Welcome to the SMA website!
The Stage Managers' Association is a professional organization created by and for stage managers. We seek to create a network through which we can share our problems, ideas, and stories; educate ourselves and those with whom we work; eliminate that isolated feeling which strikes us all from time to time; make our crazy jobs just a little easier, and help us to be better stage managers.
more ...The Stage Managers' Association's members are stage managers who work in theater, dance, opera, industrials, events and other venues. The SMA is not itself a labor union, but our membership includes many members of AEA, AGMA, AGVA, AFTRA, DGA and other entertainment industry unions, as well as non-union, career-minded stage managers. The focus of the Stage Managers' Association is on professional Stage Management in North America, although our membership lives and works throughout the world. A similar organization, the Stage Management Association, supports and represents professional stage managers in the U.K., including England, Ireland and Scotland, as well as in various countries within Europe.
more ...We welcome all stage managers who feel they can benefit from the opportunity to meet and talk with their colleagues and contribute their energies to our growth.
In addition to Full Membership, we offer Associate Membership to those intending to pursue careers as professional stage managers, and Affiliate Membership to individuals and organizations interested in the field.
Welcome to the 2007-2008 season!
The Entertainment Industry Expo was held on Sunday,
January 27 from 10 a.m. - 6 p.m., at the Westin Hotel at 43rd & 8th Avenue in
New York City. The event is free. The SMA was represented at Booth
401 on the fourth floor by Sandi Bohle, 1st Vice-Chair and Chair, Margie Price.
Online
Chats
Since August 2007, the SMA has been holding online chats roughly once a
month. Topics have been varied, and often a “guest speaker” is invited for a
discussion. Past topics have covered a wide range, including stage combat,
calling/script techniques, and tax preparation/deductions that apply to stage
managers. The chats also provide opportunities of “Virtual Drink Nights” for
members who may not have a similar opportunity in their own region of the
country. (The December 2008 Holiday Chat was a strictly “off-transcript” evening
so members were open to speak freely.)
Transcripts of past chats can be found in the Downloads area
of the Members Only section
Survey of Calling Trends and Innovations
Stage Management Calling Trends and Innovations
In November 2006, 283 American stage managers answered David McGraw's survey
on
calling
scripts and cue notations. The goal of the survey was to track how we have
adapted our calling techniques to match new technologies. How do you compare?
Click on the icon to read the results from this survey.
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2006 Fleamarket
report available SMA Member Sandi Bohle has stepped forward to chair the
SMA table at the
BC/EFA event. Click the icon above for details. The event was Sunday, September 24, 2006; from 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Please contact the Chair for more information.
New Board members 2008-2009 elected
Congratulations to the new Board!
2008 KC Mehl Awardees Announcing the 2008 KC Mehl Memorial Scholarship Recipients The third annual award of a one-year Associate Membership in the SMA was granted to Claire Diedrich (Bloomington, Indiana) an undergrad at Indiana University and a veteran of internships ranging from Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival to Opera Australia; Melissa Margolin (Tempe, Arizona) a newcomer to stage management and a senior at Arizona State University, she won the University's Alfred de Liagre Award for her skills in management and leadership; and Vanessa Poggioli (Brooklyn, New York) with a B.A. from Bryn Mawr, she is currently a first-year M.F.A. student at Columbia University where she is becoming a stage manager of distinction among her professors. Each year applications are received from across the country with three chosen, each representing the Eastern, Central and Western Regions of the country. This year's recipients will participate with past recipients in periodic on-line chats, teleconferences, and in a SMA mentoring program in an effort to improve the social, networking and planning aspects of their SMA activities. Throughout the year, recipients are asked to provide updates on their developing careers and their relationship with the SMA. The program looks to develop future leaders of the Association. Keep your eyes on these talented young stage managers!
February 2008 Welcome We will use this page to post the latest goings-on of the SMA Board -- ideas we're developing, issues we're debating, and upcoming events, and letters from the Chair.
Contact sheet available for download
SMA Contact sheet available
 The
contact sheet of SMA members in PDF
 format is now available
for downloading in the members only area.[password required]
Renewal for 2008 The 2008 renewal period has ended.  Click on the scroll to begin the rejoin process.
Bowling League- Stage Managers needed for team "Striking Headsets."
 The
Broadway Show Bowling League is currently in season and we are bowling every
Thursday night at the Leisure Time Lanes in the Port Authority. Practice
begins at 11 p.m. and league play begins at 11:30 p.m.
Click on icon for more information.
In the news-
 Christmas Carol at McCarter - the person making sure it all runs smoothly is Cheryl Mintz, the production stage manager.
The
Stage Managers Directory online
Online access to the The Stage Managers Directory is now
If you would like to be listed in The Stage Managers Directory, but are not a member of the SMA, use this link to join now.
SMA members may now place orders for
items from the website. The print version of the 2003 Stage Managers Directory and a few T-shirts are
available for purchase. Click on icon above for order form.
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Spring/Summer 2007 issue of the HEADSETavailable 
You need not be a Committee member
to
help. If there is a feature or story that you would like to see in
an upcoming edition of the Headset,
please contact Robin Gray. The Committee is also looking for people who can be interviewed for their opinions
and expert stage management advice for articles. Any help is greatly
appreciated.
Join the SMA!  Submit a membership application online
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1st
Vice Chair: Sandi Bohle
Your current elected Board of Directors are
Chair:
Richard Costabile
First Vice Chair: Sandi Bohle
Second Vice Chair: Tony Melchior
Secretaries: Erin Joy Swank, Carole Ursetti
Treasurer: Scott H. Schneider
Executive Board:
John M. Atherlay, Robert I. Cohen,
Marci Glotzer, Jon Goldman, Robin Gray, Zoya Kachadurian, Thomas Kelly, Marguerite Price
Check out these new website pages
New website pages:
Recent SMA events
Information from the
SMA Board.
If you don't remember your website password, access the Forgot password page.
SMA
members may now order items online.[password required]
Production "to do" list added to Tools.
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Area notes-
SMA
Contact information(The most efficient way of contacting the Stage Managers' Association is via electronic mail.)
Electronic mail
General Information:
info@stagemanagers.org
Webmaster:
webmaster@stagemanagers.org
Postal address
PO Box 275, Times Square Station
New York, N.Y. 10108-0275
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