1st Edition
Facilitation Practices in Stage Management Interpersonal Skills and Building Relationships in the Production Process
1. What is a Stage Manager, Anyway? A Case for Artistic Facilitation 2. The Oxygen Mask: To Effectively Work with Others, We Must Know Ourselves 3. Setting the Table: How to Get Everyone in the Room 4. What Do We Call That? What Language Matters and What Language Doesn’t 5. I Hear You: Navigating Conflict and Challenging Conversations 6. I’m Sorry: Creating a Culture of Accountability and Giving Effective Feedback 7. Re-hear(s)ing: Practices for When We Are in the Thick of Production 8. Grazie and Bravi: Cultivating Gratitude and Celebration in the Production
Biography
Nikki Hyde (she/her) is a stage manager and educator who is passionate about theatrical storytelling and working with community. She is the director of the stage management program at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA), where she received an Excellence in Teaching Award in 2025. Nikki previously taught at California Institute of the Arts and University of California, San Diego. She is a graduate of the University of Southern California. Nikki was a long-time ensemble member of Cornerstone Theater Company and has stage managed all over the United States in theater, opera, special events, and community-based projects. Nikki’s credits include the world premiere of American Apollo (Des Moines Metro Opera), the world premiere of Eurydice (Los Angeles Opera), The Box (on Zoom for the Pulitzer Center), Café Vida (Cornerstone Theater Company), Little Black Shadows (South Coast Repertory), A Trip to the Moon (Los Angeles Philharmonic), Stew (Pasadena Playhouse), Party People (The Public Theater), and Twelfth Night (Public Works). Nikki is a member of Actors’ Equity Association and the American Guild of Musical Artists.
