Falling In The Forest

goal is to be a stage manager but I’m super shy soooooo... Theatre and Photography Blog

[depressedtechie]

Hey I’m interested in being part of the stage crew for show choir but I’m nervous. What do you do? Do you come to practices? Can anyone help :(

[of-aurora]

Reblog if you're not homophobic

Every url that reblog’s will be written in a book and shown to my homophobic dad. 

[vincent-van-gtg]

[fitnessdesire]

Can’t risk it

[laderdesders1]

The duck of creativity. I waited so long for it.

[artful-ang3l]

Well I’m not risking that

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BROTHERS!!!

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BROTHERS!!!

[burr-hamilton-laurens]

[unsociablewinchester]

Yes. Now I am obsessed with musical theatre.

[hadeestown]

when my favorite show closes

[dxntloseurhead]

hey guess what?

you don’t get to decide who is and isn’t a “real” musical fan based on what they like.

like musicals? congrats, you’re a musical fan.

like newer musicals but aren’t really a fan of older ones but still act respectful to those who are? congrats, you’re a musical fan.

like older musicals but aren’t really a fan of newer ones but still act respectful to those who are? congrats, you’re a musical fan.

like both old and new musicals but still act respectful to those who only like one or the other? congrats, you’re a musical fan.

you know what makes you NOT a musical fan? trashing on other musical fans over their own preferences, acting disrespectful towards actors, etc. just being an asshole in general. fuck you if you’re that type of person.

[auditionwtf-blog]

It may not be easy…but nothing worthwhile ever is.

[nowthisnews]

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[hadeestown]

when you know act ii is gonna be full of tears and shit but all the songs are bops™

[hadeestown]

jd when he killed three people who were pissing veronica off and veronica broke up with him:

[biasinboy-deactivated20220427]

five types of musical love duets

1. “hey, I just met you and I’m ready to die for you”

Examples: “A Heart Full of Love” (Les Misérables), “Helpless” (Hamilton), “Ten Minutes Ago” (Cinderella)

2. “…we’re not actually talking about (thing mentioned in title)”

Examples: “Baptize Me” (The Book of Mormon), “Light My Candle” (Rent), “Small Umbrella in the Rain” (Little Women)

3. “if we talk in hypotheticals, we don’t have to face the magnitude of our true feelings”

Examples: “If I Loved You” (Carousel), “This is Life” (Bandstand), “What Would I Do” (Falsettos)

4. “the world is so messed up, but we have each other”

Examples: “Hey #3/Perfect For You” (Next to Normal), “I Should Tell You” (Rent), “The Last Night of the World” (Miss Saigon), “Only Us” (Dear Evan Hansen),

overlaps significantly with:

5. “it’ll all be over tomorrow, but at least we have today”

Examples: “As Long as You’re Mine” (Wicked), “The Last Night of the World” (Miss Saigon), “Something to Believe in” (Newsies)

BONUS: “this song is totally coming back, but next time, only one person will be singing it” 

Examples: “If I Loved You” (Carousel), “I’ll Cover You” (Rent)

[leninisms]

has this been done yet?

[poeticallyunkind]

[formerlybeestatues]

Hope that no one ever says your name the way that stage crew says “actors”

[tinsten]

a couple glorious tidbits from stage crew

the swearing. shakespeare would be proud at the insults we come up with.

this one kid that played the spongebob theme song remix on repeat until a senior took his phone

my friend and i had to build up the scaffolding and didn’t realize until we were done working on it that we hadn’t put in the clips and it could have collapsed at any time

i go to a predominantly athletic school, so we refer to the program as “varsity stage crew.”

every week they select an athlete of the week, and they nominate someone from every sport, including stage crew. so we make a huge deal out of it and stand up during lunch when our names are called. some have been known to princess wave.

in our spare time we watch drag queen blooper reels

we sneak into the prop room when we get bored and make chokers out of sparkly fabric

trying to shoot each other with staple guns

“is this bar straight?” “no. but neither are half of the people in this room”

[5-to-places]

The Types of Stage Managers in High School Theatre

The Salt Mine- Bitter. Very bitter. If they see patterns from old shows reforming they get pissed off. Their bodies are like 98% salt I swear. They may be a combination of The Salt Mine and any other type.

The Mom- Generally a favorite among cast and crew alike, brings in extra things for cast. I don’t know how other high schools work, but stage management kits aren’t practical where I am, so if you do this it’s their own thing. Has literally anything you could need either in a bag or on their podium. Claims underclassmen as their children, not in a demeaning way just like a “this is

The Newbie- usually an underclassmen but not always. Brand new to Stage Managing, doesn’t kniw what they’re doing but they’re trying. Pls save them. Much like the Eevees in Pokémon, they will evolve but until it happens evolution is uncertain. Can evolve into any other of the types.

The Lazy- subscribes to the “now that I’m Stage Manager I don’t have to do anything” philosophy. Puts said philosophy into place. Complains a lot, probably the one of the reasons Salt Mine is salty.

The Tried and True- knows what the hell they’re doing. A medium between Salt Mine and Mom. Knows your line probably before you do, can tell you the exact second that set pieces come out. Probably sleeps with the script.

The Dictator- “rules with an iron fist” is an understatement. Sub type of Salt Mine, their word is law and no one can tell them otherwise. A literal pile of anger, v power hungry.

The Vetran- sub type of Tried and True. Did that one show that was fucking insane. In some cases they were the Newbie during said show. Has seen literal hell and doesn’t intend to go back. Nothing scares them anymore. Nothing.

The One That’s Just Kinda…There- not bad, not good, but not memorable. Just kinda… there…

Feel free to add on!