Sessions
Stage Management: Calling Techniques
10:00 AM - 10:50 AM Sat
Stage Management: Working Relationships
12:00 PM - 1:50 PM Sat
Chris Sadler is an Associate Professor at The University of Oklahoma’s Helmerich School of Drama, heading the stage management emphasis and teaching multiple courses in stage & theatre management and dramatic literature. He holds an MFA in stage management from the University of California San Diego and a BFA from Ithaca College. A proud member of Actors' Equity Association since 1999, Chris has a successful freelancing career having been on stage management teams for over 100 productions at theatres nationwide, including Capital Repertory Theatre, Great River Shakespeare Festival, 7 Devils Playwrights Conference, the National Playwrights Conference, PCPA Theaterfest, Shakespeare Santa Cruz, La Jolla Playhouse, Theatre Rhinoceros, California Rep, Portland Stage Company, Great Lakes Theater, Berkshire Theatre Festival, the Hangar Theatre, and for seven seasons, was PSM at the Idaho Shakespeare Festival. Additionally, Chris participates with the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival as a stage management respondent at regional festivals (since 2013) and was National Stage Management Coordinator from 2014-18.