Stage manager

Do you love the theater? When you’re watching a play, you are witnessing a kind of magic at work. As much as the actors take center stage and embrace the spotlight, a crucial part of the live performance happens off-stage. From stage hands to the sound crew, these are the people who make sure that…

An extensive editable list to get your stage management team started with creating a kit for productions and travel.

Hi friends! Putting on a show can be a chaotic process. The stage management team helps keep the process running as smoothly as possible. One way they do this is by facilitating communication between production team members. This is done in part by sending out rehearsal reports to keep the team up to date and involved in how the show is progressing as well as including any questions they might have.

Watch any performance by Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, and it's impossible to deny the level of passion onstage.

SMs make a prompt book, which is color coded down to the last detail. This is an example (plus a very cute SM rubber duck).

Classwork: Students designed masks for their Greek chorus project (see Day 16) Please see document below (or in Google classroom) for rubric on design of mask and description activity

This week we're spotlighting Beetlejuice on Broadway's Production Stage Manager Matt DiCarlo! On Broadway everything... EVERYTHING happens for a reason, and it usually starts with a stage manager calling 'Go!'

I recently attended the inaugural Broadway Symposium and Tinc Productions’ Management Intensive and I came away with a few tips for stage managers and other aspiring event management professionals.

The Stage Manager oversees everything that goes on in the rehearsal room and onstage, communicating this to the technical departments.