(Adult)
The House Manager is responsible for assigning usher duties and for beginning each play. You will assign ushers to give out programs, to check tickets and name tags, and to guard doors inside and out during performances & public critiques. Door Guards and Ushers can be the same people. They can swap show by show for inside and outside duties so that all get to see half of the shows. Be sure to read and review the following section on Ushers & Door Guards with those students.
Before opening the house for the first block of the festival, arrange for the Adjudicators and Consultant to choose their seats. Mark as reserved those seats along with the seats beside and in the row behind.
You will record attendance or assign another adult to be the Attendance Recorder. This person will have a chart listing each school and each performance.
School Hosts will check in before every performance to let the Recorder know that his/her school is present in the house.
The Recorder must let the house manager know before each performance that all Schools (except the one performing and the one “on deck” in the green room) are present.
Check with the Host Stage Manager in case there is a delay, then signal the lobby two minutes before the scheduled performance time.
The Consultant should personally check in with the House Manager before each performance and each critique session to confirm that the Adjudicators are present & ready.
When the Attendance Recorder & Consultant have informed you that all are present, you will report (via headset/runner) to the Stage Manager that the House is ready.
Close the theater doors when the house goes to half before a performance or when a critique session begins.
At the end of each show, all 3 timekeepers will show you their stopwatches. Write down the times in a chart. If the majority of the clocks go over 40:00 minutes, report this to the NHETG Board member at the festival. Show them the watches if possible.