Production Stage Manager- Nashville Ballet
Nick Mullikin, Artistic Director ⎜Melinda Dobson, Director of Production
Nashville Ballet produces 4 -5 full length and mixed rep productions each season as well as a yearly Dance Festival. Responsibilities include:
- Documentation, cueing, teching and calling of shows.
- Creation of run-of-show deck paperwork along with ASM.
- Becoming point of communication for all parties for ease of problem solving in high-stress performance situations.
- Maintaining digital video and file archives.
- Working closely with production and artistic teams to make sure all rehearsal needs are met while maintaining a safe work environment.
- Working closely with Director of Production to update and maintain production schedules.
- Promoting open communication between all for a positive and productive work environment.
Repertoire: Un Ballo (Kylian) ⎜Year of the Rabbit (Peck) ⎜Firebird (Vasterling) ⎜Nashville's Nutcracker (Vasterling) ⎜Weep (Sorzano) ⎜Speak (Sansone) ⎜In Many Ways (Spivey) ⎜Romeo and Juliet (Vasterling) ⎜The Red Shoes (Sailers) ⎜Distinguishing Features (Buchannan) ⎜The Yellow Wallpaper (Eisen) ⎜A Moment in Time (Guerin) ⎜Where We Were Meant to Be (Mullikin) ⎜Nashville Dance Festival 2024 ⎜Serenade (Balanchine) ⎜Dracula (Vasterling)
Stage Manager- Orlando Ballet
Jorden Morris, Artistic Director | John Beaulieu, Director of Production
Resident Stage Manager & Company Manager for the 2021 - 2022 & 2022 - 2023 seasons at a mid-sized ballet company that produces 4 full length ballet's and a mixed repertoire. General duties include:
- Creating and distributing paperwork including: rehearsal & production schedules, rehearsal & performance reports, and all paperwork pertaining to the run of each show.
- Ensuring the dance studios are safe and equipped for each rehearsal.
- Liaison with the volunteer medical team to provide physical therapy and massage services to the artists.
- Seeking out and mentoring assistant stage manager candidates.
- Calling each production produced by the ballet.
Repitoire: The Jungle Book (Pimble) | The Nutcracker (Hill) | Giselle (Morris/Broomhead) | Lyric Pieces (Lang) | Confronting Genius (Gill) | Lambarena (Caniparoli) | The Great Gatsby (Morris) | Raymonda Variations (Broomhead) | Michael Pink's Dracula (Pink) | Moulin Rouge © The Ballet (Morris) | Paquita Variations (Broomhead/Chen) | Breakthrough* (Blake) | The Next Big Thing* (Gill)
*Indicates world premiere
American Ballet Theatre
Assistant Stage Manager- Met Season 2022
Danielle Ventimiglia, Production Stage Manager
Assistant Stage Manager for ABT's 5 week residency at the Metropolitan Opera House after a two year hiatus. General Duties include:
- Running the deck backstage for all performances.
- Creating and maintaining paperwork for current and upcoming productions.
- Organizing auditions for supernumeraries as well as attending/documenting supernumerary rehearsals and fittings.
- Set up rehearsals both onstage and in the rehearsal studios.
- Other tasks as needed to add to the overall efficiency of the stage management team and the organization as a whole.
Repitoire: Don Quixote (McKenzie/Jones) | Of Love and Rage + (Ratmansky) | Swan Lake (McKenzie) | Theme and Variations (Balanchine) | Single Eye (King) | Zigzag (Lang) | Romeo and Juliet (MacMillian)
+ Indicates east coast premiere
DARLING- Helen Simoneau Danse
Stage Manager- World Premiere 2020
Calling Stage Manager for the world premiere of an hour long contemporary piece for 5 dancers, choreographed by Helen Simoneau, at the HanesBrandsTheatre in Winston Salem, NC. Worked alongside artistic and lighting to cue the piece. Called several tech rehearsals & shows from dance tracking.
*Paperwork Examples available upon request*
Photo courtesy of Helen Simoneau Danse
As You Like It
The Old Globe- San Diego, CA
Directed by Jessica Stone | Production Stage Manager: Jess Slocum
Intern on The Old Globe's Summer Shakespeare Festival production of As You Like It on the outdoor Shiley Stage. Worked alongside Equity stage managers actors in addition to Univeristy of San Diego Shiley Theatre Graduate Acting students. Duties included tracking rehearsal costumes and props, creating rehearsal props, line notes, as well as other small tasks contributing to the overall efficiency of the room.
