I hope May was great all around!
There was a LOT of stage manager news this month - here are the highlights -
There is a NEW stage management book called Whenever You're Ready written by Shawn DeSouza-Coelho, following the career of Canadian stage manager Nora Polley.
The Chicago Tribune featured a short interview with Illinois stage manager Helen Lattayk and News-Herald in Michigan featured stage manager Jenn Jacobs and her work on The King and I.
London stage manager Phil Barrett gives excellent advice on The Stage:
“My advice to anyone starting out is if you keep a calm, cool and professional head, you can operate and stage-manage a show of any size even at short notice. Use what you learn, be kind and everything will be fine. ”
Dany Guy wrote an wonderful production manager job description on Whyy.
And, Broadway World posted a video of Pretty Woman stage manager Thomas Recktenwald discussing his work on the production!