Executive Board Minutes 4/7/19

Show Check-Ins:

Assassins

  • Director: James R.

    • Finished reviewing the whole show

    • Refined scene 16

    • Had a rehearsal on Wednesday to refine all scene transitions; Maya did a great job of taking notes

    • Erin brought in prop guns for the first time on Wednesday; gave a talk on prop gun safety and responsibility during rehearsals and performances

    • Had a conversation about sensitive themes in the show, including race, gun violence, and mental illness

    • Sitzprobe happened on Saturday

  • MD: Doug B.

    • Sitzprobe went okay; sending notes to the pit so they can improve

  • TD: Erin C.

    • All of the guns have been acquired

    • We have 19 pallets so far

    • Props team moved everything props-related from Myles to the Student Theater

    • Made some recordings for sound

    • Schedule for tech week and move in is set up

    • Build starts tomorrow

    • Held department meetings

  • Choreographer: Kim Z.

    • Helped facilitate scene transitions rehearsal

    • Went to sitzprobe—lots of fun

  • Producers: Chynna B. and Rachel R.

    • Warren poster is set to go up tomorrow

    • Social media promo going live today

    • Secured BU Today close up for tech week

    • Working on digital poster for GSU

    • Made it to rehearsal last week; will be back again this week for footage

    • Hoping to schedule a time to do tech headshots

    • POs are good to go at the moment

    SM: Abbey M.

    • Sat in the booth with Matt during Noises Off to watch him call the show

    • Love the ASMs Maya and Natalie!

    • Went to sitzprobe this weekend

E-Board Check-Ins:

  • President: Alba

    • At Noises Off all week

    • Painted the stage today

    • Check at SAO to be picked up

    • Coordinating with other groups’ presidents to arrange summit

  • VP: Erin

    • Went to Noises Off—big shout out to Noises Off; so impressed!

    • Sent out BUSTies information

    • Vacuum arrived and works!

  • VPSP: Ariana

    • Saw Noises Off

    • Met with Chrissy to discuss budget for BUSTies and finances from BUT Formal; planning to meet with WM and BUSS

    • Met with Devon for BUSTies planning and VPSP information

    • Held a BUSTies team meeting today; super productive; will cross-reference with budget

    • Filling out event forms on OrgSync for BUSTies

    • Communicating with prospective Summer Show director

    • Put up a poll to gauge Showcase preferences

    • Sam needs to get into the Space to look for table centerpieces—will message Alicia

  • Treasurer: Chrissy

    • No check-in

  • Secretary: Kim

    • LOTS of social media promo for Noises Off; collaborated a lot with Kendall

    • Saw Noises Off—it was so fantastic!

    • Only a few emails re: Noises Off ticket sales

    • Communicated with F&F pitch teams and with prospective Summer Show director

  • TA: Alicia

    • Continuously having issues with the saw; might be more cost-effective to invest in a new one altogether

    • Bought a lot of new hardware in the last week

    • Got lots of pallets for Assassins; will be getting work gloves for everyone to avoid splinters during build

    • Worked a lot with Katie and Matt during Noises Off; enjoyed working more closely with Matt as the SM this week

    • Communicated with OB about Space usage

    • Active Minds reached out about using the chalkboards

    • Putting up TA application this week

    • Received all feedback forms from The Burials; will send forms to Noises Off this week