Not that I have been part of this discussion - but I have been reading it - think about how cues will help the rest of the
stage manager though: he/she doesn't have to worry about making sure that you are ready with the set up of the next look between cues - all you have to do is put your finger on the "go"
button and wait for the SM to
call go. Yes, it may be boring for the light op to just sit there and wait between cues, but I've worked shows that have had the bare minimum of light cues (lights up at the beginning of the act and lights down at the end of the act), and even if we were using a two-scene board, the
LBO would have close to 45 minutes between cues. But then again, I've also worked shows that have had about 7 cues in approx. 25 sec. (every other measure for 14 measures of music), where there would have been no time to set each up on a two-preset board.
So, having cues not only allows the SM to be happy (I know I am when I'm SMing) but it also allows
theatre departments to do bigger shows with more light cues. Oh, and if you ever expand to using scrollers and such, it is so much better knowing that every time you to get to
Cue 10 (for example) the lights will be pink, instead of hoping that you hit that 28% on the two-scene.