CHAPTER 8Production Supervisors
THE TRANSITION TEAM
Depending upon the scale (varying from amateur to Broadway or West End), the complexity, cost factors, and safety needs for a production, a producer or general manager would assemble a transition team: production manager, stage manager, and technical director. This team would be responsible for shepherding the production from rehearsals and through fabrication (construction) to installation (load-in and set-up in a theatre). As a team they monitor all schedules and budgets. They act as facilitators between designers and shops; oversee every technical necessity; and finally integrate all these elements for the directorial staff, performers, and running crews to perform ...
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