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Suggested Reading for Stage Managers

Description: Books on being a Stage Manager, plus books on relevant topics (various aspects of technical theatre, acting, managing personalities, etc.)

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1

Stage Management

by Lawrence Stern

167 members

1 review

4.1

Member: LylasTerrQuarr
Explanations: LylasTerrQuarr: Suggested on a SMNetwork.org forum post; OnStageBlog.com post; personal favorite

2

The Stage Manager's Toolkit: Templates and Communication Techniques to Guide Your Theatre Production from First Meeting to Final Performance (The Focal Press Toolkit Series)

by Laurie Kincman

29 members

5

Member: LylasTerrQuarr
Explanations: LylasTerrQuarr: OnStageBlog.com post; StageManagementResource.com; personal favorite

3

Stage Manager: The Professional Experience

21 members

1 review

5

Member: LylasTerrQuarr
Explanations: LylasTerrQuarr: Suggested on a SMNetwork.org forum post; OnStageBlog.com post; StageManagementResource.com

4

The Back Stage Guide to Stage Management

by Thomas A. Kelly

164 members

1 review

½ 4.3

Member: LylasTerrQuarr
Explanations: LylasTerrQuarr: Suggested on a SMNetwork.org forum post; BroadwayWorld.com post; OnStageBlog.com post; StageManagementResource.com

5

Dealing with People You Can't Stand: How to Bring Out the Best in People at Their Worst

by Rick Brinkman

789 members

11 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: LylasTerrQuarr
Explanations: LylasTerrQuarr: Suggested on a SMNetwork.org forum post

6

The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right

by Atul Gawande

4,206 members

146 reviews

4

Member: LylasTerrQuarr
Explanations: LylasTerrQuarr: Suggested on a SMNetwork.org forum post

7

The Art and Craft of Stage Management

by Doris Schneider

19 members

5

Member: LylasTerrQuarr
Explanations: LylasTerrQuarr: Suggested on a SMNetwork.org forum post

8

Backwards & Forwards: A Technical Manual for Reading Plays

435 members

4 reviews

3.9

Member: LylasTerrQuarr
Explanations: LylasTerrQuarr: Suggested on a SMNetwork.org forum post

9

Essentials of Stage Management

by Peter Maccoy

19 members

Member: LylasTerrQuarr
Explanations: LylasTerrQuarr: Suggested on a SMNetwork.org forum post; StageManagementResource.com

10

Stage Management: The Essential Handbook

25 members

½ 2.5

Member: LylasTerrQuarr
Explanations: LylasTerrQuarr: listed on BroadwayWorld.com blog post

11

Stage Management Basics: A Primer for Performing Arts Stage Managers

10 members

Member: LylasTerrQuarr
Explanations: LylasTerrQuarr: listed on BroadwayWorld.com blog post; StageManagementResource.com

12

Production Stage Management for Broadway: From Ideas to Opening Night & Beyond

by Peter Lawrence

8 members

Member: LylasTerrQuarr
Explanations: LylasTerrQuarr: listed on BroadwayWorld.com blog post; StageManagementResource.com

13

Stage Management: A Gentle Art

6 members

Member: LylasTerrQuarr
Explanations: LylasTerrQuarr: listed on BroadwayWorld.com blog post; StageManagementResource.com

14

A Stage Manager's Survival Guide: From Callbacks to Closing

by Michelle Marko

Member: LylasTerrQuarr
Explanations: LylasTerrQuarr: listed on BroadwayWorld.com blog post; StageManagementResource.com

15

Stage Managing and Theatre Etiquette: A Basic Guide

by Linda Apperson

23 members

1 review

3

Member: LylasTerrQuarr
Explanations: LylasTerrQuarr: listed on BroadwayWorld.com blog post; StageManagementResource.com

16

A Survival Guide for Stage Managers: A Practical Step-By-Step Handbook to Stage Management

by Mary Ellen Allison

13 members

Member: LylasTerrQuarr
Explanations: LylasTerrQuarr: listed on StageManagementResource.com

17

Last Stage Manager Standing

by Daniel B. Morgan

1 member

Member: LylasTerrQuarr
Explanations: LylasTerrQuarr: StageManagementResource.com

18

A Sense of Direction: Some Observations on the Art of Directing by William Ball (1-Oct-1988) Paperback

by William Ball

2 members

Member: LylasTerrQuarr
Explanations: LylasTerrQuarr: DIRECTING from SMNetwork.org forum post

19

Stage Management Forms & Formats: A Collection of Over 100 Forms Ready to Use

by Barbara Dilker

13 members

1 review

½ 4.5

Member: LylasTerrQuarr
Explanations: LylasTerrQuarr: from SMNetwork.org forum post

20

Year of the King: An Actor's Diary and Sketchbook

233 members

6 reviews

4.2

Member: LylasTerrQuarr
Explanations: LylasTerrQuarr: History/Biography from SMNetwork.org forum post

21

A Practical Guide to Stage Lighting

by Steven Louis Shelley

45 members

½ 3.5

Member: LylasTerrQuarr
Explanations: LylasTerrQuarr: LIGHTING from SMNetwork.org forum post

22

by Chris Hoggett

48 members

Member: LylasTerrQuarr
Explanations: LylasTerrQuarr: SETS from SMNetwork.org forum post

23

Theatre Sound (Theatre Arts (Routledge Paperback))

by John A. Leonard

20 members

Member: LylasTerrQuarr
Explanations: LylasTerrQuarr: SOUND from SMNetwork.org forum post

24

An Introduction to Rigging in the Entertainment Industry (Applications & Techniques)

11 members

Member: LylasTerrQuarr
Explanations: LylasTerrQuarr: RIGGING from SMNetwork.org forum post

25

A Director Prepares: Seven Essays on Art and Theatre

177 members

3 reviews

4.2

Member: LylasTerrQuarr
Explanations: LylasTerrQuarr: DIRECTING from SMNetwork.org forum post

26

A Shakespeare Glossary

by C. T. Onions

310 members

2 reviews

3.8

Member: LylasTerrQuarr
Explanations: LylasTerrQuarr: SHAKESPEARE from SMNetwork.org forum post

27

All the Words on Stage: A Complete Pronunciation Dictionary for the Plays of William Shakespeare

by Louis Scheeder

30 members

4

Member: LylasTerrQuarr
Explanations: LylasTerrQuarr: SHAKESPEARE from SMNetwork.org forum post

28

Playing Shakespeare

376 members

3 reviews

4.2

Member: LylasTerrQuarr
Explanations: LylasTerrQuarr: SHAKESPEARE from SMNetwork.org forum post

29

Freeing Shakespeare's Voice: The Actor's Guide to Talking the Text

by Kristin Linklater

120 members

½ 4.4

Member: LylasTerrQuarr
Explanations: LylasTerrQuarr: SHAKESPEARE from SMNetwork.org forum post

30

Swashbuckling: A Step-by-Step Guide to the Art of Stage Combat & Theatrical Swordplay (Limelight)

by Richard Lane

43 members

4

Member: LylasTerrQuarr
Explanations: LylasTerrQuarr: STAGE COMBAT from SMNetwork.org forum post

31

In search of theater

by Eric Bentley

64 members

4

Member: LylasTerrQuarr
Explanations: LylasTerrQuarr: from SMNetwork.org forum post

32

The Director's Companion

25 members

1 review

Member: LylasTerrQuarr
Explanations: LylasTerrQuarr: DIRECTING from SMNetwork.org forum post

33

A Practical Handbook for the Actor

by Melissa Bruder

494 members

3 reviews

3.9

Member: LylasTerrQuarr
Explanations: LylasTerrQuarr: ACTING from SMNetwork.org forum post

34

Backstage Handbook: An Illustrated Almanac of Technical Information

486 members

3 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: LylasTerrQuarr
Explanations: LylasTerrQuarr: GENERAL TECH from SMNetwork.org forum post

35

Designing With Light: An Introduction to Stage Lighting

by J. Michael Gillette

134 members

1 review

½ 2.5

Member: LylasTerrQuarr
Explanations: LylasTerrQuarr: LIGHTING from SMNetwork.org forum post

36

The Stage Management Handbook

by Daniel Ionazzi

132 members

4.1

Member: LylasTerrQuarr
Explanations: LylasTerrQuarr: Suggested on a SMNetwork.org forum post; StageManagementResource.com; favorite of friend/mentor

37

Dancers' Body Book

by Allegra Kent

64 members

2 reviews

3

Member: LylasTerrQuarr
Explanations: LylasTerrQuarr: DANCE from SMNetwork.org forum post

38

101 Stories of the Great Ballets

by George Balanchine

182 members

1 review

½ 3.3

Member: LylasTerrQuarr
Explanations: LylasTerrQuarr: DANCE (BALLET) from SMNetwork.org forum post

39

Technical Theater for Nontechnical People

by Drew Campbell

171 members

2 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: LylasTerrQuarr
Explanations: LylasTerrQuarr: GENERAL TECH from SMNetwork.org forum post

40

S.M.Arts guidelines: Stage managing the arts in Canada

by Winston Morgan

7 members

Member: LylasTerrQuarr
Explanations: LylasTerrQuarr: from SMNetwork.org forum post

41

Scene Design and Stage Lighting by Parker, W. Oren, Wolf, R. Craig, Block, Dick. (Cengage Learning,2008) [Hardcover] 9th Edition

by W. Oren Parker

1 member

Member: LylasTerrQuarr
Explanations: LylasTerrQuarr: LIGHTING from SMNetwork.org forum post

42

Stage Lighting Design: The Art, the Craft, the Life

by Richard Pilbrow

130 members

1 review

4.1

Member: LylasTerrQuarr
Explanations: LylasTerrQuarr: LIGHTING from SMNetwork.org forum post

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