Assistant stage manager

Also called: ASM

The stage manager's right hand backstage: props, presets, scene changes, actor tracking, and running the wings during the show.

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Your first week as an ASM

Stage managerThe hub of the production. The stage manager schedules, records every decision, keeps everyone talking, and calls the cues once the show opens.
PresetWhere every prop, piece of furniture and costume must be before the show starts. The preset list is checked every night.
Prop tableA table in the wings, taped and labelled with an outline for every prop, so actors find them and crew spot missing ones.

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