Stagemanagement question??

[Abigail hurtado]

Hi I am a student in Stagemanagement course . I was wondering how do stage managers manage to control the whole show ? Do they have assistants ?
Thanks Abigail

 

[josh88]

Sometimes yes. A stage managers prompt book will have all the cues they need to call to run the show. On larger shows (or sometimes even small shows spending on the size of the company/crew they can have assistant stage managers or child/animal wranglers to help manage.

 

[rochem]

...homework?

 

[TheaterEd]

Practice, and paperwork. It doesn't hurt if you can keep the actors liking you. Also, ASMs and assigning stage hands you can trust to critical tasks.

 

[Fountain Of Euph]

Delegate. A stage manager I used to work with would grab the most promising stage hands, even actors sometimes, and deputize then as ASMs. Then he would assign each a specific job: ie distribution of coms, setting preshow props, sweeping the stage. It was great because it took alot of pressure off me (LD/TD) and him as well, allowing us to do our jobs (management of actors, calling cues ect...) without distraction

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