Executive Board Notes 10/16/18

Show Check-Ins

F&F: Footloose

  • Director: Babatunde A.

    • Move-in!

    • Paper tech on Saturday

    • Held cast bonding on Saturday

    • Getting costumes set up; cast knows what to bring

  • AD: Abbey M.

    • Had run-throughs all last week in Student Theater

    • Had move-in today

    • Moving forward, trying to reduce stress and be efficient

  • MDs: James R. and Doug B.

    • Had last pit rehearsal and act 2 sitzprobe

    • Finished all orchestrations

  • TD: Jake T.

    • Move-in!

  • SMs: Lena J. and Jen M.

    • Had division of power talk with Alba

    • Talked amongst creative team about boosting morale, finishing strong

    • Returned Student Theater keys

  • Producer: Kendall G.

    • Put out Facebook promo material including headshots, spotlights, and dancing trailer

    • Next video will be out this week

    • Lobby and programs in progress

    • Worked out Warren poster

  • Choreographer: Kim Z.

    • Holding lots of office hours

    • Caught up on what we weren’t able to do last week

    • Workshopped intimacy choreography for “Girl Gets Around” with Babatunde, Abbey, Marcella, and Joel

    • Went to sitzprobe and cast bonding on Saturday

The Nerd

  • Director: Flannery G.

    • Moved hard off-book date back two days

    • Working on staying focused during rehearsal so as not to fall behind schedule

    • Held cast bonding; cast gets along super well

  • TD: Zach L.

    • Checked in with producer: wood order is still pending

    • If it doesn’t come soon enough, can work with what is in the Space

    • Made a schedule for build week; sent it to Alicia

    • Will make sugar plates on Thursday

    • Waiting to hear back from department heads to schedule meetings

  • SM: Rachel R.

    • Had a frustrating rehearsal on Friday, but after having a talk, everyone is working together to find resolutions

    • Running lines with cast members

    • Rehearsal will be longer on Saturday to get through more material

  • Producer: Ruth J.

    • Warren poster almost done

    • Working on t-shirt design

    • Checking on wood order in SAO tomorrow

    • Bios are due today; will start working on creating program soon

    • Will attend rehearsals

Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical

  • Director: Syd R.

    • Nice to work in the Student Theater and give the actors a sense of the space they will be working in

    • Music is done

    • Met with producers; tech meeting is later today

    • Planning first photoshoot and next cast bonding

    • Performing at Drag on Fire

  • MD: Ben C.

    • Cast is learning incredibly fast

    • Starting to distribution pit music

    • Starting pit rehearsals this Saturday

  • Choreographer: Arielle K.

    • Busy dance week

    • Ran 40 minutes of the show at a long rehearsal today

    • Cancelled rehearsal on Friday to give everyone a break

  • TD: Brian R.

    • Have a tech meeting tonight

    • Starting to have department meetings

    • Put wood order in

  • SM: Ariana T.

    • Cancelled Friday rehearsal to give two days off and give the cast a chance to rest

    • Moved into Student Theater; made sure everyone respected the theater

    • Met with the producers to plan the photoshoot

    • Hair cast decided to change their Facebook media for Footloose this week

  • Producers: Andrea R. and Sage H.

    • Met with AP

    • Warren poster is done and submitted for printing; spot is reserved

    • Made and ordered stickers based off of Syd’s design

    • Sent out bio forms for programs yesterday

Open Board Business:

E-Board Check-Ins:

  • President: Alba

    • Went to Footloose build and watched a night of rehearsal

    • Helped paint the stage

    • Helped with load-in for Footloose

  • VP: Erin

    • Gave Student Theater keys to Jen for Footloose

    • Stopped by Footloose rehearsals with candy to boost morale

    • Gave Student Theater keys to Ariana

    • Picked up paint with Alicia

    • Booked some rooms

    • Footloose move-in and tech week

    • Went to Hair tech meeting

    • Sent out more diversity workshop emails

  • VPSP: Ariana

    • Sent out survey for feedback on COMBAT

    • Worked on set dec for Footloose—lots of fun

    • Footloose move-in

    • Talked with Shaina to reschedule kickball: looking at dates in spring

    • Trying to plan a Troupe dodgeball game

    • Working on One Acts scheduling (auditions, pitch deadline)

  • Treasurer: Chrissy

    • Finally met with entire Hair producing team

    • Submitted updated Orgsync event for Footloose

    • Met with Shiney James—putting the Footloose poster in the GSU Link; gives producers opportunity to move it to the lobby during performances as well; also talked about planning a flash mob

    • Got Footloose onto the F&F weekend itineraries

    • renting iPads for producers for at-door ticket sales; picking up credit card readers from SAO tomorrow; will teach producers how to use them

    • Submitted Eventbrite forms for The Nerd and Hair

    • Sent Carrie producing materials to Kobi

    • Made pitch intent forms for spring; sent them to Kim

    • Received approval and confirmation for SPS mics; meeting up with Jake tomorrow to pick them up and bring them to Tsai

    • Talked with Babatunde and Kendall about potential Footloose flash mob

  • Secretary: Kim

    • Helped paint stage

    • Sharing Footloose promo from producing team

    • sent out GM email

  • TD: Alicia

    • Getting together rental agreements and contracts for various groups

    • Got paint for stage in the Student Theater; painted the stage

    • Bought sandpaper attachments for electric sander

    • Working with OB to coordinate build schedules for The Nerd and Carrie

    • This week was Footloose build and move-in; drove U-Haul back

  • Eric:

    • Will not be here next week

    • Gave key contract to Alicia

  • Steve:

    • Former Troupie Kathleen Walsh will be at 100 Bay State tomorrow to talk with people about job opportunities in media