Summer Show 2016 Cast List

A huge thank you to all who came out and auditioned for Summer Show 2016 – especially in the midst of final projects, papers, and exams. Without further ado here is the cast list for Summer Show 2016, Finding the Sun. Fergus: Kobe Yank-Jacobs; Ben Moll Edmee: Becky Ittner Henden: Evan Creedon Cordelia: Lucy Gamades; Rachel Skalka Gertrude: Grace Candan Daniel: Chris Remillard; Conner Reed Benjamin: Richard Von Itter Abigail: Emily Gianvecchio; Tori Mueller

Please note that the roles that have multiple individuals cast are double cast to accommodate conflicts throughout the summer; there will be no understudy actors in this production.

If you were not cast, you can absolutely still be involved in Summer Show, as we’re still on the hunt for fabulous technicians and producers! If you’re interested in teching, email our Technical Advisor, Jamie Johannsen, at jamiejn@bu.edu. Looking for more of a budgeting/marketing type of gig? Email our Treasurer, Brittany Kamson, at bkamson@bu.edu.

Again, thanks so much to everyone who auditioned, and congratulations to those cast!

Executive Board Notes 4/24/16

E-Board Check-Ins

• President: Michael
  • Would like to speak at the beginning of BUSTies
  • Met with Danielle
• Vice President: Alison
  • Working on graduation cords – will handle purchasing them
  • Compiled and printed the amendments to Article 13 of the constitution
• VPSP: Danny
  • Had four individual roasting meetings with people who couldn’t attend the workshop
  • PowerPoint for BUSTies is looking good. Hanna and Ali are doing great
  • SAAD committee responded, nominations are ready to go
    • Anyone who has questions or concerns are free to contact Danny directly
  • Approved requests for roast extensions (Monday or Tuesday at the latest)
  • Trophy heads are in
    • E-Board will assemble BUSTies trophies on Wednesday
  • Summer show auditions are Monday (4/26) and Tuesday (4/27) from 7:30 – 10pm in PSY B43
  • Ballots for BUSTies voting are printed. Absentee ballots are due by Monday at noon
• Treasurer: Brittany
  • Picked up the Warren poster for One Acts
  • 31 tickets sold for BUSTies—everyone should buy tickets!
  • Still need to know the dates of Summer Show so that we can get show rights
• Secretary: Karlie
  • About 60% of the way done with the Secretary guide - will be finishing it up soon
  • Sent out GM reminder email last night
  • Going to blast BUSTies and Summer Show auditions on social media – will be posted on the website sidebar, Twitter, and Facebook, and will be announced at the GM and in the GM recap email
  • Posted in the Facebook group about the nurse's mental health presentation and got a solid response; emailed the presentation and instructions to those interested
• TA: Jamie
  • Space cleaning went well and everything got done
    • All shows met the time requirement
    • Wishes that OB had come earlier to take apart their own materials. In the future, we should discuss having people who use the Space be involved in Space Cleaning
  • OB is going to help buy a new table saw
  • New lights/hair and makeup supplies are coming soon
  • Building the “Before I Die” wall on Monday at 6pm
  • Almost done with TA guide
  • Sharing the Space with OB was difficult this semester, so we separated things to help clear up confusion
• President Elect: Danielle
  • Planning to decorate the producer’s booth with old Troupe t-shirts. Accepting donations!
• Treasurer and Secretary Elect: Andy and Nathan
  • Met to plan next year’s new Troupe merchandise. Will release a Google Form in the summer to gauge membership interest

Executive Board Notes 4/17/16

One Acts Check-Ins

• Director: Brittany
  • Very happy overall
  • One Acts is best when done in the theater
• Director: Danielle
  • Highly recommends musicals for One Acts
  • MDs should have a separate piano player
  • The Student Theater is thus far the best place for One Acts
  • Actors are people before they’re actors—make sure they are allowed to eat before warm-ups
  • Actors should be respected at warm-ups and shouldn’t be forced to do anything they don’t want to do
• Director: Karen
  • It was very fun. Everyone seemed to enjoy it.
• TD: Devika
  • Went really well
  • Left the Space open after strike for American Idiot
  • Left lights, two ladders, gel frames, and wrenches for the people who are in the Student Theater next
  • Suggests getting a new makeup kit (or 2) and new foundation
  • A lot of lights aren’t working and many gel frames are bent/not usable
    • Suggests the next show in the Student Theater should get a bigger lighting budget to fix what’s broken
  • Has space/theater keys and will arrange something with whomever needs to pick them up
• SM: Alba and Caitlin
  • Felt disrespected by some directors
  • Frustrating to have people argue against inconvenient call times
  • People should commit to tech week as if it were a mainstage
  • Some second-semester seniors checked out and didn’t set a good example
  • Because more people take on unfamiliar tech roles with One Acts, they should communicate more and ask for help when confused
• Producing: Brittany
  • Had a hard time producing and directing at the same time. Disappointed not to have had more people sign up/participate

E-Board Check-Ins

• President: Michael
  • Plans to meet with Danielle
  • Should look over contract with new board to recap the year and plan for next
• VP: Alison
  • Tried to call someone to fix blue lights and slamming door, but got no response; will contact emergency facilities to get it done
• VPSP: Danny
  • About to order 45 trophy heads for BUSTies, totaling about $130
  • Needs to set a date to make trophies with old/new Board (tentative: Tuesday, 4/26)
  • Will make a Facebook poll to see if the membership is interested in Troupe graduation cords.
  • Canceled SHOWcase due to conflicts and low interest
  • Had a successful roasting workshop and is offering individual meetings for BUSTies roasters
  • The audience really enjoyed One Acts, and the attendance was impressive
  • SAAD committee responses are overdue as of tonight
  • Sent out Nomination Committee poll—due Saturday 4/23
  • Tried to get information about the Summer Show timeline but didn’t get a response. Plans to reach out in-person, or Steve will contact someone
  • We should reserve a room in Photonics for next year’s BUSTies ASAP
• Treasurer: Brittany
  • Will plan to make a detailed list for future Treasurers about everything they must do for BUSTies
  • Finally got all the Parent’s Weekend money back from SAO
• Secretary: Karlie
  • In Las Vegas for the week - no check in
• TA: Jamie
  • Courtney Bayruns sent us an explanation of what’s wrong with the sound board and how to deal with it
  • The dumpster has been reserved for Space Cleaning
  • American Idiot rented a lot of stuff, and they have been great to work with
  • A lot of lights are broken—plans to fix at Space Cleaning
  • Needs to find people to help build for Actively Moving Forward on 4/26
• Eric
  • It will cost $200 to replace the amp in the theater

• Paulina and Lauren
  • Got a choreographer for The Addams Family—Daniella Forero
• Chris
  • Revised the amendment to the constitution according to E-Board’s requests

BUSTies 2016 Hosts and Fall 2016 Show Order

After seeing the presentations from two extremely impressive BUSTies hosting teams today, we are excited to announce that Alexandra Edwards and Hanna Anderson will be teaming up to host BUSTies 2016! Additionally, we have selected Abby Kass and Faith Reed to be the BUSTies Event Manager and Assistant Event Manager, respectively. Mark your calendars for Thursday, April 28th at 6PM in Photonics Room 906 because this is one night you certainly do not want to miss! Look out for the Facebook event soon!  

Also, we decided the show order for our Fall 2016 season. It is as follows:

The Addams Family, October 21st, 22nd, and 23rd

Stupid F$&king Bird, November 3rd, 4th, and 5th

Come Back Little Sheba, November 17th, 18th, and 19th

Have a great night, Troupies, and we'll see you all at our Spring 2016 One Acts, Monologues, and Musical Numbers Festival this Friday, April 15th, and Saturday, April 16th, at 8PM in the Student Theater at Agganis Arena!

Executive Board Notes 4/10/16

One Acts Check Ins

• Director: Brittany
  • Did a run through today
• Director: Danielle
  • The show looks good
  • Did a run today
  • Daniel Stocker will be accompanying – he will not be there this Wednesday so they will be using rehearsal tracks then
• TD: Devika
  • Move-in was fast
  • Had rough runs of every show as well
  • Might get to do some programming tonight
  • Need to still figure out set changes
  • Some of the blue safety lights are not working in the theater
• SM: Alba and Caitlin
  • Put up pipe and drape today
  • There was a “run of sorts” today
  • Paper tech is happening tomorrow at 5PM
  • Alba will be backstage during the show and Caitlin will call the show
  • Going to send out an email of the actors’ call time
• Director: Karen
  • Monologuers are great
  • Jenna is sick but still doing very well
• Producing: Brittany
  • Just shared profile picture and cover photo for One Acts
  • Doing headshots tomorrow
  • Warren poster is going up tomorrow

E-Board Check Ins

• President: Michael
  • Do we have all of the show posters from this semester? – Yes, we will schedule
  • Trophy case for Producer’s booth will finally be researched
• VP: Alison
  • Got an email from Joe McLaughlin about our sound system troubles
  • Ran Sound of Music Night with Karlie
  • Have Honor’s College Symposium during Space Cleaning – will miss it
  • Gave keys to Alba
• VPSP: Danny
  • Will chat with Sydney on Skype in the coming weeks
  • Sent out emails about BUSTies yesterday
  • BUSTies Event Manager will be Abby Kass and Assistant Event Manager will be Faith Reed
  • Roasts are due to Abby Kass on Thursday, April 23^rd at 8PM
  • Hosting a roasting workshop that will be on Satruday, April 16^th from 3:30PM-4:30PM
  • Joe McLaughlin might have to miss some audition dates – going to inquire further
  • Tech for Summer Show will be decided post GM #5
  • Figuring out Tech Week for One Acts with the SMs – cancelled the Thursday run so the cast will be able to attend American Idiot
  • Capture the Flag went super well – something to be continued
  • Looking for 3 more people to roast still
  • Movie Night is the same night of Game of Thrones premiere – going to poll whether of not we will watch this or something else
  • Baby board needs to start thinking about E-Board superlatives
• Treasurer: Brittany
  • BUSTies Eventbrite is done
  • Going to get the poster for Play It Again, Sam
  • Have to pick producers for Summer Show
• Secretary: Karlie
  • Nursing program director reached out about using Troupies to read real life statements from individuals grappling with mental health for her presentations; emailed her and said we would love to help, and waiting on a response
  • Have to renew domain for the Stage Troupe website; Nathan will be doing this
  • ESA awards – we got 3 nominations, one of which we were the only group nominated, so we auto-won!
  • Won’t be at board next week
  • Made the One Acts Facebook event
  • Going to introduce Nathan to the press contacts that I built up this year
  • Need to make BUSTies Facebook event
  • Met with Nathan for the first time
• TA: Jamie
  • Gave keys to Devika and to Caitlin for One Acts
  • Went through tech feedback surveys for Play It Again, Sam – people were mad about having two runs in one night during tech week
  • Karlie sent strike felon email to strike felons from this semester
  • Facilities fixed smoke detector in The Space
  • Environmental Health and Safety will come and pick up excess paint from The Space
  • A lot of Film and TV students have been approaching Jamie for props and costume pieces for their production classes – only really letting people who are Troupe members borrow things
  • Last night Wandering Minds could not get into their storage space so they left stuff at our Space overnight
  • OB built this week
  • Other theater groups need to tell us when they want us to take the Stage Troupe sign in the lobby of the Student Theater down so we can do it safely and put it back up correctly
• Eric
  • Will collect keys from current E-Board officers on May 1^st redistribute them to Summer Show
  • We should figure out our baby board and current board food gathering soon
• Andy
  • Cody Sloan reached out to Andy about being the official videographer for next year

Executive Board Notes 4/3/16

Show Check Ins

• Play It Again, Sam
  • Director: Daniella
    • Overall good experience – from before casting to the end of the show
    • TD and the producers have been great
    • Board needs to even more clearly delineate roles from the beginning – make this even more explicit
    • Make sure that techies visiting rehearsals tell the SM that they are coming in advance and to come on time so they do not disrupt rehearsal
    • Is there any way for us to ask SAO not to schedule rehearsals next to a cappella groups? It makes it very hard to stay focused during rehearsal
  • TD: Chris
    • Shortest strike he has ever been to – especially with having a set of that size
    • E-Board needs to tell directors the rules for strike more clearly
    • A lot of people were not respectful of him as a TD; felt that he needed to be more firm than other TDs
    • Advice for other TDs:
      • Be ambitious – take risks and try new things because we are capable of it
      • Be in constant communication with your creative team
      • Don’t be scared to be firm, especially at strike
      • Communicate with ATDs earlier
  • Producers: Paulina and Karen
    • OB American Idiot promotion did not affect ticket sales in absolutely any way
    • In the future, producers should delegate to assistants more
    • Sold out two shows and sold well on Thursday (50 something)
    • Expensive show; still need everyone’s receipts but we did well
    • Feel free to take risks with decorating the lobby – it certainly pays off
  • SM: Nicolette
    • There were some scheduling problems, so just send out a schedule early and make sure SM, directors, and actors are on the same page from the beginning
    • Memorization went really well and tech week was good, despite her stomach flu
    • Constant communication with ASMs is always good, because making them feel involved the entire time is vital for making the process go smoothly
• One Acts and Monologue Festival
  • Director: Brittany
    • Had a rehearsal on Saturday – it was amazing
    • Have a cast bonding planned on Friday
  • Director: Brittany
    • Had rehearsals with Jenna Pearlman and Abby Kass
    • Already set up rehearsals for Joe McLaughlin and Jenna again
    • Really helpful to have the SMs
  • Director: Danielle
    • We have had 4 rehearsals
    • Music is completely learned – had a quasi sitzprobe today
    • Just need to block stuff with full cast and Katilyn
    • Has been super helpful to have Daniel as just an accompanist so she can focus on teaching the cast the music
  • Director: Emma
    • Had first rehearsal, have the rest of rehearsals planned out for the week
    • Actors are in a good spot to be off book by the deadline
  • SM: Caitlin
    • Learned how to make a Google calendar
    • Alba and Caitlin have both been messaging Alison for rooms
    • Lots of rehearsals are happening this week
    • Decided on the show order this week – it is flexible though
  • Producers
    • Just made the cover photo and poster
    • Brainstorming lobby ideas
  • TD: Devika
    • Can definitely be at both days of the show (it was previously in question)
    • Department meetings went well; will follow up this week and make sure everyone's getting a move on – will look in the space with props and costumes soon
    • Might reach out to someone else about working on sound with Erin but not sure yet

E-Board Check Ins

• President: Michael
  • Will be sending cast feedback form to Play It Again, Sam cast
• Vice President: Alison
  • Got a lot of rooms for One Acts
• VPSP: Danny
  • Sent out the nom com email to the directors
  • Made a Google form for all of nom com
  • Found out a lot about Saad committee this week; thank you to one of out past VPSPs, Celia
  • Talked to VPSP candidate, Sydney Charvat, this week about the position of VPSP
  • Idine will be accompanying Joe McLaughlin at One Acts Festival for his monologue
• Treasurer: Brittany
  • Sent out producer feedback for Play It Again, Sam
  • Going to talk to producers of Glass about their feedback
  • Going to set up BUSTies event soon
• Secretary: Karlie
  • butv10 piece on Glass came out on Thursday
  • The Daily Free Press emailed and asked about reviewing Play It Again, Sam – said that was ok and sent them production photos but they haven’t responded to follow up or posted the review; will follow up again
  • Made GM #4 Facebook event and sent out reminder email
  • Made ballots for E-Board elections
• TA: Jamie
  • Went through tech feedback for Glass – much less negative feedback on tech for this semester compared to last semester
  • WM built in The Space this week; all was fine except they were not thrilled with having to halt build during Playwright’s Theater performances
  • Space Cleaning will be Sunday, April 24^th at 12PM; ordered the dumpster
  • Sent out Play It Again, Sam tech feedback
  • Going to email strike felons to respective TDs
  • We need to address the speakers being broken in the theater ASAP
  • Fire alarm in The Space keeps beeping
• Chris
  • Proposed amendment to Article 13 of the Constitution that further describes roles of Producer and Technical Director
  • Currently the Constitution does not reflect what actually happens in practice with these two roles

Executive Board Notes 3/27/16

Show Check Ins

• Play It Again, Sam
  • Director: Daniella
    • Excited to see what happens when actors get onstage
    • Had a slight issue with costumes going into this week – figured it out
  • TD: Chris
    • Had build week and it was great
    • OB cleaned up The Space really well for us post-Bee
    • Had a challenging time with people dropping throughout the process – particularly affected costumes department
    • Might be good for us to have an incentive system in place so that people actually sign up for the GSU Link and Move-In
  • SM: Nicolette
    • Line notes have been a breeze – actors are totally on top of their lines
    • One of the ASMs is a little flakey – not sure how present they will be this week but we will see
  • Producers: Paulina and Karen
    • Photoshoot was very rough – everything that could have went wrong went wrong, but it ultimately turned out well
    • Profile videos are out
    • Started doing the lobby today
    • Karen is teaching assistant producer, Lauren, Photoshop
    • Called OO Shirts and cried and now the shirts will be in on time
• One Acts
  • Director: Emma
    • Have yet to have a rehearsal but that’s because Nicolette is SMing Sam – things will kick into high gear next week
  • Director: Brittany
    • Had first read through with cast – in really good shape
    • Can’t really do anything this week because of Play It Again, Sam
  • Director: Danielle
    • Had a read through today and it was amazing
    • Planning on doing some rehearsals this week
  • Musical Numbers & Monologue Director: Karen
    • Scheduling rehearsals during the day this week
  • TD: Devika
    • Can’t be at Opening Night of One Acts because she is teching a non BU show
    • Going to meet with ATD Kevin after he gets back from Easter
  • Producer: Brittany
    • Sending Head Producer the guide because she has never produced before
    • Poster needs to be done by the end of this week
  • SMs: Caitlin and Alba
    • Had a meeting with Devika and Danny about what they will be doing throughout this process; they will be the liaison between each show’s directors and its actors in scheduling rehearsals and such
    • Will be emailing actors this week to get their schedules
    • Trying to figure out the responsibilities of each SM during tech week - who will be taking line notes, who will be backstage and who will be calling the show

E-Board Check Ins

• President: Michael
  • Excited to elect Baby Board
• VP: Alison
  • Constitution changes will be talked about in closed board
  • Mediated One Acts with Jamie
  • Gave keys to Play It Again, Sam
  • Got One Acts some rehearsal spaces
• VPSP: Danny
  • Ordered the two sheet cakes for BUSTies
  • Brittany gave him list of all the seniors in Troupe and a BUSTies budget
    • Will be sending the non-dues paying seniors in Troupe an email asking them to pay dues in order to get roasts/attend BUSTies
  • Have to discuss Summer Show deadline – E-Board will read the show before next week’s GM so we can decide what we want to do
  • One Acts is cast and tech/producers are assigned
  • Order of One Acts in festival will be discussed tonight with Devika
• Treasurer: Brittany
  • We’ve only received ¼ of the Parents Weekend money from last year – need to talk to SAO to get the other ¾
  • Got the Glass poster from marketing department
  • It was extremely difficult to find producers for One Acts
  • Gave Danny the budget for BUSTies
  • Will make the EventBrite for BUSTies within the next week
• Secretary: Karlie
  • butv10 piece on Glass will be released tomorrow, says Alexa from the outlet
  • Made Sam Facebook event
  • Started making Secretary guide for next year’s Secretary
• TA: Jamie
  • Had problems with SAO delivering wood for Play It Again, Sam
  • Woman from SAO’s Excellence in Student Activities Awards reached out to Jamie about building a set for the awards; Jamie will make a set design for her and will help her build it alongside her team
  • Going to meet with Student AMF about the “Before I die…” project
  • One Acts tech lists are finalized; very difficult to make lists, per usual
  • WM is building in The Space next week and they are renting stuff from us
  • Spelling Bee needs to pay us back for the lights
  • Making a new TA guide

Spring 2016 One Acts, Monologues and Musical Numbers Festival Cast Lists

Thanks to everyone who came out to audition for our Spring 2016 One Acts, Monologues a and Musical Numbers Festival – we had some absolutely incredible talent walk through our doors! Go ahead and search for your name on the list! If you got cast – congratulations! You’ll be hearing from your director very soon!

If you did not get cast – we know, this moment sucks. There’s no getting around it. But, there are still opportunities to get involved with Stage Troupe this semester! If you’re interested in doing tech for the Spring 2016 One Acts, Monologues and Musical Numbers Festival we offer positions in every tech department. To do tech for One Acts, kindly email our Technical Advisor, Jamie Johannsen, at jamiejn@bu.edu. If you’d like to try your hand at producing for One Acts, shoot an email to our Treasurer, Brittany Kamson, at bkamson@bu.edu. Thanks again to everyone who came and auditioned and we hope to see you at the One Acts, Monologues and Musical Numbers Festival on Friday, April 15th and Saturday, April 16th at 8PM!

Controlling Interest

Jack: Nick Staffaroni

David: Alicia Giannetti

Steven: Chris Remillard

Brad: Shane O’Connor

Ashley: Becca DeGregorio

Bethany: Sam Kinde

Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog

Dr. Horrible: Nathan Wilgeroth

Captain Hammer: Victor Kholod

Penny: Kaitlyn Jones

Moist/Male Anchor: Danny Ehrenpreis

Bad Horse #1/Female Anchor: Karlie Fitzgerald

Bad Horse #2/Hammer Groupie #1: Victoria Jones

Bad Horse #3/Hammer Groupie #2: Faith Reed

Mayor/Hammer Groupie #3: Andrew Moeller

Post-its (Notes on a Marriage)

Actor: Kobe Yank-Jacobs

Actress: Nicolette Forsey-Smerek

Monologues

Paulina Ke

Abby Kass

Joe McLaughlin

Musical Numbers

Jenna Perlman

Executive Board Notes 3/20/16

Show Check Ins 

• The Glass Menagerie Check Out
  • Director: Victor
    • Everyone is happy
    • First time directors need to be very open to accepting help and vulnerable to the process
    • Good mix of professionalism, fun and seriousness throughout the process
  • TD: Caitlin
    • Gave keys back to Jamie
    • This time slot is hard (weekend after Spring Break) – no way to guarantee how many people will be at move in; people will inevitably have to double up on roles
    • Need to clean up the workshop – paint cabinet particularly
    • One of the strike felons is pitching a show for the Fall 2016 season – just an FYI
    • When doing a period piece, make sure that crew has resources to really understand that specific period and make sure tech is appropriate
    • Maybe don’t rig things to the electrics – very difficult to put up and take down
    • Directors need to be urged to not complete thank you notes during strike
  • Producer: Emma and Andy
    • Ticket numbers: Saturday sold out, Friday sold 65 tickets and Thursday sold 33 tickets
    • Communication between creative team and producers is necessary and was definitely not a problem on Glass
    • Only problems arose because of timing, post Spring Break
    • In the future, producer application needs to have dates on it to ensure that producers can fully commit to a show and can be held accountable for being at tech week
    • Definitely should get things done as far in advance as possible
  • SM: Alison
    • Show happened and everything went really well
    • Assistants were amazing
    • Victor was great – very communicative, inquisitive, and a pleasure to work with
• Play It Again, Sam
  • Director: Daniella
    • Had a lot of individual rehearsals this week – ready to go into full runs during the coming week
    • Tech people will be at full runs this week
    • Had a line through when they returned from Spring Break – went unbelievably well
    • Might have a guest director this week
  • SM: Nicolette
    • First line through went really well
    • This week was mostly character work
    • Next week will be run throughs
  • TD: Chris
    • Build week is this week
    • Going to pick up wood order from Home Depot tomorrow
    • Build will be 6PM-10PM every night except Wednesday which will be 6:30PM-10PM
    • Move in will start at 11AM this coming Sunday – some crew members will be missing it due to Easter, but they will manage
  • Producers: Karen and Paulina
    • Poster, cover photo and digital poster are done
    • Digital poster is up
    • Christy came up with some really cool ideas for the lobby
    • T-shirts are ordered – unsure if they will come in on time
    • Went to SAO and most packages are in, a few are missing though
    • Going to distribute GSU link sign up
• One Acts
  • Director: Brittany
    • Picked the sides for auditions already
  • Director: Danielle
    • Zoe is busy because she is producing Spelling Bee this week
    • Want to be able to accommodate Spelling Bee actors and crew – they can audition any time that is convenient for them
    • Still deciding whether or not they want to have auditionees sing from the show or not – leaning towards not from the show
  • Monologue and Musical Number Director: Karen and Daniel
    • Meeting on Monday to talk about what they’re looking for in auditionees

E-Board Check Ins

• President: Michael
  • Received two late pitches after the second deadline had passed – accepted them, but only one pitch was submitted on time
• VP: Alison
  • Need to get facilities to make the theater doors not slam and find out if they empty the new recycling bins
  • Had a lot of trouble with the sound system during The Glass Menagerie – need to think about seriously evaluating sound system in the theater; coordinating with Joe McLaughlin on it
  • Had a meeting with SAO with the rest of the theater community about scheduling the fall semester
• VPSP: Danny
  • Reading Committee worked out
  • One Acts and the director of monologues and musical numbers have all been chosen
  • For the first time we are mounting One Acts that we need to pay royalties for
  • SHOWcase was really good and focused on One Acts
  • Sign ups for BUSTies and roasts begin be on April 3rd
• Treasurer: Brittany
  • Going to send out Producer feedback for this show
  • Have shirts, stickers and cookies for tonight’s GM
  • Have to pick producers for One Acts soon because they will have to design a Warren poster
  • Need to pick up The Glass Menagerie poster from BU Marketing tomorrow
• Secretary: Karlie
  • Coordinated with butv10 reporter, Alexa, this week – she came to Tuesday night of tech week and filmed b-roll of the show, backstage and interviewed cast, crew and E-Board members – piece will be coming out sometime this week
  • Need to make the Play It Again, Sam Facebook event either tonight or tomorrow
  • Still need to make The Space rules poster still
  • Will upload Glass production photos to Flickr and Facebook this week
• TA: Jamie
  • Spelling Bee used the space this week but did not do so correctly
    • They are cleaning up today
    • They are in the theater this week; need to do the lights rental contract
    • Had to clarify how keys work with TD of Spelling Bee, Taylor
    • Spelling Bee is borrowing furniture and 2 flats; equal exchange for flats and platforms that we are using for Play It Again, Sam
  • In the future, TDs will have to rent a Uhaul truck and pick up their wood orders from Home Depot because it is to difficult and unpredicatable to navigate SAO's new system
  • Made the TA application – posted on the website
  • Play It Again, Sam will be building this week – they are ready
  • Sending Karlie tech feedback form for The Glass Menagerie to distribute to crew
  • Want to help out Actively Moving Forward make a “Before I Die…” wall – will reach out to AMF liaison; Karlie will try to pitch this story out
  • Willing Suspensions will be renting lights April 17^th – 23rd
  • Wandering Minds wants to rent for BentApril 3^rd – 9^th
  • MC and TD of Play It Again, Sam were safety trained in The Space today – they are ready for build week
  • Worried about putting together a One Acts crew; currently see no one who is interested in being TD for it
  • Did the tech feedback for Dog Sees God - feedback was unanimously that TD and ATD were incredible leaders, and everyone really had a good time in the process

Spring 2016 One Acts, Monologues and Musical Numbers Festival Selections

Thank you to all who pitched for this year’s One Acts, Monologues and Musical Numbers Festival! We’re proud to announce the chosen works: Controlling Interest, by Wayne S. Rawley, directed by Brittany Kamson and Eli Saracino

Post-Its (Notes on Marriage), by Paul Dooley and Winnie Holzman, directed by Emma Cheevers

Dr. Horrible's Sing-along Blog, by Joss Whedon, Jed Whedon, Zack Whedon and Maurissa Tancharoen, directed by Zoe Enscoe and musically directed by Danielle Hope Diamond

One Acts will be held Friday, April 15th and Saturday, April 16th in the Student Theater at Agganis Arena and auditions will be held Tuesday, March 22nd and Wednesday, March 23rd from 6PM – 10PM, in SOC B63. Please come if you are interested in auditioning for any of these plays, a monologue or a song. Feel free to contact any of the One Acts directors or our Vice President of Special Projects, Danny Ehrenpreis, if you would like to read the show in advance or have any questions.

Fall 2016 Mainstage Pitches Addendum

Greetings Stage Troupe friends! We have a bit of news regarding our upcoming Fall 2016 Mainstage Season. We have accepted one additional pitch to be considered for Fall 2016 that will be presented at the Third General Meeting this Sunday, March 20th at 7PM in CAS 316. The pitch is as follows:

"Stupid Fucking Bird" by Aaron Posner, proposed by Conner Reed

We'll see you all at the General Meeting this weekend!

Pitches, Pitches and More Pitches!

Good evening, Troupies! Here are the Spring 2016 One Acts, Monologues and Musical Numbers Festival pitches: “Post-its (Notes on a Marriage)” proposed by Emma Cheevers “Dr Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog” proposed by Zoe Enscoe and Danielle Hope Diamond “Controlling Interest” proposed by Brittany Kamson and Eli Saracino

Here is the pitch for Summer Show 2016:

“Finding the Sun” by Edward Albee, proposed by Joe McLaughlin

Additionally, we have chosen Karen Loewy to be the Director of the Monologues and Musical Numbers for the Spring 2016 One Acts and Monologue Festival.

Again, please join us for our Third General Meeting of the semester this Sunday, March 20th at 7PM in CAS 316 to vote for our Fall 2016 Mainstage Season and nominate members for the 2016-2017 Executive Board. See you all there!

Executive Board Notes 3/13/16

Show Check Ins

• The Glass Menagerie
  • Director: Victor
    • Move in is in progress
  • SM: Alison
    • Actors hopefully worked on their lines over break, and our last week of rehearsals beforehand were good
    • Looking forward to a great tech week, and paper tech on Monday
  • TD: Caitlin
    • Missing about 50% of the crew for move-in today
    • Not going terribly though
    • Going to Emerson to pick up some furniture tomorrow
    • ATD dropped last Monday
    • Had a two day build week
  • Producer: Andy and Emma
    • Bus ads are up
    • Got cute little animals to pass out at GSU Link
    • Extremely under budget
    • T-shirts will be here by Tuesday
• Play It Again, Sam
  • Director: Daniella
    • Looking forward to getting back into rehearsals
    • Everyone should be off book now that break is over
    • Will be doing a line through first thing and then more individual rehearsals to work with specific characters and scenes
    • Next week they will be doing full runs in preparation for tech week
  • SM: Nicolette
    • Have a schedule for the rest of the show
    • Everything is blocked
  • TD: Chris
    • Ordered wood – should be on time for build week
    • Talked to MC about complexity of the set and should be all set for next week
    • Some problems reaching out to assistant props – Phoebe Oler and Kevin Lorch are stepping up to the plate
    • Going to Emerson with Jamie and Caitlin
  • Producer: Paulina
    • Going to have a workshop with assistant producers to make the cover photo
    • PO deadline has passed

Board Check Ins

• President: Michael
  • There are packages at SAO
• VP: Alison
  • “This is a pretty chill time for a VP”
• VPSP: Danny
  • Need an update on MassKids donation
  • Got one show submission for SHOWcase #2 next week
  • Want to start ordering sheet cakes for BUSTies – will also have snacks
  • Drafted email for Reading Committee members – need some more sign ups
• Treasurer: Brittany
  • T-shirts will be here tomorrow
  • SAO didn’t approve funding for One Acts poster – we’ll use our own money
• Secretary: Karlie
  • Someone from butv10 reached out about doing a piece on The Glass Menagerie – responded to them but haven’t heard back
  • Filled out ESA application
  • Will make the Space Rules poster
• TA: Jamie
  • The circular saw is broken still – need to fix it
  • OB’s Spelling Bee is building in the space this week
    • Haven't established a schedule yet

Fall 2016 Mainstage and Parents Weekend Pitches

Good afternoon, Troupies! Here are the Mainstage and Parents Weekend Show pitches for the upcoming Fall 2016 semester: Mainstage

Come Back Little Sheba by William Inge, proposed by Taylor Tessitore and Christy George

Parents Weekend Show

The Addams Family by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice, proposed by co-directors, Lauren Casabona and Paulina Ke, and Music Director Daniel Stocker

As previously decided, we have structured our season to include 1 Parents Weekend Show, 2 mainstage productions, and a One Acts and Monologue Festival (in the Student Theater at Agganis Arena) - a total of 3 major productions - so we have decided to reopen show submissions to allow for further pitches.

The deadline for further mainstage and Parents Weekend Show submissions will be the same as the deadline for One Act submissions and Director of Monologue and Musical Number applications, Wednesday, March 16th at 3PM. Submissions will be due to 111 Cummington (the MCS building) in Room B17. Please contact an Executive Board member or email stage@bu.edu if you have absolutely ANY questions about the pitching process - we would love to chat!

Finally, please join us at our Third General Meeting on Sunday, March 20th to hear pitches from the director hopefuls, cast your vote on our fall season, and nominate candidates for your 2016-2017 Executive Board! Further information on location and time will be released soon. See you there!

Executive Board Minutes 2/28/16

Show Check Ins

• Dog Sees God: Checkout
  • Director: Karen
    • Overall, great experience
    • Overwhelmed by how much people responded to the show positively
    • Creative team was extremely helpful throughout the process – very collaborative
    • Important to have talk between TDs and SMs during Tech Week
    • Talkback was excellent – Director of MassKids, Jetta, was incredibly helpful to have on-hand
    • Important to talk to actors at the end of each rehearsal to check in, even if it’s not a particularly heavy scene of part of the show being rehearsed
    • 5 weeks was enough to rehearse this show but a longer show would be significantly more difficult to pull off in this amount of time
    • Definitely keep lines of communication open between directors and cast
  • SM: Erin
    • Very relaxed and fun rehearsal room
    • Best tech week she’s ever had
    • Only issue was with lighting department – only one member of four person team came to move in so Erin and TD, Sam had to hang all of the lights themselves; in the future lighting team needs to know that they need to be there throughout tech week
  • TD: Sam
    • Being a TD for the first time was awesome – particularly because of the creative team
    • 5 weeks was totally doable – TD just needs to be organized
    • Budget for Charity Show should have more defined guidelines; if we do have to spend money we should have parameters that dictate the max amount allowed to spend
    • Tech week went so well
    • A weird pattern of the process was people not showing up to things – will email strike felon list to Jamie
    • Need to give tech crew members talk about prioritization; people who are on multiple shows need to know how to prioritize better because things get jumbled easily
  • Producer: Danielle
    • Need to do better in terms of inclusion with producers – focus a lot of time and energy on making sure that TDs and SMs feel included and need to do the same for producers
    • T-shirts were so successful – people came up to cast and crew members during tech week and inquired about the show; we should try to get money from Stage Troupe to pay for t-shirts – honestly crazy to have a producer spend $400 of their own money
    • Outsold every spring semester show from last year – sold out on Saturday night!
    • Maybe should have had the talkback on a different night – Friday was our lowest selling night; make sure that the cast and crew work with charity and the issue beforehand so they can provide good insights
• The Glass Menagerie
  • Director: Victor
    • Rehearsals are moving along well
    • Incorporating start/stop rehearsals as well as runs
    • Steve came in to guest direct after a run and his notes were so valuable
    • Actors are getting closer and closer to the truth of their characters
    • Photoshoots were done today and went without a hitch
  • SM: Alison
    • Officially hard off book
    • Lead was ill this week and could not go to the full hard off book run – but very confident that she will be
  • TD: Caitlin
    • Waited too long to put in wood order, so SAO said it would not be here until Wednesday; Jamie and Caitlin had to go to Home Depot to pick it up in a UHAUL today
    • OB will be renting lights from ALPS for Spelling Bee, and they proposed that those lights could used for both Spelling Bee and The Glass Menagerie without communicating with Caitlin; figured out a way to do so but need to let OB know this and confirm how much each group will be spending
    • Move in will be starting later on in the day (3PM) to accommodate post Spring Break travel
  • Producer: Andy
    • Had photoshoot today
    • Costumers got nearly all of the costumes for the show for free from Emerson
    • Submitting Warren poster tomorrow
    • Andy will send poster and cover photo to Karlie soon
    • T-shirt and bio form was due today – a lot of techies did not fill it out; working with Caitlin to make sure they do
• Play It Again, Sam
  • Director: Daniella
    • Back on track rehearsal-wise
    • Will work each act separately this week and do a full run by the end of the week
    • Planning on doing more character work once lines are down
  • SM: Nicolette
    • Informed last minute that one actress had tech week for another show, so lost two rehearsals this week
    • Rearranged things so we should still be on schedule to complete our goal finishing blocking by spring break
  • TD: Chris
    • Department meetings are finally done
    • Set design changed so cut lists didn’t happen last week – looking to do it tomorrow or Tuesday so they can order wood ASAP and avoid the situation that The Glass Menagerie endured
    • Sound designer is new to Stage Troupe and wants to take a look in the theater at our system – will coordinate with Caitlin during her tech week
  • Producer: Karen
    • Scheduling has been a little crazy
    • Looking to get poster done this week
    • Not planning on doing bus ads – will do flyers instead

E-Board Check Ins

• President: Michael
  • Will send out cast feedback tonight to the cast of Dog Sees God
  • Posted in the Stage Troupe Facebook group about new plays for the Play Library
  • Thinking of ordering a new Space Rules poster for The Space – Karlie will design it
  • Will meet on 3/13 at 6PM at the Theater – NOT on 3/6
• VP: Alison
  • Got some rooms this week
  • Got keys back from Erin
  • Need info about MassKids, posters from TA Event and Dog Sees God
• VPSP: Danny
  • More talkbacks in general – need to be planned better and further in advance
  • Movie night might not happen – still working out the kinks
  • Tentatively have an accompanist for One Acts
  • Karlie will send out a reminder email about pitch deadline
• Treasurer: Brittany
  • Waiting to get money from W;t and Seussical
  • Need someone to pick up Dog Sees God poster tomorrow
  • Will send out another Google Form for t-shirt interest because we have a lot of new members
• Secretary: Karlie
  • Put EventBrite link for Glass and Sam on appropriate show pages
  • Landed the Dog Sees God pitch for the Daily Free Press
    • Had an interview with Danny, Karen and the reporter on Thursday – went so well
  • Finally got the WTBU interview from the beginning of the semester - it was great!
• TA: Jamie
  • Finished up safety training - TD of Spelling Bee still hasn't been trained
  • Learned how to order wood on OrgSync
  • OB removed their sound equipment from the workshop
  • Keys went from TD of Dog Sees God to TD of The Glass Menagerie
  • Tech feedback for Dog Sees God went out
  • Going to meet with Karlie and Danielle about relationship between producing and tech
  • Updated props guide with correct Emerson information; Karlie will put it on the website

Executive Board Notes 2/21/16

Show Check Ins

• Dog Sees God
  • Director: Karen
    • Steve came and guest directed
    • Move in was so smooth
    • Did a run through for Songs for a New World today
    • Excited for Tech Week
  • TD: Sam
    • Build week happened
      • Spent too much on paint but The Glass Menagerie and Play It Again, Sam graciously agreed to help us cover it
      • Set was built with basically no issues
      • Moving the set in and setting up went super quickly
        • Had a slight issue with lights in that only one person showed up; thankfully Marissa Mendez came and saved the day
        • Call time for lights will have to be pretty early tomorrow to set everything up
  • Producer: Danielle
    • Sent out the GSU Link doc
    • Got cute buttons for the Link table
    • T-shirts are in
    • Going to make a comic strip
    • Promo video will be done tomorrow
    • Trying to collaborate with Kappa Delta because they have a link with MassKids
  • SM: Erin
    • Move-in was so smooth
    • Did a full-run (minus tech elements like sound and lights) for Songs for a New World cast and they loved it
    • The actors feel great, they loved having an audience
      • They are most definitely performance ready
    • Only thing now is to incorporate tech
• The Glass Menagerie
  • Director: Victor
    • Started doing runs this week
    • Actors are honing on their characters
    • Tech meetings are seamless
    • Had the shoot for the poster today
  • TD: Caitlin
    • Wasn’t able to go to tech meeting today – ATD took notes
    • Making cut list with Jamie and Eli
    • Move in day is the last Sunday of Spring Break
    • TDs need to be looped in for poster photo shoot to coordinate tech elements – always happens last minute and could easily be avoided
  • SM: Alison
    • Soft off book
    • Put rehearsal schedule in tech group so they can come to rehearsals
  • Producer: Andy
    • Had the poster shoot today
    • Finalizing t-shirt design
    • Trying something out and having departments submit SDRs as compilations of several receipts that are under $175
      • Will be limiting these compilations to 2 or 3 per department, so that the work on the producers side is a little bit easier
• Play It Again, Sam
  • Director: Daniella
    • Lead, Jordan, has strep throat this week so had to cancel two rehearsals; going to make up for lost time this week
    • Going to have a cast bonding soon
  • TD: Chris
    • Tried setting up department meetings last week – didn’t really work with a Google Form, try Doodle in the future
      • More will come this week
    • Good to see the Dog Sees God set on the stage this week to have a perception of space
  • SM: Nicolette
    • Reworking the schedule after this wee
    • Hard off book date will be before Spring Break
  • Producers: Paulina and Karen
    • Planning the poster

E-Board Check Ins

• President: Michael
  • Got a lot of plays for the Play Library – will post a picture on Facebook
• VP: Alison
  • Gave keys to Karen for Erin
• VPSP: Danny
  • Sent Karlie a list of the vendors for the Dog Sees God program
  • Will make the Musical Number/Monologue Director application soon and Karlie will put in on the website
  • Reading Committee sign ups officially start on March 4^th
  • Got 10 Broadway in Boston signups – will finalize details in the future
• Treasurer: Brittany
  • Using other show budgets for Dog Sees God expenditures so we can maximize the amount of funds for MassKids
  • Confirmed Play It Again, Sam Warren poster
• Secretary: Karlie
  • Recovered the Stage Troupe ArtsBoston account to post event listings to
  • Added Dog Sees God event listings to ArtsBoston and the BU events calendar
  • Got in touch with WTBU contact about the interview from awhile back – should be up soon
  • Have to edit trigger warning for Dog Sees God
  • Pitched story to a writer at The Daily Free Press
• TA: Jamie
  • OB rented things for 20 Minute Musicals
  • VagMo is borrowing chairs
  • We had two saws break this week
  • Dog Sees God build week
  • A bunch of actors from Dog Sees God said that they wanted to join tech today - added them to Play It Again, Sam
  • People need to talk to Jamie directly if they want access to The Space
  • Playwrights Theater has been calling Jamie every Friday for the past few weeks

Executive Board Notes 2/14/16

Show Check-Ins

• Dog Sees God
  • Director: Karen
    • Having rehearsal every day this week
    • Actors are for the most part off book
    • Tech week is next week
  • TD: Sam
    • Had department meetings last week
    • Tech meeting happened today – people seem to be feeling ok
    • Will talk to Jamie about a plan for move in
  • Producer: Danielle Hope Diamond
    • Got the poster approved
    • GSU poster is up
    • Two assistant producers dropped
    • Had a problem with the t-shirt company – machine would not print Snoopy on it, but used a different company and all is ok
  • SM: Erin
    • Rehearsals are going great
    • Did a full run yesterday - everyone was off-book and did well
    • Another cast bonding planned
• The Glass Menagerie
  • Director: Victor
    • The show is completely blocked
    • Have a soft off book and a hard off book set
  • SM: Alison
    • 3-tiered off book date
  • Producers: Andy and Emma
    • Had a meeting with all of the assistants
    • Going to set up a shoot with some of the actors sometime this week or this weekend for the poster
    • Going to visit TTN writing classes to amp up publicity for the show
  • TD: Caitlin
    • Have a set design
    • Cancelled tech meetings for the show
    • Going to make a cut list
    • Will proceed with department meetings now that Dog Sees God has had all of theirs
• Play It Again, Sam
  • Director: Daniella
    • Finished blocking all of Act I – going to do a run
    • Met with producers
  • TD: Chris
    • Cancelled tech meeting today
    • Met with Karen and Daniella about set design
  • Producer: Karen and Paulina
    • Mocking up some t-shirts
    • Going to write up a script for a video promo
  • SM: Nicolette
    • Act I is blocked - doing a run through on Monday
    • Goal is to have the whole show blocked by Spring Break

E-Board Check In

• President: Michael
  • Got a bunch of packages from SAO
  • Had a meeting with SAO and theater groups
  • Tech Show
    • Things were difficult sometimes – crew was very small
    • Erin:
      • Midnight show was just not fun for the cast and crew
      • Put on a good, funny show but the audience was incredibly rude and disrespectful
      • Not sure how that could be controlled in the future - maybe have stricter rules for the audience, kick people out when they ignore the rules, or limit the midnight show to only dues paying Troupe members?
• VP: Alison
  • Room res continues
  • Went to the SAO meeting
• VPSP: Danny
  • SHOWcase went really well today – small group but it worked really well
    • Next SHOWcase will be geared toward One Acts
  • Broadway in Boston event has had some sign ups and it will close tonight
  • Tech Show happened
• Treasurer: Brittany
  • Finally got the stickers
• Secretary: Karlie
  • Got the BU Today picture – looks great
  • Made a Buzzfeed quiz and people were really into that
• TA: Jamie
  • Scheduled a safety training with all of the TD’s of WM and OB and nobody showed up
  • Tech Show:
    • Being a director was hard

Executive Board Notes 2/7/16

Show Check Ins

• Dog Sees God
  • Director: Karen
    • Did a quasi full run
    • Almost completely blocked – just need to tweak a few more things
    • Some people are already soft off book
  • TD: Sam
    • Had first tech meeting today
    • Went to rehearsal today
    • Department meetings are scheduled
  • SM: Erin
    • Had a bonding – great because of the new cast
    • Having some scheduling issues but it will sort itself out
  • Producer: Danielle
    • T-Shirts are ordered – cast and crew need to give $ though
    • Poster is done - going to SAO tomorrow to get it approved and printed for Warren
    • Cover photo is done
    • GSU poster is approved
    • Assistants are great and all is going well
    • Question: what is the budget based on how much we raised from TA event? Going to do our best not to spend anything but might need to spend a few bucks
• The Glass Menagerie
  • Director: Victor
    • Had character meetings
    • Blocked around 1/5 of the show
    • Was worried about Amanda’s southern accent; reached out to people in CFA and got resources from them
  • TD: Caitlin
    • Had first tech meeting – a couple people didn’t show up, will be contacting them
    • Had a set design meeting on Friday – in the works
    • Going to meet with Jamie sometime this week
    • Looking to have a meeting with just department heads next week
  • SM: Alison
    • ASMs are very present and available
    • Working on the schedule for the next couple weeks
  • Producers: Andy and Emma
    • Had a meeting with Victor – want to do a lot of collaboration with assistants
    • Talked to Caitlin about budget
    • Emma will pair up with Lucy to possibly do a video promo
• Play It Again, Sam
  • Director: Daniella
    • Had first rehearsal - did a lot of character work with all the actors - went really well
    • This week will begin more formal rehearsals working with the script and blocking
    • Had first meeting with Chris
    • Meeting with Chris and Karen on Monday to discuss set design
    • Need to meet with Karen and Paulina to discuss producing things
  • TD: Chris
    • Had a solid 2 hour meeting with Daniella about tech vision
    • First tech meeting today
    • Setting up ways to make sure assistants stay involved
    • Going to wait for Caitlin to schedule Menagerie department meetings before he does with his crew
  • SM: Nicolette
    • Had first rehearsal on Thursday
    • Worked on character development
    • Going to compose a rehearsal schedule and send it out at some point this week
  • Producers: Karen and Paulina
    • Know the budget
    • Will meet with the assistants this week
    • Excited to have the time from last show slot
    • Hoping to meet with Daniella sometime soon

E-Board Check Ins

• President: Michael
  • SAO theater rep scheduled a meeting with the VPs and Presidents of the groups for this Friday at 3:30PM
  • GM #3 - March 20th
• VP: Alison
  • Dealt with SAO through the internet this week
  • Got weekend rooms for the shows
  • OB has the theater not this week, but next week
  • Got the recycling bins for the theater
• VPSP: Danny
  • TA Event went very well
  • Showcase #1 poll is up
  • New plaques are up in the theater
  • Fall 2016 pitches including Parents’ Weekend due Wednesday, March 2^nd at 3PM MCS B17
  • Spring 2016 One Acts and Monologue Festival and Summer Show 2016 pitches due Wednesday, March 16^th at 3PM MCS B17
  • Summer show auditions: Monday, April 25^th and Tuesday, April 26^th, 6PM-10PM
  • Space signing: Sunday, May 8^th
• Treasurer: Brittany
  • Total raised from TA Event and Assassins: $886.00
  • Not sure where the stickers are – they were supposed to be here on 2/2
  • Made a comprehensive Producer’s Guide – Karlie put it up on the website
  • Need to resend Google Form for t-shirts
• Secretary: Karlie
  • BU Today photographer came to Tech Show rehearsal on Wednesday – the photo she took will be on the front page of the paper later this week to promote the show
  • Still waiting on WTBU interview to be posted – they’re having a bit of tech trouble at the minute, but they’ll send it along as soon as it is posted to their channels
  • Trying to get BU Today piece on COMBAT on our website
  • Made Tech Show, Insomnia Cookies fundraiser and Dog Sees God Facebook events
  • Added all dues paying members to email list for this semester – will update continuously
  • Updated the sidebar on the website to Tech Show poster
  • Updated show pages with casting, TD and Producer info
• TA: Jamie
  • Did all the safety training for Troupe TD’s – still working on WM and OB
  • Tech Show tech week is upon us
    • Double cast a couple characters that are kind of hard to work around
    • Didn’t tell the actors that they had to go to move in – but it worked out
• Andy
  • Paulina gave him a new hard drive - it’s a terabyte
  • Going to try to a write up for future videographers
  • There’s a gap for either Fall 2013 or Spring 2014 on the hard drive – will figure it out

Executive Board Notes 1/31/16

Show Check Ins Dog Sees God

• Director: Karen
  • Callbacks were a bit messy
  • Google Drive wasn’t as effective as it could be
  • Talked with creative heads
  • Starting rehearsals tomorrow
  • Had read through
  • “I’m Dog Sees God excited!”
• TD: Sam
  • Went through all of tech elements that Karen wants this week
    • Will meet more
  • Excited for tech lists
• Producer: Danielle
  • Planning to have the poster done by the end of the week
    • Thinking of doing comic sketches for it or maybe photoshoot – still deciding
  • Want to do a promo video like we did for Skriker
  • Want to do minimal lobby display to conserve budget
  • Going to host a talkback with the charity
  • Charity gave us mugs to us to sell
• SM: Erin
  • Have everyone’s conflicts and made a rehearsal schedule for next week
  • Have a cast bonding planned already
  • Shooting for a full run through next Sunday
  • Hard off book for 2/12
  • Dividing up custody of Danny with SM of OB’s Spelling Bee Brittany Jenkins

The Glass Menagerie

• Director: Victor
  • Auditions went pretty smoothly
  • Had read through
  • Sat down with Alison
  • Went over all of the tech elements with TD
    • Concerned about process of whittling away props
• TD: Caitlin
  • Went to the read through
  • Don’t have an ATD yet but working on it with Jamie
  • Want to talk to other TDs about tech meeting times
  • Will focus on making assistants feel valued
• Producer: Andy and Emma
  • Discussed making a promo video for the show
• SM: Alison
  • Scheduled out this week’s rehearsals and working on a recurring weekly schedule

Play It Again, Sam

• Director: Daniella
  • Auditions were smooth, callbacks a bit hectic
  • Great first read through
  • Chatted with Nicolette about first rehearsal this coming Thursday
    • Will be doing character development
  • Talking with TD, Chris tomorrow
  • Will chat with producers sometime this week
• TD: Chris
  • Read through the play – made lights and sound cues list
  • Need to structure department and tech meetings better
  • Will meet with Daniella about creative vision
• Producer: Paulina and Karen
  • Going to read the play
• SM: Nicolette
  • Have cast conflicts

Board Check Ins

• President: Michael
  • Accepted a lot of OrgSync requests
• VP: Alison
  • Got a lot of rooms for each week night until each show’s tech week
• VPSP: Danny
  • Mentors/Mentees went really well
    • Some mentees didn’t show up but it was worth it
  • TA Event
    • Coming up soon
    • Will plan E-Board skit this Wednesday, 10PM, Student Theater
    • Need to print out so many TroupeBux
    • E-Board responsibilities:
      • Michael: bucket
      • Karlie: Vanna White
      • Jamie: crew
      • Brittany: TroupeBux
      • Alison: dessert cutter
    • Will be auctioning off dates with 4 Charity Show cast members
    • Karlie will make dessert ballots and gift certificates for intangible gifts
    • Michael bought the plaques for the Theater
• Treasurer: Brittany
  • Second batch of stickers will be here 2/2
  • Got auction items from the charity
  • Have official Insomnia Cookies day on 2/22
    • Karlie will make the Facebook event
  • Karlie will Instagram tech show posters
  • Producers have been assigned
    • Assistants will be assigned soon
  • Producer’s workshop went super well
  • Got 2 out of 3 show posters and need a Tech Show one
  • Andy wants to get a new hard drive because it only has an ethernet connection which is outdated
    • Found a new one that is only $150
    • Paulina might have one that we can
• Secretary: Karlie
  • 105 auditionees last semester
  • 87 auditionees this semester
  • Michael did WTBU radio interview for season
    • Coming out on Tuesday
  • Received email from someone filming a "Donald Trump parody video" to the tune of Hamilton who is looking for singers
    • Definitely no official Stage Troupe affiliation will happen but will inform membership of the opportunity
  • Photographer, Cydney Scott, will be coming to shoot this Wednesday’s Tech Show rehearsal for BU Today
• TA: Jamie
  • Emailed prospective techies from Break the Ice and auditions
  • Environmental Health and Safety are coming Monday to pick up old paint
  • Had a successful General Tech Meeting
  • TD's and SM's are assigned
    • Still looking for an ATD for Menagerie
    • did one safety training today and need to do the other next weekend
  • Will try to have tech lists out ASAP
    • Numbers are weirdly low this semester

Spring 2016 Cast Lists

Drumroll please! Did you get cast? Congratulations and stay tuned – your director will be contacting you in the near future!

If you did not get cast – we know that this moment is the worst and honestly nothing we say can really make it better. But know this – just because you weren’t cast doesn’t mean you aren’t a good actor, and it definitely doesn’t mean that we didn’t want you. This semester was extremely competitive as we saw an unprecedented amount of talent in our audition rooms. Know that even if you weren’t cast, we 1000% want you to stick around.

We still have so many more opportunities available to you this semester in acting and teching! Our fan-favorite special project, Tech Show, where “the actors tech, the techies act and the audience stays the same,” is a great way to get your feet wet in tech! If you’re interested, email our Technical Advisor, Jamie Johannsen, at jamiejn@bu.edu and she’ll place you on the crew. A little further off is our One Acts and Monologues Festival, and with it, a plethora of acting opportunities, which you’ll hear more about in late February!

Finally, our Tech Meeting is this Saturday, 1/30 at 4PM in “The Space” (check the “Facilities” tab for directions). Even if you’ve never done tech before, bear in mind that Stage Troupe’s motto is “Learning by Doing” and that there is no better time to try something new than right now. We’ll teach you every element of whatever department interests you – lighting, costumes, sound, set design, stage management, producing and more – and help you grow as a techie, an artist, and a leader. We absolutely adore our techies – they make up at least half of our group and are absolutely integral to the show production process. So please, come check out the Tech Meeting. You’ll be so very glad that you did.

Thank you so much to everyone for an incredible week and we can’t wait for an even more wonderful rest of the semester!

Dog Sees God

CB: Kobe Yank

CB's Sister: Ellie Lavelle

Van: Nick Staffaroni

Van's Sister: Paulina Ke

Beethoven: Daniel Ehrenpreis

Matt: Eli Saracino

Marcy: Phoebe Oler

Tricia: Faith Reed

The Glass Menagerie

Amanda: Emily Prescott

Jim: Elliott Hanson

Laura: Danielle Diamond

Tom: Nathan Wilgeroth

Play It Again, Sam

Allan Felix: Jordan DeFilippo

Linda Christie: Becca DeGregorio

Dick Christie: Kyle Mitchell

Nancy: Lucy Gamades

Bogart: Jimmy Bie

Dream Sharon, Sharon Lake, Vanessa, Intellectual Girl: Kaitlyn Jones

Gina, Go-Go Girl, Barbara: Elina Kent