Executive Board Notes 9/20/15

Show Check Ins

  • Seussical
    • Director: Abby
      • Making really good time with rehearsals
    • Music Director: Jessie
      • Missing guitarist and violist
    • SM: Alison
      • Scheduling problems – inevitable with 23 actors, we’re managing them
    • TD: Tehya
      • We have ATDs
        • Had a meeting
      • Had our first tech meeting
      • Scheduling department meetings for the upcoming tech
    • Producer: Corey
      • Has everything planned for the next month
      • T-shirt forms will be out either tonight or tomorrow
      • OrgSync training is going well
      • Orders going in very easily
      • Ordered a Cat In The Hat hat
  • The Skriker
    • Director: Kyle
      • Cast is understanding what the show is - plot breakdown today
      • Being constantly on book is nice
        • Have blocked about half the show
      • Duration is looking good
        • ~Just about under an hour
      • Will not be here next Sunday for E-Board
        • Will email check-in
      • SM: Jamie
        • We have an ASM
        • Rehearsals are schedule through this week
      • Producer: Danielle
        • Solidifying ideas
        • No budget, no tech, no problem
  • W;t
    • Director: Bridget
      • Met with creative team last week
      • Had read through, first rehearsal, first tech meeting
      • Things are going smoothly
    • SM: Sarah
      • Scheduling conflicts with Follies people but working them out
    • TD: Caitlin
      • First tech meeting
      • meetings coming up
      • Going to meet with Jamie just to figure out things about being a TD
      • Had lunch with ATD
    • Producer: Paulina
      • Had a creative team meeting and heard Joe’s vision for producing
      • Zoe will be doing most of creative work
      • Paulina sent out budget info to heads
      • Trying to get in contact with assistants
  • Really Really
    • Director: Rachel
      • Started blocking
      • Went to tech meeting – happy with Danny’s TD style
    • SM: Erin
      • Blocked a couple of scenes
      • Have our ASMs
      • Rachel and Erin will sit down right after E-Board to finalize entire rehearsal schedule
    • Producer: Andy
      • Sat down with TD, Danny
      • Budgets have been decided and disseminated
      • Met with assistants today and assigned certain jobs to them
      • Have an idea with the Warren poster
      • Things will be better after Seuss
    • TD: Danny
      • Awesome producing meeting
      • Have dates for the photoshoot
      • Had our first tech meeting – really really happy with it
      • Laid down tech expectations for the tech crew at the meeting
      • Started Google Docs with ATDs for every department
      • Started a Doodle to figure out dept meetings
      • Have a tech bonding planned

 

E-Board Check Ins

  • President: Michael
    • Want to do something about posters in lobby before Combat (Saturday)
    • Doing speed dating during Ice Cream Social
      • “are you a cat or a dog person?”
      • Tweet asking for more questions
    • Need to think about show count for next semester
      • Looking for membership input
    • Wants to help spread responsibility amongst Board members
      • Seems like it is unevenly distributed and wants to help
    • Need to take inventory of what events are most important to Stage Troupe and eliminate any dead space
    • Monica messaged Michael about The Space
      • Has Eric talked to SAO?
      • Eric: university is trying to figure out how to meet the needs of the student groups on campus
  • VP: Alison
    • Went to SAO and got rooms for Skriker and W;t
      • Tried to reserve a room in CFA for Seuss orchestra rehearsal
      • Couldn’t do it so Jessie did it
    • Continuously flushing toilet in the Student Theater
      • Called facilities
    • The system for coordinating with OB when cast lists come out could be improved
  • VPSP: Ali
    • One Acts is now officially moved to December 5th and 6th thanks to Crystal
    • Brittany Jenkins will be the director of the music numbers. Lee will be the musical director
    • I responded (multiple times) to Shakespeare society about Combat and that's settled
    • Combat is shaping up nicely and the lists are growing pretty steadily each day. I'd like a few more actors if people will keep publicizing it that'd be great
    • Audition week for One Acts Monday, October 26th and Tuesday, October 27th, 6-10PM
      • Submissions date to Wednesday, October 14th by 4PM B17 111 Cummington
  • Treasurer: Brittany
      • Small dollar reimbursements limitations are hard
        • Smaller list of vendors
      • Need to get the EventBrite for Parents’ Weekend
      • Had a meeting with producers last week
        • Attempting to teach OrgSync
      • AB funding was deferred
        • But Alison is going to meeting to make sure that is happening
      • Need to talk to Ali about the facilities form still
      • Checked up on Skriker script for Kyle
  • Secretary: Karlie
    • Finalizing email list forever
    • Need to make Facebook event for Ice Cream Social
  • TA: Jamie
    • Made tech lists this week
      • 90 people doing 124 positions
      • Back to where Troupe was in 2008 and 2011 based on tech numbers
      • A lot of fresh faces
    • Stressing to TDs that they have a lot of people on their crews and they need to keep them in loop and then people will drop
    • Had Techstravaganza
      • There was a lot of deadspace and it felt kind of thrown together
      • Miscommunication about whose job it was – VPSP or TA
    • Forgot to invite WM to safety training
      • Some people also didn’t come so she’s going to hold another one next week
    • Looked up how to clean the cyc
      • Mixed results
    • Going to send individual emails to people who said they were interested
      • To see if they want to tech for Combat
  • Eric
    • Need to talk to TA and VP about Space walkthrough
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