About recording cues...
I prefer to keep one master
book, with all
blocking and cues written in - it helps me stay on top of what order things need to happen in, expecially when I have actors working in scene shifts (as I currently do). I use pencil religiously, and keep an eraser handy. I also use lots of post-it notes, so when there is a change in
blocking, I can just write the date and layer it over the original
blocking, in case the actors or director want to see what a scene started out as.
I use the same method for light, sound,
etc. At
paper tech, I show up with a stack of post-it pads (the little strip-shaped ones, not the full squares) and write all my cues on those. That way, I can move them around easily during tech and the first few performances, and record them in the
book when I am comfotable with where they fall. I also put my standbys and warnings on post-its...
Just a thought - it feels like a waste of paper the first time, but when your director asks you what you blocked three weeks ago, it's amazingly helpful.
M