Show Check-Ins:

F&F Weekend: Grease
- Director: Ellie
  - Tech week was definitely stressful with scheduling stuff.
  - Everyone really came together and made a huge effort.
  - Alicia and Caitlin were super helpful, as always.
  - People were so amazing. Energy the cast brought was insane.
  - Thank you so much to everyone who helped. So proud of show.
  - Tips: befriend your stage manager, have to trust that it's going to happen. learned to laugh at the little things.
  - Don't need to take on every single thing as director. Stepping back and letting other people handle it was helpful.
  - Really enjoyed E-Board coming to rehearsals, but would be helpful to know when. E-Board made themselves really available and it was appreciated.
  - Should maybe have guidelines for relationships between assistant directors and department heads.
- Asst Director: Lara
  - The show went well. Learned a lot throughout the process.
  - The cast was fabulous. Working with the cast was really great and fun. Responded well and have a lot of great new people to Troupe.
  - Ariana was incredible. Can't even put into words. Sam was equally wonderful.
  - Had some trouble as AD knowing exactly what to do. Obviously depends on the show, but would love in the future if there were outlines of what the responsibilities were.
  - Communication was good, but was unsure of who to go to for some things. Didn't want to overstep.
  - Really nice for E-Board to sit down with the cast. They enjoyed that.
- SM: Ariana
  - It went so well! Cannot thank everyone enough.
  - Cast was absolutely incredible.
  - Wrote thank you notes for the E-Board.
  - Really hard to make a schedule with the cast. Hard with some people's class schedules.
  - If there's any way to assign ASMs at the beginning for Tsai shows, that would be great.
  - Avoid overlapping duties, i.e. head lighting designer was also in the pit.
  - Creating a creative team group chat at the beginning would have been helpful.
  - Rachel is definitely ready to SM.
- TD: Alicia
  - Had great communication with Sam from the beginning. Built it up with Ariana as well.
  - Asking people for favorite things at the bottom of emails was helpful for communication.
  - Don't be afraid to ask cast and crew for help during tech week.
  - Asking for permission right away from Tsai people was very helpful for maintaining good relationship.
  - Hard to meet PO deadline because of the short timeframe. Plan for it in the future.
  - Ask Tsai for deadlines if they don't give them to you.
  - Make sure whole creative team is clear about set design.
  - Some things in the guides need to be updated.
- Producer: Sam
  - Did really well producing wise. Sold over 1000 tickets across the weekend.
  - Pleasure working with cast and crew with sharing all the promo material.
  - Producer's Guide should be updated for Family & Friends weekend because it's so different from a regular main stage.
  - Should be a rule for Tsai shows that you need two head producers.
  - Meeting with entire creative team was good, but should happen at the very beginning.
  - Would be helpful if someone on E-Board went to SAO at the very beginning of the semester to find out what has changed.
  - Might be good idea to have producing workshop at the beginning of the semester.
Speech and Debate
- Director: Sarah
  - Finished blocking the show and doing runs this week.
  - Started practicing transitions with moving furniture in between scenes.
  - Cast is a little behind on lines, but full faith they will have smooth runs by Thursday.
  - QuickTime projections aren't working, so need to make those.
  - Overall, things are going really well.
- SM: Lauren
  - Cast is getting comfortable with their lines and getting off book.
  - Having the theater for the week was very helpful.
  - Got to sit in on Grease run to review calling a show.
  - Feeling very good and excited for move-in!
- TD: Francis
  - Build week starts tomorrow. Plan on being in the Space from 6-10. Will make list tonight of things to do.
  - Got paint and marked which flats they're going to use.
  - People are going to rehearsals this week. Should have extra people for build week.
  - Talked about projections, so working on that.
  - Week from today is move-in.
- Producers: HwaYoun and Elle
  - Submitted POs, digital signage, and Warren poster.
  - T-shirts have been ordered and assistants are working on programs.
  - Going live with social media early this week.
The Flick
- Director: Lucy
  - Rehearsals have been going really well. Cast is amazing. They are working so hard.
  - Talked to Tori about promo materials. Scheduled a photoshoot.
  - All but 1 scene is blocked.
  - ASMs did great job filling in for Abby this week.
- SM: Abby
  - Was at Grease this week, but heard ASMs did a fabulous job.
  - Ran lines with cast today. They're on their way.
  - Haven't heard from tech people yet, but would like to start seeing them at runs.
  - Everything is going really well.
  - Will be getting keys to the theater this week.
- TD: David
  - Cut list is made.
  - Inventoried flats and we have more than enough.
  - Wood order was sent to Tori to send through SAO.
  - Getting paint next Saturday.
  - Trying to do another round of department meetings this week.
- Producers: Angelica and Tori
  - Assistants are all amazing.
  - T-shirt design is almost done. Sending out t-shirt and bio form today or tomorrow.
  - Photoshoot planned for tomorrow.
  - Started programs. Plenty of time for those.
  - Started dorm flyers that are due in two weeks.

E-Board Check-Ins:

President: Chris
- Met with creative team of Grease to talk about communication. Seemed to help.
- Talked to a few members of the cast and crew about how things were going.
- Got iPads from Shiney James. Orientation office was so nice to work with.
- Helped Sam with Grease programs.
- Secured swipers from Tsai. Might want to add that to Producer's Guide.
- Gave Jeff contact info at the beginning of tech week and he seemed to really appreciate it.
VP: Evan
- Need a new name tag.
- Helped a lot with Grease this week.
VPSP: Abby
- Was at Grease this week. Checked in with people throughout the process.
- Started talking about One-Acts to Grease people.
- Shout out to cast and crew. They were wonderful and respectful.
Treasurer: Andy
- Helped Sam with lobby stuff this week and house during the shows. Shoutout to Sam for being great.
- Submitted reimbursements this week.
- Need to meet with Sam to update Producer's Guide.
- Programs were frustrating.
- Shoutout to Chris for helping with iPads and swipers.
- Reminded Ellie about librettos.
Secretary: Lucy
- Festival with Grease happened. Went with Andy. Cast and Lara were troopers.
- Answered many emails this week about people buying the wrong tickets and worked out refund process with Andy.
- Going to make Speech and Debate and Second GM FB events this week.
TA: Caitlin
- Grease tech week this week. Abby was great resource.
- Safety trainings were this week. Stage Troupe is all set.
- Finalized paperwork for rentals. Will be getting Andy copies this week.
- Going into Speech and Debate build week this week.
- Sending out a survey this week about Grease.
- Some sound equipment in the Space that will be brought to the Workshop.
Steve
- Saw Grease on Saturday. It was great.