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The Kit

7/21/2018

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What goes in a Stage Managers kit? Those items are listed below, but also, a quick discussion about who supplies what for this kit and why.
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Allyship and Stage Management: navigating when vision and values clash

7/21/2018

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Recently, my cast attended an 80 minute long workshop on oppression, led by the Community Programs Manager at the theater. It was great to witness and incredibly powerful for our cast to experience. I've seen EDI training similar to this become more and more common in theater across the nation. Theater is no exception to the problems so highlighted in Hollywood right now, which was actually proceeded by the Not In Our House movement led by the theater community in Chicago. The recent issue concerning yellowface at the MUNY sparked national attention and many theaters have spoken out. Representation is a huge issue onscreen and onstage, along with providing access to communities that normally are not so welcome in our audiences. But theater is making strides, in more areas than one. I am proud and hopeful. 
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I'd like to think that the theater industry is ahead of the curve, but it's not. It also had a long history of being problematic. Although this post won't be long enough to examine all the social and political issues the theater industry faces, I would like to look into the strange power dynamic of the stage manager in relation to the Director in artistic agreement. Most of this post will be based off of one personal experience but also what I hear and observe from others. Sending me your stories is encouraged. I offer no solutions, only observations from my successes and failures. 

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