Yesterday, the Metropolitan Opera posted a Facebook video (embedded at the bottom of this post) highlighting two members of their…
Until a couple years ago, if I saw a circle on a groundplan, let’s face it…I would cringe. Trying to make straight fabric-based spike tape turn into a beautiful curved line was pretty hard. In college, we used to have to do it with a paper-based spike tape, which thankfully I’ve never seen again in the professional world. Electrical tape can be a little easier to form curves, but it stretches and can get awkward as well.
Enter Ruth E. Kramer to the rescue.
As mentioned in the previous post, I’ve been online quite a bit since the pandemic started. Here’s the video from my…
Have you heard that 2020 is the Year of the Stage Manager? Why 2020? Because 100 years ago, on February…
Here’s a quick update to my blog post about dance markings. My new LED Stage Markers arrived and they’re pretty…
If you’re stage managing a piece with dance, dancers (and their directors and choreographers) will likely want some marks on…
I awoke to a surprise this morning…a mention in another stage manager’s blog. First, read my dear friend David McGraw’s…
Edit – May 2022 – I’ve added a kitchen-specific updated blog post. Since returning to freelancing three years ago, I’ve…
Not too long ago, I was talking to one of my frequent bosses and mentioned that I was applying to…
[This blog series was started for the Stage Managers’ Association. Part Four has been a bit delayed due to my…