The
CPT Stage
Manager's
Console
The Intercom Systems at The University
Theatre
For more information contact the University
Theatre Stage
Manager
Texts on Stage Management:
Available from the University Theatre Stage
Manager:
The Backstage
Guide to Stage Management, Thomas A
Kelly, 1999.
Backstage Books.
This book is
good overview of stage management. Kelly's book gives a practical
perspective on stage management that takes into account the fact that
not all stage managers work as part of AEA on professional productions.
The Stage
Management Handbook, Donald A. Ionazzi,
1992. Betterway
Books.
This
text describes the functions of an AEA stage manager. The basic
principles, forms and techniques are applicable to any production
environment.
Available in KU's Libraries:
Both
of the books listed above and several others pertaining to stage
management are available through KU's libraries. A quick search
of their online
catalog will show you the current offerings.
Mentoring
Attach yourself
to a skilled stage manager as an
assistant stage manager.
Learn, while helping as their assistant, the techniques that work
well. Learn also that all techniques do not work equally
well...See the University Theatre Technical
Director
for crew assignment as an ASM .
Online resources:
The Stagecraft Mailing List
The
stagecraft mailing list is for the discussion of all aspects of
stage work, including (but not limited to) design, construction,
operation and maintenance of costumes, lighting, props, scenery, sound
and special effects, as well as company management, hall management,
hall design, and show production. Subscribers include theater
professionals and vendors, teachers and students, community theater
volunteers and others who are interested in the subject.
Stage Managers Association
From
their website:
"The
Stage Managers' Association is a
professional organization created by and for stage managers. We seek to
create a
network through which we can share our problems, ideas, and stories;
educate
ourselves and those with whom we work; eliminate that isolated feeling
which
strikes us all from time to time; make our crazy jobs just a little
easier, and
help us to be better stage managers."
Stage Managers
Webring
The webring for
Stage Managers all over the world working in Plays, Musicals and Opera.
Actors Equity Association
Actors
Equity Association is the labor union representing American
actors and stage managers working in professional theatre.
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