1. Management, Technical Theatre, and Unions The unseen theatre workers

2. Stage Manager Organizes rehearsals Creates prompt book Runs production meetings with designers and director Runs technical rehearsals Calls shows Rehearses replacements, understudies Member Actors Equity

3. Technical Director Executes working drawings from designer Coordinates special effects Supervises load in and strike Knows specifications of theatre: Fly system Electrical systems Traps Sightlines Sound system

4. Other technical theatre positions Master Electrician Stage Carpenter Set Painter Costume Shop Foreperson Costumes: Drapers, Cutters, Stitchers Under them are construction crews

5. Running Crews Refers to the “run” of a show, begin during technical rehearsals Set, props, fly crews Light and sound board operators Follow spot operators Makeup and wardrobe crews

6. Front of House Box office manager and staff House manager Ushers Business side: Artistic Director, Board of Directors, Public Relations (might be hired out), Education Director, Fundraising (for profit vs. not-for-profit)

7. Entering the Professional Theatre BA or BFA in Theatre Practical plus academic experience Internships Graduate degrees: MA or MBA in arts administration, MFA in design, acting, technical areas, directing, playwriting Experience in professional settings Union membership

8. Theatrical Unions Actor’s Equity Association (also stage managers): www.actorsequity.com www.actorsequity.com Screen Actors Guild: www.sag.comwww.sag.com Also AFTRA, AGVA for performers United Scenic Artists: www.usa829.comwww.usa829.com International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees: www.iatse.comwww.iatse.com Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers: www.ssdc.org www.ssdc.org Dramatists’ Guild: www.dramatistsguild.orgwww.dramatistsguild.org Screenwriters’ Federation of America: www.screenwritersfederation.org www.screenwritersfederation.org