The Durango Herald: Throughout my career as a theater director, I’ve often had people ask me, “What exactly is it that you do?”
Some people assume that everything you see onstage – the scenic design, acting choices, props – “comes with” the script. Others suggest that I watch a movie version repeatedly and teach the actors to copy it. Actually, the job is both a lot more fun and a lot more work than that.
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One thing that I am slowly finding more and more important in theatre, is figuring out what the people I am working with think their job is, and what the scope of their position includes. While there are really no wrong answers, it often varies between the scales of theatre, and can often times differ greatly from theatre to theatre even within the same scale. There was a moment during the article where I read something that the director said they did, and had the thought of "But that's the stage manager's job", and had to check myself. While there is often a standard way that we do things, it is not set in stone. When I am working with someone new, I try and gauge what they see as what they need to do for their position. This can help me interact with them and predict any needs or challenges that may arise from them. Figuring out why they feel something is necessary or unnecessary for them to do may also help if they seem to be overstepping their bounds or not doing enough for a project.
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