Pudding Productions

Della - Theatre BA - University of Minnesota Duluth - Stage Management, Directing, and whatever the hell else I want.

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we love

being the only person backstage and missing all of the visual humor of the headset conversation

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do you ever decide to audition for something just because it’s an audition but then you read it and suddenly you really want it. ugh.

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HI I’M JUST VERY PASSIONNATE ABOUT EDUCATIONAL THEATRE AND THEATRE IN EDUCATION AND THEATRE EDUCATION BUT ALSO, SPECIFICALLY, EIGHTH GRADERS. I FUCKING LOVE EIGHTH GRADERS. EIGHTH GRADERS HAVE THE BIGGEST HEARTS I’VE EVER SEEN AND ALL I WANT TO DO FOREVER IS WORK WITH EIGHTH GRADERS IN THEATRE.

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Why should stage crew be appreciated

People think it is an easy job unlike acting, but everyone involved in the show ends up spending all their time in rehearsals

They do their job in the darkness, I mean how can they see anything?

They have to always be aware of actors, who might rush through backstage to get changed or something

“Who was in charge of that chair that is still oN sTaGe?”

They have to keep track of the time, as blackouts are short

“OMG I just made that actor move to the wrong spot on stage by putting set at the wrong angle IT’S MY FAULT” - just an everyday thought

They have to squeeze in tiny spaces when the entire cast is waiting behind the curtain

When ONE gets sick, the whole algorithm of moving set has to be changed even for one rehearsal

There is never enough of them backstage but you cannot have more because of the space

They are always there to help everyone backstage by fixing a dress or finding a prop and it is CUTE and SWEET

“NO YOU DON’T HAVE TO MOVE THE TABLE, I DO THAT”  

The amount of squeezed arms and feet overrun by a really heavy set is terrifying 

They are not mentioned pretty much anywhere WHY

They make stuff like FLYING ON STAGE happen

They are truly the ninjas of theatre

THEY ARE GREAT AND MUST BE LOVED, thank you

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hi i’m spending the day directing for a ten-minute play festival and it’s low key taking me back to directing in high school but mostly it’s just really nice because i really love directing

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the thing i love about this is that i’m pulling a fourteen-hour day for this show and we haven’t even hit tech yet.