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Tag: Care and Feeding of Stage Managers

A Puzzle for You…or Two

May 14, 2020 cue2go
Orange puzzle pieces

Check out the blog on my puzzle philosophy. I’ve said for years that stage management is about putting all the…

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Filed under: Adventures with Eeyore, Care and Feeding of Stage Managers, Puzzles

What is Stage Management? – SMA Webinar

February 27, 2020 cue2go
Screenshot from the What is Stage Management webinar, with title page and Erin in the upper right corner

Have you heard that 2020 is the Year of the Stage Manager? Why 2020? Because 100 years ago, on February…

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Filed under: Care and Feeding of Stage Managers, Real Life SM Stories, SM Tips

Everyone Makes Mistakes – Even Stage Managers

January 8, 2020 cue2go

On Instagram, there is the following new post:   View this post on Instagram   Let’s talk about: Math! _…

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Filed under: Care and Feeding of Stage Managers, Real Life SM Stories, Thoughts on Articles Read

The Puzzle of Theatre – Putting It Together

December 20, 2019 cue2go 5 Comments
No picture for the puzzle, no idea what it will be - Mystery!

For some time now, the “Philosophy” section of my bio has said this: “Bit by bit, putting it together…” -…

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Filed under: Care and Feeding of Stage Managers, My Philosophy (or two), Real Life SM Stories

Navigating Unemployment for Theatre Artists

February 15, 2019 cue2go 7 Comments
Layoff: Your employment ended due to: lack of work; temporary layoff; your position being eliminated; employer's business closed.

Edit, Summer 2020: We’re far enough into the pandemic that many of us have exhausted regular unemployment benefits (or are…

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Filed under: Care and Feeding of Stage Managers, Finances for SMs, Navigating Unemployment, Real Life SM Stories

Getting Over Congestion

January 23, 2019 cue2go 1 Comment

Let’s face it. As stage managers, we really don’t feel we can take time off if we’re sick. We really…

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Recent Blog Posts

  • Cleaning Up Scanned Scripts August 14, 2022
  • Creature Comforts on the Road – Kitchen Edition May 15, 2022
  • USITT Exhibit: Stage Management Paperwork Through the Centuries February 28, 2022

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Year of the Stage Manager Takeover

Check out my “stories” on the @sminsta2020 Instagram account:

  • January 20, 2020 during Opera Naples’ Double Bill
  • April 2, 2020 during USITT 
  • November 20, 2020 during virtual recordings of Westport Country Playhouse’s A Merry Little Christmas Carol.
  • April 13, 2021 during WSHU’s Join the Conversation virtual event

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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.

“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, Chair-Elect of the Stage Managers’ Association

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