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Employment / Re: temporary jobs between gigs

« on: Jan 05, 2011, 06:35 pm »

At the moment, I'm substituting at a local elementary school. But I live in rural central Maine without a car, so my options are very limited.

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The Green Room / Re: Suffering from what I call "theatredox"

« on: Jan 05, 2011, 05:40 pm »

I'm going through that right now and it's starting to drive me crazy. I'm about to start ripping through the house and cleaning everything. I'm signed up as a substitute teacher at the local elementary school, so that gives me something to do every now and then. Subbing helps, but it can be frustrating at the same time. As a sub I just don't have enough control to make me happy. I've started looking into getting a position on a cruise ship in the entertainment department. I don't feel as if I have enough experience to SM for six months, but a position as an ASM or something similar would be great. I knew I would miss SMing in between shows, but I didn't realize it would be this bad. I find myself spending time making lists of things I want for my next show (office supplies, kit supplies, forms, etc). I had no idea when I started SMing how much I would love it and miss it.

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Students and Novice Stage Managers / Re: Blocking Script vs Calling Script

« on: Jan 05, 2011, 05:29 pm »

I recently SM'd for the first time. Luckily I had as an ASM a good friend of mine who had experience SMing. Due to the tech-heavy nature of the show and the multiple safety concerns backstage, it turned out that I needed her to call the show while I ran things backstage. I had my script with all the blocking notes and at paper tech she created her own calling script. I made sure that she had all the information she needed from the various departments (including my own blocking script). Had circumstances been different, I still would have created a separate calling script.