Ramp Back Up! - SCHEDULE INFO

I hope you have all been enjoying your days away from the show.  You certainly deserved a much needed respite after such a focused and successful week.  Very proud!

And now - it's time to ramp back up!  We have excited audiences waiting to see what everyone has been talking about.  We have numerous special guests coming (including our incredible playwright), videotaping, adjudication, and...you should all hold the expectation that the show only gets stronger, more nuanced, and more focused with each performance.

Today - Tuesday 11/1:

Please take about 30 minutes to review all of your lines and blocking.  Don't assume, you'll simply remember it.  It's amazing how quickly our brains dump data when we get time off.  I've seen many a professional go into week two of a run and forget whole passages of lines and blocking.  This show is incredibly challenging, so please do you jobs and brush up.  

Tomorrow - Wednesday 11/2:

This will be an intense and long day.  We have a photography shoot, set up for videotaping, and a show...  Here is the schedule.

3:45p

Actors - get into costume and make-up.

Crew - Set for top of show, full props 

4:15p - 5:45p

Archive Photo Shoot

Crew - this will require a full set change to Act Two mid-way through

(We will do around 15 shots)

5:45p - 6:45p

Actors (get out of costume ASAP) - in 108, line through of the show.  Work separately with Act One folks doing their sections while Act Two folks do theirs.  Do a speed through.  Last - do the Sonny / Hazel / Nora / Everett section of Act Two.  You will need to eat while you do this.  When done, get back into costume.

Crew - Reset for top of show / Eat after you have reset

Video Crew - Set Up 

6:45p - 7:30p

Fight Call / Warm Ups / Final Checks / House Open, etc

7:30p

SHOW!

IMPORTANT: ??? - Added Show - ???

The incredible success of our opening week of performances has resulted in the potential for an added show on Sunday 11/6.  If sales continue as they're currently trending, it would be an incredible opportunity for SouthWest StageWorks to obtain added income just in time for preparations for The Secret Garden and the rest of the season.  

That said, it poses a challenge regarding strike and the current commitment by the actors and crew.  The added show would be at 2:00p on Sunday 11/6.  The current contracted commitment that day is 11:00a - 5:00p (6 hours). Obviously, there's not enough time to do a show that would end at 4:00p and then strike by 5:00p.

We are not certain if a show will be added, but we need to assess the availability and willingness of the company to take advantage of this financial opportunity (and the exciting prospect of having to extend a run!!!) before a decision can be made.

THE PROPOSAL FOR AN ADDED SHOW

Sunday 11/6/16

Call:  noon

Closing Show:  2:00p

Strike Begins:  4:30p - 7:00p

Monday 11/7/16

Strike Continues:  3:30p - 6:30p

Sign up sheets will go on the call board tomorrow, Halloween, for each of the strike dates/times.  Please sign up immediately (no later than end of school 10/31) if you are available and willing to add additional time to your Teen West 5 commitment.   

The number of people who sign up will determine if it's even possible to consider this fundraising opportunity for the department.

A final decision will be announced no later than Tuesday 11/1 at noon.

Congrats on doing such an extraordinary job that this conversation needs to take place - very cool!!!

AGENDA - SCHEDULE: Saturday 10/29

HAPPY END OF MARATHON DAY!!!

You have all worked so hard and are being met with such enthusiastic praise from audiences.  Congrats on the accomplishment...and now you must all keep it going as we finish out this week's tech/opening marathon!

SCHEDULE FOR TODAY, SATURDAY 10/29

12:30p
Actors Into Costume / Crew Set for Top of Show

1:30p
Fight Call / Costume Calls / Props Discussion

1.  Zoe / Bryce / Maggie:
-run your standard sequences

2.  Diego / Wolf / Lucy / William / Jackson / Julia / Raven / Daltry / Quinland:
-run Ashton's shove sequence, beginning with Sonny's "Parker's right..."

3.  William / Buffy
-run and discuss William's quick change as it was not set properly last evening

4.  Sofia / Drake / Grace
-dance call
-discuss set up of strings so they are tucked under the mat
-discuss proper tool box set up

2:00p
Actor Warm Ups / Crew Final Checks

2:15p
House opens

2:30p
GO

4:30p
Show Ends / Actors Out of Costumes / 
Crew Reset for Top of Show

5:00p - 6:00p
BREAK

6:00p
Actors get into costume.  Light and Sound and Props Check.  

6:45p
Fight Call 

1.  Zoe / Bryce / Maggie:
-run your standard sequences

2.  Diego / Wolf / Lucy / William / Jackson / Julia / Raven / Daltry / Quinland:
-run Ashton's shove sequence, beginning with Sonny's "Parker's right..."

3.  Grace / Drake
-dance call

7:00p
Actor Warm Ups / Crew Final Checks

7:15p
House opens

7:30p
GO

9:30p
Show Ends / Actors Out of Costumes / 
Crew Reset for Top of Show (no props / leaves / crate / trashcan)

10:00p
Release - Marathon Over!

AGENDA: Wed. 10/26

NOTE:  The backstage door by 108 may not be used for entrances or exits during any of Act Two after the exit of the actors in the Act Two Prologue (Aftermath).  At all.  Period.  It was used 7 times last evening, causing loud disruption of delicate moments in the scene work.  

NOTE:  No one may ever "hang out" in the voms on either side.  You are visible to the audience stage left, and you are a distraction to the booth stage right.

NOTE:  Prior to "Neil" entering in the dark in Act One, the back stage scoop light must be turned off.  It should remain off until the end of the act.  

AGENDA:  10/26

Prior to 5:30p

Stage must be set and ready for top of show (but keep the drop up - lamps off)

5:30p - 6:00p

Curtain Call Staging

Vocal Level Test

Lamp Practice

6:00p - 6:45p

Eat / Get Into Costume and Make-Up 

6:45p

Check in 108 

6:50

Fight Call / Final Tech Checks

7:10p

Warm Ups Start

7:15p

House Opens

7:30p

GO

9:30p

Notes in 108

10:00p*

Release

*Please alert your parents that we could run a tad over depending on notes.  I need to be able to give the final round of major notes before opening.  Thanks for your flexibility.

Did You Invite Anyone? - PREVIEW!!!

INVITED PREVIEW TONIGHT!

Wed. 10/26 at 7:30p

Show up in the lobby no later than 7:15p

Cast and Crew, please invite someone if you think they might not be able to afford the show, or who is already planning to see it and would like an early peek.  The goal is not to reduce revenue by giving away tickets - but it would be awesome to have a handful of people tonight. As of now, I know of no one coming... so, there's that.  I think having opening night be "cold" is never fun. So connect with some folks and get them there tonight!  Tell them the show gets out around 9:30p.

Tech Calls!

Two tech opportunities over the next 48 hours:

330pm-530pm today, 10/21

1200pm-600pm, 10/22

Help us bring things home here on Strings!

j.

Calling All Crew!

Hello Team! Your Time Is Now!

The following people have signed on to be members of our support team for the performance run of Teen West Project: Year 5 – Strings. All are called today, 10/18, from 330p-600p, and then from Thursday at 330pm on for each of the dates on the calendar on the callboard. Only people who can make EVERY date/time will be asked to serve on the running crew…anyone with scheduling conflicts of any kind can be integrated into the Front of House team.

Thanks for agreeing to be a part of what is going to be a very exciting show! Let’s get it going!

j. miller, producer

Caitlin Marshall

Sophia Burton

Buffy Sikora

Natti Ratanavetin

Sofi Solares

Maya Bergmann

Mei Lehman

Parker Callais

Grace Kemling

Hannah Engstrom

Jade Faulstich

Maddy Harvin

Taegan Snyder

Ella Carson

Johnathan Price

Deja Norris-York

Cassidy Stevenson

Kate Kelly