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« on: Aug 16, 2015, 08:26 pm »
On the whole, I would think of whatever you submit as "representative" of your style and experience so far. Your plan to do a one-page excerpt is right on the money, and the materials you listed sound good to me. I don't know that you need that many blocking pages- I would stick to a handful of pages. Do you have a few pages of a calling script you could include? Have you ASMed before? If so, do you have any paperwork you could include from that production?
For a resume, I would definitely include your crew positions/other work with props and scenery. It will show that you are well-rounded and have a strong interest in theatre. I would also include any of your other high school activities (clubs, awards, etc) in a separate section- it will tell them more about you as a person. Once you have all of your theatrical experience down, if it's still looking sparse, I don't think it would be out of line to include a short summary of your responsibilities. No need to cram the page full- a clean, well-organized resume that highlights your experience will speak for yourself.
Once you have more experience, in college and beyond, you can remove the summaries, but in high school I think it's appropriate, especially since "stage manager" at one school can have a variety of different responsibilities. (Where I went to high school, the board ops took their own cues- the SM didn't "call" the show. I was often the "student director", which was like a combination of SM and assistant director.)
Check out the Resume Browser on the front page of this forum- it has a lot of examples of different formats that you could use. Best of luck!
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