Executive Board Notes 10/8/17

Show Check-Ins:

  • F&F Weekend: Grease
    • Director: Ellie
        • Fixing trouble spots, but in a good place. 
    • Asst Director: Lara
      • Tired, but kicking.
      • Would love to have McKayla meet with Alicia about platforms.
    • SM: Ariana
      • Stressed out a little because of conflicts.
      • Move-in went well. Everyone showed up on time.
      • Sitzprobe went really well. 
      • Heading into tech week, hoping cast can minimized conflicts. 
      • Gave Evan keys to Student Theater. 
    • TD: Alicia
      • Caitlin and Chris were saviors! 
      • Move-in happened. Everyone was super collaborative.
      • Ran into a couple issues with the set, but Chris and Caitlin solved it.
      • Issue with lights and Tsai, but it was worked out. 
    • Producer: Sam
      • Headshots were edited and were sent out to the cast.
      • New cover photo this week as well.
      • Working on the budget and getting all the receipts from people as they come. 
      • Videos are all done. One for every day this week. 
      • Lobby plan in place. Started working on it today. A lot of it was finished today. 
      • Have a surprise promo event planned. 
      • Program is done. Good and ready to be ordered.
      • Picked up mics from SPS so that is all set. 
      • Confirmed that BU Today will send a photographer to do feature on the show. 
    • Choreographer: McKayla
      • Dances are almost all stage ready.
      • Finishing the rest of the choreography tonight and practicing all of them. 
      • Focusing on blocking numbers on the platforms.
    • Music Director: Jake
      • Only have a couple of background vocals left to polish.
      • Sitzprobe was success.
      • Pit will be moving into Tsai sometime before rehearsal on Sunday.
  • Speech and Debate
    • Director: Sarah
      • Got music and sheet music. 
      • Every scene is blocked, except the two short songs and dance. Working on that this week. 
      • Actors are working hard to get off book. 
      • Went to see lead in a debate competition at Harvard. 
    • SM: Lauren
      • Cast is gelling really well. 
      • Soft off book is this Tuesday. Hard off book is next Tuesday.
      • Went to real life speech and debate competition. 
      • Photoshoot potentially this week. 
      • Lots of scheduling conflicts. Figuring it out and it's working. 
    • TD: Francis
      • Had a tech meeting today. Someone from every department was there.
      • Things are moving along on schedule.
      • Have a set design everyone is happy with. 
      • Need to meet with build to see what we have and need to make. 
      • Need to meet with lights. 
    • Producers: HwaYoun and Elle
      • Scheduled promotional shoot for cast.
      • Updated Warren poster. 
      • Made a Snapchat filter. 
      • On schedule to start promo when Grease ends. 
  • The Flick
    • Director: Lucy
      • Most of Act 1 and half of Act 2 is blocked. Finishing the rest this week. 
      • Went to West Newton with David to pick up theater seats. Will write thank you note this week. 
      • Actors are working to get off book. 
      • In a good spot. 
    • SM: Abby
      • Esiri got permission to take an exam early, so don't need to push back the time of show. 
      • New ASM Andrea is great! 
      • Won't be at rehearsal this week because of Grease
      • Soft off book is this week. Hard off book is next week.
    • TD: David
      • Got seats today! 
      • Helped Grease build today with Lucy.
      • Chrissy has great ideas. 
      • Signed up for safety training.
      • Doing cut list soon. 
      • Departments who need to go into rehearsal are going next week.
    • Producers: Angelica and Tori
      • Google calendar is made and set up.
      • Met with assistants and know what they're interested in. Meeting with them again this week.
      • Looking at different dates for promo videos and headshots.  

E-Board Check-Ins:

  • President: Chris
    • Met with Bryan about Room Res. 
    • Helped Evan relocate rehearsals. 
    • Met with Dean Battaligno about the space on Beacon. Perfect for our needs. 
    • Set up meeting with Grease creative team in person. 
    • Helped build on Tuesday.
    • Played kickball and Self Care Saturday.
  • VP: Evan
    • Worked out rooms problem, but concerned about future semesters.
    • Dropped in and helped out with little things with Grease.
    • Played kickball.
  • VPSP: Abby
    • Kickball happened. It was fun. We hustled well. Traveled as a group with OB this year. 
    • Had Self Care Saturday for Troupies. Membership enjoyed it. 
    • Started promoting One Acts to people. Been getting interest. 
  • Treasurer: Andy
    • Made OrgSync events for main stages.
    • Submitted Eventbrite requests for Speech and Debate and The Flick.
    • Helped Sam with a lot of Grease stuff today. 
    • Ordered Space stuff for Caitlin. 
    • Chris is picking up iPads this week for F&F. 
    • Kickball happened. It was fun. 
    • Ordered some stuff from DPS. 
  • Secretary: Lucy
    • Submitted Grease to BU and ArtsBoston calendars. 
    • Some issues with festival details, but getting it sorted tonight.
    • Also met with the Grease creative team. 
    • Helped with Grease build this week. 
    • Sent out email with info on the rest of the GMs for the semester.
    • Made Facebook events for Kickball and Self-Care Sunday and went to those events.
  • TA: Caitlin
    • Grease build week was this week. 
    • Bought things for the Space. 
    • Sent out a huge email to other groups about safety training and rental procedures. 
    • TDs have all checked in about safety training. 
    • Gave Space key to Francis.