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Tools of the Trade / SET & PROPS: Water

« on: Feb 03, 2010, 11:19 pm »

For my UIL One Act, La Dispute,  I need a way to make a stream on stage that's not fabric and/ or a real water contraption. Please help.

Keep in mind we can't do any fancy lights or gobos. Must follow all UIL One Act rules.

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Students and Novice Stage Managers / How to back up the career of choice.

« on: Dec 09, 2009, 06:53 pm »

So my parents hate, hate, hate, hate the fact that I love doing theatre and want to continue to do it for the rest of my life. To discourage me from pursuing a career in Stage Management they've assigned me the almost impossible task of looking up these following questions:

-How much does a stage manager right out of college make?
-How many stage managing positions are there in the US?
-Where in the US are these jobs mostly?
-What is the cost of living in those places.
-And what other careers I could do with a degree in Drama/Stage Management/Theatre Arts. (Besides teaching)

How would you answer these questions and handle this situation. Preferably without telling me I should just tell them they're idiots and to leave me alone.

I understand that I will probably not be stage managing constantly after I get out of college and have many side careers as "day jobs" I'm perfectly happy with doing. I do, however, want to be heavily involved as a stage manager for my main career of choice.

Any words of wisdom?

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Employment / Equity

« on: Oct 19, 2009, 12:13 pm »

I'm looking on how to get Equity. Can someone please explain to me how to go about it?