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Stage Sessions with a PSM and ASMs
« on: Aug 14, 2015, 11:27 am »
Hi all,

So here's a question I've been curious about. I've worked on operas with the SM on book before, but how do you all run stage sessions? Do you, as PSM, get away from the desk whenever you stop so that you can control what happens on stage, where to pick up from, etc? Does your ASM do that? And if you have multiple ASMs, do they take a session each, does 1st ASM always run it?

In my experience, each ASM has taken a session each - if it's not split up beforehand, it gets a little confusing who the correct person to talk to is.

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Re: Stage Sessions with a PSM and ASMs
« Reply #1 on: Aug 16, 2015, 08:07 pm »
I'm not familiar with the tern "stage session"- can you clarify?

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Re: Stage Sessions with a PSM and ASMs
« Reply #2 on: Aug 17, 2015, 06:49 am »
By Stage session, I mean anything that happens on the stage that is not a performance. (i.e, not the rehearsal or music rooms). So Stage & Piano, Stage & Orchestra, Piano Dress, General Rehearsal.