To Do
I like lists. I have found that “To Do” lists are particularly useful during busy weeks, here as a directing and dramaturgy intern. Here’s mine, for the week of 11/11/13.
To Do:
- Finish layout for PlayNotes Guide for The Snow Queen: print, distribute, prepare to publish.
- Help carry the set for The Snow Queen from storage to stage.
- Attend Post Mortem for Vigil.
- Attend Intern Meeting.
- Sew elastic into 13 shirts worn by the Ensemble of The Snow Queen.
- Strike set for Vigil.
- Changeover lighting plot from Vigil to The Snow Queen.
- Read Little Festival submissions, and log.
- Prepare for brainstorming meeting for the next PlayNotes Guide for Words By: Ira Gershwin and the Great American Songbook.
- Go to the Library
- Read, read, read.
- Contact David Ellenstien, the director of Words By; ask lots of questions.
- Schedule performance space for intern projects.
- Wash
- Rinse
- Repeat
Tis’ the season! Theaters around the country are busy preparing their holiday shows, and as you can see above Portland Stage is no exception. The mood around the theater is hectic as we prepare for a large show, many people in and out of the building (The Snow Queen features a cast of more than 20!), and many things that need to move around and get completed before technical rehearsals begin. Hectic though we may be, the excitement is brimming.
This week has been busy in the literary department. Last week, with just moments to spare, we put the finishing touches on and published our 3rd PlayNotes Guide for The Snow Queen. A large guide compared to the last two, this project was completed just under the wire—but it’s something of which I’m extremely proud. With no time to rest, the next day we jumped into our brainstorming for our next guide to supplement PSC’s production of Words By: Ira Gershwin and the Great American Songbook. I’m particularly excited about starting on Words By as I’m assigned as the Assistant Director and dramaturg for this production. The other D&D’s have both gotten their hands dirty in the two previous productions, and I’m itching to get going.
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