Third Interview Preparation

1.  Who do you plan to interview?  What is this person's area of expertise? 
I plan on interviewing Jeff Keane from Cal Poly. He is the Production manager and is heavily involved with stage managers and their learning at Cal Poly.

2.  Verify that you have called your interviewee to schedule an interview.  What is the date and time of the interview? 
I have been asking my mentor for his number, but I have not gotten it yet. I will continue to bug her for the number so I can schedule something asap.

3.  Phrase an open-ended question that will help you find research resources that would help to answer the EQ.
How should a stage manager pick their assistants?
What kind of organization is best when it comes to the stage manager box?

4.  Phrase an open-ended question that will help you think about other useful activities you might do to help you answer the EQ (IC2, possible experts to talk to, etc).
What is it like for a stage manager to be confined to the booth during a show?

5.  Phrase two open-ended questions that help you to understand your interviewee's perspective on an aspect of your EQ. 
From the perspective of other production staff, what is a smooth running show?
Whats one way to stay on top of checking up on the different aspects of the show, such as costume and props?

10 Hour Mentorship Check-In

1.   Where are you doing your mentorship? 
I have not gotten a new mentor since the summer. I am thinking about asking my mentor from the summer if I can shadow her during a show that she has coming up. That way I can see what it is like for a stage manager while in the booth running the show.

2.   Who is your contact?  What makes this person an expert?
My contact was my summer mentor Joyce Hwang. I consider her an expert because she has been stage managing since high school and has been going to school for this for almost 4 years. She is very eager to help me with this project and does an amazing job doing so.

3.   How many  hours have you done during the school year? (Summer Mentorship Hours and Mentorship Hours should be reflected separately in your Senior Project Hours log located on the right hand side of your blog).
My "summer mentorship" did last until October, so technically, I did mentorship during the year, but I have not counted those as during school mentorship.

4.   Succinctly summarize what you did, how well you and your mentor worked together, and how you plan to complete the remaining hours. 
My mentor is honestly so amazing. She is always answering my random questions and concerns. She is very patient with me and I am excited to be asking her for another mentorship with her. If things don't work out with Joyce, I can also ask my other mentor Johanna if she is able to help me out with that.

Blog 12: Holiday Project Update

Since I just finished my independent component before break, I reviewed how I think I did during my last performance as iPoly stage manager. Even thinking about my last show as stage manager now I get really emotional because I really do enjoy putting on these shows and it makes me feel nostalgic about all of the work I have put into Drama club. I will still be involved with Drama, but as Producer instead. This way I can better delegate tasks to my assistant and prepare him for my position next year. I just have to take a more supervising position in Drama.
Over break I really thought about how I did with my goal of delegation. Delegating tasks is a big deal for stage managers because there is no possible way for one person to do all of the duties of the stage manager. I believe I did an okay job at delegating. I know I can definitely do better next semester especially since I am being forced to step back from being completely in control.

Over break I learned that I like being in charge and that I am uncomfortable stepping down from a high position when I worked so hard to be respected. I also found out that sometimes you have to step out of your comfort zone in order to let other people get an opportunity to shine. In my case, I have to step down as stage manager, and become my assistant's assistant for a show.

I would like to talk to the stage manager teacher at Cal Poly because my mentor suggested him and said he is always willing to help out a techie. I would get a hold of him by emailing him about it and asking my mentor to introduce us.

THIS will be what I am like as a stage manager. (the God mic is the mic that can be heard by all, like an over com)