Production Meeting: Dec 6, 2007

Adminstrative

A reminder that there is a staff Holiday party on December 17 at 5pm: we hope you all will be able to attend.

David will be out of town until Tuesday evening, holding auditions in NYC.

A reminder that Friday is Gallery Night: parking will be in short supply

I will be leading the talkback on Friday evening.

WIZARD OF OZ

Earl and I have met and worked out the show: we'll be able to pull a lot of it from stock. . I am preparing a list of scenic items to pull, and I am already drawing stuff for the shop. Shop will start getting drawings this afternoon.

We will need to get an accurate count of ADC 170 track

We will need to order a muslin drop from Hansen. We should have it down on the paint floor no later than Jan 2.

We discussed constructing a green curtain for Oz; it will be 10' wide by 13' 5" tall. We need to get fabric and webbing to Ellis, and the costume shop will construct.

ALTAR BOYZ

Gene had some renderings of the set.

David asked Patrick to get a quote on rentals for the project: we have a budget of $5000 for this purpose.

I need to call Steve at Stagecraft: he thought he had access to an LED countdown display. Plan B is to set up a computer and LCD display and run a PowerPoint slide show.
UPDATE: Steve says it's a 2 digit display that only counts up or down: no jumping

Madeline's Christmas

Show is fine, but only half the Tivoli on the House Right Aisle is working; one strip is out. Check connections.

When this show comes down, Earl wants to save it again. There is a chance to perform it in Broward next year. We should acquire some large hampers to store the legs and borders. The legs and borders should be clearly labeled. The legs will require proper sewing at some point: we just pinned and taped them for this production.

A window was knocked out of the rear of the main stage; I've called two glass companies to come out and give us an estimate.

MARTHA MITCHELL CALLING

The mirror we didn't use is to be stored in a secure location: Barbara has gotten it donated to our auction.

Kelly Craig gave us a big plug on her show this morning.

Next Wednesday's matinee is in the MORNING. There is some confusion about the starting dates between it and Madeline's Christmas. Earl and I will check it out with Allene.
UPDATE: Martha Mitchell was added later, so it will start at 10:30, not 10 am as indicated on the schedule.

Other Issues

Ellis asked about turning the rolling stairs around for better access to the costume loft. This was supposed to happen during Madeline's load in but didn't what with two shows and the inspection.
UPDATE: Carl has correct the ladder.

Also discussed need to clear out trash from backstage. Simple garbage must be placed in the trash can or a trash bag by the back door; Ociel will not pick up garbage left on the stage deck.

We have provisionally passed our fire safety inspection; we still need to finalize the sprinkler re-certification (backflow valves are all that's left), and we need to clear up the power supply for the servers located in Operations.