Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Callbacks and shifting rehearsals

Today we will post the callback list for God's Favorite. Director Diane Byrd had about 14 people audition for the play and she is working through all of the various factors such as acting ability, ages relative to other characters (who can play mother/father, son/daughter,) schedule conflicts, etc... Diane is sending me the call back list for posting this morning.

The rehearsal for Best Christmas Pageant is moving to the stage today after rehearsing in the classroom for the past couple of weeks. It is always a tough day when you move from a flat floor space that has been taped out to the actual stage. Suddenly everyone has to relearn their entrance and exit points. In addition I will be taking publicity photos at the end of the rehearsal today. TD Jim Keeney and I will be trying to set up some of the basic wall structures today to give a sense of the final space for the show. I'm still working on some of the style choices for the set for the show. In general I always design a basic ground plan and then evolve some of the style choices of the show with the director as the rehearsal progresses. I'm looking for ways to make the set a little more theatrical than a realistic interpretation.

The strategic planning committee has a meeting today at 5:30 pm with a possible facilitator to do our long range planning meeting in February. There are many important issues facing the theatre in the next 4 years and we will conduct an in depth planning retreat in February to chart the course that will take the theatre into the future. With the chair campaign almost finished we are now turning attention to the next set of challenging issues. One of those issues are the women's restrooms and the acoustics of the theatre.

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