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One thing that I'm always told from directors is that I can be more "agressive". However, when I ASM, I notice that when the stage manager is "agressive" the cast and even sometimes the director find their behavior overwhelming (which I agree with).

My dilemma, how do I become more "agressive" without being too agressive?
(The word I'm looking for is assertive.)

Thanks

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This seems to be a popular topic, Thank you notes. So whays you opinion on them?  Yes, no, good, bad, somewhere in between?  If you give thank you notes, who gets them, everyone, actors only, crew only, Design team, Asm ect. Do you do it differently with different companies or environments?

While we're on this topic,  gifts? To whom?

I just general want some some opinions on this since in the world I'm currently operating in, it seemed to be something that no one can agree on.

(Mods. Feel free to move and tag appropriately, this seemed seemed like the best place. )

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Ok… I have a problem. It does say community theatre as my primary experience but this is the end of my senior year in high school.

I want to stage manage the spring play. I decided to make stage management a career, and during the last two shows at my high school have not been able to be on running crew due to important conflicts (like marching in a national marching band and a state science contest) and picking up those show seasons at a local community theatre. I have had this position “reserved” for the last year. All of a sudden now someone else wants to do it, and he’s being quite confrontational about the whole thing. The first time I even heard utter a thing about stage management was when he cornered me on the back stairs to “inform” me that he was stage managing this show. I calmly spoke that I had already asked to stage manage this show. He then proceeded to argue his point to me pointing out “my lack of devotion to the program” questioning me “where the @%#! were you the last two shows!” One thing I forgot to mention, this guy is a junior. For me that’s you have three more shows for you to stage manage next year. I don’t want a fight but it seems that the crew is starting to pick sides, something that I definitely don’t want. 

The director is so glad to have me stage managed the show again (I stage managed his 2012 spring play, which is where I think all of this conflict is coming from). It’s not a significantly hard show (dare I say it’s easy) but I’m still building my resume and portfolio for my BFA interviews right after this show. I talked to our Technical Director (that’s his only job at the school and he has plenty of on the road, on the job, and in the classroom experience) that he said that we were all acting like children and he would do it himself if he had to. I completely get where he is coming from. I tried to talk to this guy but he won’t let me even speak a few words before he’s angry and ranting again.

I wonder is it even worth it. I can’t go work the community theatre show due to a leadership conference that is a mandatory event on a show weekend, but I would love to add one last show before my interviews.
 
Some insight would be helpful and this situation has just popped up and decisions need to be made by Monday February 25, 2013.

Thank You,

Serenity

EDITED: Obscured cuss word in quote - yomanda - moderator

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Tools of the Trade / Dropbox Teams
« on: Jan 26, 2013, 07:05 pm »
Update for Dropbox, Dropbox teams.

 The price isn't free, but it work like a charm. The company I work for just swiched from a common single shared account to teams. Our basic rule of thumb is if it's not in Dropbox, it doesn't exist. I suggest everyone at least try the free trial.

 https://www.dropbox.com/teams


Moderator note: this post was originally part of the "How to best use Dropbox" discussion. -kmc307

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