Stage Management
Introduces the duties and responsibilities of stage managers, detailing best practices for running auditions, building rehearsal reports, writing blocking notation, creating a prompt book, and calling cues. Focuses on the organizational and managerial skills required in the position of a stage manager, with emphasis on their role as the liaison between the director and the production team. Includes development of related skills, such as building rehearsal kits, documentation, mediation, and team communication.
Subject Code: THE
Course Number: 207
Credits: 3
Lecture Hours 3
Course Learning Outcomes:
1. Describe the responsibilities of stage managers.
2. Maintain production documents in a prompt book for a theatrical production.
3. Apply stage management best practices to all areas of a production (auditions, production meetings, rehearsals, and performances).
4. Report on the stage management processes as experienced in an actual production.
5. Define the relationship of a stage manager to all members of a production.
6. Detail the components of a “Stage Manager’s Toolkit.”
Effective Term: Fall 2025
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