Past SMA events

Stage Managers’ Association
Annual Holiday Party 2007

Saturday, December 15^th
9:30 p.m.-1:00 a.m.
Third Floor Party Room
Playwright Bar & Restaurant
202 West 49th Street [between 7th & Broadway]

Your first drink is on the SMA [until 11:30pm]!
Light appetizers will be served.  Cash bar.

Guests welcome, feel free to bring your stage management co-workers or significant other.

Please RSVP to mintzc@stagemanagers.org by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, December 14^th 2007
 

Next SMA chat scheduled for Monday,
November 26, 2007 at
8:30 p.m. Eastern.

Our guest that evening will be Bailie Slevin of Certified Financial Services. She is a former stage manager, turned financial advisor, who will discuss financial planning in regard to the unique needs of people in entertainment

Contact SMA Secretary for more information.

General Membership Meeting

Date: Monday, October 15, 2007
Time: 3:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m.
Venue: Playwright Tavern
202 West 49th Street (between Broadway & 7th Avenue)
3rd floor party room

Refreshments will be served.

PLEASE RSVP to mintzc@stagemanagers.org by Thursday October 11.

AGENDA:

Commemoration of the AEA Council vote to add five Stage Manager seats on Council. Vote was held on October 15, 1982.

Discussion with AEA Staff regarding upcoming contract negotiations and other Equity concerns. Attending from Actors Equity: John Connolly, Executive Director, Louise Foisy, Business Rep for the Broadway Contracts and Russell Lerher, SM Business Rep.  Eastern Regional Stage Manager Councilor, John Atherlay is our Moderator.

Results of the Amendment Referendum Vote will be announced.

Amendments and ballots are en route to all voting members. Amendment Referendum Documents are available for download [password required]. Although on-line voting is not possible, if you have not received these documents in the mail (Full & Lifetime Members Only are eligible to vote), you should contact the SMA Secretary. More details available.

If you have questions, concerns, etc. that you'd like to air at the meeting but can't attend, please respond to chair@stagemanagers.org with as detailed a question/comment as you can.

The Board is considering available options for a webcast of this meeting. Further information will be provided as soon as it is available.

All SMA members are invited to attend. The next General Membership Meeting is slated for February/March 2008.  
 

2007 Annual Meeting

was held on Tuesday, May 22, 2007

Certificates were presented to founding members.

Top Row: Robert I. Cohen, Bob Bennett, Zoya Kachadurian, Bo Metzler, Bernard Pollock
Front Row: Bill Hare, Laura Heller, Janet Friedman (holding both her and Barry Kearsley’s certificates), Jane Neufeld
 

25th on the 25th

The SMA celebrated the 25th anniversary of its founding at an event held on September 25, 2006 at the West Bank Café.

Program material from that event will soon be available on this website.
 

Annual Holiday Party 2006

Saturday, December 16th
9:30 p.m.-1:00 a.m.
Third Floor Party Room
Playwright Bar & Restaurant
202 West 49th Street [between 7th & Broadway]

Your first drink is on the SMA [until 11:30 p.m.]!
Light appetizers will be served. Cash bar.

Guests welcome, feel free to bring your stage management co-workers or significant other.

Please RSVP to mintzc@stagemanagers.org
by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, December 15, 2006

Annual SMA Membership Meeting


Monday, June 12, 2006

2:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m

Third Floor Party Room
Playwright Act II
732 8th Avenue
[between 45th & 46th Streets]

RSVP to Cheryl Mintz by Friday, June 9, 2006.

Holiday party

 
Stage Managers’ Association Annual Holiday Party

Saturday, December 17th
9:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m.
Third Floor Party Room
Playwright Bar & Restaurant
202 West 49th Street
[between 7th & Broadway]

Your first drink is on the SMA [until 11pm]! Light appetizers will be served. Cash bar.

Guests welcome. Feel free to bring your stage management co-workers or significant other.

Please RSVP to mintzc@stagemanagers.org
by 5 p.m. on Friday, December 16, 2005

               

SMA annual meeting


Thursday, June 30, 2005
2:30 p.m.- 5:00 p.m.


Playwright's Bar & Restaurant
202 West 49th Street
[between 7th avenue & Broadway]
Third Floor Party Room

  Founding member, Jerry Adler will moderate the panel
"Stage Managers who work primarily on non-musicals on Broadway."

    Also at this  meeting we will announce the new members on our board (ballots are due by June 23, 2005), discuss possible revisions to our constitution and there is the possibility of a guest speaker with stage manager topics concerning Broadway shows.

    Please RSVP to mintzc@stagemanagers.org by 5 p.m. on Wednesday, June 29, 2005.

           

Broadway Lighting Master Classes

June 20-24, 2005 Tribeca Performing Arts Center NYC

The critically acclaimed Broadway Lighting Master Classes & Broadway Sound Master Classes are expanding to encompass even more aspects of theatre and live entertainment. Introducing the Entertainment Design Master Classes, featuring the BLMC, BSMC and the first-ever Projection Master Classes. Professional-Level Training Focused on the Best of Broadway and Theatre Design.

Click on the image above for SMA member discount information. [password required]

                   

SMA Spring meeting

Hello! Spring is here and that means it's time for our yearly meeting with the Actors' Equity representatives.

The meeting will take place on Thursday, May 19th,  2:30 - 6:00 p.m.

2:30 p.m. - Meet and Greet and Drink and Eat

3:00 p.m. - General SMA Business Meeting - some topics to discuss will be the ballot of the upcoming elections and new amendments to the constitution. Any new business or suggestions also can be brought up at that time.

4:00 p.m. - Meeting with AEA reps - "So What's New and Old." As of now, we have Carol Waaser, the Eastern Regional Director, Ken Greenwood Senior Business representative and Walt Kiskadden, AEA Business rep. attending our meeting. All the representatives are interested in hearing and discussing issues regarding the upcoming Off B'way negotiations as well as any issue that might be important to the role of stage managers on any contract.

We will meet at the usual watering hole:

Playwright's Tavern
202 West 49th St. (between 7th Ave. and B'way)
Third floor party room
New York, NY

Complimentary soft drinks, tea and coffee will be available at the meeting as well as a cash bar for alcoholic beverages. And, of course there will be great party food.  So please plan on coming by even if it's just for an hour or on your 10 minute break. Bring your assistants and assistants bring your PSM. Bring along a friend interested in the SMA if you'd like but mostly bring yourself and meet up with old friends and hopefully make some new ones.

Please RSVP for yourself and your guest by 10:00 p.m. Wednesday, May 18th to  mintzc@stagemanagers.org

Stage managing OFF BROADWAY:  an informal roundtable

Date: Tuesday, March 1, 2005
Time: 3:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Place: The John Houseman Theatre (Downstairs)
450 West 42nd Street (just east of 10th ave.)
New York, N.Y.

    On hand for this roundtable will be members from the AEA Off Broadway Committee which includes some of our SMA members. The Committee members are not employees of the union but are AEA members who volunteer their time and effort to hear and help the union with situations that arise with Off Broadway productions. The topics of discussion for the roundtable can be varied and wide. Overall, we're sure it will be informative and educational, not only for the members of the Committee, but also for the SMA members that can participate or just want to listen. This roundtable is not just for AEA members who have managed Off Broadway but for any member who has any interest in stage management.

SMA "Spring Into Spring" Drinks Night in New York City

Schmooze with your fellow stage managers! Hope you can stop by!

When: Wednesday, March 31st, 2004
Time: 9:30 p.m. - 12:30 a.m.
Where: 2nd Floor Bar
Playwright Bar & Restaurant
202 West 49th Street [between 7th & B'way]
Details: Cash bar.
Light appetizers will be served.

Please RSVP to Cheryl Mintz by 5:00 p.m. on March 31st.

Cheryl Mintz
SMA Executive Board & Social Committee Chair
Resident/Production Stage Manager, McCarter Theatre Center

Margo Maier
SMA Social Committee Co-Chair
Stage Manager, Metropolitan Opera

                   

Stage Managers' Association Drinks Night (New York)

Time to come out of hibernation, warm up with a nice cozy drink and socialize with your stage management friends!

When: Thursday, February 5th, 2004
Time: 10:30 p.m. - until closing
Where: 2nd Floor Bar
Playwright Bar & Restaurant
202 West 49th Street [between 7th & Broadway]

Details: Cash bar, light appetizers will be served.

Please RSVP to Cheryl Mintz by 7:00 p.m. on February 5th.

Equity Production Contract negotiations

There will be a very important meeting of the Stage Managers Committee to discuss stage management issues and proposals for the upcoming Production Contract negotiations on Tuesday January 27, 2004 from 1 p.m.-6 p.m. at AEA (15th floor).

The current production contract expires in June of 2004; suggestions or concerns about the contract can be submitted to Equity for committee discussion in the upcoming negotiations.  The  minutes are available from the SMA meeting at which Ira Mont led a discussion about the production contract with special guest Russell Lehrer, AEA Business Representative for Production Tours & Eastern Regional Stage Manager Liaison.

OPERA America is pleased to announce EXPANDING YOUR JOB POTENTIAL: EXPLORING OPERA (January 17,2004), a workshop for anyone interested in a technical/production career. This workshop is an excellent opportunity for students, teachers, and established professionals to learn about jobs in opera.  Click on the logo for more details.

SMA Holiday Party           

Tuesday, December 16, 2003
9:00 p.m.-1:00 a.m.

Playwright Tavern
Third Floor Party Room
202 West 49th Street between 7th Avenue & Broadway

Members! Bring your assistant or other prospective new members!

Cash bar. Appetizers, cheese and crudites will be served courtesy of the SMA.

Please RSVP to mintzc@stagemanagers.org by Monday December 15th.

SMA - Flea Market 2003

The Broadway Flea Market, which benefits Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, was held on Sunday, September 21 from 10:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m. at Shubert Alley and 44th/45th Streets.

Click on the logo for more details.
 

Plan to attend the SMA Annual Membership Meeting, with our honored guest panelists from Actors' Equity Association.  Full members will have an opportunity to submit their ballots at the start of that meeting (if they haven't mailed them by then), and the results of the election will be announced as the final order of business.


When: Thursday, May 22, 2003
    2:00 p.m. - Business Meeting
    3:00 p.m. - Ballots due; forum
    5:50 p.m. - Announcement of Election results
    6:00 p.m. - End of meeting

Where: Playwright Tavern
    202 West 49th Street
    (between Broadway and 7th Avenue)
    3rd floor party room

               

The first of this season's events and forums was a backstage tour of the hit musical 42ndStreet. 

This event took place on Thursday, September 26, 2002, at 3:00 p.m.

 

THE ANNUAL NYC HOLIDAY PARTY!!

Tuesday, December 17, 2002
9 p.m.-1 a.m. - Come when you can!

Playwright Tavern & Restaurant
202 West 49th Street
(between Broadway and 7th Avenue)
3rd-floor party room

No admission or cover charge
Light appetizer food will be served, courtesy of the SMA
Cash Bar - pay for your own drinks

Hourly raffle of SMA t-shirts to benefit The Actors' Fund

RSVP by December 16 @ 4 p.m. to cmintz@mccarter.org

The SMA' s 2nd backstage tour of the season!