stage managing?

[snazzier]

Posted: 5/9/06 at 10:02pm

I've started my college search and I make it a point to check the school's theatre program to see if it has stage managing. Are there any smaller schools with a SM program that have a good name?
How much SM experience is enough, too? I've done as many shows as I can with just being on a crew... I was the ASM of a smaller school production this year and I really want to SM The Laramie Project next year. Would that be enough experience?

Thanks in advance!

[forni-kate]

Posted: 5/10/06 at 4:53pm

I don't know if there are many stage managing programs...I think your best bet would be to go into a theatre tech program, which I know DO exist.

[TheatreDiva612]

Posted: 5/10/06 at 4:54pm

NC School of the Arts has a Design and Production program and you can choose to focus on stage management. PM me for more info.

[beyondthebreakofday]

Posted: 5/13/06 at 2:24pm

Emerson College in Boston has stage managing.

[superwoman108]

Posted: 5/14/06 at 1:48pm

I am a stage management major at Carnegie Mellon, and it is a wonderfull program. Feel free to PM me if you have any questions at all about it (i can give you my email address).

[AppleJacks2]

Posted: 5/27/06 at 2:35am

Susquehanna University in the tiny town of Selinsgrove PA has a really good theatre program...really intense, tiny, and almost sort of convervatory like. Since the program is so small, you could ASM a show as early as freshman year and SM as early as sophomore year. (We're talking main-stage productions here.) While they don't have a specific stage management degree, there is technical theatre but you can take specific classes geared towards stage management and get LOTS of hands-on experience. PM me if you want more details. :)