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 stage manager counts the group in from break and Strahan is tasked with introducing the segment.
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Ralphie Aversa, USA Today, 31 Oct. 2025
Producers are now only allowed to do this four times a year and must then give the actor or stage manager a day off.
—Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 30 Oct. 2025
Punk needed sound engineers; this movement needs stage managers who can code.
—Bob Bonniol, Rolling Stone, 29 Oct. 2025
Scales began her career in 1951 as an assistant stage manager at the Bristol Old Vic and began acting in plays and small films in the ’50s and early ’60s.
—Ellise Shafer, Variety, 28 Oct. 2025
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Ralphie Aversa, USA Today, 31 Oct. 2025
Producers are now only allowed to do this four times a year and must then give the actor or stage manager a day off.
—Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 30 Oct. 2025
Punk needed sound engineers; this movement needs stage managers who can code.
—Bob Bonniol, Rolling Stone, 29 Oct. 2025
Scales began her career in 1951 as an assistant stage manager at the Bristol Old Vic and began acting in plays and small films in the ’50s and early ’60s.
—Ellise Shafer, Variety, 28 Oct. 2025
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 4 Nov. 2025.
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