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Stage Management: Other / Re: SMing on a Cruise Ship

« on: Aug 12, 2011, 05:48 pm »

Thanks for the tips so far.  I have seen the other threads, but most of what I have seen have been about how to get a job SMing on a cruise ship, not actually SMing on a cruise ship.  And yes, I do know that I will have other responsibilities onboard, I understand that I am part of the Carnival team, and that this isn't a traditional space and its more entertainment stage management rather than theatre stage management, but that is defiantly an avenue I have been wanted to open the door to.

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Stage Management: Other / SMing on a Cruise Ship

« on: Aug 08, 2011, 10:20 pm »

Hello!!

I was recently hired by Carnival Cruise Line to be the new stage manager on one of their ships, and I am just looking for tips! 

Any and all would be appreciated!  Thanks!

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Students and Novice Stage Managers / SMing Rep

« on: Mar 04, 2010, 12:53 pm »

Ok, so I just got a job SMing at a Shakespeare festival in rep this summer.  I am one of the four stage managers (one for each show) and I haven't even worked in rep like this before. 

I was just hoping to get a few pointers, on how to be one of four stage managers.  How to work with the other stage managers?  Basically anything!

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Students and Novice Stage Managers / SM Grad School? Yes or No

« on: Jul 30, 2009, 06:43 pm »

I'm going to be graduating from Texas Christian University this next year so I have been thinking about what is coming next and I have decided that I am just going to apply for everything I can and see what happens.  But when I started thinking about grad school I wasn't sure.

What do you think?  Do you think it is greatly beneficial to go to grad school for stage management?  Also, if you do, what are some schools with good programs to look into?

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Stage Management: Plays & Musicals / Re: RUNNING: "We have a 45 minute hold for the Obamas."

« on: Jul 16, 2009, 02:05 pm »

It was opening night for Our Town at my university, and I was the SM.  While pre-show music was running the sound computer turned itself off.  The sound op turned it back on quickly and started the music again thinking it was just some weird fluke.  No more than 2 minutes later the computer turns off again.  He turns it on again, and the computer does this about 4 more times.  We ended up holding for about 20 minutes while a tech person backstage ran and got another monitor from the other booth to see if that would fix the problem since Our Town is a VERY sound heavy show!  It worked, thank God, and that got us to intermission. . . when it happened all over and we had to get yet another monitor!