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Students and Novice Stage Managers / Scheduling concerns with my director

« on: Oct 08, 2015, 11:48 pm »

I'm currently in rehearsal for a production of Bug at my university, with a director I've never worked with before. It's a 7 week rehearsal process including dress rehearsals, with 15 hours of rehearsal a week. The director tends to take his time with things, and we haven't finished blocking any scenes at the end of the second week. He also hasn't started talking to a fight choreographer. I'm starting to get worried that not everything will be blocked in time, and potential issues with fight choreo and blood effects won't be ironed out before opening.

Is it my place as stage manager to come to him with my concerns? If so, what's the best way to approach it while still showing I respect him and his directing process?

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Students and Novice Stage Managers / Balancing humor and seriousness as a university stage manager

« on: Jun 03, 2015, 05:57 am »

So this last quarter I ended up working on three completely student run productions(this includes direction, design, supervision, and acting). One thing that I came across very early that I never fully solved was learning how to joke around with my cast and have good morale, but also have their respect when I need it. I know that when I was the stereotypical dictator stage manager I got everyone listening, but I also know that this is rarely a good technique, and likely would not have been sustainable over a long rehearsal period. Any suggestions on being able to incorporate humor and familiarity with a cast while maintaining your role as stage manager?

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Introductions / If all the world's a stage, then the stage manager must be god.

« on: Jun 03, 2015, 05:48 am »

Hi everyone!

I've been stage managing and ASMing for about 4 years, almost all in the context of high school and my university. I'm graduating next year and I'm hoping to move onto stage managing as a career. I've worked on all sorts of different shows, but my favorite was probably a show that involved the owner of the theater coming on wearing a kilt for a cameo to chase a "lion" off the stage.

I'm thrilled to be joining this community!