TPA 1600: Stage Management

Class Schedule: Fall 2007

M 8/20 Syllabus/Class format/Overview: Functions of the Stage Manager

W 8/22 Functions of the Stage Manager Assignment Textbook Part I

F 8/2 Quiz: Functions of the Stage manager

M 8/27 Time Management/Personal Organization

W 8/29 Time Management/Personal Organization

F 8/31 Personal Organization/”WRITE IT DOWN”

M 9/3 Labor day Off

W 9/5 Practical Quiz: Time Managment

F 9/7 Practical Quiz Personal Organization/Note Taking

M 9/10 Meetings/Communication

W 9/12 Meetings/Communication

F 9/14 Quiz Meetings/Communication

M 9/17 Pre-production Paperwork

W 9/19 Pre-production Paperwork

F 9/21 Organizing Auditions Take-home Quiz Pre-production Paperwork

M 9/24 SM Kit/Promptbook/ Turn in Take-home Quiz

W 9/26 SM Kit/Promptbook

F 9/28 Test 1 (Lectures and Textbook Part I)

M 10/1 Reading Groundplans/Using a Scale Ruler

W 10/3 Reading Groundplans/Taping the Groundplan

F 10/5 Taping the Groundplan

M 10/8 Taping the Groundplan Practical Quiz

W 10/10 Rehearsal/Performance Reports Assignment Part II:4-7

F 10/12 Rehearsal/Performance Reports Rehearsal Report Assignment Due

M 10/15 Blocking Performance Report Assignment Due

W 10/17 Blocking Notation

F 10/19 Recording Blocking

M 10/22 Blocking Practicum

W 10/24 Blocking Practicum Quiz

F 10/26 Organizing Rehearsals

M 10/29 Holding Book/Rehearsal Cues/Etiquette

W 10/31 Miscellaneous Rehearsal Issues

F 11/2 Organizing rehearsals

M 11/5 Managing Props

W 11/7 Managing Costumes

F 11/9 Preparing for Technical and Dress Rehearsals

M 11/12 Test 2: (Lectures and Textbook Part II: 4-6)

W 11/14 Organizing the Spaces

F 11/16 Organizing the Spaces

M 11/19 Organizing the Equipment

W 11/21 Organizing the People

F 11/23 Thanksgiving Off

M 11/26 Organizing the People/Calling cues

W 11/28 Calling Cues/Running Tech and Dress

F 11/30 Running Tech and Dress

M 12/3 Running Tech and Dress/Working with Front of House

W 12/5 Working with front of House/Organizational behavior

F 12/7 Test 3 (Lectures and Textbook Part II: 7-8; Part III)

M 12/10 Wrap-up Final Notebooks Due