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Re: Let's Talk "Places, Please" in Stage Management: Plays - Sat, 22 Nov 2008 01:28
At the house I work in most, this is also the procedure! Miss you, Vernon!Quote from: VSM on November 21, 2008, 06:37:57 PMI guess I'm lucky as my House Manager gives me a "2 minutes" warning based on how the house looks. I then...
Re: Bio in Introductions - Sat, 22 Nov 2008 00:05
Where in CT are you??I'm a student in upstate NY, but I'm from the Hartford area, wonder if I've seen any of your stuff?
Re: Let's Talk "Places, Please" in Stage Management: Plays - Fri, 21 Nov 2008 23:37
I guess I'm lucky as my House Manager gives me a "2 minutes" warning based on how the house looks. I then call "places" to the actors and it's usually a race as to who gives the "clear" first!
Re: Let's Talk "Places, Please" in Stage Management: Plays - Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:54
Quote from: sarahbear42 on November 21, 2008, 05:24:17 PMHere's kind of a side thought:I've had a lot of actors look at me like I'm crazy when "Places" comes 2-3 minutes after a "5" (or less than ten minutes after a "1
Re: SM n00b in Introductions - Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:43
Hi Nathan, you sound busy! It is great that you are both backstage and onstage - the tiny bit of onstage work I have done certainly gave me a greater sympathy with the performers I work with as an sm. welcome to the network, don't forget to come back
Re: newbie in Introductions - Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:38
Hey, great you found us. There is so much experience and knowledge shared on this site that it is just the place for someone looking for ways forward....welcome!
Re: Bio in Introductions - Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:37
dont always lurk - always nice to hear from you!
Re: Let's Talk "Places, Please" in Stage Management: Plays - Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:24
Here's kind of a side thought:I've had a lot of actors look at me like I'm crazy when "Places" comes 2-3 minutes after a "5" (or less than ten minutes after a "10," etc.)Because of this, I've tended to adjust
Re: Fill in the BLANK... in Stage Management: Plays - Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:19
This is actually during previews... found out that I was expected to not only shut down our (ie backstage) portion of the theatre, but that I was also expected to wait until House Management was finished, and then check down their checklist, since they...
Re: Fill in the BLANK... in Stage Management: Plays - Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:01
When I first stage managed at my college, I didn't know what a production meeting was, and it was the stage managers job to run them. The first meeting I found very intimidating, considering that it was a room full of my professors, looking to m
Re: Profile Pictures in The Green Room - Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:40
Anyone else? I still have not yet changed my profile picture but would like to do so. Some of you have changed your's and some of new members.What's the story with your pictures?
Re: Fill in the BLANK... in Stage Management: Plays - Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:34
When I first started stage managing (at community theatre level), I didn't know it was the stage manager's responsibility to tape down a rehearsal floor for the scenic floorplan. Previously, directors or designers had simply done it. I was hired b