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Introductions / Glad to meet you!
« on: Jun 26, 2014, 05:10 pm »
Hello, smnetwork!
I just found this board by furiously searching Google to make sure I'm not messing up my new, stage management specific, resume. I love it already!
A little about myself is called for, I guess. I've spent the past two years studying at the University of Pennsylvania and now I've decided to take a year away. In that year, I want to take what I've learned from my theater experience at school and find jobs/internships in theater and, hopefully, stage managing. But, to be honest, I'll take what I can get.
I'm excited to peruse the forums and learn and contribute what I can! Now, a funny tale.
I'm not sure how funny this is without the visual, but I was stage managing a production of Assassins and it was the first time I didn't have a co-SM with me. I had a freshman assistant, who I loved, but she was new to the backstage areas of SMing, having only called shows before. Our only headset communication required her to be tethered to a wall backstage, so she was rarely on it, and I can be the tiniest bit of a control freak, so I was constantly running back to check on her. Also important is that our theater's seating was raked. Our show opened Thursday, and Tuesday I had a bit of an accident where I tripped on some stairs and couldn't walk. (Do you see where this is going?) I almost waited to see a doctor because I couldn't get an appointment before rehearsal started. But I went in and they wrapped my foot up and put me on crutches. I had just enough time to copy the drummer's score and oversee the movement of the drums from their storage space to our building before rehearsal started. I really planned to just stay in my box with the God mic and not move. But people downstairs needed me. And my crutches just slowed me down. So I spent the next three days hopping up and down the stairs as fast as I could with either my Tech Director, ASM, or boyfriend trailing behind me waving my crutches and trying to get me to use them. At least I'd worked on a convincing limp by opening night so I didn't embarrass myself in front of audience members!
I just found this board by furiously searching Google to make sure I'm not messing up my new, stage management specific, resume. I love it already!
A little about myself is called for, I guess. I've spent the past two years studying at the University of Pennsylvania and now I've decided to take a year away. In that year, I want to take what I've learned from my theater experience at school and find jobs/internships in theater and, hopefully, stage managing. But, to be honest, I'll take what I can get.
I'm excited to peruse the forums and learn and contribute what I can! Now, a funny tale.
I'm not sure how funny this is without the visual, but I was stage managing a production of Assassins and it was the first time I didn't have a co-SM with me. I had a freshman assistant, who I loved, but she was new to the backstage areas of SMing, having only called shows before. Our only headset communication required her to be tethered to a wall backstage, so she was rarely on it, and I can be the tiniest bit of a control freak, so I was constantly running back to check on her. Also important is that our theater's seating was raked. Our show opened Thursday, and Tuesday I had a bit of an accident where I tripped on some stairs and couldn't walk. (Do you see where this is going?) I almost waited to see a doctor because I couldn't get an appointment before rehearsal started. But I went in and they wrapped my foot up and put me on crutches. I had just enough time to copy the drummer's score and oversee the movement of the drums from their storage space to our building before rehearsal started. I really planned to just stay in my box with the God mic and not move. But people downstairs needed me. And my crutches just slowed me down. So I spent the next three days hopping up and down the stairs as fast as I could with either my Tech Director, ASM, or boyfriend trailing behind me waving my crutches and trying to get me to use them. At least I'd worked on a convincing limp by opening night so I didn't embarrass myself in front of audience members!