- Rehearsal preparation and first-day checklists
- A production calendar planner
- A rehearsal report template and examples
- A practical first-week game plan
Created for student stage managers, theatre educators, and community theatre programs.
FREE STUDENT STAGE MANAGER RESOURCE
Give Your Student Stage Manager a Stronger Start.
Help a new stage manager begin rehearsals prepared, organized, and ready to lead.
Who This Is For
Who Belongs in the Room
aspiring stage managers
You may know the role, but you want to actually know how to do it. 5 to Places gives you a complete foundation: the systems, the paperwork, the communication skills, and the professional instincts most people only learn through trial and error.
Educational Theatre
Your students are expected to stage manage productions that nobody taught them how to run. 5 to Places gives them a professional foundation from day one — and because it covers leadership and communication alongside the craft, it's some of the most practical professional development you can offer.
Community Theatre
Volunteer environments are hard to manage when everyone's working from a different playbook. 5 to Places gives your whole team a shared foundation and a common language, so the chaos of "nobody told me" stops derailing your productions.
Drew Lenox has stage-managed and directed in some of the most demanding production environments in the country, from live broadcast television at HSN to large-scale themed entertainment at Walt Disney World to regional theatre at venues like the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts and Peninsula Players.
He has worked across theatre, musical theatre, opera, dance, puppetry, stunt shows, parades, pyrotechnics, live television, concerts, and symphonies. If it happens on or near a stage, there’s a good chance he’s run it.
He holds an MFA in Stage Management from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and has built his career in environments where preparation is essential and the show cannot stop. He has also worked in higher education as a Production Manager, where he saw talented people step into stage management roles without real training and have to figure it out alone.
This course is built to change that.
Everything here comes directly from professional practice. Real systems, habits, and instincts that allow stage managers to lead with clarity under pressure. Not theory. The real work, structured so you can use it from day one.
Who’s Calling the Show
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