Book description
Revered as the authoritative resource for stage management, this text offers students a practical manual on how to stage manage in all theater environments.
Rich with practical resources — checklists, diagrams, examples, forms and step-by-step directions — Stage Management eschews excessive discussion of philosophy and gets right to the essential materials and processes of putting on a production. 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.
Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Chapter 1 Making Things Run Smoothly
- Chapter 2 Characteristics of a Good Stage Manager
- Chapter 3 Getting the Play and Understanding it
- Chapter 4 Scheduling and Company Rules
- Chapter 5 Getting Acquainted with Your Theater
- Chapter 6 Expediting Auditions and Readings
- Chapter 7 Budgeting
- Chapter 8 Rehearsal Procedures
- Chapter 9 Keeping the Cast on Time
- Chapter 10 Department Management and Property Management
- Chapter 11 Supervision of Shifts
- Chapter 12 Running the Technical Rehearsal
- Chapter 13 Running the Show
- Chapter 14 Working with the House Manager
- Chapter 15 Keeping the Show in Hand
- Chapter 16 Closing and Moving/Touring
- Chapter 17 Fire/Evacuation
- Chapter 18 Working with Unions
- Chapter 19 Organizing Information
- Chapter 20 Correspondence
- Chapter 21 Getting a Job
- Appendix A: Production Checklist from a Stage Manager's Point of View
- Appendix B: Forms
- Appendix C: A Few Theater Stories
- Appendix D: Web Sites of Interest to Stage Managers
- Appendix E: What Would You Do?
- Appendix F: Directing a Community Theater Play
- Glossary
- Reader's Comments Form
- Index
Product information
- Title: Stage Management, 10th Edition
- Author(s):
- Release date: September 2015
- Publisher(s): Focal Press
- ISBN: 9781317343905
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