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Employment / Re: How Much Is Too Much?
« on: May 03, 2009, 10:44 am »
In situations like this I always do what one of my professors in college advised several of their students to do and make a list of the H.B.R. (hassle to benefit ratio).  Just make a list of what the benefit of doing this show would be compared the the hassle of working with this director again. 

Also just remember, a show as important as it may seem, is not as important as your happiness or your mental health.  The reason people go into theatre instead of other jobs is because it is what makes them happy.  In my opinion if you have to put up with a director as difficult as the one you describe, then it is not worth it, but you are the only one who can really make that decision.

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Tools of the Trade / Re: Making prop red wine
« on: Apr 18, 2009, 10:49 pm »
I would try a few things and test them on a white towel.  Just a suggestion.

I agree with making sure you have a Clorox pen just in case, I got a huge blood stain out of a large tux shirt with it.  If it can do that I am sure it will be able to remove anything.

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Employment / Re: Share your special skills
« on: Apr 13, 2009, 01:37 pm »
I know how to build a computer part by part, and I have a knowledge and collection of middle ages style weaponry (swords, spears, maces, axes etc.).

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Employment / Re: Job/Gig searching in the new economy
« on: Apr 12, 2009, 01:02 am »
I have the same problems finding a non-theatre day job.  I worked food service at Disney world for a short time, and 3 years at a dining center, and I can't even find a fast food job in NYC.  Even though it seems bad here, my friends tell me it's even worse in the midwest for both theatre and non theatre work.

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Employment / Re: Job/Gig searching in the new economy
« on: Apr 11, 2009, 12:03 pm »
I only graduated 10 months ago, so most of my work has been showcases.  I have noticed the amount of gigs and the pay offered is shrinking.  When I first graduated college most showcases I found in NYC were offering between $500-$1000 for the run which is still not that much money, but I could afford food and subway fare.  Now most of the offerings are between  $0-$300.  Literally sense December the highest paid showcase I have seen on playbill or craigslist in NYC has been $300 for the run.



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Stage Management: Plays & Musicals / Re: Barrell-Through Tech
« on: Apr 05, 2009, 12:33 pm »
I think that this method can be useful, but it depends on the stage manager, the designers, the crew and the complexity of the show.  The first time I SM'd I did this and it worked great.  It was an easy show, and the designers really had everything exactly how they wanted already, and it worked great.  This was in a community college and I tech'd a kids musical in 2 hours.  This was great because we had the rest of the day to run it again and then go home early.  The only reason I was able to do this was because the designers and the simplicity of the show.  I have also done this for other simple shows such as festivals or one man shows.  On the other hand if I would have done this with some of the more complex show I feel it would have been a waste of time, and not very productive.  So I think it would just depend on the situation, in festivals I do this because limited time, but if you have the time then use it.  Also remember if you start it as a run through you can always hold to fix things.

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I have been in this situation before to, on both ends.  It is hard when you do multiple jobs in theatre to remember what your job is and to let someone else be responsible for something you are used to doing.  As a stage manager I have had AD's and Directors that were Stage Managers also that have tried to do my job, and while acting, ADing or being basic crew on a show, I have caught myself doing something that wasn't my job.  Generally if you talk to your director and tell them in a nice way that you feel like your toes are being stepped on, they will listen.  Communication is the key to any collaboration, make sure they know what their job is and what is your job.

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I actually liked going to state school, I felt like even though I was majoring in theatre, that it also gave me a well rounded education.  I have a lot of friends in art or private schools that took nothing but art or theatre classes.  I went to college not to find work but to educate myself in as many things as I could,  But ultimately it is your decision.  I would do my research and then decide, and If you are unhappy with your choice you can always transfer.

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Students and Novice Stage Managers / Re: Acting Class?
« on: Feb 20, 2009, 04:29 pm »
I think it will be great.  It will help you learn to respect what the actors do.  I know to many stage managers who don't understand or respect what actors do.  Also it is always good to learn as much as you can about theatre if you are going to be working in it.

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When I was in high school, my drama director canceled a show for the similar reasons (it was West Side Story and 1 week before opening we still couldn't find a choreographer).  If the actors aren't safe, I would cancel.

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A guy in my dorm in school had one of these we found out (he later had it confiscated) it didn't actually keep people from getting calls, it just made voiced fuzzy and digitized.  Made me really mad because he lived next door to me and I was in a long distance relationship.  Luckily they caught him like 3 days after I noticed the reception problems.

So even if it was legal, and you had a phone for emergencies, it wouldn't work that well.

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Employment / Re: Facebook through an Employer's eyes?
« on: Dec 19, 2008, 01:42 pm »
I agree that your discussion was valid, I didn't want to argue but just discuss the other side of the argument.  I agree that many employers do use facebook to look up people before they hire them,  I just think that references are a better way to do this then facebook.

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Employment / Re: Facebook through an Employer's eyes?
« on: Dec 18, 2008, 01:26 pm »
All I have to say about hiring based on profile pictures on facebook is an old quote that holds true "don't judge a book by its cover".  Personal life and professional life have nothing to do with each other.  Now if you hire someone and they allow there personal life to affect their professional life that is different, but you can't assume just because someone has a profile picture of them drinking that they are a raging alcoholic that will drink at work.  My theory is that if they don't hire you based on a profile picture (that shows your personality) then you probably would not have gotten along with this employer in the first place.

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The Green Room / Re: I can't believe I just had to do that...
« on: Dec 01, 2008, 12:16 pm »
I was working on a festival so people in the show had to pitch in and take a suitcase full of props home every night until opening (when we finally rented storage).  I had to carry a suitcase full of fake body parts and a bloody saw, every night on the subway.  I am just glad my bag was never searched but the police.

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Stage Management: Plays & Musicals / Re: Fill in the BLANK...
« on: Nov 26, 2008, 12:57 am »
I got hired for a company that hired me as a "Stage Manager" and expected me to be a house/company manager and for the "tech" as they called him, to do what an SM does.  It was small off-off broadway and I am pretty sure they didn't know what an SM was.

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