Notes

There are four production department heads: Director, Production Manager, Stage Manager, House Manager. Have students define the duties, responsibilities, and interrelationships of the "Big Four."

Examine the flow chart in Appendix C.

Discuss the roles and the relationships of the various jobs that create a theatre production.

Research in depth, the roles and responsibilities of:

• the stage manager
• the production manager
• the house manager
• the technical director
• the wardrobe co-ordinator
• the properties co-ordinator
• the make-up co-ordinator
• the set designer.

Identify the relationship between the roles and the following:

• sound
• promotions co-ordinator
• music
• make-up
• stage props

Use a jigsaw method to share the research.

In order to experience and understand the responsibilities of the amateur or professional technical department heads, students may "job shadow" such individuals in their work environments. In some communities, this activity could provide students with opportunities to meet the practical requirements of Modules 21 and 22B.