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Stage Management: Plays & Musicals / Workshoping a show...

« on: Nov 13, 2005, 03:26 pm »

The playwright is the director for this show... I'm hoping that will work out well.  i'm really excited about the project in general.  Honestly it can't be as much of a hell as the show I just finished.  I was really reconsidering my life choices because it was such a bad experience.  (Diva Actors and designers, a director who didn't like to make decisions, an AD who thought she was the director, and 2 major hurricanes [I'm from Baton Rouge])  I already know the actors and director/playwright very well, and we all work well together, so I think this will be fun in that hellish way.

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Stage Management: Plays & Musicals / Workshoping a show...

« on: Nov 12, 2005, 02:17 pm »

Thank you SO much!  I knew there would be good suggestions out there.

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Stage Management: Plays & Musicals / NEW WORKS: Workshoping a show...

« on: Nov 12, 2005, 03:12 am »

Hi fellow SMs!

I just agreed to SM a show that is being workshopped over the next few months.  I'm a student and have looked through all my notes and books but there is no information about workshopping a show.  Is there anything special that I should do?  Any specialized paperwork?  Any suggestions would be great!!  Thanks y'all!!!!!

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Stage Management: Plays & Musicals / Re: Scary Directors

« on: Oct 04, 2005, 02:47 am »

Well I am curently working on my MFAand am serving as a PA (ASM to anyone but the Union) for a large Regional Theatre. I am having a blast and working harder than ever in my life. But that is not my question. I have just been giving my assingments for next season and one of them could hypothetically be working as ASM.. oh i mean PA for a show directed by Anne Bogart. Now I have studied her work in several classes and while it seems like its going to be a great oppertunity, her concepts on managment and tech scare me. I dont know if I could ever live up to those kind of standards. Does anyone know how she is for real ?

I haven't worked with her, but I have worked with SITI before.  They are very interesting, to say the least.  Actually, one of the members of the company teaches at my school, so they came and did a show last year.  I wasn't able to work on it.  But my friend filled me in on ALL of it.  They have a very different view of the process.

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SMNetwork Archives / The Tempest...

« on: Sep 24, 2005, 06:03 am »

Nothing beats trying to SM 'The Tempest' at Louisiana State University and having to deal with 2 hurricanes!  I should be in tech right now, but because of hurricane Rita, the university was closed, and we can't tech.  UGH!  And, this is my first main stage show!  my mentor and I laugh that if I can get through this, I can get through just about anything.