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Stage Management: Plays & Musicals / REPORTS: Acting maintenance notes in the Performance Report
« on: Jun 15, 2013, 04:12 pm »
Hey there everyone,
Long time no see! I'm writing today to discuss what will likely be a hot topic, judging by what I've so far seen in my own organization.
A little background on where this is coming from: I administrate a department of SM's- both AEA and non-AEA- at an SPT (but growing exponentially towards a LORT level, it appears) theater in Austin, TX. I don't call shows anymore, but set up standards for the department so that there is consistency across the shows we produce.
We are currently revising our performance report format and the idea of including actor maintenance notes in said report has come up, and is generating some very spirited discussion. I'd like to know what people think about this, and what they have done in the past.
The pro for this is that the director and playwright and artistic director can see what adjustments are getting made performance-wise across a run, and can help reinforce if necessary. The artistic director has expressed concerns in the past about getting inundated with emails, and the hope is that by including this in the daily report that's one less message to assimilate and respond to if necessary- efficiency and consolidation are keywords in our organization company-wide.
The con is the concern for confidentiality, and whether a performance note should be included in a form that is sent to administrative as well as artistic personnel. Also, the interpretation of the SPT rule regarding notes that says that "Personal Actor notes may not be openly posted on the callboard or sent to the Actor in a group email." (SPT Rule 41 G 4).
What do people think about this? I'm very open to both sides, would just like to test the waters and see where people land.
Thanks everybody, discuss!
Edited to add topic tag- Maribeth
Long time no see! I'm writing today to discuss what will likely be a hot topic, judging by what I've so far seen in my own organization.
A little background on where this is coming from: I administrate a department of SM's- both AEA and non-AEA- at an SPT (but growing exponentially towards a LORT level, it appears) theater in Austin, TX. I don't call shows anymore, but set up standards for the department so that there is consistency across the shows we produce.
We are currently revising our performance report format and the idea of including actor maintenance notes in said report has come up, and is generating some very spirited discussion. I'd like to know what people think about this, and what they have done in the past.
The pro for this is that the director and playwright and artistic director can see what adjustments are getting made performance-wise across a run, and can help reinforce if necessary. The artistic director has expressed concerns in the past about getting inundated with emails, and the hope is that by including this in the daily report that's one less message to assimilate and respond to if necessary- efficiency and consolidation are keywords in our organization company-wide.
The con is the concern for confidentiality, and whether a performance note should be included in a form that is sent to administrative as well as artistic personnel. Also, the interpretation of the SPT rule regarding notes that says that "Personal Actor notes may not be openly posted on the callboard or sent to the Actor in a group email." (SPT Rule 41 G 4).
What do people think about this? I'm very open to both sides, would just like to test the waters and see where people land.
Thanks everybody, discuss!
Edited to add topic tag- Maribeth