Stage Management, 10th Edition

Table of contents

1. Cover
2. Half Title
3. Title Page
4. Copyright Page
5. Table of Contents
6. Foreword
7. Preface
8. Acknowledgements
9. Chapter 1 Making Things Run Smoothly
10. Chapter 2 Characteristics of a Good Stage Manager
    1. Attributes of Good Stage Managers
    2. Communication/Management Skills
    3. Effective Committee Work
11. Chapter 3 Getting the Play and Understanding it
    1. The Promptbook
    2. Understanding the Script
    3. Plots
    4. Area Lighting Diagrams
    5. Entrances and Exits
    6. Pronunciation Questions
    7. Special Effects
12. Chapter 4 Scheduling and Company Rules
    1. The Master Calendar
    2. Staff Meetings
    3. Rehearsal Schedules
    4. Company Rules
    5. The Callboard
13. Chapter 5 Getting Acquainted with Your Theater
    1. Who Does What?
    2. Personal Equipment for Stage Managers
    3. Stage Diagrams
    4. Circuit Breakers
    5. Diagram of Lighting Instruments
    6. Information Packets
14. Chapter 6 Expediting Auditions and Readings
    1. Working with Actors
    2. Accepting Résumés
    3. Controlling Scripts
    4. Obtaining Information
    5. Controlling Forms
    6. Preparing a Cast List
    7. Conducting the Deputy Election
    8. First Cast Meeting or Read-Through
15. Chapter 7 Budgeting
16. Chapter 8 Rehearsal Procedures
    1. Working with the Director During Rehearsal
    2. Preset Diagrams
    3. Rehearsals Away from Your Stage
    4. Your Rehearsal Call
    5. Rehearsal Duties
    6. Keeping Track of Rehearsals
    7. Accident Prevention and Reports
    8. Keeping a Do-List
    9. Avoiding Rehearsal Problems
17. Chapter 9 Keeping the Cast on Time
    1. Sign-In Sheets
    2. The Calls
18. Chapter 10 Department Management and Property Management
    1. The Stage Manager as Coordinator of Departments
    2. Property Forms
19. Chapter 11 Supervision of Shifts
    1. Shift Plot Charts
    2. Take-In
    3. Crew Briefing
    4. Scene Dock
    5. Shift Inspection
    6. Scene Shift Diagrams
    7. Audience Caution
    8. Distribution of Scene Diagrams
    9. Upkeep of Sets
20. Chapter 12 Running the Technical Rehearsal
    1. Spiking Devises
21. Chapter 13 Running the Show
    1. Checklists
    2. Giving Cues
    3. Cueing Equipment
    4. Timing Curtain Calls
    5. Walking the Curtain
    6. Access to the Control Booth
22. Chapter 14 Working with the House Manager
    1. Duties of the House Manager
    2. Blood-Borne Pathogens
    3. Rotating Duty Rosters
    4. VIP Lists
23. Chapter 15 Keeping the Show in Hand
    1. Long-Run "Improvements"
    2. Cast Morale
    3. Blocking Replacements and Rehearsing Understudies
    4. Upkeep of Sets and Costumes
24. Chapter 16 Closing and Moving/Touring
    1. Strike Plan
    2. Changeover Schedule
    3. Moving the Show
25. Chapter 17 Fire/Evacuation
    1. Limitations
    2. Stage Manager's Fire/Evacuation Checklist
    3. Evacuation
    4. Resources
26. Chapter 18 Working with Unions
27. Chapter 19 Organizing Information
    1. Local Theater
    2. Newspapers, Magazines, and Internet Info
    3. Guides to Goods and Services
    4. Contact File
    5. Books
    6. Keeping Current with the Technology of Theater
    7. Computer-Aided Design and Drafting (CADD)
    8. Police, Fire, and Municipal Regulations
    9. Organizations
28. Chapter 20 Correspondence
    1. A Letter to the Next Stage Manager
    2. Critiques
    3. Letters of Recommendation
    4. Thank You Notes
29. Chapter 21 Getting a Job
    1. Your First Job as Stage Manager
    2. Résumés
    3. Personal Mailing List
    4. Long-Range Goals
30. Appendix A: Production Checklist from a Stage Manager's Point of View
31. Appendix B: Forms
32. Appendix C: A Few Theater Stories
33. Appendix D: Web Sites of Interest to Stage Managers
34. Appendix E: What Would You Do?
35. Appendix F: Directing a Community Theater Play
36. Glossary
37. Reader's Comments Form
38. Index