Is Stage Management Right for You?

You know you are a stage manger if:

• You live for organization
• You are the one who ends up fixing things- even when you don't want too
• You are the person people go to for help
• You enjoy creating structure out of chaos
• You are good in a crisis and can think on your feet
• You can keep a confidence…or many
• You are not afraid to be both a team player and a leader
• You are a good mediator
• You know how to juggle
• You love theatre
• Did I say? You live for organization?

Want the real inside scoop into the theatrical process? Does the above sound like you? Are you curious? Then let us talk about what it means to be a stage manager with the challenges, applications, responsibilities, and ultimately, the satisfaction of being an integral part of the theatre-making experience.

Learn what a stage manager does from the very beginning to the lustrous end and all the stages in between. CAST could use you, actors will praise you, technical staff will thank you and directors will bless you!

Interested?

What You Will Learn

You will learn in this workshop:

• Beginning procedures before the play is cast, including what your tool box needs to have (I mean literal tool box)
• Tricks to organizing cast & crew
• What to include in your master script
• How to ‘call a show’ and maintain the integrity of the director’s intent throughout the production
• Tips to facilitate greater discipline in rehearsal and back stage.

Written material will be given to you at the class.

About the Instructor: Lisa Roth-Baisden

Lisa Roth-Baisden has a B.F.A. in acting from Wright State University and has stage managed over 30 plays in professional and non-professional regional theaters. Lisa received her Actor’s Equity Card for stage managing two seasons at Sierra Repertory Theatre in Sonora , California and continues to apply what she has learned as a stage manager to her job of clinical supervisor at a mental health agency.

Date, Time, Cost Registration

This workshop takes place on Saturday, August 6th, 2011 10 – 1pm, at Columbia Center for the Arts.

Cost is $10 per person – to be paid when you arrive at the workshop. To register, email Judie Hanel at judieh@gorge.net

Deadline to sign up for class is July 29th

 

About Columbia Center for the Arts

Columbia Center for the Arts, located in the Columbia Center for the Arts, is a non-profit community arts center, with the mission to promote an arts-rich environment in the Columbia River Gorge. Click for directions and hours of operation.