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  "Unless the actor is satisfied to be a parrot or a monkey he must master our period's knowledge of human social life by himself joining in the war of the classes."

-Bertolt Brecht
1948

NOTES OF TROUPE MEETING #3 -- 6pm, Saturday, January 31st, 2009

notes taken by Troupe Recording Officer Brian Zybala

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-- Troupe News Mainpage

-- Troupe Charter

-- Meeting Notes

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13 members in attendance

Reviewed previous meeting and the proposed charter for the production troupe of the Subversive Theatre Collective

Overview of the meeting agenda

Item 1

Discussion of edits that are still needed to Troupe Charter

(Excluding actors) to be added to the “who are exempt from dues”

Full review of the draft

Set construction and call for props and set pieces possibly being added.  It was decided that there are many different posts that can be created once the original troupe officers are in place.

Draft carried unanimously

Item 2 – Election of Officers 

 Tom Izard – Financial officer

Tom Scahill – Troupe organizer

Brian Zybala – Recording officer

 Officers unanimously voted, all ran uncontested

Item 3 – Waterboarding Blues

Discussion of possible sponsors for the next show

Left open for people to suggest future sponsors

Suggestions:

  • Peace center
  • UB student centers
  • Random lawyers

Joanie Russ volunteered to get in touch with the above groups

Jessica Stuber volunteered to contact student groups at UB

Marking director position suggested

Team of Joanie Russ and Jessica Stuber discussed as taking the position together.  No decision was reached.

 Item 4 – Subversive Shorts

Director’s team formed; call for scripts is currently going out.  Possible room for another director

Need for many actors.  Call for auditions will come later.

Item 5 – What to do with the space between plays to recoup money

Talk of what can be done in between shows

  • Staged readings
  • Film night

Discussion of film night

Global warming films for Earth Day

Commercial farming night

Weekend of the 14th, 21st, and 28th of February, look like possibilities for using the space 

Improvisational night for actors shooting for the 28th of February with the 27th as a warm up night

Friday the 13th will be a movie night.  The Corporation is suggested as the movie to show.

Item 6 – Next Season

Possible productions:

Assassins?

The Simpentrone Movement?

Widows – Directed by Kurt

Necessary Targets being done in conjunction with Brazen Faced Varlets?

Shoot the Czar?

Item 7 – Next meeting

4:00 on March the 15th

Meeting Closed     

 

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