Executive Board Notes 2/21/16

Show Check Ins

  • Dog Sees God
    • Director: Karen
      • Steve came and guest directed
      • Move in was so smooth
      • Did a run through for Songs for a New World today
      • Excited for Tech Week
    • TD: Sam
      • Build week happened
        • Spent too much on paint but The Glass Menagerie and Play It Again, Sam graciously agreed to help us cover it
        • Set was built with basically no issues
        • Moving the set in and setting up went super quickly
          • Had a slight issue with lights in that only one person showed up; thankfully Marissa Mendez came and saved the day
          • Call time for lights will have to be pretty early tomorrow to set everything up
    • Producer: Danielle
      • Sent out the GSU Link doc
      • Got cute buttons for the Link table
      • T-shirts are in
      • Going to make a comic strip
      • Promo video will be done tomorrow
      • Trying to collaborate with Kappa Delta because they have a link with MassKids
    • SM: Erin
      • Move-in was so smooth
      • Did a full-run (minus tech elements like sound and lights) for Songs for a New World cast and they loved it
      • The actors feel great, they loved having an audience
        • They are most definitely performance ready
      • Only thing now is to incorporate tech
  • The Glass Menagerie
    • Director: Victor
      • Started doing runs this week
      • Actors are honing on their characters
      • Tech meetings are seamless
      • Had the shoot for the poster today
    • TD: Caitlin
      • Wasn’t able to go to tech meeting today – ATD took notes
      • Making cut list with Jamie and Eli
      • Move in day is the last Sunday of Spring Break
      • TDs need to be looped in for poster photo shoot to coordinate tech elements – always happens last minute and could easily be avoided
    • SM: Alison
      • Soft off book
      • Put rehearsal schedule in tech group so they can come to rehearsals
    • Producer: Andy
      • Had the poster shoot today
      • Finalizing t-shirt design
      • Trying something out and having departments submit SDRs as compilations of several receipts that are under $175
        • Will be limiting these compilations to 2 or 3 per department, so that the work on the producers side is a little bit easier
  • Play It Again, Sam
    • Director: Daniella
      • Lead, Jordan, has strep throat this week so had to cancel two rehearsals; going to make up for lost time this week
      • Going to have a cast bonding soon
    • TD: Chris
      • Tried setting up department meetings last week – didn’t really work with a Google Form, try Doodle in the future
        • More will come this week
      • Good to see the Dog Sees God set on the stage this week to have a perception of space
    • SM: Nicolette
      • Reworking the schedule after this wee
      • Hard off book date will be before Spring Break
    • Producers: Paulina and Karen
      • Planning the poster

 

E-Board Check Ins

  • President: Michael
    • Got a lot of plays for the Play Library – will post a picture on Facebook
  • VP: Alison
    • Gave keys to Karen for Erin
  • VPSP: Danny
    • Sent Karlie a list of the vendors for the Dog Sees God program
    • Will make the Musical Number/Monologue Director application soon and Karlie will put in on the website
    • Reading Committee sign ups officially start on March 4th
    • Got 10 Broadway in Boston signups – will finalize details in the future
  • Treasurer: Brittany
    • Using other show budgets for Dog Sees God expenditures so we can maximize the amount of funds for MassKids
    • Confirmed Play It Again, Sam Warren poster
  • Secretary: Karlie
    • Recovered the Stage Troupe ArtsBoston account to post event listings to
    • Added Dog Sees God event listings to ArtsBoston and the BU events calendar
    • Got in touch with WTBU contact about the interview from awhile back – should be up soon
    • Have to edit trigger warning for Dog Sees God
    • Pitched story to a writer at The Daily Free Press
  • TA: Jamie
    • OB rented things for 20 Minute Musicals
    • VagMo is borrowing chairs
    • We had two saws break this week
    • Dog Sees God build week
    • A bunch of actors from Dog Sees God said that they wanted to join tech today - added them to Play It Again, Sam
    • People need to talk to Jamie directly if they want access to The Space
    • Playwrights Theater has been calling Jamie every Friday for the past few weeks