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Production Meeting #8 - 1 February 2009

2009-01-31T17:04:50-04:00

EVITA Production Team Meeting
February 1, 4:00-5:00pm

Intro
• Additional items

Review of January 18 Minutes
• Wrangler duty schedule to be arranged
• Set storage confirmed at Rural from March 7-March 21
• Hair and makeup workshops

Stage Director’s Report (Mark)

Music Director’s Report (Shirley Anne)
• Sound recording – Feb. 21-10am

Budget Review (Rob)

Set Design / Construction
• Set moving schedule

Costuming (Pam)
• Work to date/next steps
• NS Tattoo uniforms
• Date for montage shoot/final requirements

Hair / Makeup
• Request to Anders re assistance with men’s makeup during the run

Props (Wallena)
• Rocking chairs
• Bedding
• Red cape

Publicity (Nicole and Rob)

Poster

Programme (Brenda)
Important Dates and responsibilities

Programme Advertising

T-Shirts

Additional Items
• Venue for Feb. 21 rehearsal
• Photos for lobby?

Calendar Additions
February 20: All information for programme to Brenda
February 20: Deadline for advertising copy to Fred
February 2: Meeting with heads at Confederation Centre

Next Meeting: February 15, 4:00pm

Rehearsals

2009-01-14T20:34:41-04:00

Hello Everyone,

This is just to clarify what will happen at Saturday’s rehearsal.

Shirley Ann Music:
11:00 to 12:00 Money, Casa Rosada, Montage
12:00 to 12:30 Review of chorus parts for: New Argentina, Rainbow High, The Actress, Santa Evita, Lament
12:30 to 1:00 She’s a Diamond (Officers), Goodnight & Thank You (Lovers and Che)

Mark and Julia Stage:
1:00 to 2:00 Scene 15 Eva, Che and Artistocrats
2:00 to 3:00 Scene 23 Eva and Embalmers (Gerry, Sam, Peter, Matt, Claude, Paul)
3:00 to 4:00 Scene 20
4:00 to 5:00 Scene 21

Costume Mistress:
Pam and her fellow sewers are having a sewathon at the Rural on Saturday. They will be in the school from 10:00am to (?)

Please refresh the information on an earlier e-mail sent about costumes. (Sunday)

Pam will want to do some fitting of costumes and she will work around the schedule but please be advised that if you are broken at 1:00pm you may need to stay for 1/2 hour for Pam to get what she requires.

Thanks,
Paul

Poster

2009-01-20T20:13:28-04:00

As agreed at the Production Meeting, Fred has provided four versions of the poster—with the title in blue or in white, with the orientation in vertical or horizontal. Big thanks to Fred for responding to our request for options, and for his creative work.

He reminds us that these are sent in relatively low resolution, for quick inspection and proofreading purposes only.

He also has a suggestion about orientation: that we print the 8½ x 11 (200 smaller posters) in the vertical format which might be easier to put on bulletin boards, etc. ... and print the 11 x 17 (100 big posters) in the more elegant horizontal format.

Nicole and I will be meeting in the later afternoon on Thursday regarding publicity plans, and I imagine we will use that opportunity for Nicole to render her decision about what poster we send to the printer. Between now and then, feel free to send Nicole any tips you may have—regarding colour of the title, orientation, proof-reading errors, size of the various elements.

Rob

Production Meeting #7 - 8 January 2009

2009-01-15T11:45:22-04:00

And a frosty good morning to you!

This is a wee reminder of our production meeting this Sunday from 4-5 pm at the Rural (band room door entrance at back of building).

If you have any particular items that you would like included on the agenda, please send them along. I will be putting that together early on Saturday.

Also, a reminder to check minutes of the last meeting re action items.

Keep warm!
Brenda

Props

2009-01-18T19:26:29-04:00

Props Report
January 18, 2009

• Katherine’s leg improving – expected back on island by beginning of February.
• Meeting held January 15.
• Arrangements made for delivery of items collected to date.
• Valerie Moore to be asked to paint placards, banner, make torches (she has agreed!)
• Wallena to arrange “auditions” for bedding and other set dressing items collected to date.

Who is this website for?

2009-01-11T13:05:40-04:00

This website is primarily concerned with ACT (a community theatre), however you do not have to be a member of ACT to be a member, or participate in this website. By the same token, membership with this site (ACTpei) does not mean you are a member of ACT (a community theatre). For information regarding ACT (a community theatre) please go to this link http://actpei.ca/index/weblog/comments/act_membership_renewal_2008_2009/

This is going to be a great show!!

2009-01-11T12:30:19-04:00

Rehearsals are nearly half-way through and you can feel the excitement already. Are you part of the cast? Let me know about how you feel.

Production Meeting #6 - 4 January 2009

2009-01-06T22:21:20-04:00

Present: Brenda (Chair), Julia, Nicole, Pam, Rob (recording), Shirley Anne, Mark, Paul, Gerry, Garney, Wallena

1) Business arising/follow-up from Nov 16th meeting
a) Paul to check email addresses with some cast members (e.g. Hayley Whelan)
b) Making use of Erica Gilligan
==> Mark will talk with her about speaking to the cast;
==> Garney will pose questions to her about, for example, writing on placards
c) ==> Paul will again browbeat 8 cast members to pay the ACT membership fee

2) Director’s observations
Mark says things are going very well ... It’s especially good to be using the Rural space.

3) Music Director’s observations
Shirley Anne is recruiting musicians; a particular barrier is the UPEI Wind Symphony’s scheduled performance on March 26. Brenda has been dealing with Carl Mathis for recording ...
==> Shirley Anne will arrange specifics with Carl.

4) Budget (Rob)
The finances are in pretty good shape. The only significant overspending (about $300 extra) so far has been for R&H materials – because of US exchange rate and needing early delivery.

5) The Set
Garney is quite pleased. They are now painting things, and have got some good advice from Paul Price. Garney is planning the giant flag.
One problem – the wall pieces are too tall for the Rural stage, and so rehearsals will have to use ‘pretend’ walls on dollies ... and the March 7/8 session with the full set will probably have to be done on the floor rather than the stage.
The plan/hope is to move the set (from Beach House and TOSH) to the Rural for the March 7/8 session, store it there during March Break, and then take it directly to the Confed Centre, so as to avoid extra transport.
==> Paul will hopefully confirm this with the Rural’s Phillip Pierlot.

6) Costumes - Pam
- The sew-a-thon will be this coming Saturday, Jan 10, with 8 sewers; place is to be determined.
- Decisions were made on tails (vs short tux) for the formal wear to be rented; pantyhose colour, embalmer headgear; and Peron’s dressing-gown.
- The costume parade will be on the weekends of Jan31/1Feb and 28Feb/1Mar –
==> Brenda & Pam will create detailed lists for that.
==> Brenda & Pam will do an email canvass of the cast to determine what each can him/herself provide of what s/he is to wear.
- We need a dresser to help Alicia with her costume changes; we should all try to identify a woman who is willing, even knowing that she will miss seeing the show.
- Certain costumes will be needed for early February’s filming the video (European tour, etc.) –
==> Garney will provide a list to Pam.

7) Props
Katherine’s broken ankle keeps her in Halifax and unable to drive for some time, but she will continue to coordinate via email. She has sent a ‘report’ with a set of questions:
==> Mark, Wallena and Garney will together provide answers to Katherine’s questions.
==> Garney will arrange with Chris and Stephen Beck for the painting of the placards.
==> Brenda will arrange a meeting on Props on January 15.

8) Publicity
Nicole is working on a master calendar of publicity plans. She can consult with Rob as may be necessary. The immediate task is to have the poster designed – by mid-January.
==> Rob will send Fred a list of ‘ingredients’ for the poster which he and Nicole have worked out
Gerry suggested trying to arrange a sort of guest appearance to present an Evita number during a PEI Symphony concert. It was felt that a song would be impractical, but ...
==> Rob is to speak with PEISO president Heather Doran about doing an announcement.

9) Shirts
The bags were a disappointment, but the shirts have been popular. If we get requests, we’d do another order in late January, asking requesters to pre-pay.

10) Rehearsal Pianist
Since our two accompanists (Tanya and Mary) will be practising with the pit orchestra, and so the stage rehearsal would be using the CD – the singing of which might make the cast over-reliant – it was suggested (by Wallena) that we get another pianist. This will be for January only, since in February the orchestra will join the main rehearsals. It was agreed to get a person for both Saturday 1:00-5:00 and Sunday 1:00-4:00 for the four weekends of January – offering a modest honorarium (having in mind that we allotted a total of $300 for rehearsal accompaniment).
==> Shirley is to try to recruit Estelle Dowling or Jacqueline Sorensen.

11) Make-up
Although we are, for the most part, content to have a fairly natural, un-made-up look, and it is presumed that the women can handle their own make-up ... it will be advantageous to have a skilled make-up person to (i) give a mini-workshop about what to buy and techniques to use; and (ii) help the men prepare for the tech, dress and performances.
==> Brenda will ask Sharon Fletcher if she would be able to handle wig/hair and this make-up service.

12) Sound
There is a need to do some pre-recording of sound effects ...
==> Mark, Wallena and Shirley Anne will meet, by mid-January, to plan this.

13) Comp tickets
All participants (both on- and off-stage) are entitled to one comp for Thursday night. We also give some comps to ‘contributors’ who may have given some major help; we also arrange for media give-aways and in some cases we may offer a ticket to advertisers. ACT members, too, are entitled to a $2 discount on a couple of tickets. We provide a list of persons entitled to comps and discounts to the Box Office.
==> Rob is to be the coordinator of ticket comps and discounts.

14) Wrangler
At Wallena’s suggestion, we’ll arrange for an adult – probably having several parents share the duties – to oversee the youngsters for the tech, dress and performances.
==> Brenda & Rob will organize the wrangler duty.

15) ASM
Since Paul is now a cast member ...
==> Wallena will recruit a fresh ASM.

16) Production Meetings
Our routine will be to hold a meeting every second week,