Executive Board Notes 2/5/17

Show Check-Ins

  • God of Carnage
    • Directors: Erin and Maggie
      • Rehearsals have been going well; made it through the whole show
      • The new creative team has been great to work with
    • TD: Brian
      • Had first tech meeting today
      • Setting up department meetings for the upcoming week
      • Build week is next week
    • Producer: Elle
      • Finished poster
      • Booked the space for the GSU Link
      • Nathan made Google Forms for T-Shirts and Bios
      • T-Shirt design is almost finished
    • SM: David
      • Soft and hard off-book dates are set. Actors are on top of their lines
      • Made rehearsal schedule all the way up to tech week
      • Added an act break to make things easier for tech
  • Twelve Angry Jurors
    • Director: Cassidy
      • The entire show is cast! Re-auditions did not go well; only two people showed up. Happy with results regardless
      • Rehearsals have been going well
      • Two acts fully blocked
      • Character meetings have been going well
      • Soft off-book next week
    • SM: Ariana
      • Blocked all the way through act two
      • In contact with new ASM
      • Rehearsals are scheduled through the next two weeks
    • TD: Sam
      • Had first tech meeting today
      • Everyone on tech has been added to a Facebook group
      • Created a Google Drive folder to share among the entire tech crew
    • Producers: HwaYoun and Andy
      • Met with Cassidy to talk about the producing vision
      • Set dates for everything, including headshots
      • Will hopefully meet with the entire producing team this week
  • The Fantasticks
    • Director: Ellie
      • Still don’t have scripts, but read through the show with the outdated script
      • Had first stage combat rehearsal today
      • Everyone is really excited and ready to work on the show, especially those who are new to Troupe
    • TD: Devika
      • Met with Ellie to get on the same page about the tech vision
      • Will have first full tech meeting next week
    • Producer: Brittany
      • Met with the producers and Ellie to do some preliminary talk about the show and the vision
      • Have dates/deadlines set for everything
      • Will be reading the script and meeting with the producing team again after tech show
    • SM: Chrissy and Rachel
      • First rehearsal is tomorrow
      • Have tentative rehearsal schedule for the week

E-Board Check-Ins

  • President: Danielle
    • Talked to directors, creative teams, etc. to see what help can be offered throughout their show processes
  • VP: Erin
    • Met with all the SMs to go over the general stage-managing procedures
    • Working on reserving rooms for Twelve Angry Jurors
  • VPSP: Sydney
    • Assassins is going well. Only four people are left alive
    • Nearly have all the money in from Assassins
    • Raised over $400 in cash (not including the Venmo exchanges from the auction)
    • Will update the VPSP guide about the TA Event
    • Charity show seems to be going really well
    • February 13th is the due date for BUSTies Host pitches as well as the date for senior to sign up to be roasted
    • Will meet with SAO to talk about the Photonics room arrangements in for BUSTies
  • Treasurer: Andy
    • Raised $656.24 at the TA Event—All this money will be going directly to Girls’ LEAP itself
    • Needs to set up a meeting with producers
    • Will be sending out budget details to all the producers tonight
  • Secretary: Nathan
    • Announced the casting call for Twelve Angry Jurors.
    • Reached out to OB, Wandering Minds, and Shakespeare society, specifically, to let them know about the auditions. Also posted a link in the Class of 2017 Facebook Group
    • Updated every Current Season page with all new cast members
    • Promoted the TA Event, also reaching out to the BU Theatre community
    • Created Facebook event for Tech Show
  • TA: Chris
    • Tech lists are finalized. It was a big challenge filling certain positions. There are 48 techies filling 72 positions
    • SMs were tough to gather, but everything has been sorted out
    • TAs need to be ruthlessly optimistic about tech lists; there
    • Had tech meetings for Twelve and TDs are going to do extremely well
    • Had Tech Show rehearsals all week. Move-in was incredibly efficient
    • Call this week is at 7PM
    • OB has the Theater next week for 20-Minute Musicals. Will let them into the Theater so that they can get acquainted with the projector