For our musical production this spring, our SM doesn't have a clue about what she has to do. Recently, we had a test about the chain of command during a production and one of the questions was "What are the roles of the SM?", she had a blank page . Anyway, I offered take the job of SM, but my TD wants me to be available to run the sound board (10 lavs, area mics, and pit band mics) for it, if I can't find anyone to run it. If I do find someone, I become the ASM. If I am the ASM, then there is no big deal at all since I will be backstage and we can leave her to call the cues and I can take care of the rest. But, if I have to run the board, how can I make it easier on her for SMing? The sad part about this is, next to me, she is the best for the job. And she knows almost nothing compared to me, but still more than the rest of the class. I still have to come up with a lighting design, mic placement, tech cues, set changes, any effects we want and so forth, (pretty much everything but the stationary set) in one month. Any suggestions to make this easier on all of us? (especially me)
(I also have to make sure we don't break up because of any of this)
(I also have to make sure we don't break up because of any of this)