About Us

Frequently Asked Questions

·         What is SM Stage Crew?

·         What towns do you work in?

·         What services do you offer?

·         Can anyone besides high school students help you?

·         Who all will you work for?

·         Are there any other requirements?

What is SM Stage Crew?

Servants of the Messiah Stage Crew is a home based business providing sound, minor lighting, and stage crew services to Litchfield and the surrounding communities of southern Illinois.

SM Stage Crew is owned, and managed by Sam Hampton.

SM Stage Crew provides opportunities for Jr. High through college students to:

Learn some of the basics of sound and lighting systems and their uses for small events and live theatre.

Some events would get students involved in the performing arts in their community, or at least a community around them.

Helps build teamwork skills among group members.

Provides a great opportunity for volunteer experience, even though it does not yet count as community service.

Provides a safe extracurricular activity for students.

The goal of SM Stage Crew is to build a close relationship with local schools and theatre groups and get students involved in the arts and off the streets. My goal is for the school districts to in time consider SM Stage Crew as an extracurricular activity that counts for something at school thereby creating another incentive for students to join the stage crew.

Even though SM Stage Crew is not registered as a non-profit organization, it is our mindset. SM Stage Crew was not started as an attempt to earn a large profit, but instead as a method for promoting the arts in our local community and getting students involved, while also providing higher quality performances for those we work with. Bills are of amounts adequate for covering expenses with a little extra for the purchase of new equipment that we will use on future events.

What towns do you work in?

Anywhere within a 30 mile straight line radius of Litchfield, IL (not much more than an hour drive)

These are a few of the outer edge towns:                                          These are the larger towns:

Nokomis                                                                                                               Litchfield

Brighton                                                                                                               Gillespie

Mulberry Grove                                                                                                  Carlinville

Greenville                                                                                                            Hillsboro

Pocahontas                                                                                                         Staunton

Hamel                                                                                                                    Benld

Holiday Shores                                                                                                   Butler

Woodburn                                                                                                            Coffeen

Piasa                                                                                                                     Mt. Olive

Chesterfield                                                                                                        Schram City

Palmyra                                                                                                                Taylor Springs

Virden                                                                                                                   Greenville

White Oak                                                                                                            Sorento

Palmer                                                                                                                  Donellson

What services do you offer?

                                                                                                                Lighting Services:

                                                                                                                SM Stage Crew can provide someone to run a small
                                                                                                                to medium lighting system for anywhere from one
                                                                                                                hour events to full musical productions.

                                                                                                                SM Stage Crew can provide people to set-up and
                                                                                                                tear down a small lighting system for small events.

Sound Services:

SM Stage Crew can provide someone to run a
small to medium sound system for anywhere
from one hour events to full musical productions.

SM Stage Crew can provide someone to set-up
or tear down a small sound system at the beginning
and end of a production. (some time restrictions
may apply)

SM Stage Crew can supply limited sound equipment
to be used for small to medium events and in some
cases musical productions. (email for more details)
(Equipment must be ran by a SM Stage Crew Member)

Stage Services:

SM Stage Crew does not yet have a portable
stage in any form to bring to your site.

SM Stage Crew can provide a stage manager, stage hands
(limited numbers), cast coordinator, and a curtain operator.

Positions Available

Requirements to Join

What is SM Stage Crew?

What towns do you work in? Anywhere within a 30 mile straight line radius of Litchfield, IL (not much more than an hour drive) These are a few of the outer edge towns: These are the larger towns:

What services do you offer?

What towns do you work in?

Anywhere within a 30 mile straight line radius of Litchfield, IL (not much more than an hour drive)

These are a few of the outer edge towns: These are the larger towns: