Blog 11; Mentorship 10 Hours Check

1. I completed over 50 hours of my mentorship stage managing The Rainmaker at Chino Community Theatre.
2. Gregory Cohen
3. 53 hours have been completed.
4. I staged managed the production for all 10 shows on the weekends in September. I would show up two hours early to curtain, set the props, prepare the food, clean up, call time, and keep the staff and actors informed on what was going. After the show, I would put the props back, and clean the set and backstage to prepare for the next show. I was always the one to turn off and reset the alarm every night, because I was the first and last to leave. I also went for 3 hours on the Saturday after our last showing, to break the set down and clean everything on the stage up.

Lady of the House Final

That’s a wrap! Today, we performed our last production of Lady of the House in addition to putting on our first weekend show. Not to mention, the first show in the multi-purpose room. Having this room has opened up new technologies to me, including training on how to use our new Ion lighting console and the sound mixer. This has given me valuable experience in stage tech, something that every stage manager should know. While I am sad it is over, I cannot wait for the spring, when we will be putting on 3 different plays in the same week.

Lady of the House!

Today was the final rehearsal for the show, which ran until about 7. The tech crew remained busy until about 9:30, finishing the stage. I'd like to say we pulled off the impossible, and it loos like we are gonna have a show!

Platforms!

Today, building began on the platforms we are going to use in our production, and has so far been a tremendous task. Requiring over $1500 of material and paint, the workday started after school at 3 and ended at 8 o’clock. While this is definitely one of the longest drama nights I have had, we have laid out much of the foundation, and we are on our way to having a stage to put the show on.

Senior Project Update

1) I am currently about to enter the tech rehearsal stage of Lady of the House. The show opens December 12th!

2) A recent article has been the Stage Managers Association constitution. It has provided me with an idea of how stage managers should be represented and what their interests are, something I want top look in to.

3) Pictured is a scene from rehearsal.

Science Fair Proposal

1) Stage Managers Salaries.
2) The average salary for a stage manager is about $30,000 to $40,000 per year, paid, normally, in an hourly wage. Stage managers can make anywhere from $26,000 to $49,000, depending on where they work and for whom they are working. Television stage managers typically make more than stage managers for live productions.
Stage managers are only likely to get benefits if they are hired full-time with a production company, which is not often the case. Many are like actors, freelancing their skills in one production after another. In this case, paid vacation time and benefits are not at all common.
"Stage Manager." StateUniversity.com. Net Industries, n.d. Web. 8 Nov. 2012. http://careers.stateuniversity.com/pages/cwektwkfmb/Stage-Manager.html.
3) If a Stage Manager has an MFA degree, the Stage Manager will make more money.
4) I will be performing a comprehensive survey of different kinds of Stage Managers. I will be asking for information on their salaries and also about any college training they had in theatre. My survey will include a variety of Stage Managers, from both theatre and television. I will use the Stage Managers Association to try and get into contact with Stage Managers.
5) Behavioral/Social Science

Working EQ and Possible Answers

1) What makes a Stage Manager essential to a theatrical production?
2) I am not going to revise my EQ at this time.
3) a.There would be no other person to keep communication open
b. They do a wide variety of jobs.
c. There are so many jobs that are interconnected that need to be overseen by one person with all of the details.