<p>Your portfolio is important, but not the end-all of your acceptance into a stage management program. Your basic personality type, and your ability to be both articulate and diplomatic will also be a strong factor in the decision. </p>
<p>Don’t spend a lot of time worrying about your experience. From the sound of it You have a good deal of academic theatre experience already. Since you are heading into your senior year, I would suggest you try to work outside your school. I don’t know where you are located, but you could contact the production manager or production stage manager of the largest theatre company in your town to see if there are any volunteer opportunities available. Make sure they understand that you are going to pursue production in college and would like to get some professional exposure. If they are not interested, move on to the next largest company, etc. Most of the scene shops will likely not want to bring on a volunteer for liability purposes, as shops can be dangerous places. You may have more luck getting an unpaid “production assistant” or “shadow” position working for a stage management team. Since you are in school you won’t be able to attend most rehearsals, but you can ask to spend time in rehearsal on the weekends. Most good size regional theatres will already have stage management interns who are college students, so you may get some reluctance to bring you on, but if you explain that you are keen on becoming a professional stage manager and want to see what it’s really like you may get some traction.</p>
<p>For more information, read this thread, and the subthread mentioned at the beginning of it:</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/theater-drama-majors/1514534-qestions-about-stage-management-technical-production.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/theater-drama-majors/1514534-qestions-about-stage-management-technical-production.html</a></p>