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The stage manager is responsible for all logistics regarding rehearsals and performances. The position is most easily broken into two phases: rehearsal and production.

Note: Sometimes we will split the positions according to these phases: so we'll have a Rehearsal period SM and a production period/prod week SM. The overall duties stay essentially the same.

Example emails sent throughout the entire show process (and the date they were sent) are attached Stage Manager Emails Spring 2019.docx. Click the little paperclip in the top left to view all page attachments.

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        Prepare for auditions by following this process:

• Schedule auditions with the director and producer
  • We typically do two evening auditions, along with another night of callbacks if the director wants them
  • Communicate with the director to see how they want to run auditions. Specifically, ask how much time they want to give each person (typically we allot 15 minutes).
• Update the Ensemble website for auditions signups (or make sure the producer/webmaster does this)
• Update the audition contract
  • All actors have to sign the audition contract before auditioning
  • An example audition contract for a spring/touring show (in LaTeX) is here, fall/non-touring show here (raw LaTeX files are also attached in case these links break).
  • Check in with the director to see if they have additional questions they want to add to the audition contract
• Give people audition times! At least 2-3 days before the first audition if possible, make a schedule of who has which time slots. On their application actors will mark what times work best for them - do the best to make everyone happy (this is not always possible, though).
  • When emailing out, make sure to emphasis what they need to do:
    1. arrive 15 minutes early
    2. have their completed audition contract
    3. have a monologue prepared (it does not need to be memorized)
• Ask the director which slides they want printed out. Print at least 4 copies of each slide: one for the actor reading it, one for you/the producer, one for the director, and one extra. If you can print more extras, do. Slides are excerpts from the play used by the director to see how an actor plays specific characters. For term shows, the director may not provide monologues initially. Ask them to, and if they have none you can pull from past productions (ask the officers to pass these along to you).
• Print extra audition contracts, for walk-ins and people who forget theirs. An example audition contract for a spring/touring show (in LaTeX) is here, fall/non-touring show here (raw LaTeX files are also attached in case these links break).

During each night of auditions follow this process:

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See "Webmaster" (Term Jobs) for details.