midsummer-nights-scheme

stage management shakespeare (talk to me about authorship) ily all

[charl0ttan]

getting into spreadsheets will rock your world. just start collecting data. learn formulas. its so much fun to use a formula

[charl0ttan]

[mephistopheles]

actually, frankenstein is the name of the scientist. the horrible emo monster nobody wants to fucking talk to is named lord byron

[bethanydelleman]

I was talking about a historical male author I dislike because I found his works misogynistic and the person said, "Oh, well I suppose you don't read Shakespeare either." and I was like, "Shakespeare? SHAKESPEARE?!?! Of course I read Shakespeare, that man loved women."

Shakespeare wrote a wide variety of fleshed out female characters. He wrote Damsels in Distress, Cross-dressing Girlbosses, and Complex Female Villains. He wrote a woman who refused to sell her virtue to save her family and then shamed her brother for suggesting it. He wrote Taming of the Shrew and it's opposite, All's Well that Ends Well, in which the wife hunts down and tames the husband. He wrote men who are good because they listen to, trust, and defend women. He wrote women of all kinds. He wrote women who drive the plot and women doomed by the narrative. He wrote women in love and women who pathetically follow a man who doesn't like them and women in hatred. He wrote sensible women and silly women and everything in between off all ages.

I wish modern authors could write women as well as he did.

[heck-yeck-deck-tech]

Flight attendant: Is there a doctor on board? This person is having a heart attack!

Dad, nudging me: Should've been you, kid.

Me: not now dad

Dad: Not asking for a stage manager now, are they?

Me: dAD there's a medical emergency happening

Dad: Why don't you go see if saying "let's take a five" helps?

[emi-thestarlightsapphic]

Things I’ve learned as a stage manager that I would pass to future stage managers!

1. You will make mistakes!! Mistakes happen, all the time, we are quite literally human. No one is perfect. What’s really going to count when mistakes happen is how you decide to handle to problem! How you react, your problem solving, and your communication!

2. Not everyone is going to agree with you! Leadership is really tough because most of the time, the majority is going to respect you and follow your decisions! However, there’s always going to be those times when someone might not agree with you. They did things a different way with a different theatre, something doesn’t work for them, the schedule doesn’t make sense to them. Whatever it is, at the end of the day, it’s between you and the director to decide. Stay confident in your decisions honestly though. If you seriously think there is an issue, talk with your director or your team!

3. TRUST YOUR TEAM. Cannot emphasize this enough. Your ASM’s especially are your BACKBONE. Please do not take on more than you are capable!!! I really struggled with this one and wanted to handle every little thing and problem but I was getting burnt out! I was so worried during tech week about a million little things that I honestly couldn’t focus on my cues. I started eventually though, arriving to tech week and show days and taking 20 minutes to myself to meditate and focus. My team was able to handle conflict for me, set-up, and so much more. I had an awesome team that had my back and that I trusted to handle backstage while I called cues! There is so much that comes with stage management, and you’ll have your hand in every part, but share the load wherever you can!!

4. Have Fun! I feel like everyone always says this one, but seriously, have fun! I get very serious and in my head sometimes when I’m stage managing, but there’s so many times I wished I had relaxed a little more! Laugh with your team, make friends, strengthen the friendships you already had! Theatre can be a truly wonderful experience if you let go of unneeded stress (which can be EXTREMELY difficult, I absolutely understand)

Stage management is a tough position that doesn’t get a lot of recognition, but it’s always so thrilling to see those lights come up the first show! I always feel like I’m doing magic. I’m by no means a perfect stage manager, but I look forward to every opportunity I get to learn more!

[mrshuesucks]

you ever wanted to be a theatre kid but social anxiety said no

[midsummernightsscheme]

that's where technical theatre comes in

[rslashrats]

me: man i left all my detritus on the forest floors of North America's Pacific coastal coniferous rainforest belt (including douglas-fir forests and redwood forests), i sure hope nobody eats it all!

the nefarious banana slug:

[oxypill]

my bad didn't mean 2 attach myself 2 u like an abandoned dog

[glowcowboy]

fuck casual friendships. our souls are intertwined. loving you is woven into the fabric of my life

[glowcowboy]

and brother? let’s make a beautiful tapestry

[barstoolblues]

[midsummernightsscheme]

i need to confess something. i am not proud of this, but it's time for it to come to light.

i'm fucking obsessed with pitbull.

obviously his lyrics are godawful and i don't stand by most of the shit he says. but dude knows how to make a banger.

[flugelwhisper]

Callout post - y'all who do theatre. Listen. Listen.

Y'all don't need to sit in the same row as the director or the stage manager.

I want my fucking seat back. Every single fucking person sitting there has been in a show I've stage managed in. They KNOW where I sit.

STOP FUCKING SITTING THERE. FUCKING STOP IT.

YOU DO THIS ON PURPOSE. ISTFG

[stagewriter28]

Omg yes I have a very specific spot and WILL move you or you shit if need be. 😡

[flugelwhisper]

Someone literally dropped their bag where the director sits. They, eventually, had to crawl on the floor and grab it because they couldn't get to it. The director was busy directing and standing on their bag. We were several weeks into rehearsal. The cast knows the director sits front and center. (I sit to the right of him, ASM to the right or back of me.) It's like that for every show up. I admit, I chuckled.

The thing that gets me is people who sit their things in the front and center row and are onstage all night. Just give me the front row so I can communicate with the director easier. There's house left and house right you can set your things. Plus, front row has decent light from the stage lights. I can be on book without a book light.

I started just sitting in front row seats that have their bags on the floor. I get the convenience - I have been onstage. But you can walk an extra five steps to your bag. Y'all don't need to sit by the director. Why do you WANT to sit by the director? I have to in order to take notes/prompt/etc.

Please. Leave the seats for the stage manager and assistant stage manager. I beg. There's literally hundreds of seats.

[midsummernightsscheme]

pleading for people to listen to this. no matter how much i love you i'm needing you to get out of my goddamn seat!

[shitty-fanfic-prompts]

Ross from Macbeth and Ross from F.r.i.e.n.d.s. bodywsap au

[midsummernightsscheme]

when people like my posts i feel an overwhelming surge of pride. but when people like my reblogs i feel like an evil little thief. how dare i receive the little notification dopamine for genius that was in no way my own. look at me profiting off of another's work. karl marx is shaking in his grave.

[learningtogirl]

Wait fuck. I think half the reason I love doing theatre tech is it lets me satisfy the part of the brain that wants to be a mostly mindless drone working together to form a bigger whole. And the only subroutines I need to have active are "listen to what you're told to do" and "execute your simple task well".

You've ruined me that I'm thinking of it in these terms tumblr, but also I love you

[tytonidyke]

Ever since I was a little girl I wanted to reassure my lover that my coughing is naught but a cold and bid her goodnight only to cough again as I return to my waiting carriage and reveal my white handkerchief speckled with blood

[sewerfight-deactivated20250114]

Detective pretending to be a comedian doing crowd work like "hey man where do you work?" followed by "uh huh, and did you happen to be there from 2pm to 6pm on the 2nd of June?" and everyone thinks he's leading up to a bit because of his playful tone and his goading acknowledgements followed by his wacky facial expressions, but once he gets his answers he soberly moves onto someone else in the crowd and repeats this for the duration of his spot