Week 7: Department Management and Property Management

Welcome back to my fabulous stage management blog!

This week I read chapter ten in my book, which covered Department Management and Property Management. The book's brief section on Department Management encouraged stage managers to interact with department heads, discussing progress and problems they encounter. For the Jewell Theatre Company, this translates to meetings at the beginning and end of each of our workdays, where our workers talk about tasks they have and what they have accomplished. The chapter also discussed managing props, which I am currently doing since we don't have anyone taking the practicum for it.

I spent most of this week working on props for A Man for All Seasons. I also had the chance to write an editorial for the campus paper about the theatre department and the fall show. In other departments, costumes had more fittings while the costume designer was away. We also painted the arches we had assembled so far, and hung the first one on the back of the proscenium. It looks really awesome!

We'll have a short workweek this week because of fall break, but I'm confident we'll be able to keep moving forward. I'll be back to blog again next week!