Calling the show

The stage manager giving every standby and GO, from the prompt book, during a performance.

Stage managers

How-to: Calling cuesWarning, standby, go: how to say them, with a cue light to click through.

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When does this happen on your show?Type your opening night and see every milestone dated.

CueA planned change: a light shift, a sound, a curtain, a set move. Each has a number and a trigger in the script.
Prompt bookThe stage manager's master binder: the script with every blocking note and cue, plus contacts, schedules and plots.
HeadsetThe headphone-and-mic system the stage manager and crew use to talk during the show.

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