Off Headset: Essays on Stage Management Work, Life, and Career (Paperback)

Foreword Rafael Jaen and Christopher Sadler Introduction. Intersectional History: Stage Managers’ in the Actors’ Union Jennifer Leigh Sears Scheier Part 1: Work 1. The Big Picture Joseph Drummond 2. The Journey of a Thousand Steps Starts With A Dream Mathew Stern 3. The "Smusedays" of Touring a Broadway Show! Kristi Ross-Klausen 4. Running Away with Cirque du Soleil Alana Clapp 5. Opera Stage Management 101 Erin Joy Swank 6. Off Headset at Sea Charlotte Sachetti 7. A Mutualistic Symbiotic Model: Stage Manager and Designers’ Strong Ties and Participative Intentions Rafael Jaen 8. Stage Management is Only Just Beginning David McGraw Part 2: Life 9. Already Calm, I’m the Stage Manager Michele Kay 10. A Multiplicity of Identities, On Headset and Off Narda E. Alcorn with Copy Editor and Proofreader Sam Tirrell 11. Life in the Real World Amanda Spooner 12. "Was That a Go?" Lessons on Perseverance & Resilience Jay Sheehan 13. The Fallacy of Figuring It All Out. Finding Grace in the Imperfect Attempts at Balance Jonathan D. Allsup Part 3: Career 14. Maxwell, Brown, and Co. Learning from Corporate Management Christopher Sadler 15. On Networking and Making Connections: A New, Empty Rolodex Elynmarie Kazle 16. From Stage Management to Production Management: One Path. How Stage Management Found Me Cary Gillet 17. Unemployment: The Other Side of Being a Freelance Stage Manager Erin Joy Swank 18. These Skills are Made for Walking Tina Shackleford Afterword. Moment of Pause?Tech, 09.26.20 Evangeline Rose Whitlock