Re: Director acting as Stage Manager?
Directors as SM have never worked for me. Luckily enough, last time this happened the crew i had was very independent and did an excellent job of keeping up despite the director writing notes on her script 10 pages back.
Once i was able to impress upon her that the technical aspects do not directly reflect upon her, she was much more willing to relinquish the role.
She saw every aspect of the production as something that required her input to succeed, and then tried to micro-manage.
After our early tech rehearsals went very well, she gained confidence in leaving the technical aspects to the techs.
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