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Stage Management: Plays & Musicals / Re: Response to "calling a show by feel" from "things you would never hear..."

« on: Aug 06, 2008, 02:19 pm »

Quick note on FEELING:

I've just finished calling a show that I had only seen once before opening and it was such a challenge- I'm so used to KNOWING the show that I had a heck of a time calling this one!

I must encourage everyone to keep your skills sharp in the sense of FEELING the cueing so you are confident in your abilities to call without KNOWING...

 

Yes!  I SM lots of dance festivals,  sometimes writing hundreds of cues over the course of 3 or 4 days, working each piece only once - tech/then run - and then calling them hours (or days) later, having seen many other works in the interim.  While I do take notes, make diagrams and have the board ops mark my GO times, I don't generally call off the times, I just use them as a gauge.  In these situations, KNOWING would be a luxury; I think that not being afraid to feel the cues has been a great asset to me in these situations.

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Stage Management: Plays & Musicals / Re: Dressing For The Part?

« on: Jun 27, 2008, 04:01 pm »

I don't propose wearing heels, impractical skirts, etc.  That's not dressing appropriately

Oh dear - I guess that depends upon what you are able to get done in your choice of garments.

I wear skirts and heels 80% of the time, at work and at home.  It's what I'm comfortable in.  I guess if you're not comfortable, you shouldn't be wearing it!  During the rehearsal process, I do my job in skirts and heels.  Once show time rolls around, I lose the luxury of dressing the way that pleases me, esp during the summer when I do a lot of outside work; climbing a scaffold in a skirt with patrons on the ground?  I think not.  But I do strive to look professional and feminine when I am able.