THEA 261 - Stage Management

Units: 1
The stage manager as a key player in production. Creating and distributing notes, lists, and schedules; providing rehearsal props and taping a ground plan; running rehearsals and handling personnel issues; maintaining a prompt book; calling cues; leadership an emergency.

Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground.
Grading: A-F or CR/NC (student choice).
Student Learning Outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

generate properly formatted lists, schedules, rehearsal notes, and meeting notes.
read a scale ground plan and transfer it onto the stage and/or rehearsal hall floor in full scale
create a stage manager’s prompt book from a printed script, including formatting for blocking and performance cues.
enter all sound, light, deck and other cues using a professional format.
call cues accurately in simulated and live performance conditions.
determine and execute established emergency procedures, whether technical, medical, or disaster related, on stage, backstage, or in the audience.