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I am very excited about the upcoming NYC trip. Jenn, Sommer, and I have been working quite hard these past few days to finalize appointments, meetings, and tours. It is both intimidating and exhilarating that we leave at 11:00am this Friday. When we first started this semester this research trip felt years away, and then suddenly it is here.

So far our schedule is looking very doable. We arrive in NYC Friday and we’re immediately off to see Spring Awakening. Saturday and Sunday are two more days of shows without any appointments. Then Monday sets off the tone for the rest of the week with the combination of shows and interviews. Here are the people that I am meeting with while up there:

*Terry Alexander, the sub ASM of Mary Poppins
*Richard Costabile, touring SM
*Tom, the PSM of the NYC Opera
*Jill Cordle, PSM of November
*Roy Harris and Denise Yaney, SM team of The Homecoming
*William Lang, SM of I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change
*Jess Johnston, SM and a UMW alumn
*John Vivian, PSM of Rent

Just a few pictures from the Far Away process. 

For the past few months, I have been working on our production of Caryl Churchill’s Far Away as the Stage Manager.  Although this production has taken up much of my time, I feel that this time has been well spent as a terrific learning experience. At the start of this production I had two productions as Stage Manager under my belt, but I had no idea how little I actually knew.  In previews shows I had always felt as if I was flying by the seat of my pants.  Never really knowing what paper work should be done at what time, who I should be communicating with to resolve certain issues, and even how cues are really called.  Last semester the three other Stage Managers at UMW and I started, with the help of our mentor Brandon Prendergast, a Stage Management round table.  I am very grateful to Brandon, Sommer, Jenn, and Donna for their help and support.  I hope that the future Stage Managers continue this round table.

Well my video has been completed for about four hours now, but I still can not get it to load onto youtube. I am feeling a wee bit lost. At least I have it saved onto a disk. It is a little late to send out a cry for help now, bu here goes: HELP!