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Students and Novice Stage Managers / Re: SM's problem with techies...
« on: Mar 23, 2008, 01:54 am »
In general once people get to the college level and are serious about doing theatre, the whole age and grade thing don't matter. They know you have your position for a reason. The crews (loose the term techie) should listen to you b/c they don't know the show and you do. Simple as that. If they don't listen, they make mistakes and make themselves look bad, which they don't want.
View their experience as a bonus! Throughout my college experience, most of my crews have consisted of freshman, performers, or freshman performers. That's a nightmare! With upperclassmen you will never have to check the rail after every time a fly moves because your flyman forgets to lock the linesets!Onstage leadership is absolutely invaluable; keep your eyes and ears open and figure out which crew members are the most trust worthy and use them. Listen when they have suggestions about doing things faster/safer/more efficiently.
And, as several other peopld have said, make sure you do your job well: know your show, have accurate and easy to read paperwork, give directions calmly and politely (Please and thank you are your friends). You'll be fine.
View their experience as a bonus! Throughout my college experience, most of my crews have consisted of freshman, performers, or freshman performers. That's a nightmare! With upperclassmen you will never have to check the rail after every time a fly moves because your flyman forgets to lock the linesets!Onstage leadership is absolutely invaluable; keep your eyes and ears open and figure out which crew members are the most trust worthy and use them. Listen when they have suggestions about doing things faster/safer/more efficiently.
And, as several other peopld have said, make sure you do your job well: know your show, have accurate and easy to read paperwork, give directions calmly and politely (Please and thank you are your friends). You'll be fine.