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Tag: Nutcracker

Tipsy Tuesday Talk with Chelsea Janke

May 9, 2020 cue2go Leave a comment
Text: Tipsy Tuesday Talks Hosted by Chelsea Janke

As mentioned in the previous post, I’ve been online quite a bit since the pandemic started. Here’s the video from my…

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Filed under: Cirque, Dance, Musical Theatre, Navigating Unemployment, Nutcracker, Opera, Real Life SM Stories, Recorded Events, SM Tips

What Does Being a Calm Stage Manager Mean?

January 16, 2019 cue2go Leave a comment
Keep Calm and Call Go (in the style of World War II-era British public safety poster)

I’ve had this image in my SM humor file for at least five years. Credit unknown. Today my Facebook feed…

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Filed under: Nutcracker, Opera, Real Life SM Stories, Stage Management Humor, Thoughts on Articles Read

Making the Top Lists of 2018

December 30, 2018 cue2go Leave a comment

Well, I guess I’ve had a pretty good year, with at least two of my shows being included in a…

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Filed under: Nutcracker, Production Reviews, Real Life SM Stories

Nutcracker fun

January 13, 2018 cue2go Leave a comment

Having just finished a production of The Nutcracker, I am especially intrigued by this latest video from DoodleChaos. The mathematician/nerd/Rube Goldberg…

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Filed under: Nutcracker, Pop Culture References

Western Stage Manager Convention Delegate

It’s official; I was elected in the last Actors’ Equity Association election. Check out the blog posts tagged as AEA and let me know how to best represent YOU at the upcoming conventions.

Recent Blog Posts

  • Waiting for second stimulus unemployment benefits to kick in and updated Colorado system January 3, 2021
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Year of the Stage Manager Takeover

Follow YSM2020 on Instagram! @sminsta2020. Keep up with insta takeovers from those like @cheriebtay!Check out my “story” on the @sminsta2020 Instagram account January 24th during an opera gig.

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“Erin is wonderful at bringing people together from across the entertainment industry. No matter if she is in Colorado or Florida – working on opera, theater or dance – her knowledge and joy about what she does is infectious in the best possible way. I trust her professionally, personally, and with any show I have the pleasure to work with her on.” – Adrienne Wells, Corresponding Secretary of the Stage Managers’ Association

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