stage management

I teach Set Design and Construction at an arts high school and I have a very skilled senior searching for the best school to study Stage Management in next year. She's extremely gifted in set construction and engineering in general, but she has found her passion hitting her in her role as a...

Hello,I am new to working in a theater environment (came from large corporate events and traveling shows) and am working with an orchestra shell that was installed in the early 90s. Understandably it is in need of a good tune up. They could use some love on the wood paneling - scrapes here and...

Does anyone have any suggestions for how to run a show behind the scenes if the show is live-streamed? I stage manage for my high school drama association, and am looking for a solution if my show is live-streamed amid this coronavirus pandemic. Our rehearsals were scheduled to start tomorrow...

Hi yall! I'm a high school SM and i just finnished my second production as SM. I hope to persue SM as a career whem im older.I was wondering how to call cues triggered by blocking.Also what does it mean when an SM calls something like "45 on the red, 46 on the blue, 47 on the yellow..."...

I'm building a new prompt desk for my theatre space with a dual monitor mount for a live feed on the stage and some type of software for live cue readouts, but unfortunately, it seems no one has made anything like that yet for the theatre.The idea was to have software that the stage management...

Hello!My name is Carina and I am currently a freelance theatre artist located in Fargo, ND. I have an undergrad degree in Theatre Arts and have been fortunate enough to have consistent work here in the area. My skills include, but are not limited to, stage managing, prop designing, directing...

Greetings all -Scene: School "cafetorium" with no booth, and no ability build/install anything permanent (i.e. it's a working cafeteria!)Need: A rolling "tech booth" that can accommodate our lighting and sound ops and their equipment. I'm imagining a table on locking casters, with 50% of the...

When you leave your current post as the master of lighting, audio, set building, house operations, ticket sales, curtain folding, audition processes, safety guidelines, etc... who is going to take over? How will you pass on your knowledge? Or will you?Do you have a Google Docs folder? A...

Need an alternative to gaff tape! [Ik the horror...] I'm the stage manager for a church camp, and the floor of the building we're in is always covered in red dirt [Oklahoma]. This makes taping the stage or floor near impossible. We've found a way around taping cords, we just can't mark the stage...

For years I have been the technical director at a local high school. The musical director, who is now being his own artistic director as well, asked about having a headset for productions. On one hand he is the pit conductor as well. In that sense he could use one. On the other hand, he has a...

I was made aware of different ways that the stage managers and deck managers give the "clear" for scene changes. This one guy I talked to was explaining that on both sides of the deck his theatre had a small box with 2 lights, a red and a green one. This was a simple way to say clear. Green, go...

I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask or if I am giving enough info, but at this point I would just love creative input.I am a junior stage management student who has experience with lighting design and basic skills in all other areas except costuming. I am needing to propose a...

Can anyone share some stories of some last minute emergencies, and how you managed them as best you could?Hazards, fires, injuries, technical malfunctions? I feel like the more prepared I am for any situation, the better I will be able to handle it under pressure with a cool head.So please...