First rehearsalIt will generally be pretty chaotic but *should* include a greeting session where the cast is established and the director and stage manager are introduced, an initial read-through of the script, and possibly a discussion of what the director hopes to have in the way of a finished product ( Read more... )

Congratulations! You've been selected to stage manage a production.

Now what?

This initial post will deal with practicalities - things you'll need to do and acquire.

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Some history first. As a child, I had perfect, A-1 teeth. Never needed any work done at all aside from the bi-annual scaling and yukky tasting toothpaste treatment at the dentist. This pattern held all through my school career and I graduated senior at 16 without having a single piece of metal in my mouth ( Read more... )

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I'm not imagining things.

( Pictorial evidence under here. LOTS of pictures. Be warned. )

Rules:

Take a picture of yourself right now.
Don't change your clothes, don't fix your hair...just take a picture.
Post that picture with NO editing.
Post these instructions with your picture.


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Sorry everybody. We're at the Week-8-every-subject-getting-assessed-at-once stage of semester. I've had written responses, pointless assignments worth 60% (!!!), Brechtian/absurdist and voice and movement self-devised pieces and rehearsals coming at me from every direction. Shocking. Hopefully, after Wednesday, everything settles down until ( Read more... )

I have a new theory. I am going to elucidate this theory and beg the wonderfully talented poppycat to illustrate it, as she was bemoaning the lack of inpiration earlier this week and I am too lazy and un-artistic to even attempt it.

My new theory is this: I have a malevolent shadow. I've actually known this since I was four and my father first read me ( Read more... )

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