UID:
almahu_9949386798602882
Format:
1 online resource (xv, 219 pages) :
,
illustrations (black and white)
ISBN:
9780429321672
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0429321678
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9781000435344
,
1000435342
,
1000435326
,
9781000435320
Series Statement:
Backstage
Content:
"Off Headset is a collection of essays by a richly diverse group of stage management professionals and educators covering the challenges stage managers face on the job, in their lives, and in their careers. The book starts with the intersectional history of stage managers and the actors' union. In "Part 1: Work", the contributors share a wide range of experiences, from regional theatre and Broadway to operas and cruises - and even running with the circus. The essays in "Part 2: Life" explore the relevance of stage managers claiming their identity and their parenthood, and practicing self-care with grace and balance. In "Part 3: Career," readers receive business advice for life in the real world: leadership, networking, unemployment, managing demanding calendars, and doing pre-emptive planning. The book ends with a moment of pause during tech-a direct response to the absence we have been enduring throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, and a tribute to a world we used to take for granted. Intertwining practical advice with personal anecdotes, Off Headset is the perfect accompaniment to students studying stage management in a university setting and professionals working in the field"--
Note:
"A Focal Press Book" -- front cover.
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Preface / Rafael Jaen and Christopher Sadler -- Introduction. Intersectional history : stage managers' in the actors' union / Jennifer Leigh Sears Scheier -- Part 1. Work. The big picture / Joseph Drummond -- Maximum flexibility / Tom Humes -- The journey of a thousand steps starts with a dream / Matthew Stern -- The "Smusedays" of touring a Broadway Show! / Kristi Ross-Clausen -- Running away with Cirque du Soleil / Alana Clapp -- Opera stage management 101 / Erin Joy Swank -- Off headset at sea / Charlotte Sachetti -- A mutualistic symbiotic model : stage manager and designers' strong ties and participative intentions / Rafael Jaen -- The art of management / Joanna Obuzor -- Stage management is only just beginning / David McGraw -- Hold, please : addressing urgency and other White Supremacist standards in stage management / Miguel Flores, R. Christopher Maxwell, John Meredith, Alexander Murphy, Quinn O'Connor, Phyllis Y. Smith, and Chris Waters -- Part 2. Life. Stage managing a beautifully complicated history / Nikki Hyde -- Already calm, I'm the stage manager / Michele Kay -- Life in the real world / Amanda Spooner -- "Was that a go?" Lessons on perseverance & resilience / Jay Sheehan -- A multiplicity of identities, on headset and off / Narda E. Alcorn with copy editor and proofreader Sam Tirrell -- The fallacy of figuring it all out : finding grace in the imperfect attempts at balance / Jonathan D. Allsup -- Part 3. Career. A matter of perspective / Ramón Valdez -- Maxwell, Brown, and Co. : learning from corporate management / Christopher Sadler -- On networking and making connections : a new, empty Rolodex / Elynmarie Kazle -- From stage management to production management : one path / Cary Gillett -- Unemployment : the other side of being a freelance stage manager / Erin Joy Swank -- These skills are made for walking / Tina Shackleford -- Afterword. Moment of pause -Tech, 09.26.20 / Evangeline Rose Whitlock.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Off headset New York : Routledge, 2022 ISBN 9780367337513
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
DOI:
10.4324/9780429321672
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9780429321672
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