Paperwork
This paperwork is sent out at the end of every rehearsal day to the production team, to keep them in the loop on what happens in the rehearsal room.
What is a Rehearsal Report?
Authors of the book that was required reading for this class, Stage Management Theory as a Guide to Practice: Cultivating a Creative Approach.
This person’s primary responsibility is to make the rehearsal and tech schedule.
Who is a Production Stage Manager?
We use this in the rehearsal room and sometimes in the performance space. It helps make out the boundaries of the space and where to put set pieces.
What is Spike Tape?
This paperwork is made to keep track of which character is in which scene.
What is a Character/Scene Breakdown?
This stage manager, producer, and educator is currently on as PSM for Lempicka. They are famous for they’re renowned scholarship program for up-and-coming theater-makers of color.
Who is Cody Renard Richard?
This person is responsible for making the deck tracking.
Who is a Stage Manager/Deck Manager?
This database software helps keep all of the paperwork organized digitally and easily accessible.
What is Google Drive and/or Dropbox?
This paperwork is made for casts that have swings and understudies. It helps the SM and run crew keep track of who is on for any given performance.
What is an In/Out Sheet?
She most recently went up as the PSM for The Outsiders and Production Supervisor for The Wiz, but got her big break as the PSM on Hadestown.
This person is primarily a runner. They assist everyone on the team.
Who is a Production Assistant?
We only use this in the performance space. It helps us know where to put set pieces or keeps us from running into things backstage. It needs to be charged.
What is Glow Tape?
This paperwork sometimes contains timestamps and is typically a breakout piece of paperwork from the backstage run sheet. For this piece, it is important to have the backstage location listed.
What is a Costume Change Plot?
Studied under Harold Prince, this stage manager is famous for being the original PSM of The Phantom of the Opera and Sweeney Todd. She died in 2000.
Who is Ruth Mitchell?
This person primarily helps the deck management team. They assist in quick changes and prop hand-offs.
Who is an Assistant Stage Manager?
Scriptation, StageWrite, and Cue-to-Cue are all examples of software designed to aide in what task?
This paperwork is generated typically only by the PSM. This is the only piece of paperwork that requires a designated tech meeting to complete.
What is a Calling Script?
This stage manager premiered four of Pulitzer-Prize-winning playwright August Wilson’s Century Cycle plays and stage-managed two Broadway revivals of his work.
Who is Narda E. Alcorn?
This person comes in only after the production goes into performance.
Who is a Sub?
We only use these in the performance space. They allow us to communicate quickly and quietly.
What are Headsets/Com?