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The Green Room / Re: Poll: Main Factor for Making it In This Business
« on: Nov 18, 2013, 05:24 pm »
I think "making it" as define as making a living and working at the level you want to be working.
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The Green Room / Poll: Main Factor for Making it In This Business
« on: Nov 18, 2013, 03:14 am »
This came in discussion with a friend as I was driving to Philly last night . . . wanted people to weigh in.
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The Green Room / RECENT OR CURRENT CMU STUDENTS
« on: Nov 16, 2013, 10:30 am »
I would love to chat with current or recent CMU theater students.
PM Me.
PM Me.
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Students and Novice Stage Managers / Re: Can you earn a living? (2013 Research Data)
« on: Nov 15, 2013, 05:29 pm »
It's all about getting those 20 weeks . . . I know people working for less the unemployment to get those health care weeks.
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Students and Novice Stage Managers / Re: Should I go back to school?
« on: Nov 11, 2013, 11:37 pm »
Then I think you should explore the option to go back to school.
I remember shadowing on Broadway, and one of the SM's who called the show was looking to go back to school to get their degree - since they were done with stage management - and he didn't have a degree to move forward down his intended career path. He had only every stage managed one show in his life, and it was on Broadway. It's weird.
School is good - helps open new possible options.
I remember shadowing on Broadway, and one of the SM's who called the show was looking to go back to school to get their degree - since they were done with stage management - and he didn't have a degree to move forward down his intended career path. He had only every stage managed one show in his life, and it was on Broadway. It's weird.
School is good - helps open new possible options.
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Students and Novice Stage Managers / Re: Should I go back to school?
« on: Nov 11, 2013, 04:00 pm »
I discourage going to school for a specific job - a college education is about much more then learning how to stage manage - you are going to get a rounded education that is going to make you a better person more so then a better stage manager. It also should be opening your eyes to new things, new opportunities, and challenging yourself to grow.
Just remember that, although you may think you want to be a stage manager now, you mind find out later that you want to do other things with your life, and some of those things may be helped if you have a degree under your belt - how many jobs require a college degree - or perhaps an advance degree. It will be much harder, perhaps, to go back to school later in your life.
I would always push for an undergraduate degree (I am more hesitant to blanket endorse a graduate degree without knowing more about a person.) Mostly, because I have said before, a lot of people who think they want to stage manage at a younger age may find as they mature and the requirements of the job further down the career path grow - may find they are not as good as a fit as they thought.
Just remember that, although you may think you want to be a stage manager now, you mind find out later that you want to do other things with your life, and some of those things may be helped if you have a degree under your belt - how many jobs require a college degree - or perhaps an advance degree. It will be much harder, perhaps, to go back to school later in your life.
I would always push for an undergraduate degree (I am more hesitant to blanket endorse a graduate degree without knowing more about a person.) Mostly, because I have said before, a lot of people who think they want to stage manage at a younger age may find as they mature and the requirements of the job further down the career path grow - may find they are not as good as a fit as they thought.
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The Green Room / Re: Stage Managers have legs?!
« on: Nov 06, 2013, 03:42 pm »
Here's the thing to think about . . . if what you wear is causing such commotion, then perhaps that is the note to yourself it might not be appropriate . . . weather be pants, boots, skirts, low cut items, sweets, etc . . .
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Employment / Re: Advice or moving cross country to stage manage
« on: Nov 01, 2013, 11:09 pm »
I think in the larger markets, it maybe especially hard to line up a job from out of town - but you need to do your research.
You wouldn't open a restaurant in a city you have never lived in before - or at least do a lot of market research. How does you skill set match the people out there already? Is there enough paying work to keep you working? Is there enough work to interest you? The kind of work you want to do? Is the life you will be living there worth it? Is there enough high paying work to keep you there?
I used to tell people - hey, don't move to New York unless you have a job lined up - but to be honest, it's almost impossible to get a job here without living here. On the flip side . . . there is a lot of work here. And there is no city like New York where it's almost hip to be poor - you can get by on a little here - the whole city is set up so you can have a room mates, you don't need a car, you can eat pizza for a dollar a slice.
It's a huge, huge gamble going into this business - no matter where you go. And there is so much dumb luck involved in the business. Moving across country or staying put - either path could lead to happiness and success . . .
You wouldn't open a restaurant in a city you have never lived in before - or at least do a lot of market research. How does you skill set match the people out there already? Is there enough paying work to keep you working? Is there enough work to interest you? The kind of work you want to do? Is the life you will be living there worth it? Is there enough high paying work to keep you there?
I used to tell people - hey, don't move to New York unless you have a job lined up - but to be honest, it's almost impossible to get a job here without living here. On the flip side . . . there is a lot of work here. And there is no city like New York where it's almost hip to be poor - you can get by on a little here - the whole city is set up so you can have a room mates, you don't need a car, you can eat pizza for a dollar a slice.
It's a huge, huge gamble going into this business - no matter where you go. And there is so much dumb luck involved in the business. Moving across country or staying put - either path could lead to happiness and success . . .
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The Hardline / Re: Half Hour Call
« on: Nov 01, 2013, 11:02 pm »
Well, there is a hard and fast rule in the contracts about this . . .
In reality, the 30-minute call is the customary call. We already have accepted examples of calling an actor in earlier (for a fight call) or later (some SMs will call an Act 2 actor at Curtain for example). There are rules about adding rehearsal hours prior to the half-hour call.
In the case of the LORT contract, I have had it handled in different ways, depending on the reason, the rep, and how it was presented to the actor . . .
1) As long as the breaks prior to the show call, and the time worked didn't extend passed the 3.5 hours for the show - we were fine.
2) I have the time taken from the available rehearsal hours that week. So if an actor was called 15 minutes early for 8 shows, which adds up to 2 hours, I was able to rehearse that actor 8 hours instead of ten (or 18 instead of 20 if they were continuing on to another show).
3) It was paid as overtime.
The real answer for a stage manager is if they think an actor is going to be called prior to half-hour, they need to discuss it with general management, and eventually figure out on their contract how the union would address it.
But, an actor should have to work longer because, for an example, a producer doesn't have enough people to put on wigs.
In reality, the 30-minute call is the customary call. We already have accepted examples of calling an actor in earlier (for a fight call) or later (some SMs will call an Act 2 actor at Curtain for example). There are rules about adding rehearsal hours prior to the half-hour call.
In the case of the LORT contract, I have had it handled in different ways, depending on the reason, the rep, and how it was presented to the actor . . .
1) As long as the breaks prior to the show call, and the time worked didn't extend passed the 3.5 hours for the show - we were fine.
2) I have the time taken from the available rehearsal hours that week. So if an actor was called 15 minutes early for 8 shows, which adds up to 2 hours, I was able to rehearse that actor 8 hours instead of ten (or 18 instead of 20 if they were continuing on to another show).
3) It was paid as overtime.
The real answer for a stage manager is if they think an actor is going to be called prior to half-hour, they need to discuss it with general management, and eventually figure out on their contract how the union would address it.
But, an actor should have to work longer because, for an example, a producer doesn't have enough people to put on wigs.
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Introductions / Re: Reinvigorated Stage Manager
« on: Oct 29, 2013, 08:05 pm »
Welcome, welcome, welcome
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Introductions / Re: Greetings to all!
« on: Oct 27, 2013, 12:01 am »
Welcome aboard! Nice to see you around the board.
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Introductions / Re: Hello!
« on: Oct 25, 2013, 07:55 pm »
Welcome!
Where are you going to grad school at?
Where are you going to grad school at?
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The Hardline / Re: How to SM Workshop - For AEA Members?
« on: Oct 24, 2013, 08:54 am »For my AEA brothers and sisters -
Do you agree or disagree with this statement, "Any AEA member can and should be able to SM just as any SM can walk onstage and be an actor." Why?
I think that any AEA Actor could "Act" like a stage manager. And I think most AEA SM's could walk on stage and try to be an actor. But, I think it's terribly belittling to both the art of acting and stage management to think that either one could switch. Maybe can do the tasks but they may not excel at it.
Although I think an introduction to stage management workshop would be interesting - to explain to actors what a stage manager actually does in the AEA world - since the job is quite different then the world of college stage management, where many actors may have had their last brush of stage management.