Drama club Executive Council meeting – September 21, 2000

  1. President Jen Nelson opened the meeting at 4:05 pm. Members present were Kurt Hungerford, Jake Colvin, Craig Berens, Matt Orstad, Keri Bachmeier, and Sue Shirley. Scott Bachmeier was present as a guest.
  2. The cast for the fall production "Murder in the First Person Singular" was announced.
  3. The date for moving into the ballroom was discussed. We are currently set for Nov. 12-18. It was suggested that we talk to USC about getting the ballroom as early as the 10th. Also, Craig would like to get keys to Surbeck during production week and he and Jen will talk to Aramark about that.
  4. USC has had a problem with the scheduling for the production. In the future we need to tell them to block out the whole production week and then we will also have to tell them the times and dates of the actual production.
  5. The time of the play for Nov. 16-18 was set for 7:00 pm.
  6. It was suggested that rehearsals not be set in the classroom building if possible. Late rehearsals are a problem as Security locks the building up early. The AB, Bump, and Hardrocker rooms will probably be the best rooms.
  7. Craig will talk to Physical Plant about build dates. He will announce the dates to the club.
  8. The camping trip was set for next Friday or Saturday, pending input from the club.
  9. The next Mass Drama Meeting was set for Thursday, September 28 at 4:01 pm. The next Exec council meeting will be Tuesday, October 3 at 4:00 pm.
  10. Tasks to be completed before next meeting: Craig will get a preliminary set design and start scheduling with the Physical Plant. Matt and Jen will meet to get publicity sheets figured out and ready to hand out to publicity crews. Keri will set the rehearsal schedule.
  11. The budget for the fall production will be approximately $1500.
  12. The ad for the new director is still out there and the position is still open. If a director is hired this semester, he/she will get an honorarium for assisting the student directors. Jo Lee and Kathy Antonen have offered to watch rehearsals and help the directors out.
  13. Production week was discussed. Monday will be a full stop-start Tech run or cue to cue. Tuesday will be a full dress. Wednesday is the final dress rehearsal and Thursday, Friday, and Saturday are production nights. Call has traditionally been 2 hours prior to the show. The actors and tech crew need to be informed that this means in the building and accounted for, but not necessarily in the dressing rooms. Also, actors and tech crew need to be informed that everyone stays for strike.
  14. The ACE and Connects credit lists need to be updated. Sue will call them to authorize Craig, Kurt, Jake and Nick Vosberg. Everyone else will come off the list. If anyone needs to be paid for work done, Sue needs to authorize it first.
  15. Meeting was adjourned at 4:40 pm.