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 thought belongs to the central character, Stella, a sixteen-year-old trainee actor and assistant stage manager who’s in charge of waving a flashlight from the wings in a Christmas production of Peter Pan at the Liverpool Playhouse.
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Christopher Tayler, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
Laura Adler, the casting director, former Casting Society administrator and daughter of late actor and Broadway stage manager Jerry Adler, died Thursday in Los Angeles following a brief illness, a publicist announced.
—Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 23 Jan. 2026
The clock is controlled by the stage manager who calls the show.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 16 Jan. 2026
And Stella, the plucky assistant stage manager/hero, shares some DNA with Margaret Qualley’s Elizabeth Weiland—in that both women are lightly obsessed with a theater god.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 15 Jan. 2026
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Christopher Tayler, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
Laura Adler, the casting director, former Casting Society administrator and daughter of late actor and Broadway stage manager Jerry Adler, died Thursday in Los Angeles following a brief illness, a publicist announced.
—Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 23 Jan. 2026
The clock is controlled by the stage manager who calls the show.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 16 Jan. 2026
And Stella, the plucky assistant stage manager/hero, shares some DNA with Margaret Qualley’s Elizabeth Weiland—in that both women are lightly obsessed with a theater god.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 15 Jan. 2026
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“Stage manager.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stage%20manager. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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