Hello!
Until we get more info about the play, we should get started with some basic organization.
Follow this link to a discussion of theatre production, and the responsibilities of the organizational structure: http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761553217_2/Theater.html
A typical production structure is something like this...
Producer:
"In effect, the commercial producer, with the help of assistants, licenses a playwright's script, raises funds from investors (so-called angels or backers), hires the artistic staff, rents a theater, negotiates with unions, rents theatrical equipment (such as lights or a sound board), oversees publicity and ticket sales, and takes responsibility for all financial aspects of the production. Usually, the producer works in tandem with a general manager and others to accomplish the daily running of the production, from rehearsals to closing."
Director:
"Today, the stage director collaborates with the playwright, actors, designers, and technicians .... In all events, the director is the controlling artist responsible for unifying the production elements. The director works intensely with actors in rehearsals, helping them discover their characters' inner lives and project their discoveries vocally and visually to the audience."
Designers: (These, I have not defined because each team should choose to interpret and coordinate the responsibilities of these according to the artistic vision that they adopt for their scene.)
Set/Scene
Costume
Lighting
Sound/Music
Staging/Choreography
Actors: corporeally manifest the roles they are playing (my definition).
Writers: write the script or otherwise document the scene (if for example a scene decides to not have spoken word...)
People are invited to participate in as many roles are they are interested in. You can both act and produce or design costumes and do the music.
I think by the end of this week, we need to have a set organization and be able to start scheduling and coordinating events such as fundraising, writing the scripts, choosing teams and directors, etc. We don't have very much time.
I also think at the meeting tomorrow after class, we should try to steer clear of interpreting the stories, and talk more about setting up a frame work so that a team can come to an interpretation.
Feel free to argue any point I've discussed, but please do so succinctly. :)
Shane
