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The typical year of recruitment events, listed in rough chronological order, for the past few years has been as follows, but feel free to mix it up!
REX: Activities Midway, 24 Hour Show, Activities Midway, Theater Arts Open House
IAP: 24 Hour Show
CPW: Scene Night, Activities Midway, Theater Games, To Be or Not to Be, Theater Games, Activities Midway, Scene Night
Remember: delegate! You don't have to manage every aspect of every one of these events yourself. Think of yourself as more of a mini-Producer/Pub Man.
During REX and CPW, you can use a spreadsheet like this one so that others can sign up to help out at non-performance events. Be sure to send this out a couple of weeks in advance and bump it consistently; also, keep in mind that conflicts may arise for people who initially signed up may have to drop out, as both REX and CPW can be quite busy for some folks.
24 Hour Show
(to be completed)
Scene Night
(to be completed)
Activities Midway
Be sure to sign up for this on time to ensure that the Ensemble gets a table. One table will do. Ask to be near other theater groups, such as the Musical Theater Guild, Roadkill Buffet, and E33 Productions.
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Set up an interest form, and bring laptops so that people can fill it out! During REX, include a poll so that prefrosh can vote for their favorite title. (to be completed)In fact, it may be wise to advertise the form as "Help pick our title for the 24 Hour Show!" before it is revealed to them that the form they are filling out is actually an interest form.) The form might look something like this. Afterward, remember to go back and collect the emails to put on an Ensemble interest list. Interest lists from each year live in ensemble-interest@; add emails from the specific year to ensemble-interest-[year]@ (if this does not yet exist, make it!) and ensure that ensemble-interest-[year]@ is added to ensemble-interest@. (Remember to make ensemble-request@ the owner of any list you make!). During REX, make a note of the people interested in helping out with tech; see below.
Bring silly hats! It's traditional.
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Talk to prefrosh! Some things to emphasize are that we are a community of largely undergraduates who alternate hiring outside directors and having our own members and alums direct shows.
24 Hour Show
(to be completed)
Scene Night
(to be completed)
Theater Arts Open House
(to be completed)
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This is an hour-long event, usually head in the afternoon. Be sure to reserve a classroom for the period, leaving time for setup and clean up. It is suggested that at least two people who are comfortable with leading theater games run this event. Draw on usual Warm-Up and Morale games for inspiration. Consider separating the frosh prefrosh into two groups if the number of people who show up become unwieldy. Bring cards to advertise your other events and the Ensemble at large!
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