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Stage Managing or Acting
I enjoy acting and stage managing, but I do not know which to pick. I have bee working with this one director for 2 years now as a stage manager, but I want to audition for the play he is doing. Will he not trust me as a stage manager? Should I audition?
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It strikes me that you should go ahead and audition. If the director questions it, you can tell him that you do enjoy acting, and beyond that, you feel that it will make you a better stage manager if you can go through a production from the actor's point of view. I don't see how he could find fault with that.
Now, if you're not a very GOOD actor, that's another thing. You're clearly a reasonably good stage manager, or he wouldn't have wanted you to do it for two years. But I see no harm in auditioning.
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I'm sure he'll still trust you as a stage manager - my only worry would be that he wont take you seriously as an actor.
Different directors have different feelings about arts administrators like SMs, who also are actors.
Some directors are completely open too it and have respect for theatre artists who can wear many hats. Others type-cast stage managers as stage managers, and actors as actors, and believe in their hearts that no one can cross that line - even if they claim to be open minded about it.
Those kind of directors are out there: They suck, but they are definitely out there.
The best thing you can do is talk to your director about your desire to act and to audition. The audition will be less stressful for both of you if it's not a surprise to him, and his response to you letting him know that you will be audition will let you know what he thinks of the idea...
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