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Students and Novice Stage Managers / Re: Student SM Challenge #8: Running Late
« on: Nov 12, 2009, 12:12 am »
I'm that kind of person who burns his hand before he learns the oven is hot. I was late for one rehearsal and it was a disaster. To combat the issue of lateness my only solution was to show up 90 minutes before rehearsal began as opposed to the normal 60. That way if I was running late, I had those 30 min of spare time to fix the issue and still nothing would go wrong.
The only other solution is to tell your ASM to start the rehearsal with or without you and call them to forewarn them when it actually happens. As long as your ASM is as up to date as you are it shouldn't be too impossible.
If I didn't have an ASM my only other thought is to call the nearest SM or SMlike person in the vicinity of the rehearsal hall/theater to snatch up my prompt book from wherever I'm storing it and stand in for me, this could be the director or one of the actors. If no one answers their phone, there's nothing left to do but get there as soon as you can, and keep calling people, letting them know where you are...That and apologize 'till your blue in the face to your superior
The only other solution is to tell your ASM to start the rehearsal with or without you and call them to forewarn them when it actually happens. As long as your ASM is as up to date as you are it shouldn't be too impossible.
If I didn't have an ASM my only other thought is to call the nearest SM or SMlike person in the vicinity of the rehearsal hall/theater to snatch up my prompt book from wherever I'm storing it and stand in for me, this could be the director or one of the actors. If no one answers their phone, there's nothing left to do but get there as soon as you can, and keep calling people, letting them know where you are...That and apologize 'till your blue in the face to your superior