Stage Management Workshop
Instructor: Olivia Johnston
December 28th, 2024 - 12pm-4pm and/or January 4th, 2025 - 12pm-4pm
Cost: FREE
This class is being offered on both December 28th and January 4th. A minimum of three students must be registered for the class to be held. If this number isn't met on one of both dates, we will contact registrants to see about combining the groups.
Stage managers are a crucial part of any theater production, and are responsible for everything that happens from the curtain line back. They’re responsible for handling some administrative duties related to the production, assisting the director in a variety of ways, and being responsible for backstage activity once the show opens.
Some of the things that you’ll learn include:
- Timeline and Scheduling
- Stage Manager’s Role in Auditions
- How to Read and Analyze a Script for Props, Cues, and More
- Stage Manager’s Role in Rehearsals including Tech and Dress
- How to Maintain Your Show for the Run
- Closing a Show
About the instructor: Olivia Johnston has had an on-again, off-again relationship with theater. Olivia was involved in her youth, but drifted away as she moved away to college and found other interests and paths to wander down. In 2018 Olivia reentered the theater world and was met with open arms. Since then Olivia has settled in the role of stage manager and enjoyed lending her talents to North Coast theatres until 2023, when she left the area to pursue a professional stage management internship at Kalamazoo Civic Theatre.
Olivia's Ten Fifteen credits include: Birds of a Feather, D & D: A Night of David and Durang, Suddenly Last Summer, The Twelve Dates of Christmas, The Waverly Gallery, and Enchanted April.
Olivia is thrilled to be sharing her knowledge with the community. She has enjoyed finding her niche in the theater world as wants to help others find theirs.
