MINUTES 3

1. Directorial Vision

Think: What is the significance of reformation to us?

Debbie hopes that all of us will form a directorial vision that we are convicted in so that we will know the purpose of the play as we carry out our duties.

Focus of the play:

1. How we made a stand to separate from the Roman Catholic church.
2. How God works through one man
3. Always God-centred!!

2. Roles (with datelines in red)

Scriptwriter: JQ

-Finish script before leaving for Vietnam. (ie 14 May)

Stage manager: Brian

-duties of SM include arranging rehearsal schedule, blocking and cueing.

-Get actors’ schedule on availability of dates for rehearsal (weekday nights, weekend) from now till Oct 26 by Wednesday, 14 May

-Note: Debbie will be away from 13 June to 9 July.

Publicity: Grace

-publicity should start in early August and peak in September

-find out from Bro Eric the usual number of invites for cantanta

-booklet

-the booklet should be something that people can bring home and think about reformation

-‘proposed contents’ to be sent to Debbie by 12 June

-poster

-find out number of posters to print by 31 May

-show designs to Debbie by 12 June
-ask bro Eric, Yong Hwee, Elvin to design also

-tell Lingting estimated budget after getting 3 quotes by 30 May

Costumes: Joyce

-ask design team to do a small research on Martin Luther’s time (6^th century)

-for example, is it an oppressive period?

-general atmosphere, background, what do the people wear

-can get ideas from the movie too

-do a design brief of the costumes of all the characters (what they are wearing)

-distribute among team members

-can be drawn or printed from online search

-do all of the above by 31 May

-tell Lingting estimated budget by 30 May (get help from phoebe, dawn)

-finish the minutes and send to the relevant people (DONE! J)

Elliot

-help out in costumes

-check if it is possible to have a performance after morning service on 26 Oct by 31 May

Props: Elvin

-Debbie needs the general plan for the 7 scene (layout of props on stage, how the scene changes will take place, what is the door)

-decide what items you want for the set (blocks? Wood?)

- by 8 June ( before departure)

-tell Lingting estimated budget for props. (Debbie suggested $200 for props) by 30 May

Treasurer: Lingting

-get verbal consent from Rev. Quek first.

-compile the various estimated budget from Grace, Elvin, Joyce by 31 May

-propose directly to the session

3. Any Other Business

-Rehearsal would be done scene by scene so only those people involved in the scene will need to come down.

-Production/ Admin Meeting

-Twice a month

-first one on 31 May, 3pm

-subsequently, it’ll be 2^nd and 4^th Saturday after Debbie comes back

-2^nd meeting will be on 12 July, 2^nd Saturday (correct me if I’m wrong. It was said to be on 9^th July but that is a Wednesday)

-Full dress rehearsal tentatively on 3 October

-Technical run tentatively on 10 October

-for the long term, the costumes can be stored on the 3^rd floor, then move them to the 2^nd floor as it gets closer to the performance.

1st Rehearsal

yep its the 1st ever rehearsal, Sunday, 11th May after SGBF.

looking forward to it

Casts & Roles

Main Cast:

Martin Luther
- Ivan
- Brian

Narrator
- Kang

Staupitz
- Elvin
- Bro Henry (tentative)

Mother
- Debbie

Girl
- Jing yi
- Petrina

Tetzal
-danny
-jing he

Eck
- Lingwei
- Brian


Minor roles:

Companion 1
- Chan

Companion 2
- Raphael

Kidnapper
- Tim
- Zhong Yan

Knight
- JQ

Counsellors (diet of worms)
- Jon.tay

Emperor
- Jason

Beggar
- Brian


Department heads:

Director
- Debbie

Stage manager
- Debbie’s choice

Costumes
- Joyce

Props
- Elvin

Technical director
- Joel.lim
- Zhuang
- Chee Chang

Publicity
- Grace


Creative team:
Joyce
Elvin
Dawn
Phoebe
Lingting
Huimin
jQ

MINUTES 2

Elliot → Overall I/ C
Lingting → Treasurer

Department Heads:
Stage manager → jQ
PA → Joel Lim
Props → Joyce
Costumes → Elvin
Publicity → Grace/ Yong Hwee

Design team:
Joyce, Elvin, Dawn, Phoebe, Lingting, Huimin, jQ
1^st design team meeting - Proposal and confirmation of designs/ details of props & costumes

· All critical roles confirmed.

· Technical details to be discussed in later meetings.

· Rehearsals on evenings of weekdays. (?)

Elliot:
Confirm with Debbie regarding Director position
Confirm with Raphael and Jason on roles
Send script out to all Dept Heads
Follow-up with everyone
To continually ‘stir the water’
Come out with timeline

Lingting:
Draw out budget after 1^st rehearsal

jQ:
Complete script by end May
Show Debbie finalized props & costume designs
To work with Joyce & Elvin

Joyce:
Research on costumes
Form and follow up/lead on design team

Kang:
Contact Gethsemane about video

Rehearsal 1:
11^th May, Sunday → after SGBF

Meeting 3:
To be confirmed

meeting request

unfinished business.

lets round up and get things rollin! see you Sunday. 4th storey classrooms.

Meeting 1

What: To discuss some HR matters
When: Saturday, 29th March
Where: Church, in a 4th storey classroom

be there!

P.O. #003

short and sweet:

1. jQ- finish that edit job by Friday pleeeease so tht we can all take a look at it at the retreat.
2. Brian- ur the only available script writer left, could you do the kidnapping scene for us please?
3. Grace- get well.
4. the rest of us and the script team- pray for the play and for grace to recover quick!