Stage management, the Glossary
Stage management is a broad field that is generally defined as the practice of organization and coordination of an event or theatrical production.[1]
Table of Contents
27 relations: Actors' Equity Association, American Federation of Musicians, American Guild of Musical Artists, American Guild of Variety Artists, Antoinette Perry, Brock Pemberton, BTS, Directors Guild of America, Equity (British trade union), Film crew, Focal Press, Fringe theatre, International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Isadora Duncan, Oedipus Rex, Preston Sturges, Prompt corner, SAG-AFTRA, Show control, Stagecraft, Television crew, The Guinea Pig (play), Theatre, Theatre technique, United Scenic Artists, West End theatre.
- Broadcasting occupations
- Stage crew
- Stage managers
- Theatrical management
Actors' Equity Association
The Actors' Equity Association (AEA), commonly called Actors' Equity or simply Equity, is an American labor union representing those who work in live theatrical performance.
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American Federation of Musicians
The American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada (AFM/AFofM) is a 501(c)(5) labor union representing professional instrumental musicians in the United States and Canada.
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American Guild of Musical Artists
The American Guild of Musical Artists (AGMA) is the labor union of singers, dancers, and staging staff in opera, ballet and concert dance, and concert choral performance in the United States.
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American Guild of Variety Artists
The American Guild of Variety Artists (AGVA) is an American entertainment union representing performers in variety entertainment, including circuses, Las Vegas showrooms and cabarets, comedy showcases, dance revues, magic shows, theme park shows, and arena and auditorium extravaganzas.
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Antoinette Perry
Mary Antoinette "Tony" Perry (June 27, 1888June 28, 1946) was an American actress, producer, director and administrator, known for her work in theatre, she was co-founder and secretary of the American Theatre Wing and is the namesake of the Tony Awards, presented by that organization for excellence in Broadway theatre.
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Brock Pemberton
Brock Pemberton (December 14, 1885 – March 11, 1950) was an American theatrical producer, director and founder of the Tony Awards.
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BTS
BTS, also known as the Bangtan Boys, is a South Korean boy band formed in 2010.
Directors Guild of America
The Directors Guild of America (DGA) is an entertainment guild that represents the interests of film and television directors in the United States motion picture industry and abroad.
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Equity (British trade union)
Equity, formerly officially titled the British Actors' Equity Association, is the trade union for the performing arts and entertainment industries in the United Kingdom.
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Film crew
A film crew is a group of people, hired by a production company, for the purpose of producing a film or motion picture.
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Focal Press
Focal Press is a publisher of creative and applied media books and it is an imprint of Routledge/Taylor & Francis.
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Fringe theatre
Fringe theatre is theatre that is produced outside of the main theatre institutions, and that is often small-scale and non-traditional in style or subject matter. Stage management and Fringe theatre are theatre.
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International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees
The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Moving Picture Technicians, Artists and Allied Crafts of the United States, Its Territories and Canada, known as simply the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE or IA for short), is a North American labor union representing over 168,000 technicians, artisans, and craftspersons in the entertainment industry, including live theatre, motion picture and television production, broadcast and trade shows in the United States, its territories, and Canada.
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International Brotherhood of Teamsters
The International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) is a labor union in the United States and Canada.
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Isadora Duncan
Angela Isadora Duncan (May 26, 1877 or May 27, 1878 – September 14, 1927) was an American-born dancer and choreographer, who was a pioneer of modern contemporary dance and performed to great acclaim throughout Europe and the US.
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Oedipus Rex
Oedipus Rex, also known by its Greek title, Oedipus Tyrannus (Οἰδίπους Τύραννος), or Oedipus the King, is an Athenian tragedy by Sophocles that was first performed.
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Preston Sturges
Preston Sturges (born Edmund Preston Biden; August 29, 1898 – August 6, 1959) was an American playwright, screenwriter, and film director.
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Prompt corner
In a theatre, the prompt corner or prompt box is the place where the prompter—usually the stage manager in the US or deputy stage manager in the UK—stands in order to coordinate the performance and to remind performers of their lines when required.
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SAG-AFTRA
The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists.
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Show control
Show control is the use of automation technology to link together and operate multiple entertainment control systems in a coordinated manner. Stage management and Show control are Stagecraft.
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Stagecraft
Stagecraft is a technical aspect of theatrical, film, and video production. Stage management and Stagecraft are theatre.
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Television crew
Television crew positions are derived from those of film crew, but with several differences. Stage management and Television crew are Broadcasting occupations and television terminology.
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The Guinea Pig (play)
The Guinea Pig is a 1929 comedy in three acts by Preston Sturges, his first play to appear on Broadway.
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Theatre
Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors or actresses, to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage.
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Theatre technique
Theatre techniques facilitate presentation of performances by actors. Stage management and Theatre technique are Stagecraft and theatre.
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United Scenic Artists
United Scenic Artists, Local USA 829, formerly known as United Scenic Artists of America (USAA), is an American labor union.
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West End theatre
West End theatre is mainstream professional theatre staged in the large theatres in and near the West End of London.
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See also
Broadcasting occupations
- Announcer
- Audio engineer
- Boom operator (media)
- Broadcast designer
- Broadcast engineering
- Broadcast journalism
- Broadcast technician
- Broadcasters
- Camera operator
- Chief content officer
- Color commentator
- Director of network programming
- Disc jockey
- Executive producer
- Graphics coordinator
- History of radio disc jockeys
- Journalist
- Light board operator
- Lighting design
- Live streamers
- Master electrician
- Music director
- News analyst
- News director
- News presenter
- Online streamer
- Opening act
- Operator (profession)
- Presentation director
- Program director
- Radio producer
- Radio-frequency engineering
- Ring announcer
- Showrunner
- Sports commentator
- Spotlight operator
- Stage management
- Studio manager
- Technical director
- Telegraphist
- Television crew
- Television director
- Television presenter
- Television producer
- Visual effects supervisor
Stage crew
- A2 (theater)
- Association of British Theatre Technicians
- Call boy (theatre)
- Carpenter (theatre)
- Dresser (theatre)
- Electrician (theatre)
- Event technician
- Fly crew
- Khaled Choudhury
- Kuroko
- Light board operator
- Lighting design
- List of theatre personnel
- Mortimer Halpern
- Production coordinator
- Production manager (music)
- Prop design
- Property master
- Running crew
- Sound design
- Stage management
- Stage managers
- Stagehand
- Technical crew
- Theatrical technician
- Tokoyama
- Video design
- Wardrobe supervisor
Stage managers
- Andy Cadiff
- Artie Gaffin
- Bill Adkins
- Bob LaHendro
- Chester O'Brien
- Cody Renard Richard
- Del Hughes
- Dorothy Tenham
- Elspeth Seton Cochrane
- Harry Jackson (actor)
- Howard Austen
- John Moore (stage manager)
- Martin Duncan
- Nicholas Saunders (actor)
- Paul Beisman
- Peter Lawrence (stage manager)
- Peter Turgeon
- Phil Ramuno
- Richard Barker (stage manager)
- Robert Roxby
- Robin Houston
- Roger Beatty
- Roger Englander
- Ruth Mitchell (stage manager)
- Samuel Thomas Russell
- Stage management
- Stella Chitty
- Thomas H. Connell III
- Tony Singletary
Theatrical management
- Actor-manager
- Alma Voedisch
- Alyce Dissette
- Art director
- Artistic director
- Artistic directors
- Producing house
- Production coordinator
- Production manager (theatre)
- Publicist
- Receiving house
- Stage management
- Stage managers
- Technical director
- Theatre director
- Theatrical company management
- Theatrical producer
- Unit production manager
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stage_management
Also known as ASM(Assistant Stage Manager), Assistant Stage Manager, Backstage Manager, Deputy Stage Manager, Floor director, Production stage manager, Stage Manager, Stage managers, Stage mangagers, Stage-manager, Stagemanager.