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Stage Management: Plays & Musicals / TECH WEEK

« on: Mar 20, 2006, 01:01 am »

im assuming your director is also a teacher in your school and the advisor for the drama club. in that case, you have to be extra careful as to how you all conduct yourselves regarding your feelings towards this person. moreso than in any other theatrical capacity, you have to just sit back and let it happen; if you dont like how they are doing their job, hold your tongue and let it go. lashing out at each other could get you in trouble with higher powers like principals.

you just have to focus on all of the hard work you guys have already put into it and keep giving 110%. if you dont, then you are also at fault for anything that goes wrong or isnt done to quality. some things are out of our hands and the best thing to do is to do your job the best you can and know that in the end, itll all work itself out.

i myself have been working on the most frustrating show i have ever done before. all during tech week, the designers/prodcuers kept adding more and more set props which forced me to re assign all scene changes etc. i thought for sure we wouldnt be able to perfect them by the time we opened and have them done in a reasonable time. there was nothng i could do though; it was out of my hands how many times they wanted to use a different couch or how many times the plants needed to switch. i just went with it, tried to adjust and by opening night we did it and pretty darn fast. i worked my hardest to make it work and luckily it did, but even if it hadnt, i still gave it my best and thats all i could do.

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Employment / One of the things I hate about the biz...

« on: Mar 19, 2006, 02:48 pm »

when i started applying to colleges, i immediatley changed my email address to my name. i couldnt imagine giving out my email address as the same one i've had since 3rd grade or even my current AIM name... im glad to see it does make a difference

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College and Graduate Studies / Undergrad schools for SM

« on: Mar 02, 2006, 03:31 pm »

I'm a city girl so the schools that I just applied to are all in the New York City area. However, all of them have different style theatre programs, and all have specific stage management tracks

`SUNY Purchase
`NYU
`Marymount Manhattan
`Pace

You really have to think about what kind of program are you looking for, but also about things like location, size of campus/classes. MMM has classes with maybe 10 people in them whereas other schools you may be dealing with more. SUNY is a conservatory style program which some people don't like because it is too specific. NYU, MMM, Pace are all in the city, which makes them more appealing to me since I want to live in a city environment.

There are plenty of other programs out there, many with great reputations but it really comes down to the other things that effect a decision, finances, location, class size, proram style, etc..

good luck with your decision!