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Stage Management: Other / Re: Opera rehearsals to Opera on stage

« on: Aug 18, 2009, 04:56 am »

Best link I could find:
http://rivercourt.users.btopenworld.com/projects.html

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Students and Novice Stage Managers / Re: What I did over my summer vacation...

« on: Aug 13, 2009, 02:59 am »

I'm originally from Houston! Great theaters. Where are you interning?

The Alley Theatre, downtown. Our current show is Sherlock Holmes and the Crucifer of Blood.

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College and Graduate Studies / Re: i need free books about Stage Management

« on: Jun 13, 2009, 07:45 pm »

Have you tried a library? See if they have a theatre section. There should be some general books on theatre, stage management, or the history of theatre which should be useful for you.

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Students and Novice Stage Managers / Re: What I did over my summer vacation...

« on: Jun 10, 2009, 07:19 pm »

I'm a stage management intern in Houston, Texas. It'll be my first professional show after being involved with an all student-run troupe for the past four years, so I'm a little apprehensive, but also excited to learn.

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The Green Room / Re: How do you keep in shape?

« on: Jun 04, 2009, 02:20 am »

I have, over the past year, totally redone my health - I have lost about 165 pounds, work out twice a week, cut out all meat form my diet (although I do dabble in fish on occasion) - and really have taken control over my life.

That, sir, is a commendable accomplishment and deserves a hearty round of congratulations!

Best wishes on quitting smoking.

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Tools of the Trade / Re: Google Docs?

« on: May 13, 2009, 09:01 am »

Wow, it had never occurred to me to apply a CVS or version repository for collaborative editing of office documents.

It works fine for collaborative editing, but not so well for concurrent editing. Since Word/Excel files are more than just text, there are issues merging together the concurrent changes of multiple users. However, I tend to do 90% of the editing myself...

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Tools of the Trade / Re: Google Docs?

« on: May 13, 2009, 12:53 am »

Well, you need a persistent Internet connection to use Google Docs. (Google Gears can help, though) At my university, this wasn't a problem. We also used Google Calendar to host calendars for cast/crew/production. After the show closed, the cast told me that they really liked being able to see the latest calendar from anywhere.

Personally, I don't like trusting my data to a third party like Google. Call me paranoid and send some tin foil.

I prefer to use a combination of local programs (Word, Excel, TextEdit, &c.) and a Subversion repository to share documents and keep track of older versions. I do work with a lot of very computer-savy people, so the steep learning curve of Subversion hasn't been a problem.