5Getting Acquainted with Your Theatre
A real handyman needs only three things: WD-40 to make things go, duct tape to make things stop, and a big hammer for those delicate adjustments.
—Anonymous
Even duct tape can’t fix stupid. But it can muffle the sound.
—Son of Anonymous
Every theatre is unique—in the way it operates, in the organization of personnel and in the way the staff interacts. Each unique theatre has some unique expectations of how the stage manager will fit into the process of making theatre.
WHO DOES WHAT?
• The stage manager should know who reports to whom in his theatre. Not only should the stage manager know to whom he is responsible, but also to whom everyone else on the staff is responsible. In the role of personnel ...
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