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

« on: Feb 08, 2012, 06:48 pm »

Hi!
Looking for a word doc of Ah, Wilderness!  Samuel French version preferred, but I'll take anything!
PM for email.
Thanks!
Jenna

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Tools of the Trade / Re: Making prop red wine

« on: Jan 25, 2011, 12:24 pm »

In the past I've used both flat DIET black cherry soda or a red flavor of Crystal Light.  My understanding is that without the sugars present in real soda or fruit juices it makes the stain easier to get out.  The Crystal Light was for a show where the actress was in a white nightgown and spilled it on herself nightly.  Wardrobe was able to get it out on a regular basis.

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Employment / Stepping In

« on: Apr 09, 2008, 11:58 am »

I'm stepping in for the PSM on a show to call the last 2 weeks of the run.
It's at a good theater, so I want to put it on my resume, but I'm unsure how to list my position and am interested to hear how you list it on your resume.

Substitue PSM?
Calling PSM?
Temporary PSM?
Stepping in PSM?  Now that sounds awkward!

Thanks!

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Employment / Re: Non-AEA Resume Semantics: Dishonesty or Acceptable?

« on: Mar 28, 2008, 06:55 pm »

I'm joined AEA this past year, so my resume still has my internship on it and some other non-Eq positions. 
For the internship, I acted as the ASM.  I was the only other person on the show for Stage Management.  So I list it as:

Stage Management Intern (ASM)

I want to convey that though it was an internship, I was filling the role of ASM and not just getting coffee or making tea for the director.

I think that this too is a great topic to cover in your cover letter.  You can explain that at this theater you were an intern but your duties included all of this ASM type stuff.  But of I agree that you shouldn't let it be so far misconstrued on your resume that you come off  as an AEA SM/ASM, which is why I wouldn't only list it as ASM.

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Stage Management: Plays & Musicals / Re: Preshow (turn off your cellphone) announcements

« on: Nov 17, 2007, 10:04 pm »

J-Dub, It's totally true.  The "personal appeal" to patrons to turn off their phone is possibly the worst way to do it.  People are always just chatting with eachother or looking at the program and not paying attention as house management circulates as they think it has nothing to do with them. Half the time they're dealing with some crisis in the house and don't even have time to do the cell phone "speech."  We've been open just barely a week and have had 6 phones go off already.

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The Hardline / Re: SPT 10 Question

« on: Oct 28, 2007, 11:54 pm »

And the answer is:

For BOTH actors, the rule that takes precedence is invasion of the day off + 12 hours (my book is at the theatre, and I am at home so I don't have the actual rule number).  This means they would both be entitled to double overtime for the rehearsal.  This turned out to cost the theatre about $350 for a 2 hr rehearsal.  They decided it wasn't worthwhile, so I was able to get my pumpkin picking in. 

The other issue I had with this is that it would've meant I worked 22 days straight, which would've been a bit much to take.

Thanks for the suggestion about adding hours to next week, Rebbe!  I hadn't thought of that one. 

(Marcie: I'll be in NYC sometime next month or early Dec to observe "The Brothers Size" at the Public b/c that's the next show I'm doing in DC.  We should definately get together!)

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The Hardline / SPT 10 Question

« on: Oct 25, 2007, 02:21 pm »

So the background:
One of our actors in a 4 person play has been out the past 3 days with a strained back.  2 of the other 4 actors have not been called for 2 days this week.  The director wants to rehearse for 3 hours on Saturday, our scheduled day off. 

I know if I come in I get 2/6ths of my weekly salary if I come in (which I don't want to, we'd planned to go pumpikin picking for my birthday that day, but that's another story), but what about the only actor who hasn't had a day off yet this week, and won't get another one till the following Saturday?  If he agrees to come in, I would think he gets paid overtime, but does he get 2/6ths as well?

And what about the actor who's been out?  Yeah he's had 3 days off, but aren't they technically sick days?

I have a call into equity on this, but I was wondering if anyone else had some thoughts.

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Tools of the Trade / Re: Kit Container

« on: Jul 06, 2006, 07:42 am »

I've got a medium-sized tool box kit that I keep backstage with things like batteries, tape, safety pins, first-aid, etc. But I also have a Sterilite tub full of office supplies for those times when I'm working in a space where there's no office.  I split into two parts to lighten the load.

I also just found an awesome backpack from Swiss Army.  It has room for my laptop (14" powerbook) and a 5" binder.  Plus it's got padded straps and back so you can acutually load it full of stuff and then carry it comfortably.

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Stage Management: Plays & Musicals / Left or Right

« on: Jun 28, 2006, 11:39 pm »

When writing the actual cue itself in your book (on your sticky tab, wordbubble, or neatly drawn geometric shape), do you write it at the start of the line (in the lefthand margin) or at the end of the line (righthand margin).

I've always done it on the righthand side, since there's usually more room there, but I know some people who do it oppositely. 

This question comes up, because when I was calling my show this morning, I actually looked for the cue on the lefthand side.  I'd never done it before, but in that moment it seemed totally natural. Being tired makes you think odd things. Yay for 10am shows 6 days a week!