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The Green Room / Re: Signs You're a SM

« on: Jun 05, 2014, 03:53 pm »

You'll enjoy a previous thread titled Stage Managing Your Life - http://smnetwork.org/forum/the-green-room/stage-managing-your-life/msg34169/#msg34169.

Always remember: you are not alone. 

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The Green Room / Re: Actor fired after confronting heckler

« on: Jun 04, 2014, 03:49 pm »

There are many articles out today about this incident, LA Times, The Wrap, Playbill - here's the one I plan on sharing with students in the fall, since it asks what can theater managers do to prevent things like this:

http://www.hesherman.com/2014/06/03/when-the-audience-bellows-louder-than-big-daddy/

Excellent article. Sums it up quite well. If anything comes of this hopefully it will be that other theaters will take note on what to do should the same happen to them.

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The Green Room / Re: Actor fired after confronting heckler

« on: Jun 04, 2014, 09:57 am »

Because the actor actually touched the patron...unfortunately I have to side with his firing. If the heckling was going on for any length of time, I wonder where house management was to step in quickly and escort him from the audience.

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Employment / Re: Applying for AEA Positions W/O Being AEA

« on: May 25, 2014, 01:02 pm »

Thank you for asking (and thank you to those that answered), because I've wondered the same thing!

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The Green Room / ARTICLE: The Big Wigs of Broadway

« on: May 12, 2014, 02:00 pm »

An interesting look at some of the wigs on Broadway this season: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/theater/big-wigs-of-broadway-interactive.html?smid=fb-share&_r=1

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Stage Management: Plays & Musicals / Re: COMMUNICATION: Posting contact sheets on the call board?

« on: Apr 17, 2014, 02:57 pm »

there may also come a time when, for security reasons, you don't even post a daily call or calendar . . .

oh the stories I can tell

Sounds like bar conversation to me! 

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Self-Promotion / Re: The Reluctant Dragon at Children\'s Theatre of Charlotte

« on: Apr 17, 2014, 01:46 pm »

Dallas 10086,

Did CTC build him in-house?

Yes, he was built in-house. The puppet was designed by Magda Guichard.
Post Merge: Apr 17, 2014, 01:47 pm

I saw Rupert's picture on Twitter and he looks fantastic. I don't know if I'll have a chance to swing by with the show I'm working on, but I'd certainly love to.

Let me know if you plan on stopping by and I'll see what I can do.

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Stage Management: Plays & Musicals / Re: ESCRIPTS: Post your requests for electronic scripts here!

« on: Apr 16, 2014, 01:37 pm »

Word version of Scrooge! The Musical.

Side note: I HATE thinking about the Christmas show before it's even summer!

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Self-Promotion / The Reluctant Dragon at Children's Theatre of Charlotte

« on: Apr 16, 2014, 01:36 pm »

The Reluctant Dragon
Children's Theatre of Charlotte
Charlotte, NC

Running through May 4th.

I'm quite proud of this, mostly because Rupert (the name we've given our dragon) is a 25' long puppet - that's just over half the length of our stage - that is 12' tall and takes 4 actors to operate. The rehearsal process was very different than I've done in the past, and some days it was very much trial by error. But he looks fantastic - he even got his own standing ovation on opening night.

Here's a video of our Dragon Walk (I'm in the pink shirt "steering" Rupert): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_-8q6wnK0w&feature=youtu.be

Our in-house promo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMQJ-wwabQc&list=UU7Qciw9p4WsK1obNUj8Gj7A

And some press: http://www.wcnc.com/charlotte-today/The-Reluctant-Dragon-254888481.html

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Self-Promotion / Re: Wonderful Town

« on: Mar 24, 2014, 09:28 am »

Beverly, Mass...that takes me back! Break legs!

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Students and Novice Stage Managers / Re: SM Authority: Designers & Production Team refusing to acknowledge reports.

« on: Mar 14, 2014, 11:22 am »

The show closes in two weeks, so there's little to nothing I can do to change anything as far as safety is concerned at this point.

What issues with safety are you having?

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Students and Novice Stage Managers / Re: SM Authority: Designers & Production Team refusing to acknowledge reports.

« on: Mar 13, 2014, 10:20 am »

To add what iamchristuffin said:

At this meeting your producer should publicly pass the baton over to you, letting the designers know that any and all questions they have need to go to you first, then if it's something you can't handle or answer, you will go to the producer.

Sounds like quite the frustrating situation, I wouldn't subject myself to it twice.

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The Green Room / Re: Perhaps a moment of silence . . .

« on: Mar 07, 2014, 03:12 pm »

So long as Office Depot or Office Max don't follow suit!

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Tools of the Trade / Re: TOOLS: Post It Tape

« on: Feb 27, 2014, 01:12 pm »

Oooo!

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The Green Room / Re: Silly things done when we're not at our best

« on: Feb 27, 2014, 01:10 pm »

During my divorce, I was informed of my wife's decision for the divorce ten minutes before I was supposed to leave for rehearsal.

Yeah...for me it was telling my husband, after days of pressure to talk, that I wanted a divorce. Then having to go into first rehearsal the next day after a sleepless night. I texted my director that I may be quiet that day.