Sommer Long

From THEA435

Research Questions

• Why did you choose to stage manage and why do you continue to do it?
• What was your career path? How did you get to where you are?
• What do you love about the job?
• What is the worst part of the job?
• Do you have any advice for a new stage manager just starting out?
• Who are some of the best stage managers you've ever worked with and what makes them so good at what they do?

Possible Sources

• Terry Alexander
  • ASM, "Mary Poppins"
  • Meeting Confirmed: 12:00pm Monday, March 3

• Theresa Bailey
  • SM, "The Little Mermaid", Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
  • sent letter

• William Joseph Barnes
  • PSM, "A Chorus Line", Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre

• Bonnie L. Becker
  • SM, "Legally Blonde", Palace Theatre
  • sent letter

• Steven Beckler
  • SM, "Hairspray", Niel Simon Theatre
  • sent letter

• Sandi Bohle
  • 1st Vice Chair, Stage Managers' Association
  • Sandra.Bohle@usma.edu

• Michelle Bosch
  • SM, "Jersey Boys", August Wilson Theatre
  • sent letter

• Robert I. Cohen
  • Member-at-Large, Stage Managers' Association

• Richard Costabile,
  • Past Chairman, Stage Managers' Association
  • Production Supervisor, Hal Holbrook's “Mark Twain Tonight!”
  • PSM, “Translations”, Biltmore Theater
  • ASM, “The Odd Couple”, Brooks Atkinson Theatre
  • RichStgMgr@aol.com
  • Meeting Confirmed: 12:00pm Tuesday, March 4

• Jill Cordle
  • PSM, "November", Ethel Barrymore Theatre
  • SM, "The Odd Couple", Brooks Atkinson Theatre
  • Office #: 212-247-3732
  • Meeting Confirmed: 5:00pm Wednesday, March 5

• Mark Dobrow
  • SM, "Mary Poppins", New Amsterdam Theatre
  • sent letter

• Evan Ensign
  • Production Supervisor, "Avenue Q", Golden Theatre
  • sent letter

• Mary Kathryn Flynt
  • SM, "The Seafarer", Booth Theatre
  • PA ,"Spamalot", Shubert Theatre
  • sent letter

• Gwen Gilliam
  • SM, "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof", Broadhurst Theatre
  • sent letter

• Bess Marie Glorioso
  • ASM, "Wicked", George Gershwin Theatre

• Jane Grey
  • Production Supervisor, "August: Osage County", Imperial Theatre

• Fred Hanson
  • SM, "The Phantom of the Opera", Majestic Theatre
  • sent letter

• Roy Harris
  • PSM, "The Homecoming", Cort Theatre
  • stagemanagement@thehomecomingonbroadway.com
  • Meeting Confirmed: 6:00pm Thursday, March 6

• Crystal Huntington
  • SM, "Rent", Nederlander Theatre
  • sent letter

• Beverly Jenkins
  • SM, "Grease", Brooks Atkinson Theatre
  • SM, "The Lion King", Minskoff Theatre
  • sent letter

• Jess Johnston
  • UMW Alumn, I ASMed under her

• Neil Krasnow
  • ASM, "November", Ethel Barrymore Theatre
  • sent letter

• Jon Krause
  • SM, "Sunday in the Park with George", Studio 54 (American Airlines Theatre)
  • sent letter

• William H. Lang
  • SM, "I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change", Westside Theatre
  • Meeting Confirmed: 5:30pm Friday, March 7

• Peter Lawrence
  • SM, "Spamalot", Shubert Theatre

• Alexander Libby
  • SM, "Is He Dead?", Lyceum Theatre
  • sent letter

• Kelly Martindale
  • SM, "The Farnsworth Invention", Music Box Theatre

• David McGraw
  • 2nd Vice Chair, Stage Managers' Association

• Ira Mont
  • ASM, "Young Frankenstein"
  • 3rd Vice President of Actors' Equity Association
  • Past Chairman, Stage Managers' Association

• Brandon Prendergast
  • my stage management advisor

• Marguerite Price
  • Chair, Stage Managers' Association

• Richard Rauscher,
  • SM, "Spring Awakening"
  • rcrauscher@gmail.com
  • sent email

• Scott Taylor Rollison
  • SM, "Curtains", Al Hirschfeld Theatre
  • sent letter

• Erica Schwartz
  • SM, "Wicked", George Gershwin Theatre
  • sent letter

• M. William Shiner
  • Resident PSM for The Shakespeare Theatre Company
  • Co-Secretary, Stage Managers' Association
  • matthewshiner@stagemanager.net

• Rick Steiger
  • SM, "Spring Awakening", Eugene O'Neill Theatre
  • PSM, "Rock 'n' Roll", Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre
  • sent letter

• Janet Takami
  • SM, "The 39 Steps", American Airlines Theatre
  • sent letter

• John Vivian
  • SM, "Rent", Nederlander Theatre
  • Meeting Confirmed: 4:45pm Saturday, March 8

• Edward Warren
  • Equity Stage Manager
  • THEATREED@aol.com

• Lori Wekselblatt
  • formerly with American Ballet Theatre
  • part-time lecturer at Purchase College
  • stagelor@aol.com
  • sent email

• Denise Yaney
  • SM, "The Homecoming", Cort Theatre
  • stagemanagement@thehomecomingonbroadway.com
  • Meeting Confirmed: 6:00pm Thursday, March 6

• Stage Manager, "Altar Boyz", New World Stages
  • sent letter

• Stage Manager, "The Seagull", Classic Stage Company

• Stage Manager, "Next to Normal", Second Stage Theatre

• Stage Manager, "Grace", Lucille Lortel Theatre

• Stage Manager, "Gypsy", St. James Theatre

• Stage Manager, "Macbeth", Harvey Theater

• Stage Manager, "South Pacific", Vivian Beaumont Theater

• Stage Manager, "Paradise Park", Signature Theatre Company

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• stage managers, production assistants, assistant stage managers, production stage managers
• touring, Broadway, Off Broadway, regional non-profit
• musicals and straight plays
• possibly dance or opera