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stage managers

  • plural
    of stage manager.
    stage manager
    noun
    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.

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Incredibly, the “back to normal” stage managers sent close to 20,000 school kids back into schools located in the toxic zone.

From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026

And Actors’ Equity, the national union representing actors and stage managers, goes further, with its annual award for Broadway choruses.

From New York Times ● Apr. 30, 2024

The result, according to the Evening Standard's Nick Curtis, is a "technically adroit and complex production in which a team of stage managers play almost as important a part as Snook".

From BBC ● Feb. 16, 2024

Equity organizers gathered union authorization cards from a majority of the actors and stage managers on the “Waitress” tour, designating Equity to negotiate on their behalf with NETworks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2023

Oh, I think we're pretty good stage managers, 'im and me.

From The Sins of the Children A Novel by Cosmo Hamilton

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