A Stage Manager's Job

This website breaks down every responsibility that a stage manager should complete at specific points in the rehearsal process. It is broken down into sections entitled: Prior to Auditions, Auditions, Prior to Each Rehearsal, During Each Rehearsal, Following Each Rehearsal, Prior to Tech Rehearsal, During Tech Rehearsal, Prior to Each Performance, and During Each Performance. These are the major stepping stones to reaching the final destination, which is the actual performance. It also goes into depth, explaining, "If you should have to stop a performance, calmly announce to the audience that a problem has occured backstage" (Stage Managers-- Their Responsibilities and Duties 1).

Although I hope I never have to bring a performance to a hault, it is a true reality. I like how this particular website breaks down the responsibilities of a stage manager into realistic "landmarks" that every stage manager finds themselves at during some point of the rehearsal process. I believe that by looking at all the responsibilities in an organized way, it takes some of the pressure of the eternal question of a stage manager: "What should I be doing now?". As a whole, I think this is a great website to illustrate the duties of a stage manager during the rehearsal process.

"Stage Management." Theatre UAB. University of Alabama at Birmingham, n.d. Web. 12 May 2010. .