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Stage Management, Minor

Location
  • New York City
Associated College
Sands College of Performing Arts

Hands-On Experience + Professional Connections

The minor in Stage Management blends in-class instruction with practical experience in stage and company management. It provides an opportunity for students in all fields to broaden their skill set and connect with leading professionals in the field. The coursework includes practical stage management technique, and company and production management for theater and live events. Participation in a mainstage Sands production is the capstone experience of the minor.

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Create the Stage

  • Build and strengthen the core skills you’ll need to transition into the professional world of theater and film.
  • Learn how to communicate and problem-solve through a broad range of hands-on experiences.
  • Gain an understanding of the essential technical elements of stage management, including rehearsal and production technique, union rules, and touring. You’ll also learn production management for theater and live events.
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The Stage Management Minor prepares students for stage, production, and company management through a focused four-semester program that builds and strengthens the core skills needed to for the professional world of theater and film. Along with courses in acting, directing, and design the program offers courses emphasizing communication, prioritization, organizational and problem-solving skills, technical knowledge, familiarity with union rules as well as multiple practicums as production stage managers and assistant stage managers.

Choose Your Career

You will leave the program with the tools and connections to enter a wide array of stage management and related careers.

What You Need to Know

Audition guidelines on Sands College of Performing Arts site.

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