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Stage Management: Plays & Musicals / RUNNING: Efficient Fight Call
« on: Jul 23, 2011, 09:15 pm »
I'm currently stage managing "Romeo and Juliet: Choose Your Own Ending" which will be in FringeNYC this August. One thing I am a little concerned about as we go through the rehearsal process is our fight call before each performance. We're allowed 15 minutes in the space, and then there is a 15 minute house. Our set is minimal and only takes about 5 minutes (if that) to set up, but the challenging aspect about our show is that depending on what the audience votes for throughout the performance, there are 8 different "tracks" that the story can take. So while there is not an extreme amount of combat in a particular performance, this results in 8 different sword fight possibilities (with different actors involved and varying choreography) in addition to several punches, stabs, slaps, and falls.
Because this is a safety concern, at the beginning of the process we asked if we could have a shorter house or be given more time, but unfortunately FringeNYC couldn't grant that request. As of now the plan is to come up with an efficient fight call list, and to have the actors get into costume before we get to the theater, to allow as much time on stage as possible.
Does anyone have any additional advice or suggestions to help make this as efficient and safe as possible? Thanks!
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Because this is a safety concern, at the beginning of the process we asked if we could have a shorter house or be given more time, but unfortunately FringeNYC couldn't grant that request. As of now the plan is to come up with an efficient fight call list, and to have the actors get into costume before we get to the theater, to allow as much time on stage as possible.
Does anyone have any additional advice or suggestions to help make this as efficient and safe as possible? Thanks!
Edit to subject line-Rebbe