Production company OTD Global called on the imagination and flair of new Israeli-based creative visual design practice, LEAD, headed by Omer Israeli and Dor Aichner,… Read More »Robe Hacks the Galaxy and Embraces the Moment in Berlin
The Alliance Theatre is pleased to announce that Kacie Pimentel has been chosen as the National Vision, Inc. BIPOC Stage Management Fellow for the 2022/23 Season. A graduate of the University of Houston, Pimentel will relocate to Atlanta and begin her fellowship in August.Read More »Kacie Pimentel Named the Next Alliance Theatre National Vision, Inc. BIPOC Stage Management Fellow
The 125th anniversary of Thornton Wilder’s birth (April 17, 1897) will be observed throughout 2022 with nearly 150 productions of his plays worldwide—including Our Town, a new production of The Skin of Our Teeth at Lincoln Center Theatre, and a first-ever staging of his unfinished play The Emporium completed by Kirk Lynn (Rude Mechanicals) at the Alley Theater in Houston. Almost 50 years after his death in 1975, Wilder remains one of the most widely produced playwrights in the world.Read More »Calling All Stage Managers to Help Celebrate ‘Our Town’ Stage Manager’s Day
Stage Manager Rocko Reedy goes from stage managing for U2 to taking the spotlight himself as a musician. Here he shares his latest self-produced video… Read More »Video of the Week: Stage Manager Rocko Reedy Covers Neil Young’s Old Man
In this 45-year career retrospective, we try to answer how a self-proclaimed hyper-intelligent nerd named Tommy with thick glasses went from hustling guitars at the… Read More »Rocko Reedy: The Next Stage in a 45-Year Career
WORLD – There’s still time to participate in the 2021 Stage Manager Survey from David J. McGraw, but the deadline – Oct. 31 – is quickly approaching. The biennial Stage Manager Survey (SMS), which McGraw created in 2006, is also expanding this year from a focus on the U.S. to stage management anywhere in the world.
On Monday October 25th, 2021, the Stage Managers’ Association (SMA) will virtually present its annual Del Hughes Awards for Lifetime Achievement in the Art of Stage Management, live from NYC and Las Vegas. The 2021 honorees are distinguished theatrical stage managers Ruth E. Kramer and Lynda A. Lavin, television stage manager Arthur Lewis, and in-memoriam legendary Broadway stage manager Charles Allen Blackwell. In addition to these Lifetime Achievement Awards, the SMA will honor the 101 Black Stage Managers celebration with a Special Recognition Award.Read More »SMA to Bestow Del Hughes Awards for Lifetime Achievement during Virtual Event Oct. 25
Thom Schilling, the general manager, production supervisor, and stage manager for dozens of Broadway, Off-Broadway, and global tours for over 40 years, died in his sleep on August 19, 2021, in New York City. The cause of death is not presently known. Born in 1956, Schilling was 64 years old.Read More »In Memoriam: Thom Schilling, Production Supervisor, Stage Manager, and General Manager
With David Davidian – Tour Manager, Production Manager, Video Director, Lighting Designer, Stage Manager and Production Designer.