Off Headset: Essays on Stage Management Work, Life, and Career.
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Preface xiii Rafael Jaen Christopher Sadler Acknowledgments xv Introduction Intersectional History: Stage 1 (10) Managers in the Actors' Union Jennifer Leigh Sears Scheier Part 1 Work 11 (92) Chapter One The Big Picture 13 (8) Josepll Drummond Chapter Two Maximum Flexibility 21 (6) Tom Humes Chapter Three The Journey of a Thousand 27 (12) Steps Starts with a Dream Matthew Stern Chapter Four The "Smusedays" of Touring a 39 (14) Broadway Show! Kristi Ross-Clausen Chapter Five Running Away with Cirque du 53 (6) Soleil Alana Clapp Chapter Six Opera Stage Management 101 59 (8) Erin Joy Swank Chapter Seven Off Headset at Sea 67 (6) Charlotte Sachetti Chapter Eight A Mutualistic Symbiotic 73 (8) Model: Stage Manager and Designers' Strong Ties and Participative Intentions Rafael Jaen Chapter Nine The Art of Management 81 (6) Joanna Obuzor Chapter Ten Stage Management is Only Just 87 (6) Beginning David Mcgraw Chapter Eleven Hold, Please: Addressing 93 (10) Urgency and Other White Supremacist Standards in Stage Management Miguel Flores R. Christopher Maxwell John Meredith Alexander Murphy Quinn O'Connor Phyllis Y . Smith Chris Waters This essay, "Hold, Please," by Miguel Flores et al, was originally published on How / Round Theater Commons at https://howlround.com/commons/miguel-flore s on October 15, 2020 Part 2 Life 103 (50) Chapter Twelve Stage Managing a Beautifully 105 (8) Complicated History Nikki Hyde Chapter Thirteen Already Calm, I'm the 113 (10) Stage Manager Michele Kay Chapter Fourteen Life in the Real World 123 (8) Amanda Spooner Chapter Fifteen "Was That a Go?": Lessons 131 (6) on Perseverance & Resilience Jay Sheehan Chapter Sixteen A Multiplicity of 137 (8) Identities, On Headset and Off Narda E. Alcorn With Copy Editor and Proofreader Sam Tirrell Chapter Seventeen The Fallacy of Figuring 145 (8) It All Out: Finding Grace in the Imperfect Attempts at Balance Jonathan D. Allsup Part 3 Career 153 (48) Chapter Eighteen A Matter of Perspective 155 (6) Ramon Valdez Chapter Nineteen Maxwell, Brown , and Co .: 161 (8) Learning from Corporate Management Christopher Sadler Chapter Twenty On Networking and Making 169 (8) Connections: A New, Empty Rolodex Elynmarie Kazle Chapter Twenty-One From Stage Management to 177 (6) Production Management: One Path Cary Gillett Chapter Twenty-Two Unemployment: The Other 183 (10) Side of Being a Freelance Stage Manager Erin Joy Swank Chapter Twenty-Three These Skills Are Made 193 (8) for Walking Tina Shackleford Afterword Moment of Pause --- Tech, 09.26 .20 201 (2) Evangeline Rose Whitlock Biographies 203 (12) Index 215
Off Headset is a collection of chapters containing essays by a richly diverse group of stage management professionals and educators covering the challenges stage managers face on the job, in their lives, and in their careers.The book starts with the intersectional history of stage managers and The actors' union. In "Part 1: Work," the contributors share a wide range of experiences, from regional theater and Broadway to operas and cruises-and even running with the circus. The essays in "Part 2: Life" explore the relevance of stage managers claiming their identity, their resilience, and practicing self-care. Finally, in "Part 3: Career," readers receive aspirational and business advice for life in the real world: leadership, networking, unemployment, managing demanding calendars, and career planning.The book ends with a moment of pause during tech-a direct response to the absence we have been enduring throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and a tribute to a world we used to take for granted. Intertwining practical advice with personal anecdotes, Off Headset: Essays on Stage Management Work, Life, and Career is the perfect accompaniment to students studying stage management in a university setting and professionals working in the field.and Career is the perfect accompaniment to students studying stage management in a university setting and professionals working in the field.and Career is the perfect accompaniment to students studying stage management in a university setting and professionals working in the field.
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