THA 290FINAL EXAM REVIEW

Rehearsal Details

“Melting Pot” Unions

Paperwork &

Communication

The Tech Process

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What is the first thing a stage manager should do after getting hired?

Read the Script

REHEARSAL DETAILS: 1 POINT

When do understudy rehearsals take place?

The week after the show opens

REHEARSAL DETAILS: 2 POINTS

What is a center and plaster line and what are they used for?

Center line—center of the playing space/stage

Plaster line—the upstage side of proscenium

REHEARSAL DETAILS: 3 POINTS

What benefit does the SM get from planning out ASM assignments?

Specific focus

Paperwork leadership

Ownership

REHEARSAL DETAILS: 4 POINTS

Name 5 tasks to be completed during prep week.

-Make contact sheet

-Make character scene breakdown

-Set up rehearsal hall

-Tape out the floor

-Call the actors

REHEARSAL DETAILS: 5 POINTS

What is a wandelprobe?

First rehearsal with orchestra, if cast is doing their blocking

“MELTING POT”: 1 POINT

What is the difference between a fight choreographer and a fight captain?

-Artistic staff vs. cast

-Create vs. maintain

-Sole job vs. extra pay

“MELTING POT”:2 POINTS

Identify one difference between working in opera and working in theatre.

Language

“MELTING POT”:3 POINTS

What is the difference between a touring show and a traveling show?

-Number of stops

-Guaranteed SM presence

-Length of stay

“MELTING POT”: 4 POINTS

How are modern dance and ballet different?

Amount of scenery

Original choreography

Shoes or no

“MELTING POT”:5 POINTS

What are the standard breaks in the Equity day, and when do you take them?

5 after 55 minutes or 10 after 80 minutes

UNIONS: 1 POINT

What is a 10 out of 12?

How can you use it?

Special tech format for day

Can use twice in LORT contract

UNIONS: 2 POINTS

When would a theatrical stage manager encounter the American Federation of Musicians?

Your pit orchestra

UNIONS: 3 POINTS

What union do opera stage managers belong to?

American Guild of Musical Artistsor AGMA

UNIONS: 4 POINTS

What is a Yellow Card show?

IATSE Tour - signifies how many local technicians to be provided

UNIONS: 5 POINTS

What are Laurie’s 3 key rules to communication?

Be tactful, be timely, be specific.

PAPERWORK & COMMUNICATION:1 POINT

Name three things the stage manager can learn from a ground plan.

General lay out of the set

Amount and location of furniture

Crossover space

PAPERWORK & COMMUNICATION:2 POINTS

Identify 3 pieces of information the stage manager will relay to the front of house staff.

- Length of show

- When intermission happens

- Language, nudity,

- Smoke, strobes

PAPERWORK & COMMUNICATION:3 POINTS

Explain the difference between internal and external communication.

To be explained…

PAPERWORK & COMMUNICATION:4 POINTS

How can the stage manager avoid problems when giving notes to the cast after opening?

-Ground in director’s work

-One for free unless safety

PAPERWORK & COMMUNICATION5 POINTS

What is the best day for the SM to move to the booth?

Why?

After first dress.

Nothing else new, shouldn’t need immediate contact

THE TECH PROCESS: 1 POINT

What does the ASM do during tech?

Manage backstage

Update shift plot & preset list

Train crew

THE TECH PROCESS: 2 POINTS

What are these? How do you use them?

Cue light box

Infrared Monitor

THE TECH PROCESS: 3 POINTS

What is a run sheet?

Daily list of tasks with times

THE TECH PROCESS: 4 POINTS

What is the point of a dry tech?

Extra crew training and reviewing cue sequences without the cast

THE TECH PROCESS: 5 POINTS

Daily Double!

As a team, decide how many of the points you already have you wish to wager. If you get the question correct, you will earn double the points you wagered.

If you get the question incorrect, you will lose the points you wagered. Good luck!

Daily Double!

As a team, decide how many of the points you already have you wish to wager. If you get the question correct, you will earn double the points you wagered.

If you get the question incorrect, you will lose the points you wagered. Good luck!

THINGS THAT DIDN’T FIT

• Why do you need a blocking key?

• What is level set?