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#25re: Kaplan a last second scrap at Rent matinee 12/26
Posted: 1/2/06 at 12:54am

I don't know what the equity rule is either. I'm sure there something contract-wise as well - since "work" more or less starts for them at half-hour.
But I know that if I lapsed like that as a Stage Manager I'd just die. Perhaps we should suggest they add "Check for all Actors: physically present" to their preset lists from now on? lol

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#26re: Kaplan a last second scrap at Rent matinee 12/26
Posted: 1/2/06 at 12:55am

Even if Matt forgot (which DOES happen), it is the stage manager's job to make sure the cast is signed in, there, and ready to go. This booboo is definitely not all on Caplan's shoulders.

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#27re: Kaplan a last second scrap at Rent matinee 12/26
Posted: 1/2/06 at 12:55am

That, and give written reminders for any schedule changes that may pop up.

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#28re: Kaplan a last second scrap at Rent matinee 12/26
Posted: 1/2/06 at 12:56am

I wish Matt Caplan had forgotten there was a show the day I saw it.

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#29re: Kaplan a last second scrap at Rent matinee 12/26
Posted: 1/2/06 at 1:00am

Our Stage Manager at college (and subsequently, summer stock) always does a physical body check. I think it's mostly her not wanting to get her butt kicked by the director if someone slips through. I realize, though that the logistics of that are tough to pull off in a larger company.

Heh. Last summer, if the SM found you in the body check and you hadn't signed in, believe me, there was hell to pay from her. The director could care less as long as you hit the stage on time.

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#30re: Kaplan a last second scrap at Rent matinee 12/26
Posted: 1/2/06 at 1:06am

yeah, i mean as a stage manager half your job is props, running the show,etc and like half is just wrangling the actors. So someone wasn't doing something right if they never even noticed a missing lead.
I know when I do shows I always like to make a round to all the actors at like 10 just to make sure that everyone has their props or nothing's broken/ripped and get of sense of how all the actors are feeling that day just to mentally bring myself up to speed.

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#31re: Kaplan a last second scrap at Rent matinee 12/26
Posted: 1/2/06 at 12:16pm

Mr. Caplan DID forget there was a show that day and the stage manager didn't notice until he was calling places. So, that's why there was a delay in the show starting.

I, too, wish he had forgotten to show up on Thursday when I went.

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#32re: Kaplan a last second scrap at Rent matinee 12/26
Posted: 1/2/06 at 12:44pm

Ouch. Not many people seem to like him. Maybe he was having a good day when I went?

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#33re: Kaplan a last second scrap at Rent matinee 12/26
Posted: 1/8/06 at 3:09pm

Probably got sick. Vacation. Just because the show was delayed for "several minutes" does not mean that they waited for the stand-by to get ready. >>>

Thanks for the snotty response. You should read your own sig. BTW, an announcement was made about "last minute casting" and then an announcement was made for the casting change.

Thanks for the otherwise informed posts and opinions folks.

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