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Director's Checklist for Mini-productions

• Send program information to appointed program chair at least a week before the meeting.
• Whenever you meet with others, send the details (number of attendees, length of meeting, date) to the membership chair.
• Form a clear idea of what technical assets will be needed for your production. This includes set, props on loan from the Association, audio, lighting, special effects, multimedia.
  • These must be communicated to the production chair in a timely manner. The Room Request is due a week before the production. That means the production chair must have the information more than a week in advance.
  • Arrangements for technical personnel must be made.
    • Who is supposed to do it is unclear. It's either the director or the production chair.
    • It seems simpler for the director to directly contact the audio team or the lighting team. If not, a clear statement of the requirements must be forwarded to the production chair well in advance.
    • Keep in mind that technical personnel may not be available on short notice.
• When you arrange for rights, include a request for video rights. The following language has been successful: 

  The Sun City City (Hilton Head) Community Theatre will produce the following (as play readings) on February 9th:

  • "Gin and Tonic"

  • "Waiting for Dr. Hamlett"

  Both will be presented to our theatre membership at our monthly meeting; no admission will be charged.

  The performances will be videotaped with the intent of rebroadcasting them over an internal TV channel which is for the exclusive use of our Sun City Hilton Head residents.

  Please advise as to whether we incur any royalty obligations or whether there are any videotaping restrictions (there will be no sale of videos).

  Possible revisions to this include emphasis that it is cable-casting and emphasis that the cable audience is reached only via fiber cable within our active adult retirement community.

Revised: February 07, 2006.