Stage Management
Start with shifting scenery. Perhaps take charge of the properties (the bits and pieces the actors carry on stage), sometimes a very demanding job; if the actor has to comment on something in the newspaper and there’s no newspaper there, the whole scene is lost.
Eventually, after sufficient shows as Assistant Stage Manager, ASM, you can become the full SM. It’s the Stage Manager who runs the show, who makes sure everything and everything is in place, who says “Go” and “Stop”. During a run the SM is in total command. You thought it was the Director? No, the director is responsible for the overall design of the show, but the SM is the one who makes it happen.
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