Stage Write 4+

Just used Stage Write for calling my first show with a digital prompt book. It has been so useful in so many ways, and in new ways that I keep discovering! A few ideas that may help my, land others workflows, that I’ve noticed over this show process:
- Ability to pinch/zoom
- Ability to use/view in landscape - and pages fit to height
- With a landscape view, view 2 pages side by side (many prompt books have a clean page next to the script to write cues)
- A button to add a blank page, without needing to import one from a computer
- An eraser tool that can swipe to erase (like photoshop), or object eraser, instead of manually erasing each stroke with a “select” and “delete”
- More incorporation of the Apple Pencil - such as scribble/handwrite that turns into text
- I didn’t use charts that much, but an easier integration of not needing to back out of the script - basically view charts and script side by side. I ended up just handwriting the blocking in, instead of using the charts as intended.

Just some ease of life suggestions! Otherwise, I absolutely love this app, will suggest it to any and all!

I used to love the app a lot more before the changes that took away the bottom hot bar for moving shapes flipping arrows etc having to adjust angles is annoying. I also am annoyed we can upload pdfs from the iPad. That being said it’s an app that is very helpful for stage managers it kept my blocking organized I do wish there was a way to mark where the blocking come in on what word, you can add it to the description of the chart but I wish you could have almost a footnote next to the word or phrase the notation of the chart on the side of the script goes away once you make it a pdf.

Okay, I write VERY few reviews but this company is great. I worked with the previous version and just now switched to this new one. I am still a newbie and I am learning all of the things I can do.
I had an issue with a crash on the iPad app. I had no idea why. I emailed and they responded the same day. They tried to solve my issue and when they found out (It was my fault, I tried to upload a script that was the largest file in human existence and that was causing my crash) they STILL tried to find a way to fix my screw up.
This is great to hand to stage manager, AD, light board op, the entire cast… It is a wonderful tool that allows you to very easily pre plan blocking and set movements to save time in rehearsals.

I love this app because of this company and how much thought they put into it.

I am still learning it, but only knowing the basics allows this to be useful right away. Keep those updates coming (like copy only the permanent layer to a new show etc….) and thank you!