I could really use some help right now from all stage managers in theatre.
I am a new stage manager for my high schools production of The Play that Goes Wrong and I’m just struggling with what I’m expected to do and how to handle the people of my program. I find that I’m people managing more than I am stage managing and I’m not being super friendly towards my crew sometimes which upsets me.
Could I just have some general tips for successfully not screwing up my relationships with theatre?
From July 14-23, the Sunnyvale Community Players (SCP) is showing Roald Dahl’s “Willy Wonka Jr.” at the Sunnyvale Community Theatre. This production has a small cast of 14 actors and dancers. At the July 13 dress rehearsal, many of these cast members, ages 8 and up, skillfully pulled off playing more than one character. Read more at svvoice.com.
got to page 77 of book boyfriend and then marked it as DNI
listened to Superache by Conan Gray on shuffle and had a lil cry
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i mostly just slept ngl. did a tiny bit of reading. i read through all the comments made by cast/the artistic director on trello (responding is the SMs job)
It's officially Hell (tech) week my friends. Spent about 2.5-3 hours assembling our props table and still have most of our act 2 props to set up BUT WE'RE GETTING THERE
on this episode of fiddlerposting with bee: so in the dream sequence the ensemble pops their heads out from behind walls and under furniture to do the "mazel tov!" chorus and last night the entire backstage crew decided to put on hats and headscarves and join them. nobody in the audience could tell but i was losing my fucking mind laughing