Theatre Program Productions
Theatre Productions
PRODUCTION POLICIES
Season Selection
The Director of Theatre announces the production season after faculty discussions, usually late in the spring semester. The academic season includes a fall musical, presented for Homecoming. A normal season will have four productions. Students may also be selected to design sets, lights costumes or other elements of a production. The Summer Theatre follows the academic year and offers paid opportunities for students.
Auditions / Casting
Auditions are open to all ESU students. All theatre majors are required to audition unless granted an exception. The assignment of technical production positions is part of the audition process. Students must complete the audition form in order to receive a position in the production company. All full-time students assigned to the production, cast and crew, will be enrolled in one hour of production credit: TH 272 or TH 472. (Exception: no hours are required if the student is enrolled in TH 131: Stagecraft.)
Auditions are announced at the beginning of each semester. Audition information is posted online and on the Call Board. The theatre faculty meets after the final session of callbacks and makes assignments for the cast and crew of each production. The Company List is posted on the Call Board.
Auditions for other productions
Auditions for other productions, such as scene work in the Directing class, are open to all students. Information about auditions will be posted on the General Information Call Board or the Student Production Call Board, both located on the second floor of King Hall.
Production Crews
Productions crews are a vital part every ESU Theatre production. Crew assignments are made as part of the audition process. All students must complete the audition form and indicate their preferences for production assignments. If a theatre major is not cast, that student must accept an assignment to a production crew. Non-majors may volunteer for positions.
Students assigned to the crew of a particular production will be considered members of that production company. All company members must attend the Company Meeting scheduled at the beginning of the rehearsal period.
Production Meetings
Production meetings will be scheduled for the production staff for each production. Production meetings are attended by: director, designers, stage manager, shop managers and other members of the production team. These meetings are held on a weekly basis.
Company Meetings
A company meeting is a meeting of the entire production company: director, designers, cast, and crew. Most productions will have only one company meeting. All members of the company are required to attend. The meeting is called, at the beginning of the rehearsal period, to introduce the company members and identify their duties.
Strike
All members of the company, cast and crew, of a production are required to participate in the strike of that production. Members of the current Stagecraft class and other students may volunteer. Unless special arrangements are made, the strike will begin immediately following the close of the final performance.
Post-mortem
Theatre majors and all members of the production company, cast and crew, are required to attend the post-mortem following each production. Unless other arrangements are made, the post-mortem will be scheduled for the first Monday following the close of a production.