ABSTRACT
In most working situations, the scripts given to the SM at the start of the pre-production time are manuscript size: eight and a half by eleven inches. If by chance the SM is handed a playbook (five by seven), the SM should make
By any other name (the calling script, prompt book, or production book), the cueing script is the SM’s master plan and guide to the timing and execution of all the technical elements in the show. Noted on the pages of the cueing script are the cues with the exact timing for the movement of lights, scenery, props, sound, or effects, as created by the designers and set by the director. For each performance the SM is responsible for calling all the cues from the cueing script. The cueing script is to the SM as the score of a musical show is to the conductor.
