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Students and Novice Stage Managers / Harassment issue at a set build
« on: Jul 09, 2013, 12:16 am »
Hi,
I am the SM for our high school's summer theatre program and today I encountered an issue that I am not sure how to deal with. One of the rising freshman in the program left the stage during a build to get a drink and came bursting back in less than a minute later looking absolutely petrified, at first she refused to tell me why and claimed she was fine but she eventually caved and told me an ex-boyfriend of hers was out in the lobby and he claimed to have been waiting for her. I thought it was normal high school drama at first but she glued herself to me for the rest of the build and stayed in the theatre until I left which was an hour and a half after the actual build ended. On the way home she explained to me that this boy has harassed her in the past and was physically abusive while she was dating him. My first reaction was to go to the director and that is still my plan for tomorrow, however she has begged me not to and swears she will deny it. My other issue is this boy is not a member of the theatre program and therefore has no tie to our director and with school out I'm not sure what, if any, disciplinary action can be taken against him. Any help you can offer on this would be greatly appreciated.
I am the SM for our high school's summer theatre program and today I encountered an issue that I am not sure how to deal with. One of the rising freshman in the program left the stage during a build to get a drink and came bursting back in less than a minute later looking absolutely petrified, at first she refused to tell me why and claimed she was fine but she eventually caved and told me an ex-boyfriend of hers was out in the lobby and he claimed to have been waiting for her. I thought it was normal high school drama at first but she glued herself to me for the rest of the build and stayed in the theatre until I left which was an hour and a half after the actual build ended. On the way home she explained to me that this boy has harassed her in the past and was physically abusive while she was dating him. My first reaction was to go to the director and that is still my plan for tomorrow, however she has begged me not to and swears she will deny it. My other issue is this boy is not a member of the theatre program and therefore has no tie to our director and with school out I'm not sure what, if any, disciplinary action can be taken against him. Any help you can offer on this would be greatly appreciated.