macsound
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Back when I worked in theatre regularly, at your calltime you'd proceed to the call board to sign in and glance over the SM's report.
They were duplicate or triplicate pages with the original going on the callboard, one dup going in the SM's binder and maybe the producer kept the 3rd?
The paperwork stated the time the show started, ended, intermission time, lead staff working the show including the house manager, what the weather was like, if there was a notable competing sports game, and house count.
Below all the boring bullet pointed info was if someone missed a line, if a costume needed repair or if anything else went wrong.
There was one show I worked where this info was distributed by email at call time the following day (to not mess up equity call stuff) and with any actor's info redacted if they requested (equity again).
In today's rushing attitude about things and in an environment where this isn't currently being done, should it be started? And how? My motivation isn't entirely angelic. There's one house manager who consistently has excuses for closing the doors late for the top of the show and intermission. They're pushing their weight where it shouldn't be pushed but there's no record of this other than memory, so it's hard for the staff to have the conversation with someone who's somewhat a volunteer.
1. So in general - current stage manager's reports are done or no?
2. How do you start doing a report without instantly offending those who you give notes since they're not used to it?
PS. I'm a 3rd party.
They were duplicate or triplicate pages with the original going on the callboard, one dup going in the SM's binder and maybe the producer kept the 3rd?
The paperwork stated the time the show started, ended, intermission time, lead staff working the show including the house manager, what the weather was like, if there was a notable competing sports game, and house count.
Below all the boring bullet pointed info was if someone missed a line, if a costume needed repair or if anything else went wrong.
There was one show I worked where this info was distributed by email at call time the following day (to not mess up equity call stuff) and with any actor's info redacted if they requested (equity again).
In today's rushing attitude about things and in an environment where this isn't currently being done, should it be started? And how? My motivation isn't entirely angelic. There's one house manager who consistently has excuses for closing the doors late for the top of the show and intermission. They're pushing their weight where it shouldn't be pushed but there's no record of this other than memory, so it's hard for the staff to have the conversation with someone who's somewhat a volunteer.
1. So in general - current stage manager's reports are done or no?
2. How do you start doing a report without instantly offending those who you give notes since they're not used to it?
PS. I'm a 3rd party.