CHAPTER 3

Pre-Production

The stage manager’s work on a production begins with a self-orientation to the script, the physical production, and the team with whom they will be working. In order to most successfully facilitate discoveries during rehearsal, it is important that the stage manager collect as much information as possible in advance. This work will allow you both to provide answers and to know what additional questions need to be asked.

In an academic theatre department, the stage manager ...

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