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   STAGE MANAGEMENT EXAMPLES, FORMS and DOCUMENTS

 
 

HEALTH & SAFETY

FACILITATION
 
COMMUNICATION
 
 
RECORDING
 
 
HUMOUR
 
Extraordinary Risk Daily schedules Cueing and Blocking Chain of Command
WSIB Hazards Distribution Lists Rehearsal overview Photo shot list Terms "Poem"
Fire Emergency Scene Breakdowns      1, 2, 3  Rehearsal Notes,  2 Running Lists 1, 2, 3, 4 Quotes
Firearms SM an Event  2 Show Reports Preset Lists
Voluntary Medical Info Form Props Presets Perm Info Scene Change
SM Equipment & First Aid Kit AASM Apprentice Form Company / Contact Lists Pre-show Check List
Local Info Running Lists1, 2, 3, 4 Paging Running props
Rehearsal Hall Prep Notes for ASM Production meeting notes Props tracking
Lists per Script Performance Schedules Excel charting
 
Italics indicate an instruction sheet. All other documents are Examples, Forms and Policies.
Quick links
Chart and terms
STAGE 1                   STAGE 2-4
 

Terms and Acronyms

P.S.M. Production Stage Manager

S.M. Stage Manager

A.S.M. Assistant Stage Manager

A.A.S.M. Apprentice Assistant Stage Manager

G.M. General Manager

A.D. Artistic Director

Dir. Director

P.M. Production Manager

T.D. Technical Director

P.A. Production Assistant

L.D. Lighting Designer

P.D. (rare) Production Designer - usually Set AND Costumes, maybe LX

H.E. / M.E. Head Electrician / Master Electrician

LQ Lighting Cue

LX Electrics / Lighting Cue

SQ Sound Cue

LX, LQ ELECS, are all Electrics, Lighting

FX or SFX Effects (Special Effects)

TECH Technical time (hours or days) between rehearsals and performances

S.M.arts http://www.caea.com/Equityweb/Regions/StageManagement/SMArts.aspx

C.A.E.A. Canadian Actor’s Equity Association http://www.caea.com/

I.A.T.S.E. Intl. Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees http://www.iatse-intl.org/index_flash.html

P.A.C.T. Professional Association of Canadian Theatres http://www.pact.ca/

A.S.T.R.O. Association of Summer Theatres http://www.summertheatre.org/

C.I.T.T. Canadian Institute of Theatre Technology http://www.citt.ca/

U.S.I.T.T. United States Institute of Theatre Technology http://www.usitt.org/

A.C.T.R.A. Alliance of Canadian Cinema Theatre and Radio Actors http://www.actra.ca

C.T.A. Canadian Theatre Agreement (between Equity and Pact Theatres) See CAEA above

Knots Animated instruction http://www.animatedknots.com/

T.Y.A. Theatre for Young Audiences

T.D.1 Tax Document #1

Comp Complementary Ticket, Free to cast and crew, limited in dates and number

Also : Bio – Biography for “program” U.C.- Up Centre (etc.)

Vom -vomitorium -aisle opening,

arena stg S.R. – Stage Right

Perf. -performance , incl Mat.-matinee

C.L.- Centre Line

Q to Q / Cue to Cue

P.L. - Plaster Line

the Strike B.O. – Box Office

to Cross P.R. – Public Relations

to Spike, the Spikemark

to Set (ie Please set the props.)

Event : If you are the S.M. for an EVENT rather that a “PLAY”, many of the same issues apply, but there may not be a ‘regular’script to refer to for production needs. A summary of questions you might ask is here.