Arts & Craft of Stage Management

by Doris Schneider

Reflecting not only the author's theories and experience but the prior input of dozens of other stage managers, fight choreographers, pyrotechnicians, and directors, this text is a long-overdue introduction to the art of stage managing. It provides the guidelines and instructions needed by a beginning stage manager and provides 40 forms to help organize time and activities as well as a notation system to minimize difficulty with blocking and to make blocking notes more readable.

Genres: Reference

264 pages, Paperback

First published August 2, 1996

Reviews

[April Helms · Rating 4 out of 5]

My mom found this book and gave it to me. I'm glad she did. Now, mind you, I have no intention of ever stage managing a show. I knew even before reading the book that this position would not be a good fit for me, and reading this only affirmed this. I had respect for stage managers before- it's a tough job that requires working with a lot of various parties. I had no idea how much was involved. This is a great book for beginner and intermediate stage managers, and can serve as a nice brush-up for either more experienced managers, or managers going from one type of theater to another. There's numerous checklists stage managers can use, it goes over the notation system, includes contact information for the various guilds and even includes a lot of anecdotal stories throughout. It made me appreciate all that goes into a theatrical production.