If you’ve never been involved in the production of theatre, there’s a good chance that you’ve never even heard of one of the most important people in the process: the stage manager.
Essentially, the stage manager is the cog at the centre of the production, who ensures that it runs as the director intended it to run. The director provides the artistic vision. The stage manager ensures that vision is realized each performance.
Because the stage manager is involved with and ultimately responsible for all aspects of a production, s/he is the go-to person for any and every problem. The best stage managers have an unnerving ability to be ready for anything that may come his or her way.
The physical manifestation of this “ever readiness” is the stage manager’s kit, in which, depending on the scale of the production, just about anything can be found.
In this short clip, Jen and Pamela take a a playful look at Pamela’s stage manager kit.
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