Stage Management

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1 Making Things Run Smoothly -- Chapter 2 Characteristics of a Good Stage Manager -- Attributes of Good Stage Managers -- Communication/Management Skills -- Effective Committee Work -- Chapter 3 Getting the Play and Understanding It -- The Promptbook -- Understanding the Script -- Plots -- Area Lighting Diagrams -- Entrances and Exits -- Pronunciation Questions -- Special Effects -- Chapter 4 Scheduling and Company Rules -- The Master Calendar -- Staff Meetings

Rehearsal Schedules -- Company Rules -- The Callboard -- Chapter 5 Getting Acquainted with Your Theatre -- Who Does What? -- Personal Equipment for Stage Managers -- Stage Diagrams -- Diagram of Lighting Instruments -- Information Packets -- Chapter 6 Expediting Auditions and Readings -- Working with Actors -- Accepting Résumés -- Controlling Scripts -- Obtaining Information -- Controlling Forms -- Preparing a Cast List -- Conducting the Deputy Election -- First Cast Meeting or Read-Through -- Chapter 7 Budgeting -- Chapter 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 -- Chapter 9 Keeping The Cast on Time -- Sign-In Sheets -- The Calls -- Chapter 10 Department Management and Property Management -- The Stage Manager as Coordinator of Departments -- Property Forms -- Got Snow? -- Chapter 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 -- Chapter 12 Running the Technical Rehearsal -- Spiking Devices -- Chapter 13 Running the Show -- Checklists -- Giving Cues -- Cueing Equipment -- Timing Curtain Calls -- Walking the Curtain -- Access to the Control Booth -- Chapter 14 Working with the House Manager -- Duties of the House Manager -- Blood-Borne Pathogens -- Rotating Duty Rosters -- VIP Lists -- Chapter 15 Keeping the Show in Hand -- Long-Run "Improvements"--Cast Morale -- Blocking Replacements and Rehearsing Understudies -- Upkeep of Sets and Costumes

Chapter 16 Closing and Moving/Touring -- Strike Plan -- Changeover Schedule -- Moving the Show -- Chapter 17 Fire/Evacuation -- Limitations -- Stage Manager's Fire/Evacuation Checklist -- Evacuation -- Resources -- Chapter 18 Working with Unions -- Chapter 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 -- Chapter 20 Correspondence

A Letter to the Next Stage Manager

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