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[col-brightside]

[propitlikeithot]

@laurenlikesstuff @dancingbookwormtimelord

[overheardbackstage]

This is exactly what I wondered.

[tastefullyoffensive]

[roane72]

I have one of these!

[lyndsayfaye]

This is precious and exactly what we all need.

[heck-yeck-deck-tech]

“A big part of stage management is just nEVER PEEING!”

— frustrated ASM at the end of intermission

[aretalogue-deactivated20191015]

wait, what’s that

ENHANCE

ENHANCE MORE!!!

SNOW LEOPARD BLEP

[timefortigers]

SNOW BLEPARD

[nippon-com]

Japan’s vast assortment of mascots all share a similar problem.

Via @GorillaGorillax

[stagemanagerssaygo]

When you’ve been calling the show for so long, you rarely look at your callbook

[stagemanagerssaygo]

#TBT

[auditionwtf-blog]

Finally, someone talking some sense around here…

[callistomist-deactivated2020091]

I decided to create a masterpost that would help you with what you are struggling with. Hopefully any of the links below will help you! Reminder; You’re going to be okay. What you are going through will pass, just remember to breathe. 

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Distractions;

Here are some distractions to help keep your mind occupied so you aren’t too focused on your thoughts. 

-Draw something

-This website translates the time into colours.

-Create your own galaxy.

-Play flowing.

-Make a 3D line travel where ever you like. 

-Listen to music.

-Calm.

-Ocean mood, do nothing for two minutes.

Sleep issues; 

- 8 hour sleep music.

-Rainy mood. 

-Meditation.

-Coping with nightmares.

-How to cope with nightmares, 11 steps.

-Calm

-Foods that can affect your sleeping, both positive and negatively. 

 Uncomfortable with silence; 

-Rainy mood.

-10 hours of rain and thunder.

-3 hours of rain and thunder.

-Human heartbeat.

-Rainforest.

-Sound of rain on a tin roof.

-Autumn wind.

-Rain on a tent

-Traffic in the rain.

-Soft traffic. 

-Fan.

-Train.

-Simply noise.

-My noise.

-Rainy cafe.

Anxiety; 

-How to stop worrying. 

-Tips to manage anxiety and stress.

-The 10 best ever anxiety management techniques. 

-Self-help strategies for anxiety. 

-Helping a friend with anxiety. 

-All about worrying.

-8 myths about anxiety. 

Sad, angry and depressed/depression; 

-“I’m always sad”

-Feeling sad.

-Going through trauma.

-“I’m always angry”.

-Anger management. 

-All about anger.

-National helplines and websites.

-Self-help strategies for depression.

-Dealing with depression at work.

-Dealing with depression at school.

Isolation and loneliness; 

-Pets and mental health.

-All about loneliness. 

-“I feel so alone”

-10 more ideas to help with loneliness. 

-How to deal with loneliness.

 Self-harm;

-Alternatives to self-harm and distraction techniques.

-146 things to do besides self-harm.

-More alternatives to self-harm.

-Self-harm alternatives.

-How to take care of self-harm wounds/injuries.

-Getting rid of scars.  

Addiction; 

-How to help a friend with a drug addiction.

-What is addiction?

-All about alcohol and addiction.

-The facts about drug addiction.

 Eating disorders; 

-Helping a friend with an eating disorder.

-Eating disorder treatments. 

-Support services for eating disorders. 

-Self-help tips with eating disorders.

-Eating disorder recovery. 

-Recovering from an eating disorder. 

-100+ reasons to recover. 

-Understanding and managing eating disorders. 

 Dealing with self-hatred;  

-3 ways to ease self-loathing. 

-How to turn self-hatred into self-compassion.

-Self-hatred resources.

-10 step plan to deal with self-hate. 

 Suicidal; 

-International suicide hotlines (1)  (2)

-Preventing suicide. 

-Reasons to stay alive.

-Dealing with suicidal thoughts and feelings.

-Coping with suicidal ideation.  

 Schizophrenia;

-All about schizophrenia.  

-Helping a person with schizophrenia.  

-Understanding and dealing with schizophrenia.  

-Delusions and hallucinations.  

OCD;

-Managing your OCD at home. 

-Overcoming OCD.

-How to cope with OCD. 

-Strategies for dealing with the anxious moments. 

Borderline personality disorder; 

-Helping someone with BPD. 

-All about personality disorders.

-Treatment for BPD.

Abuse; 

-Healthy relationships VS abusive relationships. 

-Emotional abuse

-Overcoming sexual abuse. 

-Hotlines services. 

-5 ways to escape an abusive relationship. 

-Domestic violence support. 

-Signs of an abusive relationship. 

-What do to if you’re in an abusive relationship. 

-Surviving abuse. 

-What you can do if you’re sexual harassed. 

-Sexual assault support.

-What to do if you’ve been sexually assaulted or abused. 

 Bullying;

-How to stand up against bullying.

-How to protect yourself when it comes to cyber bullying.

-How to help stop people bullying you. 

 Loss and grief; 

-How to cope with a suicide of a loved one.

-Grieving for a stranger. 

-Common reactions to death. 

-Working through grief.

(Other loss and grief)

-Moving away from friends and family. 

-Coping with a breakup.

 Getting help; 

-Seeking help early. 

-All about psychological treatments. 

-Types of help.

-All about age and confidentiality. 

Things you need to remember; 

- Don’t stress about being fixed because you’re not broken.

-Remember to remind yourself of your accomplishments. Tell yourself that you’re proud of yourself, even if you’re not. 

- This is temporary. You won’t always feel like this. 

-You are not alone. 

-You are enough. 

-You are important. 

-You are worth it. 

-You are strong. 

-You are not a failure, 

-Good people exist. 

-Reaching out shows strength. 

-Breathe. 

-Don’t listen to the thoughts that are not helping you. 

-Give yourself credit. 

-Don’t be ashamed of your emotions, for the good or bad ones. 

-Treat yourself the same way as you would treat a good friend. 

-Focus on the things you can change. 

-Let go of toxic people. 

-You don’t need to hide, you’re allowed to feel the way you do. 

-Try not to beat yourself up. 

-Something is always happening, you don’t want to miss out on what’s going to happen next. 

-You are not a bother.

-Your existence is more than your appearance. 

-You are smart. 

-You are loved. 

-You are wanted. 

-You are needed. 

-Better days are coming. 

-Just because your past is dark, doesn’t mean your future isn’t bright. 

-You have more potential than you think. 

- Your value doesn’t decrease based on someone’s inability to see your worth.

Please remember to look after yourself and know that you are more than worth it and you deserve to be happy. Keep smiling butterflies x

[invisiblemusings]

God bless the person who made this

[hollowxgirl-deactivated20160808]

I needed this right now. I needed this and it’s here. Thank you.

[spideydykes]

incase any of you need this

[crackheadted]

what the world needs

[torchia]

A continuation of the set I made last year! I encourage you to hand these out to your surliest, most jaded coworkers. 💞🛠🎚

[kitty]

[eggplantgoddess]

I made him a little kitty snow fort and I think he likes it as much as I do

[lx-puns]

How do you ruin masking?

By breaking a leg.

[butterflyinthewell]

If you are giving your autistic child chlorine dioxide, YOU ARE A FUCKING ABUSER and you fail as a parent.

Chlorine dioxide is basically bleach that gets peddled as a cure for autism.

Parents give this to autistic kids either by mouth or as an enema.

They assume the distress, pain, and mucus being vomited or pooped out is “ropeworms” aka they assume it is the autism “leaving the child’s body.” This is actually the mucous membranes from the child’s digestive tract being burned off.

These awful, horrible, very bad people are destroying their child’s body and causing them immense pain and distress because they want to cure autism. The child learns that if they act autistic, they get hurt, so they stop acting autistic and the parent calls that “cured”.

Any parent who does this should be in prison for child abuse.

If you know of a parent who is doing this to their child, report them to the authorities immediately and get those children out of that abusive home.

[chronicallycozy-deactivated2018]

So I read up on it and what’s actually happening is much more nefarious than even what the post says. Well-meaning but dangerously misguided parents are unintentionally poisoning their kids, and it’s making it impossible to tell who’s doing it on purpose and who’s not.

So a mixture of sodium chlorite and hydrochloric acid is being sold under the name Miracle Mineral Solution, presumably to sound like a wholesome, “natural” treatment for a wide range of conditions including autism and Alzheimer’s. I also came across an article advocating its use to treat cancers.

In the body these chemicals combine to make the same kind of bleach you use to clean the house with. It’s dangerous and can’t feel good, but it usually isn’t lethal. The way these sick fuckers have tricked people into killing their kids is so sneaky it’s hard to tell what the parent’s intents are.

The way that the bleach becomes chlorine dioxide, a much more powerful, lethal bleach, is that people recommend drinking fruit juice with or directly after it. To most people this would seem harmless. “Fruit is all-natural and always healthy” they might think, but it acidifies the bleach, turning it into chlorine dioxide, which kills.

I have a feeling one reason they did this is that if chlorine dioxide gets banned or people realize what chlorine dioxide is, their product doesn’t technically contain chlorine dioxide, and unless people understand the chemical process, which they probably don’t, they still won’t realize the kind of damage they’re doing.

So don’t just report them if you know they’re using chlorine dioxide, report them if you hear them talk about Miracle Mineral Solution (MMS) or if you see a bottle that looks like this.

Also, if you know anyone who’s using this to treat a condition, warn them. The 1 person I know of who’s died from this was actually an old man who was self-administering it.

[candiiepop]

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[stagemanagerssaygo]

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[inerdedout]

Can we PLEASE take a moment to appreciate the goddamn AMAZING amount of craftsmanship that goes into making pro ballet costumes?

I MEAN …

COME ON PEOPLE!

GENUINELY FUCKING SPECTACULAR!

THE DETAIL!

THE BEAUTY!!

THE GORGEOUSNESS OF IT ALL!!!

Costume designers are some of the most awesomely skilled people on the planet and I feel like they very rarely get as much admiration as they deserve. Especially in ballet, because a lot of the time at least half the audience doesn’t get the chance to see how intricate and beautiful these pieces truly are. I want to thank the artists who put so much effort into making characters look amazing.

[backstageleft-deactivated202009]

If we’re talking about specifically craftsmanship we need to talk about the people actually building these, not the designers. Yes these are lovely designs, but what you’re talking about is the work of the First Hands, the Stitchers, The Cutters, The Drapers, The Costume Crafts Artisans, etc. The whole costume production department. 

[broadwaysymposium]

The 4 Greatest Misconceptions of Stage Management

I’ve been a stage manager for nearly 25 years, I’ve been teaching stage management for 7 years and producing the Broadway Stage Management Symposium for 4 years.  There are some common themes I’ve seen about how  our profession is viewed (both inside and outside of the biz).  Below are the four most common and biggest misconceptions about the profession of stage management that I’ve seen.

#1 - STAGE MANAGEMENT IS ABOUT POWER AND CONTROL…

I’ve heard many young stage managers, say, “I love stage management because I’m in control.” Or a version of that theme. Certainly, it’s satisfying to call a cue and it happens, you say “go,” and it goes! It’s feels good to make a schedule and see people show up when you tell them. These, however, do not demonstrate control or power. We are “servant leaders” and our job as stage managers is to facilitate what other people want to accomplish. We are the caretakers, not the deciders.  A great stage manager and friend once said, “stage management is about being responsible for everything, but having control over nothing.” There is a lot of truth in that.  We find creative solutions to problems, we don’t impose our desires.  We help to craft a show and are intimately involved in the creation process. However, we don’t decide what the set looks like, what the actors wear or what the lights look like, rather we assist in implementing all of these decisions. By communicating notes, orchestrating set changes, scheduling fittings and calling cues, we synthesize everyone needs and keep the show running. Our companies can’t be controlled, but they can be lead.  True leadership isn’t about being powerful or controlling, but bringing out the best in people, keeping morale high and maintaining company focus. There is great joy and satisfaction to finding just the right way to seamlessly and smoothly make it all happen. As stage managers / leaders, we don’t exert our power to control the process, but we can lead a team to make best show possible onstage every night.  

#2 - PAPERWORK IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF MY JOB & SHOWS WHAT I CAN DO.

It’s very satisfying to hold up a great looking document and say, “look what I made!” I’ve seen many stage manager portfolios with great looking paperwork, but this doesn’t tell me much about how you stage manage. So much of what we do as stage managers is ephemeral, you can’t touch it.  Most of our work is done in human interactions and happens in the space between people, in the moment, in how we act and the decisions we make.  It’s impossible to hold up a decision or an action and say, “look what I did and how it helped the show!” Therefore, paperwork becomes the one concrete thing we can hold and show our colleagues, friends and family to demonstrate our contribution to the show. We don’t have renderings, drafting, photos of our work, reviews or awards. Paperwork is an important tool for us to communicate information, but it is just that, a tool: ike a lighting instrument or a paint elevation or a costume sketch. The tool helps us create, but is not the creation.  No amount of beautiful paperwork can compensate for the important skills of diplomacy, empathy, organization, compassion, approachability, trust, emotional intelligence, etc…. 

It is possible to be a  great stage manager without great looking paperwork. (but it certainly is nice to have though).

#3 - NETWORKING IS BROWN NOSING, SUCKING UP & ISN’T IMPORTANT.

Networking is a word that can have a negative connotation: it’s all about brown nosing and sucking up. Networking can be perceived as being fake and making people like you.  However, networking simply means “to connect or link,” the goal isn’t to use people to advance or get ahead. It’s about building relationships with other people. We are a social species and want to make connections.  Networking is just another name for what we as kids called, “making friends.” Since we are not in school together, we have to find other ways to meet and connect and this is called “networking.” Just be yourself and get to know somebody. As stage mangers we want to work with people we know and like.  And when they aren’t available, we hire the people they recommend to us because we trust them. Trust doesn’t come from using each other, but from a connection, from someone we consider a “friend.”  Stage management is a sensitive position. We are part of a tight knit team that needs to trust and support each other through good times and bad.  That is why so many stage managers work with the same teams over and over again.  This is also why many jobs aren’t posted anywhere. The jobs are being filled though personal connections and recommendations.  You know someone, who knows someone and they need a SM or ASM, so BOOM! You’re hired!  This makes getting your foot in the door challenging and frustrating.  

If you are at a social occasion: party, a drink night, bowling, softball, etc.. strike up a conversation, you are networking.  You’re making friends and connections by being yourself. It’s clear if someone is brown nosing you or sucking up, that’s how networking got a bad name in the first place.  Just be yourself, listen to others, ask them questions, find common ground, enjoy a conversation together. You never know who knows someone and when that will lead to a job.

That’s not to say it’s impossible to get a job if you aren’t connected to the right person. I know stage managers who have gotten a job by giving amazing interviews or by writing emails, but the path is much smoother when you have an introduction or are already connected somehow.  Networking isn’t a dirty word or a bad thing, just keep being you and build relationships and the work will come. 

#4 - A DEGREE IN THEATRE WILL LIMIT MY OPTIONS FOR SUCCESS.

This misconception is usually held by your parents or other adults who love you, care about you and want you to be happy.  If you are getting grief for wanting to major in the theatre and/or pursue a career in the arts, take a breath and know it’s because that person cares about you. They don’t want you to be a “starving artist.”  The truth, however, is that a theatre degree teaches you many useful skills in many arenas, that combine for a receipe for success. Below are a few articles that discuss this in depth.  The first from our friend & fellow stage manager @brokegirlrich

http://brokegirlrich.com/why-a-theatre-degree-is-not-useless/

https://changeagent.wordpress.com/2013/09/13/9-ways-a-theatre-degree-trumps-a-business-degree/

https://www.theproducersperspective.com/my_weblog/2013/09/9-ways-a-theatre-degree-trumps-a-business-degree.html

https://theatreanddance.appstate.edu/students/prospective-students/25-life-skills-learned-theatre

And as a stage manager, our skills are even more welcome across many industries and are transferable to a wide variety of non-theatre jobs.  You will have MANY opportunities to work both in and outside of the theatre as a stage manager!  There are event managers, party planners, office managers, project managers, and many more.  I know many great stage managers who have gone on to successful careers outside of the theatare in event production, feature animation, directing, building their own small business, and as managers of various types in government, theme parks, cruise ships, etc…

Every business needs an organized person, who has good people skills and can manage schedules, people, supplies, balance time and resources all while maintaining a positive attitude and keeping morale high.  Your theatre degree may not get you an interview as an investment banker or doctor and you may have to revamp your resume a bit, but your skills as a stage manager will lead to success in any industry you chose to pursue.