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The Green Room / Re: Things Stage Managers Say

« on: Jan 30, 2012, 07:13 am »

"If I find a fork anywhere on stage, just remember I have access to the tool room."

--In reference to a game actors at my school like to play, "forks"

"This is Andrew. He makes the lights do pretty things"

--To a small child who once asked me what was a lighting designer.

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Stage Management: Plays & Musicals / Re: Screwing Up

« on: Jan 28, 2012, 08:11 am »

My biggest mistake I've made yet would have been when I was ASMing Beauty and the Beast. Two days before opening we were still getting down Act II scene changes, and the crew needed to do something behind a drop that was in, but another drop was prohibiting us from doing so. So, me jumping the gun like I tend to do when I'm stressed, took the pressure off the already-busy fly crew's hands and brought out the drop that was blocking us. Well, I forgot to let said fly crew know, and when the front drop was brought up, you saw a big fat back wall, and definitely not a castle interior.

Obviously the fault was mine, but a friend of mine on fly crew got kind of upset. Not to mention the already-stressed director was pretty angry. Thank god it was only a tech though. I would have been mortified has it been with an audience. All was well afterwards though. I forced myself not to freak out, which I tend to do when stressed as well. But hey, you live and you learn!

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

« on: Jan 26, 2012, 10:29 pm »

If anyone happens to have a copy of It Runs in the Family in whatever format, I would forever be in your debt.
email to xosara.ann@gmail.com
Thanks!