Stated Meeting of Xavier Players held on the 9th of January 2012
OFFICERS PRESENT
Jessie Sherman – President - Excused
Jay Cusick - Vice President
Nate Fischer - Secretary
Meredith Kremer – Treasurer - Excused
Brandon Martin- Special Events Coordinator
Alex Rogers – PR
Patrick Phillips - PR
Alex Pool - PAG Coordinator
Liz Hook – Technical Coordinator
Members Present: 41
AGENDA
- Upcoming Events.
January 17th: Almost, Maine Audition Workshop from 7-9pm in GSC 330.
January 18th & 19th: Almost, Maine Auditions from 7-10pm in GSC 330
January 20th: Almost, Maine Callbacks in GSC 214
January 23rd: #TheShow submissions due
Febuary 5th: Cincy Shakes: Henry VII
February 5th-6th: #TheShow Director Interviews
February 12th-13th: #TheShow Auditions
MEETING MINUTES
- Vice President Jay Cusick began the meeting at 1:30 PM.
- Happy start to the semester! Jessie says welcome back from a classroom in Lakota West High School.
- #TheShow submissions are due by Jan. 23rd. So write your scripts and send them to Jay.
- Almost, Maine Auditions are coming up during the first week of next semester. You have to prepare a one-minute comedic monologue and dress comfortably. On Tuesday from 7-10pm there will be an Audition Workshop where you will have a chance to meet the Director. Auditions will be on Wednesday and Thursday. Callbacks will be on Friday.
- Dave Zlatic announced that there are a lot of tech opportunities for Dog Sees God and Almost, Maine. If you are interested please email him or Liz (liz.hook1@yahoo.com) by 1/9th.
- Zach Julian, Justin Hanks, Cami Tull, Jackie Hart, and Dave Zlatic gave their favorite moments of ACTF.
- ACTF Debrief:
- Positives
- Irene Ryan Scholarship competitor
- Learning experience
- People remembered Spooky Dog and the Teenage Gang Mysteries
- Irene Ryan Scholarship competitor
- Negatives
- Suggestions
- More people should go
- Players should put more money towards ACTF
- A board member should be assigned duties that make them in charge of
- More people should go
- Positives
- Toolbox Debrief:
- Positives
- New faces
- PR for the auditions created a great turnout
- Production Team worked well to make rehearsals productive
- The cast had was balanced (sex, year, etc.)
- New faces
- Negatives
- Limitation on attendance from space
- Didn’t get to run the show as much as the cast would have liked to.
- Limitation on attendance from space
- Suggestions
- Add a third show into the schedule
- Use Cheryl to teach the cast how to act in the round
- Move the show to the big theatre. Same cost and tech is already setup.
- Add a third show into the schedule
- Positives
- PSC wants your input on when we should have our meetings this semester. So, email Kristen Gallager (gallagherk2@xavier.edu) or Lindsey Derstadt (derstadtl@xavier.edu) with the day of week and time of day you would like to meet.
- PSC will be reading God of Carnage sometime next weekend. All are welcome! Contact Kristen Gallager (gallagherk2@xavier.edu) or Lindsey Derstadt (derstadtl@xavier.edu) if you have any questions.
- To submit a play for PSC to read, fill out the form located on OrgSync! (https://orgsync.com/33281/forms/show/36268)
- There are Arts and Crafts with Patrick going on today from 10pm in the GSC club workspace. Feel free to join him.
- Congrats to Alex Pool and Chelsea Esmeier! Alex is our new PAG Coordinator and Chelsea is playing a crucial role with the Treasurer position this semester!
- To nominate a Player, fill out the form on OrgSync. (https://orgsync.com/33281/forms/show/37544)
- Happy Birthday Will Clemens!
- The meeting ended at 1:53pm. See you next week!
Respectfully Submitted,
Nathan James Fischer
Secretary
www.xavier.edu/players