<P> Sturges didn't last long in this job, due to his calling for thunder and then lightning instead of lightning and then thunder, but 16 years later Brock Pemberton hired him as an ASM on Antoinette Perry's production of Goin' Home, which led to the first mounting of one of Sturges' plays on Broadway, The Guinea Pig, in 1929 . </P> <P> The responsibilities and duties of stage management vary depending on the setting of a production (i.e., rehearsal or performance) and the type of production (e.g., theatre, dance, music). Most broadly, it is the stage manager's responsibility to ensure that the director's artistic choices are realized in actual performance . </P> <P> During rehearsals, the stage manager typically serves as an adjunct to the director by recording the blocking and ensuring that cast members stay on script, have the requisite props, and follow the blocking . Stage managers are responsible for helping establish a show's rehearsal schedule and ensuring that rehearsals run on time . The stage manager typically documents each rehearsal in a rehearsal report . </P> <P> As the lighting, sound, and set change cues are developed, the stage manager records the timing of each as it relates to the script and other aspects of the performance . The stage manager maintains a prompt book, sometimes also referred to as a "calling script," which contains all cues, technical notes, blocking, and other information pertinent to the show . </P>

Who is responsible for organising the rehearsal schedule for a production