Stage Magic? No, Stage MANAGER

This blog is made entirely of: gaff tape, sharpies, paperwork, silly actors, black clothes, and Pasquale. He's a duck.

[chekhov]

[wildeismsremade-deactivated2019]

[broitsablog]

@indigopersei is the french language just always on the verge of getting someone accused of assault or..?

[dammitperseus]

my friend, if only you knew

[randomfandomteacher]

It’s a very dangerous language to learn

[party-bees-deactivated20181211]

Here’s an interesting thing about French! Everything needs to have an article in front of it. That’s why it’s “la chat” as opposed to just “chat”. So, for instance, you could say la fille for the girl, or jeune fille for young girl, but you can’t just say fille, because that means you are calling her a sex worker in a derogatory way.

The moral of the story is, if you want to make something rude in French, just take out the article in front of it. Yes, this works for nearly. every. word.

[wine-dark-sea]

#now I’m wondering how often my high school french teacher was silently screaming because of this little fact

Every year. Every year there’s that kid who forgets that you can’t translate “I am excited” to “Je suis excitée”. And every year Monsieur Jordan has to slam the brakes before that kid can finish his sentence and then tactfully ask him not to announce to the class that he is horny.

[shamwowxl]

“is the french language always on the verge” oh buddy, oh pal, i am so happy to break this news to you: 

[super-metroid]

truly the language of love

[incidentalcomics]

How to Finish

I drew this poster for Jon Acuff and his FINISH book tour. Big thanks to Jon for this collaboration, his book has some great ideas about how to complete creative and life goals.

[dedalvs]

Love this, but reblogging it specifically for “Get rid of secret rules.” That’s one of the most amazing illustrations—and points—I’ve ever seen.

[apricot-studies]

so important especially for perfectionists who procrastinate and never finish, or even start because they set such high standards for themselves.

[susiephone]

tech week is either “i’ve been sitting here for two hours with nothing to do but i can’t leave because they might need me” or “there are 25674 things on my to-do list and they’re all the number one priority and they all need to get done in the next hour” no in-between

[stagemanagerssaygo]

Explaining to a date what my job entails

And then he says, “But can’t the director and the actors do all that themselves?”

[musicals-and-more]

Tech Week explained by Leslie Knope

[thoughts-of-a-stagemanager]

To the Stage Manager:

To the Stage Manager who didn’t get the show they desperately wanted.

It will be okay. There WILL be other shows.

To the Stage Manager who is working a show that is pushing them to their mental and emotional limits.

Its okay to ask for help

To the Stage Manager that is being treated like rubbish by a director that walks all over you.

Its okay to stand up for yourself (and your crew)

To the Stage Manager who feels like they are a horrible Stage Manager who won’t be good at this.

Practice makes perfect.

To the Stage Manager who feels like this one show has ruined your love of theatre.

Try working with a different director next time. Or explore different fields.

To the Stage Manager who feels like the entire cast hates them.

Sometimes its okay to be the bad guy, as long as you are not a ‘bad person’. (As said in Wreck-It-Ralph “Just because you are ‘bad guy’ does not mean you are bad guy.”)

To the Stage Manager who is also taking classes, working and Stage Managing. 

You are the hardest working person on the show. Guarantee.

To the Stage Manager who has made so many personal sacrifices for the sake of show.

Someone knows, and someone cares.

To all Stage Managers: Patience is key. Professionalism is hard to keep when people are unprofessional to you. Just remember, we do this because we love theatre. We love seeing our cast have fun. We love hearing the audience laugh on opening night. We love our crew and our ASM’s. We love calling cues, we thrive off the adrenline rush of calling tight cues. We love Stage Management because we love theatre. We live for theatre.

P.S. Don’t be afraid to walk away. There is a difference between working with a difficult cast/director and no longer feeling safe. If you no longer feel safe working a show, or feel that actor or crew safety is at risk and you know you’ll be the scape goat and know one listens to your concerns. Walk away. It is not worth the risk.

[backstagefae]

Signal boost the shit out of this.

[backstagefae]

SM Stage Safety Rant

I'm ranting, you've been warned.

I do not understand how a Production Stage Manager can be fine with ignoring a performer's request for extra rehearsal to feel safe during a complicated lift on stage A RAKED STAGE. This performer is sitting on a bench being lifted by two other performers and has come to you saying this move has never been solid--including when we were in the rehearsal room working on a level floor. HOW DO YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE DENYING THEM THEIR RIGHT TO FEEL SAFE IN THEIR WORK ENVIRONMENT?!

If the performer were involved in a stage fight, there would be a fight call, no brainer. So why in the hell wouldn't you do the same for a lift?

As a stage manager, one of my main instincts is to do everything in my power to ensure my performers feel safe. It's why we do safety walks, spike the edges of platforms and steps, and make sure the carps build safety railings. So I honestly can't understand how anyone can just shrug their shoulders and say "oh well, the higher ups said no to a fight call."

Bitch, you're the PSM. There's not much higher than you inside that performance space. Schedule 20 minutes out of the next notes session to actually rehearse how that moment should happen safely. Take another five minutes before house opens and do a lift call. Hell, have an ASM run it if you're too busy.

Do your job and keep your people safe, damn it!

Rant over.

[perpetuallight]

SM: Going darker!

Dancer: In your spirit, or…?

SM: Yes, but the stage too.

[quotemadness]

“I want a soulmate who can sit me down, shut me up, tell me ten things I don’t already know, and make me laugh. I don’t care what you look like, just turn me on. And if you can do that, I will follow you on bloody stumps through the snow….I will do your windows. I will care about your feelings. Just have something in there.”

— Henry Rollins

[oneman-wolfpackk]

I know you’re tired bitch but keep fucking going

[eligantly]

reblog if you have ever experienced/witnessed any level of sexual harassment or unwanted attention from a male. I’ve never met a girl who hasn’t been harassed in some form and I wanna prove that girls don’t chuck that shocking figure around for fun.

[backstagefae]

Literally my director right now towards every female in the cast and SM team

[backstagefae]

I love all my LX people, but…

Why you gotta call SM team in on our ONE day off to light walk?

[backstagefae]

Update: ASMs are now doing props repair...in the dark....while lighting builds cues

[backstagefae]

I love all my LX people, but...

Why you gotta call SM team in on our ONE day off to light walk?

[backstagefae]

Only in rotating rep:

Only in rotating rep would your SM kick both ASMs out of a piano staging rehearsal early to go hide in a corner of the recital hall in their show blacks and eat chicken strips before a concert.

[thingsihearintheatre-blog]

“Why is this my problem? I’m not even on sound crew”

[defultuser]

“Could the chair on stage right move upstage, and be in the spot. Oh and can you turn up mic 4”

(Internal response) Let’s see, given the fact that I’m in charge of stage left I’d recommend you give that note to my coworker. Given I’m not lighting crew don’t tell me about the spot. Oh and why don’t you give the sound notes to the sound crew

“Sure thing, is that all the notes?”*sends the people that actually need the notes a message*

[thingsihearintheatre-blog]

And that is why we have group chats. Well, misdirected notes and rants.

[stability]

when will this happen to me

[bloodandsoymilk]

reblog in 30 seconds to have a sugar daddy appear in your life

[backstagefae]

When the director says stage management should do their job somewhere else because their safety concerns are in the way of his vision: