Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes

This is actually my first blog post ever in my life, how thrilling right? Well I’m Rachael one of the two stage management interns here at Seattle Rep this season. I am from Seattle so yes, I am living with my parents which is really helpful with the stipend amount we receive as inters. Not so helpful with the 45min drive into the city and the $75 a month parking pass, but hey I love it so it’s worth it.

Since this is my first blog post I should probably catch you up on what I have been doing so far: The first show I worked on was The 39 Steps, a Broadway national tour that came to us from La Jolla before starting their tour in New Haven. As my first show as an intern at the Rep, I'll be honest - it was really scary. Learning the “Rep way” was different than my college way. The next show that came to us was Equivocation from Oregon Shakespeare Festival, which offered a totally different experience.

Currently I am in my third week of Glengarry Glen Ross my first show of the season put on by the Rep. And again with a new show comes new people, new ways of looking at things, new complications, and new learning experiences. But that’s what its all about, learning and growing right? I think the thing I have learned most from my time at the Rep is things change. And not that I didn’t know it before, but really it’s not that just one thing can change - everything can change and from that change you have to adapt. Especially in stage management - you have to change so that you can work well and accommodate actors, designers, directors, crew members, wardrobe, everyone. The thing I love about stage management is you get to be a part of every aspect of the show and work with every person involved in the show, that is where the change happens because everyone does things in a different way and it is your job to accommodate for all those different ways of doing things and make them flow together. So far that’s been challenging because I hated change. But I’m growing and trying to embrace it.