The Book.

                                       There are a few reasons why I chose this book. First, I stage manage. Second, this was the only book with a subject anywhere remotely close to what I do in theater on the Border's bookshelf amidst the acting guides, monologue books, scripts, Shakespeare plays, and Shakespeare play translations. Third, I figured that I might never again find a book as helpful and insightful as this one on a June afternoon whim. I've already learned a lot about my job from actually performing stage managerial duties during school and conservatory shows, but I have yet to shadow a professional stage manager or fully grasp a solid, professional technique and method to this madness for myself. 

I want to find the full definition of a stage manager, what kind of person a stage manager should be, and a full detailed list of what duties a stage manager should execute before, during, and after every run of a show. I want to know how I should organize myself and who I should be in communication with. When the director is absent or running late, what should I be in charge of? What paperwork should I be in charge of making, keeping, or sending out? How involved should I be in each aspect of the show? What is the best way I can organize myself and my prompt book? These are all questions I've had for a long while and have never really been able to answer. I know there's way more to being a stage manager than calling cues during a show. I chose this book to better myself and my methods as a stage manager now, and in the future.