A spreadsheet for the schedule. Post-its for who's covering what. Three group texts for everything else — and the stage manager holding it all together in their head.
Spreadsheet
Clipboard
Callboard
Post-its
Group texts
Email
Drive
Binder
Calendar
Whiteboard
Headset
Sign-in sheet
It could be easier.
6:55 PM · Rehearsal call 7:00
Where is everyone?
Maya (ASM)
running 10 late!! traffic
Devon
wait is call 7 or 7:30??
Unknown number
who is this
PLEASE reply if you're here 🙏
Jordan
👍
0 texts. Still no idea who's actually here.
Tonight · Act II run
Live
Cast scans themselves in
They check in on arrival through their own phone. CueIn quietly confirms they're really here. And you watch the check-in live, right from your computer or phone.
MR
Maya Reyes
ASM
Waiting
DK
Devon Kim
Lead · Hamlet
Waiting
JL
Jordan Lee
Ensemble
Waiting
SP
Sam Patel
Crew · Deck
Waiting
0
Present
0
Late
4
Out
It already knew
Maya flagged this days ago.
She logged a conflict last week. CueIn held onto it — so tonight isn't a surprise, it's expected.
ConflictMaya Reyes · ASM
Class runs till 6:40 on Tuesdays — I'll be ~10 min late to call.
Logged 6 days ago · auto-flagged on tonight's schedule
✓
No scramble. The conflict surfaced on the call sheet automatically. Nothing fell through a group text.
MR
Maya Reyes
Late✓ Approved conflict
Build the call in seconds
Who do you need, and when.
Tap the people, drop a time. CueIn builds the call — and checks it against everything it already knows.
Act II · Scene 3Tuesday · off-book work
Called for this scene
DK
Devon
✓
JL
Jordan
✓
MR
Maya
✓
SP
Sam
!
Tue 7:00 – 9:00 PM 4 called
Main stage · Scene 3, off-book
!
Heads up — Sam has a conflict. He has work until 7. Call him at 7:15, or work the scene without him first.
One message · everyone
Say it once. Know they saw it.
From you · Stage Manager · 6:48 PM
! Important
Change of location to Rehearsal Space B.
Top of Act II tonight. Bring scripts — we're off-book for Scene 3!
MR
DK
JL
SP
Read by 0 of 14 · no more "I didn't see it"
2 haven't opened it yet — Jordan & Sam.
✓
Nudged. They opened it seconds later — 14 of 14, no chasing.
The schedule everyone trusts
Change it once. It's on every phone.
Move a call time and the new schedule is just… there. No "did everyone see it?" Cast can subscribe it to their own calendar.
SeptemberTonight · 7:00 call, Act II
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Rehearsal Conflict flagged
Synced to 14 calendars — conflicts already on them. Flagged, not forgotten.
From check-in to closing night
The clipboard, the group text, the Post-its — gone.
✓
Digital callboard — the one place the whole company checks for tonight's plan.
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Attendance logged automatically, every rehearsal, for the whole run.
✓
The schedule syncs everywhere — change a call time once, not in fourteen texts.
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Rehearsal scheduler. Build the call, catch conflicts, and it's on every phone.
💬 Group text📊 Spreadsheet📌 Post-its
IntroducingCueIn
CueIn
Built by a theatre maker
Hi, I'm Jenn
Creator · CueIn
I'm the person behind CueIn. I'm looking for a small group of directors and stage managers:
to chat about their frustrations with production management
to demo CueIn and share feedback
to test CueIn and talk about their experience
I'm building an app for theatre makers, by theatre makers — and I want your help.
Tell me about yourself.
Your info goes straight to Jenn. No list, no spam.
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Thank you
I'll be in touch personally. In the meantime, feel free to send this to another theatre maker who'd get it.
