Stage-Managing

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Stage-managing the spring musical, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying by Abe Burrows, was probably the biggest accomplishment and challenge I've had so far. What stage-managing is, it's essentially an assistant director with a lot of other jobs added onto it. Those jobs include calling cues for the show, making rehearsal reports, taking all the notes you could possibly imagine for a show and working with not one but 4 other directors.
. There were many challenges that faced me while working on the musical. One being that I had to put myself in a position of authority was very new to me. At first, it really bothered me because I would talk to some upperclassmen and be worried that they wouldn’t like me after all this is said

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