Executive Board Notes 8/31/15

Show Check-Ins

  • Seussical
    • Abby and Andy
      • In contact all summer
      • Mostly choreographed
      • Set design that has just been submitted to them
        • Pending approval
      • Have talked to some pit members
        • Have a Facebook group for them
      • No dance at auditions just at callbacks
    • Tehya
      • Tech is where it needs to be
    • Producers
      • Corey says they’re so “ex-seussical to produce-ical”
      • Budget spreadsheet is done
        • Waiting for actual budget
      • Have a graphic designer on the side
      • Figuring out scheduling
      • Warren posters
        • Brittany trying to get AB funding – waiting on them
        • Producers need date that it needs to be in by
        • Getting poster design done then moving onto t-shirts
      • Eric says scripts are in and are almost ready to go to the directors
        • Needs to inventory them
      • Schedule change for Tsai tech week has been communicated
    • The Skriker
      • Kyle
        • Came up with audition plan
          • Gender neutral characters
        • Samuel French isn’t selling physical copies of scripts
          • Corey has a connection at Samuel French and will try to get that to happen
        • Kyle has a conflict for GM 1
          • Can be at the GM for 8:15PM – has to check though
      • Brittany
        • Will producers get a budget?
          • Yes
        • Pavement is sponsoring us and giving $300
          • Maybe from this?
        • Probably will get a Warren poster
    •  Wit
      • Joe has a conflict before GM
        • Until 7:30PM
      • Joe and Jamie have talked about tech and have narrowed things down a lot
    • Really, Really
      • Rachel
        • Strong concept and vision and audition plan
        • Waiting for a team
      • Directors
        • Wear shirts to Splash
        • First GM be friendly and open from Eric

E-Board Check Ins

  • Michael
    • Three days of auditions, callbacks on fourth day – Friday
    • Post GM 1 Meet and Greet
      • Happening at the BU Beach
  • Alison
    • Trying to get Colloquium room for BUSTies
      • Waiting to hear back
    • Trying to get Alley for COMBAT
      • Waiting to hear back
    • Have rooms for everything as of right now
  •  Ali
    • Kickball October 3rd
      • Trying to do a similar capture the flag centric event in spring
    • Techstravaganza
      • Doing a scene from A Streetcar Named Desire
        • Confirming actors – ¾ confirmed
        • Fun technical element – gender bending
        • Set in the 80s
      • Ice Cream Social
        • In Student Theater
        • Stage Troupe speed dating
      • Combat
        • BU Today video feature on the event
        • Making an EventBrite
          • To reserve seating and avoid people missing the show and complying with fire code
          • Need to communicate with other groups about that happening
      • Impromptu movie night
        • Any night the week of Ice Cream Social
        • Licensing the movie?
          • Brittany might be able to
        • One Acts
          • Will be in BUC
  •  Brittany
    • T-Shirts
      • Meet up before Splash to give them out
    • Ordered name tags
    • Get AB funding for each show’s Warren poster
    • Paid for Tsai
    • Dues
      • $6 per semester
    • Stickers
      • Let’s do them
  •  Karlie
    • Made new logo/general new marketing materials
    • Updated the website
      • New pics, current info and updated important tech documents thanks to the help of Jamie
    • Redid the window outside of the Student Theater
    • Started “Meet the E-Board/Fall 2015 Directors” series on the Troupe Facebook page
      • One more week to go
      • Trying to show new members faces of key leaders in the group
    • Emailed summer show attendees with important start of the year info and event dates
    • Emailed “ungraduated techies” about getting involved again
    • Coordinating E-Board members visiting The Theater Now classes
      • Trying to target new freshman
    • Calendar
      • Change it on website
      • Just put text format dates and events
  •  Jamie
    • TD Resource Folder
      • To train incoming TDs and dept. heads
    • Rental Policy
      • Simplified it and emailed it to Steve and Eric
      • Only changes were language about security deposits
        • Took it out because nobody did it
      • Residual Liquid Fun rental problems
        • Dirty cyc
        • Trying to hold the group accountable
        • Figuring out repercussions
    • Talked to Eli about theater agreement
      • One week window after each group is in the theater
        • Where group that was in it before is responsible for it for 7 days
        • Hard with groups coming in right after another
        • Policy might exist on floor painting
        • Because of problems last year
    • Money left in Summer Show budget
      • Brittany: Sarah Kimball question
    • Post summer show strike
      • Troupe members come help please
      • OB TA’s
        • Back to back tech meetings
        • Try to encourage cross pollination
        • Troupe: 4PM
          • OB: 5PM
      • Is meeting with WM TA this week
    •  Steve
      • Happy to be back with Troupe
    •  Eric
      • Requisition Form
        • Every public event we have to do it
        • Audience musses things up and gives facilities money to fix that
        • Through Brittany on OrgSync
      • Fire marshall
        • No news – good news!
      • Need to set up meeting with Jamie and Alison
        • For theater operations protocol
      • Next week’s E-Board
        • 6PM in Cummington
        • Try to keep E-Board in Cummington at same time
      • Summer Show keys
        • Want them back next week