Show Check Ins

Seussical
- Director: Abby
  - Weird week with Boston Calling and Yom Kippur
  - Have rehearsal schedule for rest of the show
  - Show will be finished before next Sunday
  - Had first pit rehearsal on Saturday
  - Trying to still get auxiliary percussion equipment – it’s expensive but we’re working it out
  - Confirmation on blacklights
  - Still waiting for ribbons to arrive
  - Found the violist
- SM: Alison
  - Rehearsals everyday
  - Doesn’t have a budget for spike tape
- TD: Tehya
  - Going to Home Depot
  - A lot is going on but it’s going really smoothly
  - Getting a lot of things on Amazon
  - Timeliness of buying things is most problematic but manageable
- Producers: Corey and Hanna
  - Bios and t-shirt money is due tonight
  - Getting the Cat In The Hat hat tomorrow and doing photo shoot then
  - Headshots this coming Saturday or Sunday
Skriker
- Director: Kyle
  - Worked nearly the entire show
  - Struggling with the opening Skriker monologues
    - Going to try some new approaches when I return
    - Confident that our actors are up to the challenge
- TD: Jamie
  - Had rehearsal without Kyle today and it was productive
- Producer: Danielle
  - Tough to actually schedule things within the next few weeks because of Seussical
  - Going to try to maybe do photo shoots after rehearsal
  - Note for assigning producers in the future: it's tough scheduling wise when the producer is in the show directly before the one they're producing.
W;t
- Director: Joe
  - Can't hold much rehearsal this week because of Follies
    - Meeting actors instead for character work
  - More tech meetings this week
  - Half of the show is blocked
  - Actors are working on lines for impending off book date
- SM: Sarah Kimball
  - Rehearsals are going well and we have a schedule for the next few weeks
  - Joe's doing individual character work with people this week instead of formal rehearsal to get around the Follies tech week
- TD: Caitlin
  - No tech meeting
  - Had people send her their favorite part of the script to ensure that they read it
- Producer: Paulina
  - Had a producer meeting
  - One of the assistant producers dropped
  - Set headshots date tentatively
Really Really
- Director: Rachel
  - Fully blocked for Act 1 – we’ll have a run in a week
  - Had department meetings
  - Cody Sloan reached out to Rachel this summer as an ambassador of SARP
    - Emailed SARP about cohosting a talkback
- TD: Danny
  - Loves Doodle polls – helpful with dept meetings
  - Finishing the master Excel doc to send to all of tech
  - Hard to hold a tech meeting this week – very busy
  - Costumes assistant dropped but we found a replacement
  - Last dept meetings will be done this week – sound; hair and make up
- Producer: Andy
  - Finalized ideas for Warren poster and cover photos
  - Delegated work to assistants specifically
  - Going to be advertising SARP talkback
  - Will have trigger warnings openly publicized

E-Board Check Ins

President: Michael
- Congrats to everyone who participated in Combat
VP: Alison
- Getting new rooms for W;t
- Got some rooms for Really, Really
- Went to the SARP presentation this week to get AB funding
VPSP: Ali
- Troupe did really well with Combat
  - Should assign writers more specifically next year
  - BU Today video feature went really well
  - Not as big of an audience because of EventBrite
- Ice Cream Social
  - Went well
  - More ice cream next year
- Kickball
  - Meet at Marsh at 11AM
  - Need to coordinate a rain date
- Thinking about creating a special project with Wandering Minds for next semester
  - Maybe a Capture the Flag game?
  - Maybe a multi theater group mixer
Secretary: Karlie
- Combat video feature was filmed
- Daily Free Press reached out about advertising
  - Rates were very steep
  - Probably too expensive for payoff
  - Talked to Brittany about trying out Facebook paid advertising on a very small scale
- Spoke with Brittany about possible ad opportunities in programs
  - BU Arts Initiative has expressed interest in the past - possibly reach out to them
- Need to write reminder email for GM #2
- Having a designated SM for Combat is essential in the future
Treasurer: Brittany
- Figured out the facilities form
- Trying to figure out direct link to Seussical Parents’ Weekend EventBrite
- Need to talk to Tsai about getting FOH merch for credit cards
TA: Jamie
- Combat
  - Should be an SM for all of Combat – hard to coordinate with other groups
  - Really amazing opportunity for training new techies
  - Our lighting board is kind of broken
- Is there pipe and drape onstage for One Acts in BUC?
  - Yes
  - Can Brittany look and see if chairs cost $ in BUC?
- Cyc is still not cleaned
- Safety training round 2 is on Tuesday
- Meeting with all of the TDs on to do a master check in

Spring 2015 Season Structure

We are absolutely thrilled to announce that Stage Troupe's upcoming Spring 2015 season will consist of a Charity Show production, two mainstage productions and a One Acts and Monologues Festival - all of which will be held in The Student Theater at Agganis Arena. Come to our 2nd General Meeting, next Sunday, October 4th at 7PM to hear more about the structure of and the pitch process for next season!