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SMArts: Safety

I know that it has now been a while since the SMArts conference wrapped up in Vancouver, but I thought it was important to still relay this information on Health & Safety for Stage Management. If you have questions about safety practices in theatre, check out www.actsafe.ca for a number of online publications, courses & [...]

SMArts: The Apprentice Stage Manager

This is the fourth post in a series of five about my experience at the SMArts conference in Vancouver. I’ve essentially taken my notes and turned them into these posts.  You can find my previous posts on Calling a show, the CTA agreement & the conference in general by clicking on those links. One of [...]

Define Stage Manager

Defining what exactly a stage manager is & does can be a difficult thing. I’ve blogged before about exactly what a single “day in the life” can look like, yet every time I attend a family event and someone asks what I do, I usually mumble something about “sitting in a little black room pushing [...]

SMArts: Calling A Show/The Prompt Script

This is the third post in a series of five about my experience at the SMArts conference in Vancouver. I’ve essentially taken my notes and turned them into these posts.  You can find my previous posts on the CTA agreement & the conference in general by clicking on those links. Calling a show is one [...]

SMARTS: Vancouver 2010 Stage Management Conference

Last week the SMArts conference came to Vancouver.  Never heard of SMArts? If you’re a stage manager in Canada you should have.  Make sure you check out their website: http://stagemanagingthearts.ca/ They run a 10 day conference in Toronto every year that covers everything from Scheduling & Planning to Television (and how stage management skills transfer) [...]