Stage Manager Blocking Sheet Template for Plays
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A blocking sheet, also called a backing sheet, faces each script page in the prompt book. The stage manager writes a number in the script at each moment of movement and records the matching blocking note, by number, on this sheet.
This version has thirty-plus numbered lines, a small ground plan for sketching positions and a notes column. The In cue, Page and Date fields at the bottom help when you need to find or update blocking quickly. Write in pencil: blocking changes constantly in rehearsal.
How to use this template
- 1Place one sheet facing each script page.
- 2As actors move, write a small number in the script at the exact word or moment.
- 3Record the movement next to the same number on the sheet, using your blocking key.
- 4Sketch positions on the mini ground plan for complicated stage pictures.
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CuePad is a digital prompt book. Blocking notes are numbered and attached to the exact words in the script, positions go on ground plans, and the whole stage management team sees changes as you make them, with no recopying when the director changes their mind.
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