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This article summarizes the key responsibilities upheld by a stage manager in community theatre. The article says that the five key responsibilities a stage manager has control over are: “scheduling and running rehearsals, communicating the directors’ wishes to designers and crafts people, coordinating the work of the stage crew, calling cues and possibly actors’ entrances during performance, and overseeing the entire show each time it is performed” (AACT 1). The article also says that the stage manager is responsible for ensuring that proper set pieces are completed on a timely schedule, and also ensuring that all props are in place so that actors are prepared for using them in the actual performance. Overall, the stage manager is constantly keeping record of all lighting levels, sound (microphone) levels, and blocking diagrams.
I believe this is a great article that clearly lays out what a typical stage manager does on a typical day. It shows that the stage manager takes on other responsibilities other that just calling the cues on the day of the performances. I agree that in community theatre, sometimes funds are short, therefore resulting in the stage manager doubling and tripling responsibilities in order to have a successful show. As one can see, stage management can be a hectic and demanding occupation.

"Stage Manager." American Association of Community Theatre. AACT, 2010. Web. 16 Apr 2010. .