When should the stage crew become involved?
Wed, 1 Aug 2001, 01:41 pmGambler6 posts in thread
When should the stage crew become involved?
Wed, 1 Aug 2001, 01:41 pmAt what point should the stage manager start coming to rehearsals? Coming for the first rehearsal is surely unnecessary as there is nothing to see or do. My personal choice is to have them start coming once the play has been fully blocked.
Comments?
Comments?
RE: When should the stage crew become involved?
Thu, 2 Aug 2001, 10:56 am The SM is a major part of the production team along with your designers who are concerned with the whole 'mise en scene' - long before your auditions as their input is also required for budgeting and staging the show.
The times I have seen so many good productions suffer because they have not followed the 5 PÂ’s, "sorry you did not get the part - but would you like to be the SM?" .
The SM isone of the most important and is in fact the mechanical extension of the directors concept. In most productions they are the one to pull it all together. DonÂ’t use them as a prompt or just to call a show, as this is a waste of their abilities and empirical skills, you will be doing the show a disservice
Joe McCabe
The times I have seen so many good productions suffer because they have not followed the 5 PÂ’s, "sorry you did not get the part - but would you like to be the SM?" .
The SM isone of the most important and is in fact the mechanical extension of the directors concept. In most productions they are the one to pull it all together. DonÂ’t use them as a prompt or just to call a show, as this is a waste of their abilities and empirical skills, you will be doing the show a disservice
Joe McCabe