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Stage Management: Plays & Musicals / Re: Henry IV, Part I

« on: Nov 30, 2007, 01:40 pm »

Awesome, you've just reaffirmed my suspicions.  Thanks! 

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Stage Management: Other / Re: Running lights from front of house?

« on: Nov 26, 2007, 10:42 am »

Although, it greatly depend on the venue, I think it makes most sense to run lights/sound from FOH.  In high school, we had a tech table at the back of the house.  Now that I'm in college, (we have a black box), there is a booth at the back of the house (at the top of the stadium seating) with enough space for the stage managers and the board ops.  There is a space right next to the booth outside of it for the sound op, so he can hear.  We just ran a really technically complex show from that booth, running lights, sound, and video all from the booth area.

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Stage Management: Plays & Musicals / SHOWS: Henry IV, Part I

« on: Nov 26, 2007, 10:10 am »

Anyone SMed Henry IV, I before?  I found out yesterday that I'll be SMing my College's production of this show.  I'm Just looking to troubleshoot and catch any potential disasters or difficulties in production before we start rehearsals.  I'm aware that stage combat is present and will need to be carefully monitored and rehearsed, but anyone who could offer other advice from this or similar productions would be of great help.  I know that there is a thread about Shakespeare somewhere on here, but I'm more interested in specifics.
Thanks.

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Stage Management: Plays & Musicals / Re: The Pillowman

« on: Nov 11, 2007, 11:38 am »

Not to change the subject, but.....
Although I've never seen The Pillowman, my university did The Beauty Queen of Leenane, this semester.  It's written by the same playwright (Martin McDonagh) as The Pillowman.  It is also darkly comedic.  Anyone else experience Beauty Queen.  It's really a killer piece, you should look into it if you haven't seen it.

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Stage Management: Plays & Musicals / Re: Spiking on crazy floor treatment.

« on: Oct 22, 2007, 01:32 am »

Thanks guys for your help.  We figured out a solution that the scenic designer could live with.  We are spiking the border of the deck (so as to create a grid effect), which is based off of the lighting focus areas.  This seems to be enough for the actors to set the scenery (which is nothing more than wooden crates, due to the stylistic nature of the show).  It works because the border has no floor treatment.

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Stage Management: Plays & Musicals / SCENERY: The spike tape thread of DOOM

« on: Oct 16, 2007, 04:09 pm »

I'm currently working on a. original production that takes place in Iraq (centering around the war)....our floor treatment is made to look like a dessert.  It's a burlap kind of material with those little tiny styrofoam ball/peanut things glued/painted on top.  It's a real mess, but it looks great.  The problem is....we don't know how we're going to get spikes to stick, because not only is it an painted and treated with stuff that is not tape-friendly, it's uneven (kind of 3D, what with the stuff glued on top).  So, I guess my question is....is there any alternative to spike tape that might function the same way, but work a little better in this situation?

Thanks.

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Stage Management: Plays & Musicals / Re: Calling Lines After Last Day to Call

« on: Apr 30, 2007, 11:39 pm »

Since the last day to call for Line is usually pretty far into the rehearsal process, it SHOULD be to the point where actors are starting to attempt covers or ways to prompt each other.  BUT, in the interest of the rehearsal process I believe that it IS correct to give the line when prompted.  Not only does it keep the rehearsal moving, it isn't fair to the other actors if you break the moment by refusing to give a line and making a scene.

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The Green Room / Re: Things You'll Never Hear a Stage Manager Say

« on: Apr 10, 2007, 04:34 pm »

"No need for you to call 'LINE'...just stand there staring blankly at me until I finally realize what you want."