| Description |
viii, 370 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Making Things Run Smoothly -- ch. 2 Characteristics Of A Good Stage Manager -- Attributes of Good Stage Managers -- Communication/Management Skills -- Effective Committee Work -- ch. 3 Getting The Play And Understanding IT -- The Promptbook -- Understanding the Script -- Plots -- Area Lighting Diagrams -- Entrances and Exits -- Pronunciation Questions -- Special Effects -- ch. 4 Scheduling And Company Rules -- The Master Calendar -- Staff Meetings -- Rehearsal Schedules -- Company Rules -- The Callboard -- ch. 5 Getting Acquainted With Your Theatre -- Who Does What? -- Personal Equipment for Stage Managers -- Stage Diagrams -- Diagram of Lighting Instruments -- Information Packets -- ch. 6 Expediting Auditions And Readings -- Working with Actors -- Accepting Resumes -- Controlling Scripts -- Obtaining Information -- Controlling Forms -- Preparing a Cast List -- Conducting the Deputy Election -- First Cast Meeting or Read-Through -- |
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Contents note continued: ch. 7 Budgeting -- ch. 8 Rehearsal Procedures -- Working with the Director During Rehearsal -- Preset Diagrams -- Rehearsals Away from Your Stage -- Your Rehearsal Call -- Rehearsal Duties -- Keeping Track of Rehearsals -- Accident Prevention and Reports -- Keeping a Do-List -- Avoiding Rehearsal Problems -- ch. 9 Keeping The Cast On Time -- Sign-In Sheets -- The Calls -- ch. 10 Department Management And Property Management -- The Stage Manager as Coordinator of Departments -- Property Forms -- Got Snow? -- ch. 11 Supervision Of Shifts -- Shift Plot Charts -- Take-In -- Crew Briefing -- Scene Dock -- Shift Inspection -- Scene Shift Diagrams -- Audience Caution -- Distribution of Scene Diagrams -- Upkeep of Sets -- ch. 12 Running The Technical Rehearsal -- Spiking Devices -- ch. 13 Running The Show -- Checklists -- Giving Cues -- Cueing Equipment -- Timing Curtain Calls -- Walking the Curtain -- Access to the Control Booth -- |
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Contents note continued: ch. 14 Working With The House Manager -- Duties of the House Manager -- Blood-Borne Pathogens -- Rotating Duty Rosters -- VIP Lists -- ch. 15 Keeping The Show In Hand -- Long-Run "Improvements" -- Cast Morale -- Blocking Replacements and Rehearsing Understudies -- Upkeep of Sets and Costumes -- ch. 16 Closing And Moving/Touring -- Strike Plan -- Changeover Schedule -- Moving the Show -- ch. 17 Fire/Evacuation -- Limitations -- Stage Manager's Fire/Evacuation Checklist -- Evacuation -- Resources -- ch. 18 Working With Unions -- ch. 19 Organizing Information -- Local Theatre -- Newspapers, Magazines, and Internet Info -- Guides to Goods and Services -- Contact File -- Books -- Keeping Current with the Technology of Theatre -- Computer-Aided Design and Drafting (CADD) -- Police, Fire, and Municipal Regulations -- Organizations -- ch. 20 Correspondence -- A Letter to the Next Stage Manager -- Critiques -- Letters of Recommendation -- Thank You Notes -- |
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Contents note continued: ch. 21 Getting A Job -- Your First Job as Stage Manager -- Resumes -- Personal Mailing List -- Long-Range Goals -- ch. 22 High School Stage Management -- Four Suggestions for Improving Stage Management at Your School -- Company Rules -- Improving Scene Shifts -- Rehearsal Reports -- Safety Concerns -- Recognition of Drama Teachers |
| Summary |
The book offers readers a practical manual on how to stage manage in all theatre environments. Revered as the authoritative resource for stage management, this text is rich with practical resources, including checklists, diagrams, examples, forms and step-by-step directions. In addition to sharing his own expertise, Stern has gathered practical advice from working stage managers of Broadway, off-Broadway, touring companies, regional, community, and 99-seat Equity waiver theaters. In its 11th edition, the book is now fully in color and updated to include new information on Equity contracts, social media applications in stage management, and working with high school productions |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Stage management
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| Author |
Gold, Jill, author
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| LC no. |
2016038152 |
| ISBN |
9781138124479 (hbk : alk. paper) |
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9781138124462 (pbk : alk. paper) |
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