Crimson Masque/Spring Theatre Meeting

January 17, 2008

5:00 p.m.

Wells Theater

Welcome Back for the Spring Semester of 2008, we have an exciting and busy semester ahead of us in Monmouth Theatre!

I.                   Semester Activities and Projects

A.     Death and the Maiden

                                                               i.      Sara Youngs is Directing

                                                             ii.      Kate Drost is Stage Managing

                                                            iii.      Adrienne Schultz is Asst. Director

                                                           iv.      Jenny Erbes is doing Lighting Design

B.      Waiting for Godot

                                                               i.      Jessica Holbrook is doing Scenery design

                                                             ii.      Stacey Field is doing Lighting design

                                                            iii.      Sarah Kindt is doing Asst. Costume Design

                                                           iv.      Lauren Webb is Stage Managing

C.     Urinetown

                                                               i.      Stacey Field is Stage Managing

                                                             ii.      Rissa Inman is Asst. Stage managing

                                                            iii.      Mike Diamond is doing Dramaturgy

D.     Spring One-Acts

                                                               i.      Rissa Inman is directing

                                                             ii.      Stacey Field is directing

                                                            iii.      Missy Metz is directing

                                                           iv.      2 others are directing

II.                Crimson Masque

A.     Meetings will continue to be every other week on Wednesdays at 5:00 p.m. in Tartan Room or Private Dining Room

B.     We asked interest in new Executive Board positions, sign up to get involved!

C.     Surveys were handed out in order to judge what workshops and what shows we will go see during the semester

III.             Alpha Psi Omega

A.     Theatre Honor Society at Monmouth College.

B.     Looking for individuals who will devote time to all productions at Monmouth in some fashion

C.     Freshman through Seniors are accepted, see Professor West for all questions

IV.              ACTF (American College Theater Festival)

A.     A lot of fun was had by 12 theater people from Monmouth College in Milwaukee, WI

B.     They attended workshops about different aspects of theater and saw shows that were performed by other schools.

C.     They were able to attend the Festival due to their hard and exceptional work with Crimson Masque and other Monmouth Theater activities

D.     Brittany Alston and Missy Metz competed in the Irene Ryan Acting Scholorship Competition, they had a great time and met some great people!

E.      Heather Hall competed in the Critics competition, where she saw a few shows and wrote reviews on them and came in fourth place in the conference!

F.     Stacey Field competed in the Stage Management competition for her work with Baltimore Waltz.

V.                 Get Involved!

A.     There are a lot of opportunities for theatre stuff to do this semester, if you do not know what you would like to do, please contact Sara Youngs, Janeve West, Doug Rankin or Bill Wallace to see what kind of work you can do to benefit Monmouth Theater

VI.              Internships, Summer Work, Etc.

A.     Buchanan Arts Center is offering internships to work with community theatre on their production of Charlotte’s Web, contact Professor West or the Buchanan Arts Center for further details.

B.      Internships/Summer Work with College for Kids at Monmouth College, working with Janeve West with all range of theater jobs and the production Annie, Jr. See Professor West for details