.  Maybe being a stage manager won't always be what you do, and if you ever decide to try another path, you will be equipped with the organizational and people skills that any job values.....especially if you're good at them!