Production History
Stage Management
Twelfth Night
Directed By Milan Dragicevich
Production Stage Manager
UMass Amherst Theater - Amherst, MA
Unique Elements
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Live musician with original music
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Large dragon puppet
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Actor safety on ramps​
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Extensive fight choreography including sword fighting
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Sword maintenance during show run including replacing a broken blade during performance
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Intimacy choreography
Mother & Me
Directed By Melinda Buckley
Production Stage Manager
Amherst, MA
Unique Elements
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Teched entire show in 3 hour period
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One tech day and one performance day with no prior rehearsal
They Don't Pay?
We Won't Pay!
Directed By Behnam Alibakhshi
Production Stage Manager
UMass Amherst Theater - Amherst, MA
Unique Elements
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Inflatable stomach and 'water break' effect operated by cast
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Hundreds of props
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Practicing food safety for onstage eating
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Cast member playing Antonia got COVID, had to fill in last minute including onstage effects and fight choreography
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Fight choreography
Into the Woods
Directed By Rudy Ramirez
Deck Stage Manager
UMass Amherst Theater - Amherst, MA
Unique Elements
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Company of 19 in a space built for 12
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Coordinated the deck, including mechanical falling trees and rising beanstalk
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Coordinated and ran last minute put-in rehearsal for the role of the Baker and assisted the new actor during shows. The usual actor could not go on and we did not have understudies.
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The character of the Witch was portrayed by a full body puppet in Act I. The usual actor was concussed during a show, resulting in me stepping in to puppeteer for three of seven shows.
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On standby to fill in for orchestra conductor due to some issued being dealt with.
Black Playwrights: 50th Anniversary Event
Directed by Awotunde Judyie Al-Bilali, Gilbert McCauley and Dr. Priscilla Maria Page
Curated by Dr. Priscilla Maria Page
Production Stage Manager
UMass Amherst Theater - Amherst, MA
Unique Elements
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Compilation of monologues and scenes from work done by Black artists and playwrights in the last 50 year as UMass Amherst.
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Live music with microphones.
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Guest actors integrated during tech and dress rehearsals.
Olvidados: A Mexican American Corrido
Elisa Gonzales
Directed by Sara Guerrero
Production Stage Manager
UMass Amherst Theater - Amherst, MA
Unique Elements
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Called in during final dress to call shows due to former stage manager needing to leave the production.
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Called the show without seeing the show or any prior knowledge about the show.
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Finished call book hours before showtime based on notes given by previous stage manager.
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Worked with lighting designer to put in last minute follow spot cues.
Savage: The Musical
Written and Directed by Nicolette Blount
Production Stage Manager
Turners Fall, MA
Unique Elements
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First developmental production
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Hired during tech to call show last minute.
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Ran sound cues and backing tracks using QLab.
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Created organization backstage with a large amount of props and set pieces.
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Organized show without access to any materials or documents from the rehearsal process.
Dance Nation
Clare Barron
Driected By Dawn Monique-Williams
Production Stage Manager
UMass Amherst Theater - Amherst, MA
Unique Elements
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Worked with Lighting Designer Ben Stanton.
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Over 300 cues.
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Flying elements and moving walls for set pieces.
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COVID-19 procedures including masking onstage and running testing daily.
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Main stage Lead Stage Manager as my first college production.
Blood Relations
Sharon Pollock
Directed by Zoe Irving
Production Stage Manager
Norwood, MA
Unique Elements
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Set involved opening like a 'dollhouse' onstage.
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Traveling competitive theater troupe.
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Coordinated company when traveling.
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Kept track of all technical elements (set, costumes, props, etc.) while traveling.
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Edited and revised script to fit in 40 minute time regulations.
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Managed set up and strike at each location.
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Designed lights and had to program in a new location within a one hour time period.
The Reincarnation of Jaime Brown
Lynn Alvarez
Driected By Zoe Irving
Production Stage Manager
Norwood, MA
Unique Elements
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Called cues from backstage due to lack of assistant stage manager and needing to run the deck.
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Large rotating set pieces involving six platforms differing in height and LED lights that had to be turned on via remote from backstage.
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Traveling competitive theater troupe.
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Coordinated company when traveling.
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Kept track of all technical elements (set, costumes, props, etc.) while traveling.
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Managed set up and strike at each location.
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Designed lights and had to program in a new location within a one hour time period.
The Three Musketeers
Ken Ludwig
Directed by John Quinn
Production Stage Manager
Norwood, MA
Unique Elements
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Training assistant stage managers during the process.
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Training student lighting designers during the process.
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Coordinating gunshot sound cues with actor motion.
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Changing flags onstage to represent new locations.
High School Non-Musical
Jonathan Dorf
Directed By John Quinn
Production Stage Manager
Norwood, MA
Unique Elements
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Heelies used by actors onstage.
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Designed and called projections and backdrops.
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Large moving set pieces.
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Trained actors in moving large set pieces safely.
Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery
Ken Ludwig
Directed by John Quinn
Production Stage Manager
Norwood, MA
Unique Elements
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First stage manager position.
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Called cues and coordinated with designers from backstage during tech in order to manage the deck as well.
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Theater style used actors for set pieces and props, thus entailing lots of costumes changes and many pieces of fabric/ cloaks.