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SMNetwork Archives / help! advice, listeners, something!

« on: Mar 10, 2006, 06:07 pm »

I am talking about where she taught before, not where you are now

our school program in utah:
Elementary school, (grades k-6th)
Junior high school  (grades 7-9th)
High School (grades 10th-12th

I will respond to this in one block. Never suffered from the ADD on my record, but extreame depression and suicidal were both on my records by age 14, so I know at least some of the stigma attatched

ouch. i'm not to that point yet, i hope i won't get there.

for instance, my school prided themselves on their music program. We had an incompetent director of music for a couple of months. By playing on the schools pride in their music program, we had administration talk to the director, and things improved a bit.

how would that work for me? my school pride lies in athletics. ... (actually, that's where our budget goes each year... stupid football helmets...) anyway...

it's just hard right now with her.

I gather they take a little bit of pride in the program. The other thing that works is to gather up everyone who does not like the methods of the director, and go straight up to the administrators and request a meeting to outline your concerns. The voice of a lone student can be swept under the rug, but have a number of voices chanting the same message at once and even the deaf will hear your arguments.

i never thought of it that way. thank you. :mrgreen:

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SMNetwork Archives / help! advice, listeners, something!

« on: Mar 10, 2006, 03:44 am »

Primary School? it's high school. and i'm just a student who assistant stage managed my freshman, sophmore and junior year and moved through the ranks until i was a senior. that is how Syd did it. i would get 3 years of shadowing, then take over and train the next junior. i have talked to her. she just sees me as a student who has no freakin' clue what i'm doing becasue i've never worked with her before.  have ADD, and have cronic depression... she doesn't trust me. the only people over her are the administration. did you Stage manage in High School mc? the drama teacher called all the shots... i'm just her guenia pig she's trying out the new year with. i'm just not used to how she does things. sorry. i'm ranting now. it's just that she won't listen. i have talked to her. i did at the beginning of the year. at the start of the school year when she started not to listen to me i did go to the administration and voice my concerns. i did talk to her yesterday. and last week. i'm still the SM because no one else will do it-- and because i love SMing. it's just hard right now with her.

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SMNetwork Archives / help! advice, listeners, something!

« on: Mar 10, 2006, 02:17 am »

i'm still in it right now.
i'm sorry about those who passed away. and i have put myself in her shoes. i can never decifer why she makes the decisions that she does. i know that she's a wonderful person except when she is involved in anything to do with drama/theatre.
she's used to the junior high school... where she could have her whole entire cast for every single rehearsal and everyone would just bring homework and she would block whatever she wanted and felt like because everyone was there for her disposal. a HUGE waste of time for everyone in a high school setting. High school students have jobs, cars, and lifes. she always expects everyone to drop everything, and easily get work off for two months... not easy at all.

she has actually wanted someone to assistant direct. she wanted someone to.... first of all, they didn't want to... second, she started telling them to do the things I usually do... (sort of like you, isha...) while i am on book or running errands that pertain to her classes, not the show and third, they had work and lives too. when they tried to direct, she got after her because of what she told them to do. i mean, while we're doing seven brides, the choreographer had to leave rehearsal early for a class, and this director started to add to his social dance choreography! he came back an hour later while they were practicing and he asked me what she was doing... in an 'i'm changing that asap' tone.

... thanks for listening... again.


thanks for the more advice. i'll try talking to her, again and the tech.
... the light designer was close to Syd. he says that the only thing keeping him here is Syd's picture in the drama hallway in her shakespeare hoodie, smiling. (sigh.) i miss her a lot.

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SMNetwork Archives / help! advice, listeners, something!

« on: Mar 09, 2006, 02:45 am »

thanks guys. It's just still a really hard change for everybody. she expected us to be over her death before our show in the fall. which is not good because i KNOW that i'm still grieving. :cry:
does anybody have any advice on how to deal with such a director? or how to keep myself and others from murdering? anything would be appreachiated!

-liz

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The Green Room / Food

« on: Mar 08, 2006, 03:53 am »

honestly-- i'm a vending machine girl. it's quite expensive, and i'm giving all of your choices a try!

I enjoy reading this thread!


-Melugin

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Tools of the Trade / What goes inside a SM Kit?

« on: Mar 08, 2006, 03:27 am »

hey! thanks for all of the suggestions guys!

-Melugin

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SMNetwork Archives / help! advice, listeners, something!

« on: Mar 08, 2006, 03:05 am »

(let me remind you that i am a senior at my high school in Orem UTAH.)

Help. Really. I am dealing this year as a senior who has lost her director to a blood clott. Some of you from Utah might even know her... Syd Riggs... She died last june and i am still stage managing with a director who is totally different. that is saying it really really nice. It feels like she does things her way that SHE thinks will benefit everyone, when it doesn't benefit anything or anyone. the actors hate her, i dislike her, and on the verge of not trying to stop people from killing her. she expects EVERYONE to drop everything (our part-time jobs and silently including school work) and work on the show... Tech Designers and Grips as well.... she wants them to come 3 weeks before a usual tech week...

there used to be almost 20 people in the tech class... including people who does community theatre, and now there's only about 14 of them. they are really close friends and if one more of them drop out of the class because of something that they can't stand from this director anymore they all will drop out... and i won't have ANY tech for this show. they actualy are about to. she spent most of the money we rent mics out for on costumes for next year. as in... we already don't have mics for this show unless a miracle happens.

oh-listen to this: she used to be a junior high choir teacher.

I am her guinea pig this year and it is bugging me ... a lot. no one wants to show up for rehearsals, and i am trying to stay strong and be there for everyone. i don't think it's working anymore.



Am i just grieving still, am i just not used to her style, is there anything i can do to help myself cope, or just, what should i do? :cry:

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Stage Management: Plays & Musicals / :P

« on: Feb 19, 2006, 02:49 am »

that exact same thing happened to me! except in my junior year at high school. they didn't do anything except make out, and they were in the class, so they had to be there to supposedly work. or whatever. i had to talk to the director about it. or, the TD. either one. tell them. that's what i would do. that's what i did.

-liz

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SMNetwork Archives / :)

« on: Feb 16, 2006, 09:50 am »

way cool! if our school district allows me to, of course it will happen!  :wink:
-liz
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SMNetwork Archives / on the other end of the headset spectrum

« on: Feb 16, 2006, 03:13 am »

Ha! what do you do if your head sets get feedback from your high school radio station. i don't understand how it works, my sound guys do though...
-liz

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Tools of the Trade / What goes inside a SM Kit?

« on: Feb 10, 2006, 02:46 am »

so, do you have a list? i need specific ideas!!!        8O    :wink:  :roll:

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Tools of the Trade / [FAQ] What goes inside a SM Kit?

« on: Feb 10, 2006, 01:55 am »

Hi everyone! I am just a new SM on this site, as well as the third year in High School--and i want to ask people a question: what do you put inside your SM kit?  

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Stage Management: Plays & Musicals / :)

« on: Jan 30, 2006, 06:11 pm »

i'm with amy lee. ... i really enjoy watching the show and being able to see what is going on. i am glad to have 2-3 trusted ASM's backstage. :wink: