Undergraduate Catalog 2024-2025

THTR 3320 Stage Management

Stage Management will teach basic to advanced training in stage management. Designed to prepare the student for work in a variety of performance venues as a stage manager, all aspects of management will be explored: from auditions to strike. This course has a special emphasis on theatre safety and communication.

Registration Name

Stage Management

Lecture Hours

3

Lab Hours

0

Credits

3

Student Learning Outcomes

Upon the completion of this course, students will be able to demonstrate the following outcome-based learning skills:

  1. Develop an individual approach to stage management through study and discussion.
  2. Know the application of a variety of techniques and skills for stage managers.
  3. Know how to develop and create a prompt book. 
  4. Be familiar with various ways to run rehearsals and to call shows. 
  5. Explore some of the ways plays are approached by actors, directors, and designers so that the stage manager can be a more effective communicator.