Third Interview Questions

1. What makes a Stage Manager essential to a theatrical production?
2. As a stage manager, what job do you find yourself most commonly doing?
3. Are there any tasks that you feel would be better completed by someone other than a SM?
4. What kind of compensation, if any, do you recurve for Stage Managing?
5. Have you ever worked on a show that did not have a SM attached to it? What was it like?
6. Do you feel a SM kind of pulls the show together?
7. What tasks do you find have the most priority when preparing for a show?
8. Where would you place a SM in the chain of command of a production staff?
9. Do you believe that any of a Stage Managers tasks could be accomplished by other crew, thus eliminating the SM?
10. Why does having a SM help or hinder a show?