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« on: Nov 15, 2005, 01:12 am »
i thought i had a great asm and she was pretty good during most of the rehearsal process, then we hit about right before tech week (when i started to need her the most) and its like a different person showed up. she became obsessed with one of the guys in the cast (which incidently is my brother). she spends most of her time now moping and being difficult to work with. she's abrasive to a number of the girls in the cast now because of their connection with him (especially when they go near him or talk to him). she rides his case with no reason and yells about disrespect (merely because he got sick of trying to explain that he doesn't want or need a relationship and started telling her to just get away from him), she won't do anything backstage that i really need her to, she refuses to get on the headset because we don't have a wireless set and she doesn't want attached to the wall, she refuses to help with presets, and i have gotten to the point where my prop mistress is running the backstage and acting as asm while i'm in the booth.
typically i work tech that i know something about before hand... at least with part of my crew, but this time i didn't get that option. i also did plan on my decent asm to be stalker-like with one of the actors. its good to know what type of a stagemanager you are... what works for you and how you work... and how others work with you and what you need. in an ideal world my asm was being trained for shows down the road, now i know that i don't know if she can handle more responsibility and she has become mre difficult to work with.
look for someone who complements your personality and for someone who you can work with. sometimes you get really lucky, like with my prop mistress, and sometimes you just have to deal.
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