Why teams switch from StageWrite
StageWrite splits staging and paperwork into separate workflows and bills in US dollars. EasyStageManager merges both into one product, undercuts on seats, and prices in AUD — so finance can sign it off from a school or company budget.
| Plan | StageWrite | EasyStageManager | You get |
|---|---|---|---|
| Solo / single user | USD $9.99/mo | A$9/mo · 1 seat | Set design and SM in one |
| Small team | USD $249/yr · 3 seats | A$290/yr · 5 seats | 2 more seats, AUD billing |
| Education | USD $599/yr · 10 seats | A$490/yr · 15 seats | 5 more seats, ~half the price in AUD |
| Large company | — | A$990/yr · 40 seats | Production-house scale |
StageWrite pricing per its public plans (USD $9.99/mo solo · $249/yr 3-seat team · $599/yr 10-seat education). EasyStageManager amounts are AUD. Seat counts and FX mean we undercut StageWrite at every comparable team size while bundling set design + stage management under one entitlement.
Half one — set & stage design
Powered by EasyStage
Get your staging off the back of a script page. Plan to scale, export the marks, and carry the record between venues — the next bump-in is a re-mark, not a re-invention.
Scaled floor plans
Start from a scaled rectangle of your stage, or import a venue floor plan as a PDF or DXF. Everything you place stays true to scale, so your measurements actually mean something.
Set pieces as scaled icons
Drop in basic shapes or a library of set items — chair, table, bed, desk, riser, staircase. Give each an X/Y size to scale and a label, then lock the layer so nothing drifts. Unlock to rotate, move and re-place anytime.
Spike marks → accurate XY
Tap any point of a set item and allocate a spike mark. EasyStageManager measures it from the downstage zero line and the centre line and drops it into a clean spreadsheet — every mark, ready before you walk into the room.
Prop & cast movement paths
Track a performer or prop from entry to exit. Place a marker, set a new position, and draw the path between — a straight line you can curve into an arc with a centre point to match the real move.
Dance formations & layers
Capture choreography and cast formations per character, each in its own colour. Toggle paths on and off like layers to see where moves intersect and overlap.
Per-show, per-scene
Organise by production — Sweeney Todd → Act 1 Scene 1 → floor plan, spike marks, travel paths. Multiple plans per scene, each with its own tracking tabs.
Half two — stage management
Powered by EasySM
Onboard the company once. Everything downstream — call sheets, cue book, schedule, reports, movement tracking — builds itself from that single source of truth.
Company & contacts in one place
Create a show and build the company once: director, AD, MD/conductor, every designer, the SM team, crew and full cast — with headshots. Filter by last name. It's the contact spine for the whole production.
Call sheets that build themselves
Call sheets pull straight from the company list and the schedule — call times, locations, who's needed. Tag "ensemble" and everyone tagged ensemble gets the call. Print to PDF or send from the app.
Cue books & show reports
Keep the prompt copy and cue book with the show, and file rehearsal, performance and show reports on the spot — a running record the whole team can read, not a notebook only the DSM can decode.
Incident & near-miss reports
Log incidents and near-misses as they happen — feeding straight into EasyRisk so your risk register and compliance trail stay live, not reconstructed after the fact.
Show timers & running tools
The running-the-show tools an SM actually uses on the night — act and interval timers, running times, the practical kit for calling a show.
Wired to the rest of the Suite
The schedule view links to EasyScheduler, props link to EasyInventory, and the cast you build here flow straight into the set-design half for movement tracking. One production, one connected toolset.