It's official: Theatre at Mason's The Life of Galileo has had its first successful week of rehearsals! Jumping between dance studios and confusing everyone from location to location and time changes hasn't stopped us from having a great start to the show process.
I've been trying my best to quickly get back into the groove of stage managing. Its funny how different directors can be. When I worked on Summer Brave in the fall, the schedule was laid out in detail, all I did was enforce it. Now, we schedule about 3 days in advance and I actually participate in it. Its interesting how different directing styles can be. And how because of that, the stage managing style needed is always changing.
This time, for breaks, I took an idea from Jessica Poole and use little index cards to tell Rick about breaks, 10 minutes 'till, 5 'till, and then one in red with "break" on it. I never would have thought of cards for it, but its an awesome idea, doesn't always work out easier but mostly it does.
I also have found it to be really fascinating to study how they direct, to compare things in my head and make a note of what I like or don't like for when I direct in the future. As a stage manger I find it the perfect time to kind of be able to watch and really notice how a person directs and what works or doesn't, at least to me. It's pretty cool.
Hopefully we will continue to florish in the dance spaces as we block more and more. Its hard not being able to tape things out, but so far so good.
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