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Stage Management: Plays & Musicals / Re: Director and Stage Manager Conflicts - Help!
« on: Jan 13, 2008, 02:07 pm »
I had a similar experience this year, my second show as SM. The director just did not understand that her job was over and that I was competent enough to bring in any changes or alterations she wanted. She often went round before curtain (despite repeated requests from me and the cast and crew not to) and changed or altered things. She would rarely inform me of these alterations which meant I would go around and change them back.
On the second night she was insisting on flying an extra prop for a scene despite me not having the capability to do so safely. Not to mention this was at ten minutes to curtain! She simply couldn't understand why the Theatre manager had promised her it would fly (neither can I). I decided I could either attack her or retreat to the fly gallery. I retreated but called over my shoulder "Alright then, if you know more than me, you call the b----y show".
She then went and found a friend of mine on the cast and told them I had walked off. He immediately asked her what she'd done to p--s me off so badly.
The upshot of all this is that I did call the show but the company have found a new director for this years show.
On the second night she was insisting on flying an extra prop for a scene despite me not having the capability to do so safely. Not to mention this was at ten minutes to curtain! She simply couldn't understand why the Theatre manager had promised her it would fly (neither can I). I decided I could either attack her or retreat to the fly gallery. I retreated but called over my shoulder "Alright then, if you know more than me, you call the b----y show".
She then went and found a friend of mine on the cast and told them I had walked off. He immediately asked her what she'd done to p--s me off so badly.
The upshot of all this is that I did call the show but the company have found a new director for this years show.