Skip to content
Erin Joy Swank - Stage Manager
Putting the puzzle pieces of productions together
  • Home
  • About
    • Bio
    • Guest Speaker
  • Upcoming
  • Portfolio
    • Work Samples
    • Calling Example (password required)
  • Gallery
  • Contact
  • Blog
  • More

Tag: Opera Stage Management 101

Opera Stage Management 101 – Part Seven: A Backstage Peek at the Met’s Stage Managers

August 14, 2020 cue2go Leave a comment
Met stage managers Terry Ganley and Ray Menard

Yesterday, the Metropolitan Opera posted a Facebook video (embedded at the bottom of this post) highlighting two members of their…

Continue Reading →

Filed under: Opera, Opera Stage Management 101, Real Life SM Stories, SM Tips, Technology in Stage Management, Thoughts on Articles Read

Britten’s Orchestra Marking – Curlew Sign

April 10, 2019 cue2go Leave a comment

While not part of my official Opera Stage Management 101 series, I’m tagging this one as such, too. When you’re…

Continue Reading →

Filed under: Opera, Opera Stage Management 101, Real Life SM Stories

Opera Stage Management 101 – Part Six: Piano Tech & Artist Takeover Day

October 6, 2018 cue2go Leave a comment

Yesterday was a long day of tech, and you get a different form of blog post today….because I was the…

Continue Reading →

Filed under: Eeyore and Erin, Opera Stage Management 101, Pop Culture References, Real Life SM Stories, Stage Management Humor, Technology in Stage Management

Opera Stage Management 101: Part Five – During Rehearsal

September 24, 2018 cue2go Leave a comment

[This blog series was started for the Stage Managers’ Association.] The previous blog posts (start here if this is your…

Continue Reading →

Filed under: Opera Stage Management 101, Real Life SM Stories, Stage Management Paperwork

Opera Stage Management 101 – Part Four: Timing the Score

July 9, 2018 cue2go Leave a comment

[This blog series was started for the Stage Managers’ Association. Part Four has been a bit delayed due to my…

Continue Reading →

Filed under: Opera Stage Management 101, SM Tips, Stage Management Paperwork, Technology in Stage Management

Opera Stage Management 101 – Part Three: Setting Up Your Score

June 11, 2018 cue2go 7 Comments

This blog series was published first on the Stage Managers’ Association website. At the time of writing, I am a Director-at-Large…

Continue Reading →

Filed under: Opera Stage Management 101, SM Tips, Stage Management Paperwork

Opera Stage Management 101 – Part Two: The Personnel

May 29, 2018 cue2go 2 Comments

The character list (in Italian and English) for Donizetti’s DON PASQUALE This blog series was published first on the Stage Managers’…

Continue Reading →

Filed under: Opera Stage Management 101, SM Tips

Opera Stage Management 101 – Part One: Generalities

May 21, 2018 cue2go 9 Comments

This blog series was published first on the Stage Managers’ Association website. At the time of writing, I am a…

Continue Reading →

Filed under: Opera Stage Management 101, SM Tips

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

  • Unemployment Call Center Report Form February 26, 2021
  • Getting Answers about Colorado Unemployment February 13, 2021
  • Changes Coming in Communication regarding Colorado Unemployment February 10, 2021

Blog Topic Tags

Adventures with Eeyore (2) AEA (5) AGMA (1) Assistant Stage Manager (1) Care and Feeding of Stage Managers (12) Cirque (2) COVID Return to Work Guidelines (5) Dance (4) Eeyore and Erin (4) Finances for SMs (2) Going as Green as Possible (2) Helpful Links (11) Musical Theatre (4) Navigating Unemployment (11) Nutcracker (4) Opera (5) Opera Stage Management 101 (8) Pop Culture References (6) Production Publicity (1) Production Reviews (1) Puzzles (1) Real Life SM Stories (30) Recorded Events (4) SM Tips (15) Stage Combat (1) Stage Management Books (1) Stage Management Humor (5) Stage Management Paperwork (4) Taping the Set (3) Technology in Stage Management (10) Thoughts on Articles Read (7)

Tweets by cue2_go

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.

Subscribe

Enter your email address to be notified of updates to the site:

Delivered by FeedBurner

“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

Around the web

Subscribe

Enter your email address to be notified of updates to the site:

Delivered by FeedBurner

Recent Posts

  • Unemployment Call Center Report Form
  • Getting Answers about Colorado Unemployment
  • Changes Coming in Communication regarding Colorado Unemployment
Copyright © 2021 Erin Joy Swank - Stage Manager — Lyrical WordPress theme by GoDaddy