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Stage Management: Plays & Musicals / CALLING: Visual Cues--Who's Responsible?

« on: Jan 15, 2008, 10:21 am »

I just started working the sound board for a small community theater.  My husband is working the light board and has done this in one other, even smaller theater.  At that theater, he executed the visual light cues without the SM giving him the GO.  But in our current location, the SM insists on giving the cue.  The problem is that the SM is always late giving the cue.  Then the SM gets upset because the light didn't go one when it was supposed to.  It's a no-win situation.  My question is:  Is there a standard for who is in charge of visual cues or is it a case-by-case thing?  Thanks!