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Summary: Fundraiser update, July/Aug shows
announced, F.L.E.A. S.H.O.W. needs help, and more!
Reports
Managing Director (John Mitchell)
Friday
is first annual donors performance, invited perf. Of Sam & reception
afterwards, will be asking folks to pledge and give money every month.
Volunteers may be needed, so watch the SAA email.
Company folks are encouraged to come to the performance and mingle. The
audience has been invited by the board and the dir of dev, but feel free to come
and mingle. If you have anyone you
would like to suggest, please let them know ASAP.
May 7th,
we’re having an art auction, open to the public, invitations will go further
out into the community. At
Zeitgeist Gallery on LaBrea. Alcohol
has been donated and refreshments.
Two
pronged approach: 1 events where
there are big ticket items to auction off, large donors, foundations, 2 grass
roots small donations
Discussion
of the evolution of the 4/1 fundraiser idea and how it was incorporated into a
six month cycle of fundraising.
Issue
about people coming to work calls. A
survey will be emailed to everyone. John
thinks the problem may be that we don’t know what people’s skills are beyond
acting, directing, and writing. Survey
will tell us who the go to people are for stuff and who hates to do certain
things.
Monday
night meetings? Next meeting
Sunday, April 10th. Town
Hall about our mission statement. We
won’t be drafting it, but we’ll talk about whether it needs to be changed.
Email questions to John Mitchell.
Artistic Directors (Joe, Padraic & Jenelle)
July/August
mainstage will be "Goose and Tom Tom" by David Rabe, director TBA
Tues/Wed
show will be Slow & Tight III, produced by John Mitchell & Jenelle
Riley, directed by Lanahan & Mitchell, seeking two other directors, email
Jenelle
Operations (Brandon Clark)
The lobby & bathrooms have
been painted. Sign up for shifts.
If you are working box, please fill out box office form.
SAA (Julie Mullen)
Discontinuing phone tree but
will continue to call folks w/o email access.
Publicist (Phil Sokoloff)
LA Times was here Friday. Usual reminder, let him know 21 days in advance for events
and shows.
Fraud:
Allen Brown, a guy who takes flash pics during the show, the foot fetish
guy. There are about 6 people who
claim to be from publications and cannot substantiate it.
And Julie says let’s just
post his pic and not let him in the theater.
Producers
My
Uncle Sam
This
weekend David McIntyre is My Uncle Sam, and one other cast member will be
replaced also. Thanks to all who
helped out, and thanks to those who will.
FLEASHOW
Recreation
of 20th century carnival will happen on April 9th and
April 30th, poss of added shows on 16th & 23rd
and we’ll have a talker outside, doing stuff with a bullwhip and hammering
nails into his nose. David is in
talks with Satanica, who lights herself on fire and various other folks.
David
needs some producing help to make calls to performers.
Get in touch with him. He
may need board ops. He could also
use assistance with publicity, putting posters up at tattoo parlors, clubs,
Mondo Video, places like that.
Brandon
asks if we are liable for injury, and David says the acts all carry their own
insurance through the clown union, or something.
New Biz
Lou Burnstein says
please be careful what you put down the slop sink.
It’s just a sink and will clog. He
found paint chips in it. Kate
suggests we screen off the sink during paint calls and remove the screen during
shows.
Brandon asks about the
financial condition of the theater. John
Mitchell says as always, we are very tight on money.
Still carrying debt from last year.
Tom says we started
softball practice last weekend.
Brandon asks, if My
Uncle Sam doesn’t work and fundraiser is a dud, are we in trouble?
John answers that he doesn’t have a back up plan.
John says there will be a rough patch, and Brandon asks if there should
be additional fundraising. John
says we are going to be okay.
David just got back from
the Humana new play festival in Louisville, KY.
Finer Noble Gases at Sacred Fools theater was mentioned as a success of
the new play festival.
Minutes taken by Julie Mullen, and edited and
posted to the web by Corey Klemow.
Contact Corey with corrections and clarifications.
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