Stage Management Basics

Without assuming any intrinsic prior knowledge of the theatrical field and its associated, specialized terminology, Stage Management Basics takes a look at every aspect of stage management; from reading a script for the first time to opening night protocols, including how to meet with directors and theater staff, running auditions, best practices in communication, and much more. Additionally, this book features multiple appendices containing stage management form templates, blank versions of which are available on its companion website, and an American to English (UK) glossary. This book touches on the basic principles of stage management that are found in theatre, dance, and opera productions.

Emily Roth is a freelance stage manager and production manager currently living and working in New York City. She holds a BA from Coe College in Th eatre with an emphasis in Design and Technology and has worked professionally over the last three years across the Midwest and New York, primarily as a stage manager, but also as a lighting designer, electrician, sound designer, and props master. As an early career professional that is largely self-taught in stage management, Emily felt the need for a text that introduces the topics that everyone takes for granted in young stage managers.

Jonathan Allender-Zivic, M.F.A., has been teaching and working in the theatrical industry for over 15 years primarily a Professor, Lighting Designer, and Technical Director. Jonathan is an Assistant Professor of Th eatre at the University of South Dakota. Jonathan has over 125 professional and academic credits in the past 5 years, keeping an active hand in the professional arena; he has most recently worked regionally in the Midwest designing lights, but over the course of the past 15 years he has worked all over the country with diff erent theatres and taught at four diff erent colleges and university since receiving his MFA from Western Illinois University.

Katy McGlaughlin has been working in and around theatre her whole life; mostly stage managing and a little bit of everything else. She has worked all across the United States on productions ranging from new works to large-scale musicals and dance. She also spent some time as an assistant production manager and a company manager. Katy holds a BFA from Webster University, where she specialized in stage management and technical direction. Aft er many years in the professional arena, Katy is pursuing her MFA in stage management at the University of Iowa to allow her to continue on to future academic endeavors.