TH 1601
Stage Management
12:00-12:50 MWF

Daily Schedule
Wednesday Jan 21
Introductions, syllabus, texts, projects,
weekly schedules.
Friday Jan 23 No class

Monday Jan 26 Class meets without Mark
Role playing with Jamie West
 
Wednesday Jan 28
Introduction & Chapter 1
Research
Have read pp 9-32
Friday Jan 30
Chapter 2
Planning and Organization
Interview Topics Due
Have read pp 33-67

Monday Feb 2
Chapter 3
Auditions
Have read pp 69-74
Wednesday Feb 4 Chapter 4
Rehearsal Rules
Have read pp 75-79
Friday Feb 6 Chapter 5
Managing Rehearsals
Have read pp 81-99

Monday Feb 9 Chapter 5 (continued)
 
Wednesday Feb 11 Chapter 5 (continued)
Friday Feb 13 Stage manager/director relationship:
Tom Isbell

 

Monday Feb 16
Chapter 6
Information Distribution
Have read pp 101-104
Wednesday Feb 18 Bookstore field trip
Friday Feb 20
Stage manager/director relationship:
Bill Payne
Have read 105-112

Monday Feb 23 Chapter 7
Preparing for Technical and Dress Rehearsals
Wednesday Feb 25

The Diviners performance review:
Katie Lindner

Friday Feb 27

UMD Classroom Technology
http://www.d.umn.edu/itss/classroom/policy/checkout.html

Have read 113-130

Monday Mar 2 Stage Management Interview
Raw Data Due
Wednesday Mar 4 Class Meets 4:00-5:00 PM
Montague 30
Stage manager/director relationship: Ann Bergeron
 
Thursday Mar 5 Class Meets 12:00-2:00 PM
MPAC 51

Op
en session with Bill Payne and Beth Henley:
Design and Production Process is a Collaborative Art Form
 
Friday Mar 6

No class


Monday Mar 9

Stage Management Interview
Outlines Due

Review for Midterm Exam

 
Wednesday Mar 11
Midterm Exam
Friday Mar 13
No class
 
 
 


***Spring Break March 16-20***

Monday Mar 23 Chapter 8
Technical and Dress Rehearsals
 
Wednesday Mar 25 Stage Management
Interview
Presentations - #1, #2, & #3
Friday Mar 27 Chapter 9
Pre-Performance
Have read 131-141



Monday Mar 30 Stress Management:
Kathy Morris
Wednesday Apr 1 Stage Management
Interview
Presentations - #4, #5, & #6
 
Friday Apr 3

Mark out of town
Class Meets 4:15-5:00 PM
Stage manager/director relationship:
Kate Ufema


Monday Apr 6

Stage manager/producer relationship:
Patricia Dennis
Head, Department of Theatre

 
Wednesday Apr 8 Chapter 10
The Performance
Have read 143-151
Friday Apr 10

Crimes of the Heart performance review:
Nathan Helstab

Due: Software selection

 

Monday Apr 13
Chapter 11 & 12
Human Behavior in Organizations
Have read 153-166
Wednesday Apr 15
Careers in stage management:
Julia Gillett
Friday Apr 17
Keirsey Temperament Sorter
 
 

Monday Apr 20

MPAC Basement Renovation

Wednesday Apr 22

Stage manager/choreographer relationship:
Rebecca Katz Harwood

Group 1: Outlines Due
Group 2: Outlines Due


Friday Apr 24

Stage Management Software Presentations
Nathan
Will
Courtney
Danielle




Monday Apr 27

Stage Management Software Presentations
Jon
Kelly
Jessica
Meagan

Wednesday Apr 29

Guest Speaker: Casey Martin, Stage Manager
Minnesota Opera

Friday May 1

Work on Stage Manager's Production Book

Stage manager/technical director relationship:
Mark Engler
Technical Director Job Description



Monday May 4 Much Ado About Nothing performance review:
Stephanie Larson
Wednesday May 6
Review for Final Exam.
Friday May 8
Stage Manager's Production
Book Presentations
 
Course Evaluation.



Final Exam:
Friday, May 15
12:00-1:55 PM

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