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The Green Room / Re: Introducing the Unicorn Rainbow Sparkly Theatre Company!
« on: Nov 29, 2012, 01:20 pm »
Quote from: On_Headset on Nov 28, 2012, 02:36 am
The entire building uses a single central maintenance system. Instead of taping a makeshift sign to broken equipment (or, even worse, making a note and then promptly forgetting about it), a report is made to a qualified person (available at all hours when the theatre is operational) who will then either repair it themselves or arrange for it to be repaired... (etc.)

I actually work somewhere where this system is in effect. It's mindblowing. And awesome. And gives me hope.

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The Green Room / Re: Stuff people at a Shakespeare Festival say
« on: Aug 28, 2012, 11:39 am »
My roommate found it before me, and asked, "Is this really your life?"
I watched it and told her, "Pretty much."
She can't quite believe it.

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The Green Room / Re: Introducing the Unicorn Rainbow Sparkly Theatre Company!
« on: Aug 13, 2012, 11:22 am »
Quote from: On_Headset on Aug 13, 2012, 01:49 am
The printer works. Properly. The first time.

And always has enough paper, ink and toner. This goes for all printers: the one in the office, the one in the rehearsal hall and the wee baby portable one that floats between booth and backstage as needed.

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The Green Room / Re: What was the last nice thing someone did for you?
« on: Jul 19, 2012, 04:40 pm »
Not necessarily "nice for me," but amusing for any SM in the booth. Someone sneaked into the booth, and relabeled the God-mic "Loki."
Needless to say, it took me a second to find it on Monday, and then I was laughing too hard to actually use it for a minute or two.

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The Green Room / Re: Introducing the Unicorn Rainbow Sparkly Theatre Company!
« on: May 22, 2012, 01:19 pm »
Actors will never be late. In the event that this rule is broken, sub-clause b) becomes active.
Sub-clause b) states that any tardy actor will call at least half an hour before his or her call, leaving stage management time to make adjustments to the rehearsal schedule, said actor will be VERY apologetic and not at all arrogant and entitled, both on the phone and when they arrive, and will arrive with the director and stage managers favorite caffeinated beverages in hand and apology candy for the rest of the cast and crew.

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The Green Room / The Greatest Show Never Made
« on: Apr 03, 2012, 11:41 am »
Who has a premise for a show that should never ever be made? Either for subject matter, technical reasons *coughcoughspidermancoughsplutter* or just plain bad taste?

Here's mine: YouTube: The Musical

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The Green Room / Re: Things Stage Managers Say
« on: Jan 30, 2012, 11:22 am »
Quote from: NomieRae on Jan 29, 2012, 04:27 pm
"That...that is an excellent question" (For all those things cast members ask you and you can't quite give a diplomatic answer)

Mine is, "That is an excellent question for which I do not currently have an excellent answer. Let me get back to you."

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The Green Room / Re: Things Stage Managers Say
« on: Jan 29, 2012, 12:48 pm »
"Don't lick the props."

"Trying to take a cab to the theatre on New Year's Eve might not have been the best choice you've ever made. You have three minutes to be ready to go."

"I am going to murder the person who left the remains of their lunch on my prop shelf."

"What do you mean you can't find your socks?"

"What broke?"

"Is anyone hurt?"

"Thank God I don't have stage fright."

"Everyone has already confirmed for the production meeting, and you want me to reschedule it because you don't feel like coming in before noon? . . . . Fine. Give me ten minutes."

"Hold.  Restore."

Anyone mind if  try to make the S### Stage Managers Say video? I've been wanting to try out my web cam for a while.

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Stage Management: Plays & Musicals / Re: PROP: Almost, Maine Shoe
« on: Jan 19, 2012, 06:54 pm »
I'm a third voice for the string and pulley system. I did Almost, Maine about five years ago. We used a loose-pin hinge to hold our drop box closed, and then one stiff tug on a line, from the booth (probably 30' away) and the shoe fell, without a hitch, every time.

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Stage Management: Plays & Musicals / Re: WALK-ONS: How do you handle them?
« on: Jan 09, 2012, 01:37 pm »
We did the auction walk-on thing a few times at my Christmas show.  Generally, they ended up being my responsibility. They typically had two bits, one at the beginning of the show, and one at the end.
Rehearsal/costume fittings I had to wedge into my show prep time, usually at 15 minutes before half hour.  We'd walk them through their two small bits a few times, and generally had a couple of costumes that would be okay for the role, and just chose whichever one fit best.  These were throw something over your street clothes type costumes, though.
House management would make sure they were seated on an aisle, and about ten minutes before each bit, I'd radio the HM and have her go get our "guest" and bring them backstage, where a stagehand would get them prepped and then (usually) literally shove them out on stage because they couldn't remember their cue from when it was given them, half an hour ago.
They almost always fudged up the scene, but it didn't matter so much, because of the type of show it was.
For a more...precision show, this probably wouldn't work out.

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The Green Room / Stage Manager Ryan Gosling tumblr
« on: Dec 31, 2011, 07:42 pm »
This continues to crack me up. 
As does the arts admin one.

Enjoy:
http://standbyheygirl.tumblr.com/
http://ryangoslingartsadmin.tumblr.com/

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The Green Room / Re: Picture Wars!
« on: Dec 31, 2011, 01:19 pm »

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The Green Room / Re: Picture Wars!
« on: Dec 29, 2011, 09:05 am »

Mmmmmm, thankssssss for providing lunch!

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The Green Room / Re: Thread to vent about / Actors behaving badly / As haiku only
« on: Dec 08, 2011, 12:28 pm »
With two days notice
Quit, to film big commercial?
I want a present!

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The Green Room / Re: The Great SM Gift List
« on: Nov 16, 2011, 11:20 am »
I want a small thermos bottle, just big enough to carry a large cup of coffee or tea.  Sometimes a travel mug just won't cut it, because I need to be able to toss my drink of choice into my bag.

Also, for the run of my Christmas show, this year, I want a traditional Santa hat, except with black fur, instead of white.

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