ABSTRACT
Stage managers have the power to practice equity, inclusion, and compassion throughout each phase of the production process. By utilizing collaborative tools pertaining to ideas around perfectionism, tension, individual agency, working with fear, shared intentions and values, language awareness, and naming and acknowledging feelings and circumstances, stage managers can promote a more transparent and caring environment. Small changes in behavior, language, and actions can significantly impact people and processes, and stage managers can employ these anti-oppressive tools without needing permission from peer collaborators or supervisors.
