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Students and Novice Stage Managers / Re: BFA SM Students or Students who entered college knowing they wanted to be a SM
« on: Nov 27, 2010, 10:02 am »
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Stage Management: Other / Re: Operations Manager job...need answers fast!
« on: Jul 11, 2010, 01:32 pm »
the opera company might be under AGMA for singers, but check to see if the symphony is part of AFM as they might have slightly different rules regarding hours/breaks, etc.
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The Green Room / Re: COLLEGE GENERAL DISCUSSION: Is the traditional four year college worth it now?
« on: Jun 25, 2010, 10:19 pm »
Whether your major is History, Finance, English, Social Work, Stage Management…whatever, you’re probably not going to stick in that one field for your whole career. Even within each of those areas, there are so many different job opportunities to pursue that upon graduation I think the feeling would be more of “there are too many job choices to choose from” rather than “crap, I can only do this ONE thing for the rest of my life.” I chose to get a BFA in stage management and I would go back and do it again. I have the necessary experience to get started in a certain field but I also have knowledge of other disciplines that could help me land jobs in a completely different field if I chose to do so. Upon graduation, I feel as though my opportunities are not narrowed, but focused.
As for not going to college and just gaining outside stage management experience, I kind of think that would be more limiting than having an SM degree. In the stage management field I really think experience matters more than education to employers, but perhaps if you did want to do a career change, a degree might distinguish another candidate from you, and sometimes that little piece of paper really counts. Luckily while in school I was able to build my stage management resume but also my “normal” resume. I think it’s important to do this whether you go to school or not – any experience is good experience.
In all, it really depends on the individual. Someone can go to college and not do anything with their life while someone else who doesn’t have a college degree can really be making something of themselves.
As for not going to college and just gaining outside stage management experience, I kind of think that would be more limiting than having an SM degree. In the stage management field I really think experience matters more than education to employers, but perhaps if you did want to do a career change, a degree might distinguish another candidate from you, and sometimes that little piece of paper really counts. Luckily while in school I was able to build my stage management resume but also my “normal” resume. I think it’s important to do this whether you go to school or not – any experience is good experience.
In all, it really depends on the individual. Someone can go to college and not do anything with their life while someone else who doesn’t have a college degree can really be making something of themselves.
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Tools of the Trade / Waterproof Notebooks and Erasable Pens
« on: Aug 20, 2009, 12:08 pm »
Hey all - here are some products and love and thought I would share!
http://www.riteintherain.com
Has anyone else ever dropped a notebook in a puddle of water? It sucks. My dad is in the military and brought a bunch of these home from work. They're waterproof notebooks/pads that have a bunch of different configurations. I'm using the ones that look like moleskins. They're really well made and I love that it's waterproof! Now the condensation from my water bottle won't ruin my notes anymore. They also make loose leaf paper so that would be great for normal binder items too. Their products work with normal pencil or pen but they also sell an all-weather pen.
http://www.pilotpen.us/products/erasableink/#anchor_friXion
These are eraseable pens that actually work! I remember having really crappy ones in elementary school so I stopped using pens for years. Now my fears are gone and I can use pens and not worry about making permanent mistakes
They say the eraser part never wears down and so far so true.
http://www.riteintherain.com
Has anyone else ever dropped a notebook in a puddle of water? It sucks. My dad is in the military and brought a bunch of these home from work. They're waterproof notebooks/pads that have a bunch of different configurations. I'm using the ones that look like moleskins. They're really well made and I love that it's waterproof! Now the condensation from my water bottle won't ruin my notes anymore. They also make loose leaf paper so that would be great for normal binder items too. Their products work with normal pencil or pen but they also sell an all-weather pen.
http://www.pilotpen.us/products/erasableink/#anchor_friXion
These are eraseable pens that actually work! I remember having really crappy ones in elementary school so I stopped using pens for years. Now my fears are gone and I can use pens and not worry about making permanent mistakes
They say the eraser part never wears down and so far so true.
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Tools of the Trade / Re: New Flexbinder
« on: Aug 20, 2009, 11:32 am »
for me, the large size was able to fit 300 pages + dividers and the x-large fit 450 + dividers
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Stage Management: Other / 15 vs 30 second timings
« on: May 22, 2009, 01:37 am »
I'm about to do timings for my next opera and have read threads about doing 15 sec rather than the normal 30. What are the benefits to this? Has it become extremely handy for anyone?
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Students and Novice Stage Managers / Re: Schools
« on: Apr 24, 2009, 01:46 pm »
I'm currently a student at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music and I highly recommend it!
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