Stage Management - Practical Technical Theater DVD Series

Excerpt from Disc Five of Practical Technical Theater - Stage Management.
Filled with hands-on demonstrations and real world tips for students, this program will have your students running shows like professionals in no time!
* Identifies just what a stage manager does, from pre-show conferences to closing night.
* Illustrates rehearsal skills like taping the stage, making prompt books, using blocking and cueing shorthand, and other tricks of the trade.
* Focuses on technical rehearsals and performances, including pre-show protocol, how to actually call a show, and how to avoid, prepare for, and, when necessary, handle common problems.
Host: Tom Martin, a professional Director, Stage and Production Manager for the last 28 years. Tom currently serves as a resident Stage Manager at the Repertory Theater of St. Louis, and is Associate Producing Director of the Shakespeare Festival of St. Louis.
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[@stripp1219]

Wow. Math beyond the basic stuff. I'd never thought I'd see the day.

[@tommartin1530]

Harvey, I'm sure your casts and crews are confused and nervous if their Stage Manager doesn't know stage left from stage right. Just where did you do this 50 years of stage managing? Your garage?

[@NateWild]

+Tom Martin Boom, shots fired XD

[@brenden5579]

Obviously you do not have a thorough theatrical understanding. He did get his rights and lefts correct.

[@Sriracha_Chilli_Sauce]

i don't mean to be rude but i'm an entertainment student (still in school) and i can see that you have made some major problems with in your stage manager video. for example knowing stage left from stage right etc

[@brenden5579]

AJ ThePineapple No he has not. It is actually done very well!

[@vaslav030547]

Left is right and right is left ok? (My book is called 'The Tech Gospel')
The illustration from the model as you explained means you either don't know theatre, or you don't know left from right. OK.
To say nothing of In or Out?
Having been involved in stagecraft over fifty years. SM, over thirty years. My opinion is:
You make things far too unnecessarily complicated.
My crew and cast would be very confused and nervous.
Concentrate more on safety. My advice.
Drop the Bullshit.
Run the show.