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The Green Room / Re: Silly things done when we're not at our best
« on: Mar 15, 2014, 11:28 pm »
I did it for the first time on a recent show - twice - and thankfully I had been taught to write between the lines....
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The Green Room / Great meme sign
« on: Mar 12, 2014, 03:25 pm »
thought this might be a fun one to share
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The Green Room / Re: Perhaps a moment of silence . . .
« on: Mar 08, 2014, 10:26 am »
We will always need brick and mortar office supply stores! I hope my Staples isn't one of the ones going......
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Stage Management: Plays & Musicals / Re: NEW WORKS: Script Changes with Colored Paper?
« on: Mar 02, 2014, 12:31 pm »
just to echo - whenever I work in theater with primarily film/tv folks, we use colored paper. When I work with theater folks, we use pagination to differentiate (4a, etc).
Bottom line: whatever makes the script easy to use. Past that, not gonna lose any sleep -
Bottom line: whatever makes the script easy to use. Past that, not gonna lose any sleep -
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The Green Room / Re: Safety on Set/Stage - Sarah Jones
« on: Feb 26, 2014, 08:01 pm »
adding to the discussion - a re-visit to the dancer whose foot was crushed during Spiderman
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/27/theater/injured-spider-man-dancer-discusses-his-lawsuit.html?ref=arts
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/27/theater/injured-spider-man-dancer-discusses-his-lawsuit.html?ref=arts
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Employment / Re: Websites
« on: Feb 17, 2014, 07:10 pm »
not disagreeing, just never needed one - so curious if this is being required or suggested by the prof.
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Employment / Re: Websites
« on: Feb 17, 2014, 03:59 pm »
You are a stage manager, not an actor. Why do you need to include a picture?
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The Hardline / Re: EMC Weeks
« on: Feb 15, 2014, 07:51 pm »
This is definitely worth a call to your AEA rep. But my gut says, if you signed a season contract, total calendar weeks rather than separate shows in each week are counted, just as a season contract covers number of weeks once through, not number of productions, for health and pension weeks. If you were hired on two or more separate contracts, this might change.
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Employment / Re: Cutting the Cord
« on: Feb 10, 2014, 12:39 am »
First of all, look up an old thread about justifying our profession to civilians like your folks - there is some good info that might be of use. I am not particularly lucid this evening. But -
Lots of young people face the same issues - how are you going to get there, how are you going to get around once there, where do you live, how will you pay for food etc. This is the time to learn, this is how you learn. Presuming you are working on becoming an adult, you can remind your folks that it is vital you start figuring out how to do these things so you can survive as an adult in the world. Our profession is all about handling details and making things work, so solving all these still-unknown issues is a great way to find out that this is the right profession for you as well as what you are capable of accomplishing on your own.
And, college is the time to experiment, to try things out, to discover what you do or don't want to do. Isn't it better (tell your parents) to do this internship now and know now; you can always get a normal job but these opportunities go away once you are no longer a college kid. This is a great experience that will either lead you onward into your career, or be a wonderful memory of your wild college days when you are settled in something far more normal, right?
Take a deep breath. It's hard for parents to see their kids as young adults, to let go of them and let them walk into their own lives. Your parents are always going to be concerned about you, your ability to make it on your own, your happiness, right? And ours is a challenging, itinerant profession without any guarantees, so their worry is justified. But if it makes you happy, they will see that. And if you can introduce them to working SMs who are making a living, that might calm their nerves as well.
And - I should add - my dad never ever "got" tech week and why I wasn't available at certain times to drop everything and call or visit, in spite of my earning my living as a stage manager for some 40 years now.
Lots of young people face the same issues - how are you going to get there, how are you going to get around once there, where do you live, how will you pay for food etc. This is the time to learn, this is how you learn. Presuming you are working on becoming an adult, you can remind your folks that it is vital you start figuring out how to do these things so you can survive as an adult in the world. Our profession is all about handling details and making things work, so solving all these still-unknown issues is a great way to find out that this is the right profession for you as well as what you are capable of accomplishing on your own.
And, college is the time to experiment, to try things out, to discover what you do or don't want to do. Isn't it better (tell your parents) to do this internship now and know now; you can always get a normal job but these opportunities go away once you are no longer a college kid. This is a great experience that will either lead you onward into your career, or be a wonderful memory of your wild college days when you are settled in something far more normal, right?
Take a deep breath. It's hard for parents to see their kids as young adults, to let go of them and let them walk into their own lives. Your parents are always going to be concerned about you, your ability to make it on your own, your happiness, right? And ours is a challenging, itinerant profession without any guarantees, so their worry is justified. But if it makes you happy, they will see that. And if you can introduce them to working SMs who are making a living, that might calm their nerves as well.
And - I should add - my dad never ever "got" tech week and why I wasn't available at certain times to drop everything and call or visit, in spite of my earning my living as a stage manager for some 40 years now.
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Employment / Re: Touring as a Married Couple
« on: Feb 09, 2014, 05:25 pm »
I've observed locally on three or four tours where couples travelled together. Interesting to note, the only one with a female PSM had a non-theater hubby who came along with the dog cuz this is someone with major cred and years of touring behind her. The others were carps/technicians who brought wives, and those women found ways to be useful. In all cases, when a PA position opened up they got it, and when I met them each were the back-up or 2nd ASM on their tours.
In other words, always in different departments so they didn't report to each other, and usually the guy being the touring ME or carp or prop master or whatever.
Not that it means anything in your case, just interesting to note -
In other words, always in different departments so they didn't report to each other, and usually the guy being the touring ME or carp or prop master or whatever.
Not that it means anything in your case, just interesting to note -
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Stage Management: Plays & Musicals / Re: REPORTS: Including break times in report?
« on: Feb 06, 2014, 09:41 pm »
(Matthew - yes, that too)
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Stage Management: Plays & Musicals / Re: REPORTS: Including break times in report?
« on: Feb 06, 2014, 08:59 pm »
I rarely include break times - only when there is abuse happening and I need to document it. One reason is that we rarely get to break at exactly 55 or 80, because sometimes the actors are finishing a scene, sometimes the director is finishing a thought, etc. And certainly on a long show or a one-act 80 or 90 minute piece, there is no break during a run.
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The Hardline / Re: AEA: E-Cigarettes
« on: Jan 25, 2014, 11:33 am »
Interesting, cuz I recently did a show in LA with e-cigarettes and AEA had no issues with the one we used - which looked like a real cig and had lite (water) smoke too. No idea the brand, but I know for sure it was NOT the one you used.
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The Green Room / Re: video interview posted
« on: Jan 24, 2014, 03:12 am »
...and you photograph very well. Nice shot!
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Students and Novice Stage Managers / Re: How do you write a "Production Concept"?
« on: Jan 23, 2014, 01:51 pm »
My thought would be to to write down how you would accomplish the play including all technical aspects, from what the challenges would be to any creative ideas you might have about manifesting it. Beyond that, I feel like I am doing your work for you and it wouldn't be your concept or project.