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SMNetwork Archives / Re: SM: the musical
« on: Dec 16, 2008, 04:48 pm »
ASMs racing each other to spike the stage? a printer on a downstage edge firing out line note pages throughout the show? The Ballad of the Lost Pencils?
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SMNetwork Archives / SM: the musical
« on: Dec 15, 2008, 08:22 pm »That was fun and I think we just wrote the big Act 1 finale number for Stage Managers: The Musical
Now there's a fun and/or scary idea... can you imagining being the "real" SM on that show?
Hmmm... visions of 20 tapdancing stagehands...
I think SM: The Musical would have to be entirely produced, directed, and acted by SMs, past or present. I'm not sure I could handle watching actors pretend to be/understand SMs....too painful to try to explain exactly how we work.
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Stage Management: Plays & Musicals / Re: Actor Cuts throat on Vienna Stage - BBC News
« on: Dec 11, 2008, 06:31 pm »
That is so scary! Adding a 'double check weapons=fake' box to all of my preshow lists from now on!
I have a hard time believing that one of the three people Matthew mentioned *didn't* check and realize it was not a prop...I wonder if it was switched right before the scene, or were their props/deck people & the actor all scatterbrained on the same day?
I have a hard time believing that one of the three people Matthew mentioned *didn't* check and realize it was not a prop...I wonder if it was switched right before the scene, or were their props/deck people & the actor all scatterbrained on the same day?
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The Green Room / Re: Trivia Tournament II: Electric Boogaloo
« on: Dec 10, 2008, 02:22 pm »
We must all get different questions because today I got two questions that kind of answered each other, and none about Shakespeare....
hmmm
hmmm
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Homework Help / Re: Writing a Stage Management Handbook - Suggestions?
« on: Nov 16, 2008, 12:24 am »
agreed on the lists. also, don't be afraid to send follow up emails/make extra phone calls/confirm everything in person, because the extra hassle on everyone's parts will make it all smoother in the long run.
and at the risk of sounding foolish, lefty loosey righty tighty. You wouldn't believe how many times people forget that and then wonder why their set piece/sidearm/etc etc isn't getting any easier to work with.
and at the risk of sounding foolish, lefty loosey righty tighty. You wouldn't believe how many times people forget that and then wonder why their set piece/sidearm/etc etc isn't getting any easier to work with.
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Students and Novice Stage Managers / Re: Student Stage Manager's Challenge #4: When being an SM and a friend collide
« on: Oct 14, 2008, 12:25 am »
I was just having this discussion with my fellow ASM on the walk back from a low-energy, i-could-just-kill-them tech rehearsal tonight. We both had very close friends in HS who were actors, I was an actor in HS, and both of us have friends who know that we have two sides-the friend and the SM. During tech week, it is just accepted that the SM takes over and nothing that happens in rehearsal is personal, we're just doing our jobs.
The situation posed is exactly where it gets tricky. I haven't run into this too much, but it has happened, and at that point, I make sure they know that I am totally willing to be their friend/confidant/crying shoulder before or after rehearsal, but in those few hours that we're in the theater each day, we both set aside the personal stuff and do our jobs. On occasion, I - and some other SMs I know - have been asked by directors who know that we're friends with so-and-so if there is personal stuff going on that should be addressed by someone better qualified (all I have done is educational settings, so often there are grade issues or rough friendships, family drama, etc), but if it's not that pressing of an issue, I have had to ask friends to stop dwelling on whatever the issue is and told them that if it keeps affecting their performance, there are consequences.
I think the important thing is to differentiate between the SM and the friend--I try to make a point of not discussing rehearsal/show politics/people outside of production meetings and rehearsals, in order to keep the two worlds separate.
The situation posed is exactly where it gets tricky. I haven't run into this too much, but it has happened, and at that point, I make sure they know that I am totally willing to be their friend/confidant/crying shoulder before or after rehearsal, but in those few hours that we're in the theater each day, we both set aside the personal stuff and do our jobs. On occasion, I - and some other SMs I know - have been asked by directors who know that we're friends with so-and-so if there is personal stuff going on that should be addressed by someone better qualified (all I have done is educational settings, so often there are grade issues or rough friendships, family drama, etc), but if it's not that pressing of an issue, I have had to ask friends to stop dwelling on whatever the issue is and told them that if it keeps affecting their performance, there are consequences.
I think the important thing is to differentiate between the SM and the friend--I try to make a point of not discussing rehearsal/show politics/people outside of production meetings and rehearsals, in order to keep the two worlds separate.
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Stage Management: Plays & Musicals / Re: Tech Week Tips
« on: Oct 05, 2008, 04:04 pm »
I would say that one of the most important things to do is to become familiar with the performance venue, both in general and in terms of how it compares to the rehearsal venue. If you can, get dimensions of the performance space and tape it out in the rehearsal area, so you and the cast (and crew! check out the wings situation for set/prop storage space, acoustics, etc) understand from day one what the discrepancies will be. The clearer everyone is through the rehearsal process about how things will have to change once you get into the space, the easier Tech Week will be.
What types of spaces are they? What kind of access will you have to the performance space (if any) before tech week?
~Dani
What types of spaces are they? What kind of access will you have to the performance space (if any) before tech week?
~Dani