It's the 21st century. Today's stage managers don't have to worry about blueprints, typewriters, redlines, or hand drafting. Those are hold overs from the beginning of my career. In the 21st Century you have so many more options; some good, some not so good, some promising if only they would have listened to me first!, and some that just don't cut it. I'm going to start covering some of those in the next few pages.