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Students and Novice Stage Managers / Cruise Ships questions...for thesis...
« on: Apr 18, 2009, 04:48 pm »
Hello everyone, I'm new here, I will be graduating this year with a BFA in Stage Management...and well I was hoping I could get some help for a thesis I'm writing. If anyone who has worked for Disney, RCCL, NCL or Carnival Cruise Ships, could answer a few questions I would be so grateful. I have researched through the site and found some answers but every company is different. So if you feel like you answered one of the questions somewhere, you did and I have the info but Im just putting it up for others. The questions are below. Thank you for your time!!
A: What is the background of most cruise ship SMs?
B: What are the requirements to be a SM onboard the ship?
C: Lifestyle?
D: Must you work your way up or can you be freshly hired as an SM?
E: How long is the contract for? (I know disney and RCCL from reading here)
F: How many months on land do you rehearse?
What is it like once you are onboard?
G: What are the responsibilities of the SM?
What sort of paper work do they do?
H: Any other interesting facts, you can tell me about?
I: How many productions does the SM prep for? Or work on?
J: How long does a production last on board a ship?
K: If the show is a show that will run longer than your contract, could you A) possibly get another contract to continue working on it? B) You end up training someone to run the show?
L: What’s the guarantee that…let’s say you have a contract it ends you take off a few months and decide to return, that you will end on the same ship?
M: what are the benefits or advantages and disadvantages of working on a cruise ship?
Edit: this post has been approved. --PSMK
A: What is the background of most cruise ship SMs?
B: What are the requirements to be a SM onboard the ship?
C: Lifestyle?
D: Must you work your way up or can you be freshly hired as an SM?
E: How long is the contract for? (I know disney and RCCL from reading here)
F: How many months on land do you rehearse?
What is it like once you are onboard?
G: What are the responsibilities of the SM?
What sort of paper work do they do?
H: Any other interesting facts, you can tell me about?
I: How many productions does the SM prep for? Or work on?
J: How long does a production last on board a ship?
K: If the show is a show that will run longer than your contract, could you A) possibly get another contract to continue working on it? B) You end up training someone to run the show?
L: What’s the guarantee that…let’s say you have a contract it ends you take off a few months and decide to return, that you will end on the same ship?
M: what are the benefits or advantages and disadvantages of working on a cruise ship?
Edit: this post has been approved. --PSMK