Check ins
Siena
Mostly wolves
Handled some interpersonal / emergency stuff
Led space cleaning things
Reset a time to talk to presidents
Gavin
Talked to stella
Looked into grad cord orders
Wolves stuff
Emma
BUSTies things
Saad nominees sent to steve
Harassed people to do nom com
Made BUSTies ballot, working on slides and run of show
Sent promo to julia
Liv
Wolves things
Talking to catering for BUSTies
Waiting on SAO to approve purchase orders
Metal sheet? Paint? Vacuum? Ahh?
Space cleaning
Julia
Live laugh wolves
Promoted wolves
Coordinated some takeovers
Space cleaning
Put BUSTies voting ballot in the Instagram bio
Katie
Wrote the tech strike policy and sent to other groups
Sent strike felons email
Wolves tech
Space cleaning
Prepping for this week’s workshops
Talked with Wolves team about emergency communication
CT Check Outs :,)
Anne
Emma
This show helped me get through hard times and it was really meaningful in that aspect
Strived for kindness in the rehearsal room
Be in tune with actors emotions, avoid burn out
Great relationship with Carly really eased the process
Made sure the cast felt involved always
Learn to put a foot down
Flexibility is key, communication is key
Setting an excited example
Choose a show you love, not something you think others will love
Carly
I had such a wonderful experience working on Anne and I could not ask for a better show to wrap up my troupe career with. Our cast, crew, and creative team were stellar from start to finish. Working in the rehearsal room was so fun and Emma did such a stellar job creating a warm, welcoming, funny, but hard-working environment. I could not have asked for a better cast, they put their hearts and souls into these characters, and watching them grow was a joy. The same is said for our crew! There is a gap in tech knowledge from the pandemic and Claire did an AMAZING job teaching techies, letting them flourish, and all the tech elements were outstanding. The tech made this show come to life. Natalie is a queen producer and the promotion, tik toks, and house decorations for Anne were amazing. It was also wonderful to watch her APs learn and invest in the show too.
In terms of room for improvement and difficulties, I would still love a bit of expansion in our SM guide specifically with SM-ASM responsibility splits. This was my first time having an ASM and I would have loved a bit of guidance on how that really should go. As well, the SM keys don't include the booth keys and that proved to be a bit of a difficulty here and there during tech week. Finally, and I am sure this will be different for next year, not having to book rooms for rehearsal a week before would have been a big help in easing any room reservation conflicts or funky rehearsal spaces.
I loved working on this show and I feel so grateful to have done so :)))
Thank you to everyone for everythingggggg you are all amazing :)
Claire
A very daunting experience, first big leadership experience, but a wonderful experience
So grateful to everyone involved
Had a lot of tech drop :(
But everyone that stuck around we so committed and talented
Planning ahead! Contingency plans!
Learned to accept thank yous :’)
Such a collaborative experience
Techies felt collaborative, took weight off my shoulders
Check ins are so vital “a happy cast is a happy show”
ATD can elevate shows incredibly
Nat
the process went wonderfully! Our creative team had a group chat that we used frequently; having that level of easy and constant communication made for smooth collaboration between all of us. It was a benefit that we were all friends prior to the process, but I have to give Emma, Carly, and Claire so much credit for being incredible at their jobs and being wonderful team members.
My producing team was AMAZING. When I produced “Mamma Mia,” I ended up essentially as a team of one, and that experience made me a bit apprehensive coming into “Anne.” Renata, Daphne, and Sophia were legitimately so helpful and driven; I am so ecstatic that all three of them have expressed interest in producing in the fall. They were on top of tasks, responsive, cooperative, and had lots of creative vision. They made this experience so enjoyable for me and I’m so glad I was able to produce this show with them in my last semester with Troupe.
We sold out the show two nights, had a beautiful lobby, did lots of fun promo, had a kickass playbill, and have an abundance of great photos from the photoshoot, production, and post-show. The biggest issue that I dealt with was the purchase orders. Even though our wood and paint order was submitted almost two weeks before build week began, I made the rookie mistake of not triple checking with SAO that they had actually placed the order. By the time I was reminded to check on that, it was too late for a proper wood and paint drop off, meaning myself, Claire, Priya, and Katie had to spend an inordinate amount of time in the Space during build week. Please do stress to future Producers that you can never take SAO on their word and always need to triple check that they are doing things when they say they will!! Ah!!!
Overall, I am so glad that I had the chance to produce such a lovely show with such a magnificent team. What a great way to end my Stage Troupe career :’)
Wolves
Julia
A valuable learning experience in leadership and balance
Tech week changes taught me to take a breath and roll with punches
So grateful for my amazing cast that brought this to life
Also forever indebted to my creative team, couldn’t do any of this without you. We had great communication
So glad i could bring this show to our stage, many people had wonderful things to say and i am simply so happy
Working to involve everyone, prioritizing mental and physical health
Learned to take a step back during tech week
Respect is really important!
Wish i had cast bonding times
I left for a week and it was a great experience for leela to step forward
Rayna
Never SMing again but still very fun
This show required a lot more foresight than any of us expected
2 day tech week was not it but very impressed by everyone!
Regrets not incorporating tech earlier in the process
We thought this would be a tech-light show but we were surprised to find some difficulties
SM style was hands on work, hands off social
We saw some cliquiness, tried to initiate inclusion
Very thankful for the amount of creative input I had with rehearsal and tech
Accommodating for everybody was very important, helped everyone feel cared for and safe
Priya
First time TDing, really interesting to see it through to tech week this time
Great experience, such a communicative creative team
Very small tech team - great for thank you notes tho
Often questioning “will this actually happen?”
Like Claire, learned to trust the techies
There were a lot of changes come tech week - illness, set changes, etc
MACK SAVED THIS SHOW LOWKEY
Amazing ATD easy to rely on
As a group, we did a good job communicating and keeping things safe
Conducted check ins for mental and physical health
Is it possible to safety train all creative team members in the future? Not just on tech but on emergency management as well
Bill
Had a really great time producing!
Having Liv as a mentor was really wonderful
Working ahead made everything so easy!!
Appreciative of creative team!
BUSTies painting!! - 4/30 11am-1pm @ The Space
Little chat to baby board :)
Really important to communicate and show up to stuff!