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The Green Room / Re: Trivia Tournament III - 2.0.11

« on: Sep 03, 2011, 06:29 pm »

Holy cow!  How did it get to be September already?  Here are the winners for August:

1. ruthny (280 points, 6 wins)
2. Lizzie (251 points, 9 wins)
3. loebtmc (246 points, 1 wins)
4. rvhead (207 points, 0 wins)
5. ewharton (205 points, 3 wins)
6. maribethc (202 points, 0 wins)
7. ScooterSM (171 points, 2 wins)
8. stagebear (158 points, 1 wins)
9. scott (139 points, 5 wins)
10. yomanda (132 points, 1 wins)

ewharton will pick categories for September.  Look for a PM with categories to chose from... :-)
Post Merge: Sep 04, 2011, 11:10 pmAnd the categories are:

Sunday -History 3
Monday - Mixed Bag
Tuesday - World General 1
Wednesday - Science & Tech 2
Thursday - Religion 2
Friday - Hobbies
Saturday - People 2

Enjoy!!

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Tools of the Trade / Re: Looking for testers for a new iPhone SM app

« on: Aug 23, 2011, 05:03 pm »

You can send a private message.  If you look on the left under my name there is a blue bubble you can click on.  You can also click on My Messages on the top of the page.
Post Merge: Aug 24, 2011, 04:56 pmThank you all for the amazing response!!!  We have all of the testers we can handle for now, but will post again in the future for the next round. 

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Tools of the Trade / Looking for testers for a new iPhone SM app

« on: Aug 22, 2011, 10:07 pm »

Hi everyone-

My fabulous significant other has created a new stage management app for the iPhone platform, and is looking for testers.  It is geared towards data management (contact info, scene charts, props lists, etc).  He is looking for people with the following:

-has iPhone, iPod, or iPad running IOS 4
-willing to use the app for at least one show worth of data
-willing to write notes/comments on how they would improve the app or bugs or what they like

You would get:
-a Beta version of the app
-a free copy of the finalized version when it is released ($9.99 estimated value)
-our unending thanks and admiration

If you are interested, please PM me with a email address that he can use to send you the beta version.

Thank you!!

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The Green Room / Re: You know you're in tech when....

« on: Aug 05, 2011, 10:34 pm »

When you walk outside on the dinner break, and you are shocked that the sun is out, since you haven't seen it for days...

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The Green Room / Re: Trivia Tournament III - 2.0.11

« on: Aug 04, 2011, 12:05 pm »

And the winners for July are:

1. ruthny (328 points, 6 wins)
2. loebtmc (278 points, 2 wins)
3. bex (269 points, 1 wins)
4. Lizzie (268 points, 3 wins)
5. rvhead (253 points, 2 wins)
6. matthewshiner (234 points, 9 wins)
7. stagebear (213 points, 1 wins)
8. ewharton (206 points, 1 wins)
9. maribethc (195 points, 0 wins)
10. samazon (185 points, 2 wins)

We had an all time high of 30 people play this month!!

Lizzie will pick categories for August.  Look for a PM with categories to choose from. :-)
Post Merge: Aug 04, 2011, 11:20 pmAnd the categories for August are:

Sun - animals
Mon - history 2
Tues - literature 1
Wed - religion 1
Thurs - science & tech 2
Fri - world UK
Sat - general knowledge 3

Enjoy all!!

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Stage Management: Other / Re: Prepping for a show with No Ground Plan

« on: Jul 14, 2011, 11:07 am »

There's a part of me that wonders - WWMD? (What would Matthew Shiner Do?)

I love this idea!!

In addition to everything that loebtmc said, a few more ideas...
1) you may want to have the director consider whether it is a type of show that the actors could be part of the environment, ie could catering set up an extra table that the actors would be seated at, and then they could step up to the performance area when they hear the cue.
2) is it possible for you to go to the venue to do a walk through?  That would give you a sense of what the space looks like and you could measure areas that would be used for performance.  It will never be as structured as a traditional show tape-out, but would tell you if you have 100 sq ft or 1000 sq feet, and if it is a square or a circle.
3) Definitely breath and go with the flow.  For all of their high maintenance-ness, actors are surprisingly flexible, and will fill the space they have.  And it is the rare actor who tries to walk through a hedge because "it wasn't there in rehearsal..."
4) Is it possible to rehearse in some sort of similar situation?  It may involve a bit of guerrilla theatre, but if you have a seen that takes place in a crowd, can you go to a bus station or big restaurant (with site management approval), and do a trial run of working around people or tables?

Let us know how it goes! :-)

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The Green Room / Re: Missing AEA Actor

« on: Jul 13, 2011, 02:10 pm »

Apparently Mr. Street has been found, safe and sound...

http://blogs.denverpost.com/runninglines/2011/07/13/police-determine-missing-actor-lawrence-street-is-safe/3272/

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The Green Room / Re: Trivia Tournament III - 2.0.11

« on: Jul 11, 2011, 07:56 am »

Here are the (belated) categories for July!  I apologize for the delay... :-)

Mon - geography 2
Tues - history 2
Wed - literature 1
Thurs - theatre
Fri - music 1
Sat - general knowledge 3
Sun -animals

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The Green Room / Re: Trivia Tournament III - 2.0.11

« on: Jul 04, 2011, 12:26 am »

And the winners for July are...

1. ruthny (331 points, 13 wins)
2. Lizzie (322 points, 3 wins)
3. rvhead (279 points, 1 wins)
4. loebtmc (255 points, 1 wins)
5. scott (242 points, 3 wins)
6. stagebear (209 points, 2 wins)
7. bex (202 points, 1 wins)
8. ScooterSM (190 points, 1 wins)
9. ewharton (189 points, 1 wins)
10. maribethc (186 points, 0 wins)

bex will pick categories for July.  Look for a PM with choices.

Thanks!

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The Green Room / Re: TEAM BUILDING - Part One - The Assistant

« on: Jun 17, 2011, 11:32 am »

In addition to all of the great suggestions above, I also look for someone who has strengths that I don't.  Since being an SM and an ASM are very different jobs, I try to work with people who are strong ASMs, and not just biding their time until they can step up and be the SM.  For example, my current (awesome!) assistant is really good with the small details of props tracking and paperwork, and I am better with the big picture and people management.  It makes us a more well rounded team and better serves the shows.
The longer I work with someone the better team we are.  We learn the other person's strengths and weakness, and can better tell when the other person is having a bad day and can pick up the slack.

I do LOVE the idea of cool costumes and awesome nicknames!!

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The Green Room / Re: Trivia Tournament III - 2.0.11

« on: Jun 02, 2011, 12:48 pm »

Winners for May are:

1. Lizzie (304 points, 10 wins)
2. ruthny (299 points, 5 wins)
3. rvhead (275 points, 2 wins)
4. loebtmc (259 points, 3 wins)
5. ScooterSM (245 points, 2 wins)
6. stagebear (216 points, 2 wins)
7. matthewshiner (175 points, 3 wins)
8. MarcieA (167 points, 1 wins)
9. lsears (160 points, 0 wins)
10. tdsmith (140 points, 0 wins)

MatthewShiner will pick categories for June.  Look for a PM with choices...

Congrats all!

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The Green Room / Re: Who are we, anyway...?

« on: May 27, 2011, 12:21 pm »

if "creativity" implies wacky schemes

I would be the first to claim there should be no schemes in stage management, wacky or otherwise.

Isn't that a large part of what we do though?  Make sure that other people's wacky schemes can happen and not kill anyone?

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Tools of the Trade / Re: Spike marks on peat/bark floor?

« on: May 21, 2011, 04:37 pm »

What about some sort of foam rod/tube that could be set into the bark or attached to the floor underneath, but would still be actor safe if they fell on it?  I am  not sure if they are available in Ireland, but some of the products made by Nerf (the darts in particular) are similar to what I was thinking.  They could be painted to blend with the floor treatment but be enough different that they could still be found.

Keep us updated on what you find that works!

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The Green Room / Re: Trivia Tournament III - 2.0.11

« on: May 10, 2011, 05:19 pm »

Yeah, I usually consider myself an educated person, but days like that (or any time it is theatre) make me feel pretty dumb... :-)

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The Green Room / Re: Trivia Tournament III - 2.0.11

« on: May 04, 2011, 04:47 pm »

All I can say about today is "ouch"...  The theatre category will be the death of me... :-)