Stage Management

Catalog description

This intermediate course provides textually based instruction and practical experience as it applies to the position of stage manager in theatrical productions. Expands into the professional Theatre world, covering the positions of production stage manager, stage manager, ASM, and production assistant. Covers in depth: pre-production techniques, rehearsal practices, technical rehearsals, running a show and the post-production work involved in a typical show situation. Gives the student the basic tools necessary to perform the job of stage manager in either the educational world or in the professional world. This course has some outside meeting times. Prerequisite: THEA 257 or previous experience and permission of instructor. Offered yearly.