THEA15C
Module 15C: Stage Management C (Optional)
Outcome
Assume the role and responsibilities of stage manager.
Indicators
(a) Collaborate with production manager to develop production team budgets and rehearsal schedule.
(b) Examine the process and criteria for expanding a stage manager’s role to include an assistant stage manager and/or backstage manager.
(c) Review and confirm production roles.
(d) Create rehearsal and performance schedules in collaboration with director.
(e) Call and monitor attendance of actors and crew during rehearsals and performances.
(f) Source and maintain furniture and properties.
(g) Create and maintain a master properties list and plan.
(h) Develop a plan for the return of properties.
(i) Ensure effective communication among production team members and cast members.
(j) Record lighting and sound cues in production book before technical rehearsal.
(k) Oversee safety aspects of a production.
(l) Discuss expectations and requirements (e.g., off-stage monitors for cast, intercom headsets for stage manager and technicians, body microphones) for facilitating backstage communications.
(m) Manage the production callboard, including sign-in sheets and announcements.
(n) Collaborate with the sound team to set up a video monitor so that off-stage cast can see and hear what is happening on stage.
(o) Manage the backstage and onstage areas during performances.
(p) Create prompt script including actors’ cues and requirements for properties, lighting and sound.
(q) Call all cues including light, sound and deck cues.
(r) Coordinate set-up and strike of a production and arrange transportation (e.g., of properties or set pieces) as required.
Loading...