Women Stage Managers of DC: Cary Gillett
January 10, 2014
Jacqueline E. Lawton, playwright, dramaturg and teaching artist, interviews Cary Gillett on being a female stage manager in Washington,DC.
JACQUELINE LAWTON: How long have you lived and worked as a stage manager in DC? What brought you here? Why have you stayed?
CARY GILLETT: I graduated from the University of Maryland in 1998 and have been working as an SM ever since. I love the DC area and have no desire to leave. It is a wonderful place to live and work.
JL: What excites you most about being a stage manager? What do you feel your greatest challenges are?
CG: I love being in the room when it all happens. I love bringing my strength in organization to a group of artists and help them achieve their dreams. My greatest challenge has always been and will always be saying no. I always take on too much.
JL: What traits do you feel a successful Stage Manager should have to support the health and growth of a production?
CG: Organization, communication and a sense of humor.
To read the entire interview, click here.