stage manager
noun
: one who supervises the physical aspects of a stage production, assists the director during rehearsals, and is in charge of the stage during a performance
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The benefits the plan provides flow to union members of the DGA, which includes their namesake directors as well as assistant directors, associate directors, unit production managers and stage managers.
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Katie Kilkenny,
HollywoodReporter,
29 June 2026
Robert Downing, a stage manager on original Williams productions and keeper of backstage memory, makes this problem almost comic in its excess.
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Literary Hub,
26 June 2026
What’s particularly cool is that the casting agency Alldaffer & Donadio, production stage manager Nicole Wiegert and assistant stage manager Julius Cruz all have extensive experience at both TheaterWorks Hartford and Hartford Stage.
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Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
16 June 2026
The union represents nearly 20,000 helmers, assistant directors, associate directors, unit production managers and stage managers.
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Cerys Davies,
Los Angeles Times,
10 June 2026
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Katie Kilkenny,
HollywoodReporter,
29 June 2026
Robert Downing, a stage manager on original Williams productions and keeper of backstage memory, makes this problem almost comic in its excess.
—
Literary Hub,
26 June 2026
What’s particularly cool is that the casting agency Alldaffer & Donadio, production stage manager Nicole Wiegert and assistant stage manager Julius Cruz all have extensive experience at both TheaterWorks Hartford and Hartford Stage.
—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
16 June 2026
The union represents nearly 20,000 helmers, assistant directors, associate directors, unit production managers and stage managers.
—
Cerys Davies,
Los Angeles Times,
10 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for stage manager
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“Stage manager.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stage%20manager. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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