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Students and Novice Stage Managers / New Experience: Advice/Opinions Appreciated

« on: Nov 17, 2010, 09:50 am »

I have been sming and asming since high school and now I'm in my third year of college, and can't believe I have never run into this problem before. While I was sming a show, two of my actors became involved in a personal relationship. Normally I feel like it is none of my business, but it was starting to effect the show. They were not arriving on time for call and were distracting each other backstage. I ended up talking to them about it, but it still didn't help. I felt kind of weird about talking to the director about it, because it was a personal relationship and there wasn't really anything we could do about it. We didn't have understudies to replace them if it became needed. The show went fine, but it could of gone better without the lead being distracted and two actors showing up late for call (not answering their phones either). I would really like to know if anyone has any ideas on how to deal with this or even if I did the right thing by talking to them. Again I can't believe I never ran into this problem before, but I'm not sure how to deal with it.