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International Stage Management Day is October 10

October 06, 2014
by Jason Hensel
managers, performing arts center, stage
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The first Stage Management Day took place last year on October 10. It’s being held again this year on the same day, but renamed the International Stage Management Day due to its popularity worldwide.

“Last year, as it turned out, Stage Management Day captured the imagination of people right across the world,” Andy Rowley, executive director of the Stage Management Association, told The Stage. “We traced Stage Management Day from New Zealand all the way across Australia, through Europe, the U.K. of course, and all the way across the U.S.A.”

The day celebrates all the work that stage managers do. Celebration examples from last year include letting stage managers take over Twitter feeds, food prepared for them by casts, and mentions in performance programs.

“It seems to be a chance to network and celebrate all the backstage really,” Rowley told The Stage. “Stage managers are such a lynchpin backstage that they could hardly do it without all their colleagues—so it’s becoming more of a celebration backstage full stop.”

What are you doing to celebrate your stage managers on October 10? Please let us know in the comments.

(photo credit: Loungedown via photopin cc)

Jason Hensel
About the Author
Jason Hensel is IAVM's senior editor. A graduate of the University of North Texas, he's passionate about books, reading, improv acting, and bacon.
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    Rick Tejera October 10, 2014 at 1:02 am

    They’re gonna give me a fantastic opening night tomorrow.

    If you’re in the Phoenix AS area. Come see Curtains the Musical @ Starlight Community Theater.

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    Kate Forton October 10, 2014 at 8:45 am

    I’ve got a show! It’s closing weekend for us, Chesapeake Shakespeare Company’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” om our new theatre space in downtown Baltimore. I’ll be celebrating through the act of stage management!

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    Austin Gore October 10, 2014 at 12:49 pm

    The director canceled rehearsal for actors to get off book…

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    Sue October 10, 2014 at 8:06 pm

    Stage managers do the time and have the respect of the actors….it’s a great thing!

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    Rosemary October 11, 2014 at 9:41 am

    Celebrating all the work of the backstage artists like my daughter Jessica Connelly, Stage Manager of Next Act Theatre in Milwaukee Wisconsin!

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