Theatre Employment
Theatre Employment
#0Theatre Employment
Posted: 7/11/04 at 11:55pmI am a 16 year old theatre geek who would love to get paid to do what I love.I intend to be a stage manager...whether it be in New York or London.If anyone could give me some info on how I can go about achieving my goal, it would be greatly appreciated :)
#1re: Theatre Employment
Posted: 7/12/04 at 12:11am
Start by seeing what you can do in your high school, or your area. Community theatre is a great place to start, especially a children's theatre. Check out your local newspaper for any theatre listings and then give the theatres a call and see if they have anything. Get some experience under your belt before college. Once you get there, really try to get involved with the productions that your school puts on. Depending on where you end up going, there could be very few or very many groups that do shows. If you end up at a large school that has student-run theatre companies, get involved with at least one of them. Your name will spread throughout that community and give you lots of experience. Also, try to gain as much experience from as many aspects of backstage tech work as you can. The more you know about lights and sets, etc, the more you're going to be able to accomplish and offer as a stage manager.
Hope it helps!
No Day But Today
#2re: Theatre Employment
Posted: 7/12/04 at 12:12am
To be a professional stage manager: do as much theatre as you can in school and/or community theatre--knowing all aspects of theatre is very important. Stage manage in school if you can. Maybe read THE STAGE MANAGEMENT HANDBOOK by Daniel A. Ionazzi--I haven't, so I can't verify if it is good, but it should give you ideas.
Intern or get a position as a Production Assistant at an Equity regional theatre. Training under stage management as a Production Assistant is amazing way to learn how to be a stage manager. Eventually, you will be offered the chance to become an Assistant Stage Manager and join Equity doing so. With experience and hard work, you will continue to reach your goals.
Stage Managers are very detailed oriented and logistically minded. These are invaluable traits. :)
sean martin
Broadway Star Joined: 7/4/04
#3re: Theatre Employment
Posted: 7/12/04 at 1:14amStart working the internet: web sites like backstagejobs.com and playbill.com have listings for volunteer (non-paying) positions. From there it's only a small step to build that resume for the larger profile stuff.
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