Directors

There are currently seven different types of director: Playwright, Stage Manager, Storyline Editor, Fencing Master, Art Director, Assistant Director, and Director.

Director: Playwright

A permanent troupe member who focuses solely with writing adventures and who works in conjunction with the directors to bring them about.

Writers who wish to apply as permanent playwrights, who wish to work solely on plot and create adventures for featured and supporting cast members can audition as such. If there is an assistant director with need and capacity, such will be accepted and asked to work under the assistant director as a permanent playwright. Permanent playwrights are eligible to be featured in the program along with their credits. The work as a permanent script editor as well, helping to guide players.

Permanent authors (playwrights) are asked to produce at least one contribution per two months. Other authors have no obligations beyond submission and final editing.

Playwrights are privy to Pearl gemcoded messages only if they have no actor role.

Director: Stage Manager

A permanent troupe member who has talents for organization and management.

This is permanent position. Someone who can schedule chronicle updates, work with scheduling chat sessions, integrate with technicians and artists, and cruise the Net looking for free media assets as well as posted articles and fiction that can possibly be brought into the Santa Cruz Chronicles. This unsung hero is lauded in the program as a stage manager.

The Stage Manager rules the stage area and sets the schedule. The Stage Manager makes assignments for matching players with playwrights. The Stage Manager is also responsible for updating and making assignments regarding the chronicle web site, web site graphics, coordinating updates and testing. The back-stage area is the provence of the stage manager. There is only one stage manager for each stage. The stage manager is considered an equal to the assistant director for a stage production and takes his cues from the main director.

There is no audition form for stage manager. Stage manager are invited to assume the role.

Director: Storyline Editor

A permanent troupe member who acts as an assistant game master.

Storyline editor is one of the most important roles within the S.C.C. Storyline editors work to maintain character consistency and must keep current with all events occurring with their characters. Storyline editors work with counterparts under the direction of an Assistant Director and are usually tasked with the overview of a set of characters, even ones that exist in different genres and who perform on different stages. They are considered a full director and are privy to all Pearl messages governing the characters they edit. The different between storyline editor and assistant directors is that where an assistant director focuses on chronicle consistency, storyline editors work to maintain character consistency, including making sure the character remains true to their own, often involved, past.

There is no application form for storyline editor. Such are approached and promoted from within the ranks of permanent troupe members. They may themselves act also as understudies, player-playwrights in chronicles other than the ones they are supervising or working in. They may and often will act as stagehands in chronicles they are supervising.

Storyline editors are the equivalent of Dungeon Masters, Gamemasters, and Storytellers, albeit in an assistance capacity working under assistant directors and the main director. Nevertheless, they wield considerable power and influence within the game environments, Only disciplined, hard-working, and talented individuals who have a knack for plot and organization are asked to assume this mantle.

Storyline editors are privy to all behind the scenes information regarding plot and chronicle events outside of the scope of particular characters. Because they often run their own characters, it takes a disciplined person to fill both roles.

Director: Fencing Master

A permanent troupe member who acts as an assistant game master specializing in combat.

The fencing master is the master of combat and game system rules for the rules being used. She takes over direction, though keeping the director and storyline editor in the communication loop, when combat ensues and when combat is over. The Fencing Master's decisions are paramount over all other direction, except for the main director. Generally though, whatever a fencing master says, goes. There can be multiple fencing masters though generally, one per rules system will suffice unless high volume topaz gemcodes require adding to the ranks. In lieu of there being a fencing master, the director runs the combat.

There is no audition form for fencing masters. They are promoted from the ranks.

Director: Art Director

A permanent troupe member who acts as an assistant game master.

Art directors help manage the creation of art and the securing of art for display in a given stage production. To a large extent, they shape the look and feel of art and design within the chronicle they are responsible for. The art director works closely with the director.

Director: Assistant Director

A permanent troupe member who acts as an assistant game master.

There is no application form for assistant director. Such are approached and promoted from within the ranks of permanent troupe members. Assistant directors are usually tasked with the overview of a particular chronicle and there will be only one acting assistant director for that chronicle. They may themselves act also as understudies, player-playwrights in chronicles other than the one they are supervising or working in. They may and often will act as stagehands in chronicles they are supervising.

Assistant directors, are the equivalent of Dungeon Masters, Gamemasters, and storytellers, albeit in an assistance capacity working under the main Director. Nevertheless, they wield considerable power and influence within the game environments, Only disciplined, hard-working, and talented individuals who have a knack for plot and organization are asked to assume this mantle.

Assistant directors are privy to all behind the scenes information regarding plot and chronicle events outside of the scope of particular characters. Because they often run their own characters, it takes a disciplined person to fill both roles.

Director

A permanent troupe member who acts as overall game master.

Only one person fills this role. Currently that person is John, the founder of the S.C.C.