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Stage Management: Plays & Musicals / Re: LX 56 was late- PSM Error
« on: Oct 03, 2007, 02:42 pm »
A couple of seasons ago, our former Artistic Director stopped me and told me that he had stepped into the show currently running (which he had directed) the night before and had seen a couple of cues mis-called. He asked me to talk to the SM calling the show and find out why the error had not been mentioned in the performance report. The AD then wondered to me just what else had gone wrong over the run that had not been mentioned in the reports...
I think the performance report should be an accurate account of what went on with that show. If you would mention a late entrance, or line problems, or a snag in a scene shift, I would think you would mention an error by a board op or the SM. Fair is fair, after all.
Not long ago, I had a problem with a board op constantly being late on taking cues off of my GO. She was spoken to by me and later by myself and production management. The end result was that she was dismissed. My reports were used as a record of her performance and cited in the discussions that were held. I suspect it would have been harder to have her removed had it not been for the paper trail of the performance reports.
I think it is important for the crew to know that you will hold yourself responsible for your own mistakes and know that you set just as high a bar for the call of the show as you do for any other element.
I think the performance report should be an accurate account of what went on with that show. If you would mention a late entrance, or line problems, or a snag in a scene shift, I would think you would mention an error by a board op or the SM. Fair is fair, after all.
Not long ago, I had a problem with a board op constantly being late on taking cues off of my GO. She was spoken to by me and later by myself and production management. The end result was that she was dismissed. My reports were used as a record of her performance and cited in the discussions that were held. I suspect it would have been harder to have her removed had it not been for the paper trail of the performance reports.
I think it is important for the crew to know that you will hold yourself responsible for your own mistakes and know that you set just as high a bar for the call of the show as you do for any other element.