Recent content by Ellyn

I seem to remember that in the Liviu Ciulei production of Midsummer that I saw in the late 1980s, after Puck's final speech the stage was darkened and empty and then the mechanicals returned with bells on to perform their promised bergomask (i.e., their in-show curtain call) but were...

It's been a while since I've stage managed. I'm curious how things have changed. In particular, how much of a part do e-mail, websites, texting, etc., play in the way stage managers communicate with the cast and the rest of the team? Any other technological changes that distinguish 21st from...

Possibly... Or what the designer might do out of pettiness to annoy the TD who's making her look bad Or do unintentionally through incompetence or through not realizing the danger to harm or risk harm to the TD I want to get him good and fed up with her so he'll be motivated to take...

I've done a little of a lot of theatre jobs, most recently (but not within the last couple years) directing in nonunion semipro, community, and academic theatre and before that also stage managing at similar levels. My tech experience is mostly running light or sound boards or helping to strike...