stage manager

noun

1. a person responsible for the technical details of a theatrical production, assisting the director during rehearsal, supervising the lighting, costuming, setting, prompting, etc., and assuming full responsibility for the stage during a performance of a play.

stage manager

noun

1. a person who supervises the stage arrangements of a theatrical production

Other Words From

• stage managership noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of stage manager¹

First recorded in 1810–20

Example Sentences

A live show involves so many makers, night after night—not just actors and dancers and stage managers, but also an army of musicians, electricians, laundry and wardrobe people, and others—that it may be the ultimate act of making.

From Time

On Thursday, Actors’ Equity, the union representing 51,000 actors and stage managers, announced new protocols requiring vaccinations for its workforce on Broadway and in touring shows that have standalone runs in other cities.

From Washington Post

She has been retained by the play’s producers to instruct the company and train stage managers as covid safety officers — in service of putting on a show seven times a week in the midst of a mutating pandemic.

From Washington Post

To ensure distancing, stage managers used tape to divvy the studio floors into boxes, each large enough for a dancer.

From Washington Post

People scream, the orchestra stops playing, and the stage manager whisks the diva into the wings.

From The Daily Beast

The stage manager is a rubber-clad domme and there are various S&M happenings through the night.

From The Daily Beast

Not to curse the stage directions and threaten to send the stage manager to a labor camp.

From The Daily Beast

Now that we are in the run of the play, our stage manager has the crystal backstage to ward off the boogeyman.

From The Daily Beast

Soon after he got back to England, he began working in the theater as a stage manager and an actor.

From The Daily Beast

Why, Lil Pendleton and the stage manager are out there in the Pendletons sleigh.

From Project Gutenberg

As she entered the vestibule the stage-manager came to meet her, and told her that her part had been given to another singer.

From Project Gutenberg

Irving's reputation as a stage manager is such that when his "Macbeth" comes to America everyone will want to see it.

From Project Gutenberg

So, like some famous stage manager, Fate was getting ready to assemble the cast for the final scenes in our little drama.

From Project Gutenberg

But when once your stage-manager is chosen, all the actors must make up their minds to obey him implicitly.

From Project Gutenberg