PULL-TIGHT STAGE MANAGER CHECKLIST (modify for your own use)
5:45
Unlock back door and shed door
Turn on front porch and outdoor flood lights
Check front porch and ash urns, clean if necessary
Check lobby, clean & sweep if necessary
Place sign at step side of front porch (patrons to line up on ramp side)
6:00
Dust stage furniture, sweep & mop stage if necessary
Check auditorium, clean if necessary (should have been done night before)
Check restrooms, clean and supply if necessary (extra roll of toilet paper, paper towels)
Lobby & Hall curtains open
Turn on any blue lights behind set
6:15
Start checking on cast & crew arrival (checklist)
Print ticket list (from computer) and put a copy in the LobbyTurn monitors on
6:30
Vocal warm-ups, body stretching in auditorium
Run numbers if musical
Actors checking their costumes and props
Actors getting into costumes & makeup
Check props on shelves backstage
Do onstage presets of furnishings and props
6:45
Check that Tech Crew is in
Tech Crew checking lights, sound, spotlite, headsets
Stage Work-Lights OFF
Close curtain to crew area in hall
6:55
Lights in Preshow (Q1)
Preshow Music On
Go to Blue Lights backstage upstairs & down
7:00
Doors opened to audience – remove sign from step side of front porch
7:15
Circle-Up; any special announcements
7:25
PLACES— Check to see that Tech Crew is in place
Have lighting tech flash auditorium lights
Curtains closed, hall and lobby
Check bathrooms, close doors, lobby cleared
Hall light off, lobby light dimmed
7:30
CURTAIN UP
INTERMISSION:
Beginning
NOTICE TIME – so you can time the intermission for 15 minutes
Open curtains hall and lobby
Hall light on
Lobby light on
Start any set change and clean-up once audience is milling around
15 Minutes Later
PLACES tech and cast – Check to see that Tech Crew is in place
Have lighting tech flash auditorium lights
Close curtains hall and lobby
Hall light off
Lobby light off
CURTAIN UP
END OF SHOW:
Open curtains hall and lobby
Hall light on
Lobby light on
Turn backstage and upstairs lights on, blue lights off
Turn monitors off
Start set change/cleanup once audience is mostly out the door
Tidy up backstage and props area
Turn off and rinse out coffeepot if usedSupervise auditorium and bathroom cleanup and trash emptying by cast
Finally:
Turn off any blue lights behind set
Check that light and sound decks are off upstairs
Front porch and outdoor flood lights off
Lights off upstairs and down
All doors locked including shed