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The Green Room / Re: Thread to vent about / Actors behaving badly / As haiku only

« on: Apr 05, 2010, 11:35 pm »

Are you kidding me?
Why don't you have a pencil?
Give this back to me.

Oh God, where is she?
We open in five minutes.
Some one's going to die.

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Students and Novice Stage Managers / New SM, working with a creeper, please help.

« on: Nov 21, 2009, 08:29 pm »

I've been doing crew for my high school since I was a freshman(I'm now a juinor), but this is my first year SMing, and I'm taking it as an independent study, so I'm getting class credit.  My only problem is that we have a pretty small drama department(rural VA, what do you expect?  ) and the one of the main guys that does crew, either sound or on headset backstage but not ASM, really creeps me out. If its not making akward sexual advances towards me, its sitting in the corner backstage or in the booth doing absolutly nothing, making way too much noise during a prodution, or complaining about something stupid. I've told my theater teacher, and he says hes talked to this guy, but I havent seen any changes in his behavior, and I really don't know what else to do. I realize that in theater, or anywhere, you have to work with people you don't like, but I don't think that I should have to deal with all of this. Shows are stressful enough with out having to keep telling this kid what to do.

Have you had any experiences like this?
Can you see a solution that I don't see?
Help?