Pippin Post-Mort
May 2000
Auditions
Get an assistant to the choreographer
Hire Choreographer early
Already know dance for Audition
Learn dance before audition
Offer dance lessons/ practice
Special Dance slots, dividing slots to talent
Choreographer/ Director only come in at end.
Too much emphasis on singing over acting
ãPoker faceä in auditions. Make auditions fair.
Even
More days for call backs (sanity)
Learning Songs beforehand
Better Planning, MP# Tune cap.
Optional recordings before auditions.
Lesson time at audition.
Vocal directing
Braun music rehearsal
Harmony issues. People sounding good ãtogetherä
Look early for VD
Music director needs an assistant
Utilizing vocal talents of chorus members
Staff stay after rehearsing
More pre-planning time
Same people always late
Enforcing ãbuild-hours owedä list
Producer Contract issues
Auditions: put info of duties on audition sheet
Roles of Actor
Build
Strike
White plaza
Publicity
Definition of all roles
Commitments Responsibilities
Timeline
Communication
Staff
Split core: Dancers vs. ensemble
Meetings
Advertising
More Auditions
2 days regular
2 days call back
Before Auditions optional dance workshops.
Cohesive Picture of the show
Issues of predicting cast talent
Planning
When you come to power- change
Ramâs Head Treatise
Producer update per show
Issues of presetting lines
Breakdown of minor roles BEFORE casting
Not lines, but smaller parts, like sex girl
Dance split, singers, actors
Inequality
Understanding stage time for actors
Misperceptions
List of scenes you are in
Cast from beginning
Breakdown of actor/scene
Cast not understanding appointment of line
Deadlines set officially
Show calendar
Given to all staff from beginning to end
Staff hired earlier
Careful of 3-show overachievers
Down time for staff
Like Gaieties
Collaborate on Calendar
Problem of resetting deadlines
Time together retreat
Weekly meetings
Everyone (tech/art) have deadlines
Communication
Donât rely on e-mail
Say 1 to all
More comm. Btwn. Cast and staff
Cast and crew link TD
House for retreat?
Summary at End of meeting
Stand strong
Approval of issues
Meetings:
Weekly tech as well as staff
attendance-longer, be reasonable
Make decisions firm
Stress time commitment
Department meets. split don't watse people's time
Advertising:
Ram's Head policies/ Deadlines
Get space early (take no BS)
Issues of rehearsal space
Talk to Dance dept. and ELliot roble
Chorus Line
Roles:
Rent dorm space
keep track
blacklist
dorms
Explainjob during interview
re-visit them
butcher paper "exercise" who does what. slef definition
explain to all