The Laramie Project

University of Nevada, Reno - October 2024

Written by Moises Kaufman and the Tectonic Theatre Project

Directed by Bill Ware

Role: Stage Manager

This project presented new challenges in my stage management journey through its prop/costume complexity and its staging in thrust. The production featured over 100 props and costumes, which originated onstage and were utilized by actors throughout the course of the show. This presented a unique documentation and process challenge to ensure that the preset was completed quickly and accurately each night, as well as adjustments during intermission. Blocking and understudy documentation proved to be a challenge with this production as well. The director had elected to have internal understudies for each character rather than an external understudy. This required blocking notation for each character rather than each actor, so that understudy tracks could be distributed to each actor.