1. What IS a Stage Manager? 2. Characteristics of a Great Stage Manager 3. Start with the Script 4. Communicating Expectations 5. Getting to Know the Theater 6. Running Auditions 7. Budgeting 8. Working as a Team 9. Pre-Production/First Day 10. Rehearsal Procedures 11. Running Props 12. Supervision of Shifts 13. Running the Technical Rehearsal 14. Running the Show 15. After Opening 16. Strike, Remounts, and Tours 17. Emergency Procedures 18. Working with Unions 19. Stage Manager Resources 20. Following Through 21. Getting a Job 22. High School Stage Management
Biography
Lawrence Stern learned basic stage management at Eldred Hall Theater (Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH), where he earned an MA in Theater. While serving in the Air Force, he was the manager of the Armed Forces Radio Television Station on Crete (Iraklion Air Station) and directed the little base theater at Offutt AFB, NE, and Iraklion Air Station. He stage managed for years in the Los Angeles/Hollywood area (Tustin Playhouse, Actors Studio West, Equity Library Theatre, Players Ring Gallery, Las Palmas, Huntington Hartford, Greek) and Sacramento (Music Circus) before turning to directing, writing and teaching.
Jill Gold has been an Equity stage manager for over 40 years. Based in Los Angeles, she toured the United States with seven productions including Wicked, City of Angels, and Les Misérables, and saw Europe with Sisterella. Jill has over 250 shows to her credit thanks to producers such as the Pasadena Playhouse, McCoy Rigby Entertainment, Broadway at Music Circus, Reprise Theatre Company, and the Geffen Playhouse. She also stage manages operas and events, teaches stage management at Occidental College and UCLA, and enjoys guest lecturing around the country.
Let Lawrence Stern be the best teacher you ever had. He’s here. Listen to him!
– Ray Bradbury
