I know that I have not blogged in a while, but I feel like up to now I have been trying to play catch-up/keep-up. Life since NYC has been absolutely…CRAZY. Our break although amazing did not allow for much resting and since returning I have been consumed with class work and rehearsals for The Tempest. [...]
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I just finished my most recent stage management project, The Tempest by William Shakespeare, in Studio 115. This show was a whirlwind to put up due to limited time constraints, but the whole team worked hard and it all came together very well. The show closed this Saturday and it had a full house 2 [...]
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The first challenge of the day was checking out. I really do not like checking out because I have to obsessively check everything and constantly fear that I am leaving or forgetting something significant. Anyways we managed to get out of the room successfully and on time. Next, we were all invited to lunch with [...]
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Our last meeting on Saturday was with John Vivian, the PSM of Rent. He started as an actor, went to acting school and then started building sets in his free time. Then he got drafted and spent several years away from theatre. When he returned he started to stage manage at the American Academy and [...]
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A pattern here emerges…Ira Mont was our first interview and he started his career path to Broadway as an actor. He originally came to NYC as an actor and worked for a while. He had always been a very organized person who really enjoyed knowing how things worked; eventually more jobs began presenting themselves for stage management [...]
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Saturday, March 8, was our last full day in NYC and we all decided to try and squeeze everything into our remaining time. First, Helena, Sommer, Karen and I went back to the Drama Book Shop. I was looking for the Theatrical Index, which is a resource that many of our contacts have recommended; however, [...]
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Friday afternoon, Sommer, Lucia, and I went over to the Westside Theatre to meet William Lang, the PSM of I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change. He has been the PSM for this show for the past 9 of its 12 years on off-Broadway. A work week for him consists of about 40 hours unless [...]
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Sommer and myself had a really nice morning on Friday, March 7. We went down to Grand Central Station right before lunch and observed all the people and the amazing architecture of the building. Next, we found the Whispering Corner where we were able to exchange a normal conversation while being on opposite sides of [...]
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Roy Harris and Denise Yaney gave a completely different perspective on the job from Alex Libby because each of them have been part of the business for over 40 years. Roy Harris started out wanting to be an actor, graduated from college and came to NY to be an actor. He worked as an actor for [...]
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When we met the Assistant Stage Manager of Is He Dead? the first thing that I noticed was how young he looked. I mean he is only 3 years older than I am right now! The way that he broke through into this career was by banging on stage doors until someone was willing to [...]
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