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Stage Management Portfolio
Ghosts

Written by Henrik Ibsen

Translation by Rick Davis and Brian Johnston

Directed by Josh Pohja

Stage Manager

Wisconsin Classic Stage - Calvary Presbyterian Milwaukee, WI

Cast of 5 Crew of 4

Unique Elements

  • Outdoor and indoor performances due to air quality concerns requiring 2 calling and blocking scripts.

  • ASM called show for one conflict night.

  • Stage Manager controlled a live rain machine.

  • Performers used microphones for both indoor and outdoor performances.

  • The set was struck and reset for all outdoor performances and tech rehearsals.

Of Thread and Thorn

Written by Regina Laberge

Directed by Kimberley Laberge

Stage Manager

Kith and Kin Theatre Collective - Inspiration Studios, West Allis Milwaukee

Cast of 6, Crew of 2

Unique Elements

  • World Premiere new play 

  • Intimacy rehearsals required

  • Quick vignette sequence with mutliple technical needs

  • DJ style lighting board operated by the SM

Kenoshe You Hardly Know We

Written by Angry Young Men Ltd Cast

Directed by Josh Perkins

Stage Manager

 - The White Lilac, Kenosha WI

Cast of 9, Crew of 2

Unique Elements

  • Puppet performances

  • No tech rehearsals possible due to the touring nature

  • Called cues while puppeteering

  • Live singing and choreography

Two Day Tour

Written by Angry Young Men Ltd Company

Directed by Billy Ray Olson

Stage Manager

Full Frontal Puppetry - Amorphic Beer & Pabst Best Place Milwaukee, WI

Cast of 13, Crew of 2

Unique Elements

  • Two non-traditional venues requiring set and strike of lighting and audio each night.​

  • Puppets and live performers

  • Two guest performance groups who joined rehearsals during tech. 

  • Manual lighting rig run by the Stage Manager

  • Live singing and instruments onstage

Henry V 

Written by William Shakespeare

Adapted by: Josh Pohja and Mark Corkins

Directed by Josh Pohja

Stage Manager

Wisconsin Classic Stage - Calvary Presbyterian Milwaukee, WI

Cast of 16, Crew of 1

Unique Elements

  • Live animal in the cast

  • Non-traditional performance venue with entrances in the round.

  • Actors did all scene changes during performances

  • Multiple large scale stage combat sequences

  • Vegetables as weapons

  • Ladders set and struck as set pieces climbed during the show

Once More Into the Blah

Written by Angry Young Men Ltd Company

Directed by Billy Ray Olson

Stage Manager

Full Frontal Puppetry - The White Lilac Kenosha, WI

Cast of 10, Crew of 2

Unique Elements

  • Called cues onstage and backstage

  • Called cues while puppeteering 

  • ​Manual lighting rig operated by 2 crew members

  • Live singing

Frisch Frei Stark Treu

Written by Joshua Bryant

Directed by Joshua Bryant

Assistant Stage Manager

Cabaret Milwaukee - Turner Hall Milwaukee, WI

Carrie Johns, Stage Manager

Cast of 19, Crew of 2

Unique Elements

  • Assistant Stage Managing while performing 

  • Manual pulley system set piece

  • Fully Puppet Cast

  • World Premiere of the script

  • Performed in a non-traditional venue 

  • Manual lighting rig operated by multiple crew members

Red, White, and Coup

Written by Brian Rott

Directed by Brian Rott

Stage Manager

Quasimondo Physical Theatre - North Milwaukee Arthaus Milwaukee, WI

Cast of 7, Crew of 2

Unique Elements

  • Stage Managing while performing as 9 characters.

  • Devised script finished during tech week.

  • Tech rehearsals and performances in 90°+ heat

  • Director called cues

  • Actors did all scene changes during performances

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