I need help with my senior project

[nathanchrist]

So as a part of my high school curriculum, I must complete a self-generated project that is in my future career area, which is stage managing. For my product, I am going to write a manual on Stage Management for my school's theater department. What topics should I go in-depth on and which ones should I just touch on? 

[Mac Calder]

The best bet for homework assistance is to give us your thoughts first. What do you think should be there, why do you think it should be broken down as you have, and so on. That way a) we are not doing your homework for you and b) other members may benefit from the post.

Regards

Mac Calder

[zayit shachor]

A reminder about school projects involving surveys, interviews, and similar requests:  these posts must be approved by either Kay or myself prior to posting, as per the Community Standards, which can be found on the Announcements board.

As for advice, I agree with Mac:  share some of your initial thoughts with us, and then the community can weigh in.

[nathanchrist]

Sorry for my ignorance. I was kinda crunched for time when I last posted. Please forgive me.

The handbook is going to be mainly used to train new students in my school's Theatre Tech classes how to stage manage. My project adviser/drama teacher wants me to cover the basics: scheduling rehearsals, creating a prompt book, calling a show and communicating with board operators. I'm also adding pre-production, taping the stage, tech week procedures and the difference between an ASM and a SM. Is there anything crucial that I'm missing in this line-up of topics?

[VSM]

A very good source, already established as handbooks and guidelines, are the various textbooks on Stage Management.
Have you checked out this thread and the books it refers to?

http://smnetwork.org/forum/index.php/topic,2423.msg18127.html#msg18127

[nathanchrist]

One last request. My senior project requires me to have a community consultant, which is essentially an expert in my project's subject matter (SMing) to advise my project. I've read the post about the mentorship program the website is trying to establish, and I was wondering if someone (preferably in Portland, OR, but doesn't need to be) would mind being my community consultant.If anyone is interested, just PM me and i'll get you all the info and a description of what the job intails.