Elements and Performance Criteria
- Set up rehearsal rooms
- Consult with relevant personnel to determine rehearsal room requirements
- Measure designers’ plans and, if required, identify where contractions can be made to mark up without affecting accuracy of performance area mark-up
- Select colour coding and symbols to make the mark up clear to performers, director and others
- Mark up sets in rehearsal rooms with the assistance of other personnel as required
- Assign rehearsal props, costume setting areas, and work and seating areas for creative personnel in rehearsal rooms
- Assign duties to assistant stage managers and agree on priorities
- Oversee the acquisition and preparation of rehearsal materials and equipment
- Monitor work and provide coaching and feedback as required
- Prepare documentation
- Obtain and distribute copies of scripts or scores to relevant personnel as required 2.2 Set up stage manager’s production script for recording show production information
- Analyse and interpret scripts and other production information to produce stage management documentation
- In consultation with director, plan, process and distribute rehearsal schedules
- Manage rehearsals and contribute to creative development
- Use technical knowledge and innovative thinking to assist creative personnel to explore options and resolve creative problems that arise during rehearsals
- Treat cast, director and creative personnel with respect and sustain a safe work environment in rehearsals that supports innovation and creativity
- Coordinate specialist advisors and coaches for rehearsals
- Manage costume and prop fitting appointments and media calls for cast in ways that cause least disruption to scheduled rehearsals
- Update stage manager’s production script as rehearsals progress
- Manage rehearsal schedules ensuring performers and others are aware of calls and changes
- Provide feedback to assistant stage managers on their work and assign tasks arising from rehearsals
- Manage communication of rehearsal information
- Participate in director’s post-rehearsal notes sessions and advise relevant personnel of text or blocking errors and production, technical and design issues that need attention
- Manage frequent and timely dissemination to relevant personnel of creative development information from rehearsal rooms
- Participate in production meetings and use knowledge of creative developments in rehearsals to assist in clarifying requirements, problem solving and setting priorities
- Manage rehearsal room runs
- Notify relevant personnel of scheduled run dates and times
- Ensure that available prioritised props, costumes and technical elements are delivered to rehearsal rooms and set up prior to full run of shows
- During runs, record running times of sections, acts and full show
- Give cues and read in stage directions, prompt performers and operate technical equipment as required
- Participate and take notes in post-run meetings between creative and other personnel and action matters raised in discussions
- Participate in director’s post-run notes sessions and provide cast with notes on text or blocking errors
- Provide feedback to assistant stage managers on their work and assign tasks arising from runs
- Contribute to evaluations of productions and implement recommendations aimed at improving overall effectiveness of stage management procedures