The Stage Management
Program is a pre-professional program designed to prepare students for
entry-level positions in theater and/or for further education at a
graduate level. This is the only Bachelor's program in Stage Management
in Utah.
All Stage Management
students are required to stage-manage and/or assistant stage-manage
approximately eight to ten shows. This experience allows our students to
refine their stage management skills and technique. Offering hands-on
experience, our program helps each student build a substantial resume'
prior to graduation.
Stage Management students
are given the opportunity to work with numerous local professional Stage
Managers and companies on a regular basis with department /instructor
approval while completing their course work. In addition to student
productions, our students have had the opportunity to work with Utah
Opera, Pioneer Theatre Company, Plan-B Theatre, Sundance Institute and The
Salt Lake Acting Company, Lagoon, The Grand Theatre, and the Egyptian
Theatre Company.
Our students are sought
after by professional theatres and the best graduate schools in the
country upon completion of their BFA Stage Management degree.
Department of Theatre Core
Requirements
All course requirements for the major
must be completed with a grade of "C" or better.
*CW = meets U of U
Bachelor's Degree Requirements for Upper-division Communication/Writing
Stage Management BFA
Program Requirements
Stage management majors
must PSM Lab and Babcock shows at 3 credit hrs each, and/or (ASM Pioneer
Theatre show subject to instructor approval. Another project may be
substituted).
|
Theatre
Department Core Requirements |
29 credit
hours |
|
Stage Management
Requirements |
approx 65 hrs.
|
|
U of U Gen
Ed Requirements |
approx 30
hrs. |
|
TOTAL CREDIT HOURS |
approx 124 hrs.* |
*NOTE:
University of Utah Requirements: Of the total of 122 semester credit
hours, students must take 40 “upper-division” credit hours. Any class
numbered 3000 or above is designated as “upper-division.”
Refer to the University of
Utah Undergraduate Bulletin for Graduation Requirements
Students are accepted into
the stage management emphasis with the approval of the head of the
program. Continuance in the program is based on a yearly
evaluation of the student's
progress.
Stage Management
FACULTY/MENTORS
Barbara Sturgis,
Assistant Professor (Clinical)
Head of the Stage
Management Program
Barbara Sturgis has been
affiliated with the with the University of Utah’s Department of Theatre
since 1997, and recently joined the Theatre Department full time as an
Assistant Clinical Professor. She completed her undergraduate work at
Castleton State College in Vermont and received her MFA from the
University of Missouri-Kansas City.
Barbara is a member of
Actors Equity Association and Stage Managers’ Association. She also has
experience Stage Managing opera, musical theatre, modern dance, ballet and
corporate events. A few companies that Barbara has enjoyed working with
include: Missouri Repertory Theatre, Salt Lake Acting Company, Heart of
America Shakespeare Festival, Kansas City Ballet, Repertory Dance Theatre,
Lyric Opera Ensemble, Egyptian Theatre Company, Odyssey Dance Theatre,
Coke-a-Cola, M&M/Mars/Masterfoods, Ortho Bio Tech and EMC2.
Stage Management
Suggested Reading List
Stage Management
by Lawrence Stern (6th
or 7th edition)
The Backstage Guide to
Stage Management
by Thomas A. Kelly
Stage Management &
Theatre Etiquette: A Basic Guide
by Linda Apperson
Stage Management Forms &
Formats by
Barbara Dilker
Backstage Handbook
by Paul Carter
The Stage Management
Handbook by
Daniel A. Ionazzi
Theatre Backstage From A
to Z by Warren
C. Loonsbury & Norman Boulanger
