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You can get this drop poster space by reserving it through CAC here.
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Facebook advertising is super important. Ask request for access to the facebook page if you don't have it already. Next, make an event for the show. The pub designer should make a banner for use on the FB ad (can also be used for emails). You can see older events on the page as a template.
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Go to the LSC website to get specs for slide design and give these to the designer. Send an email to LSC asking for an swap, projecting our ad for two weekends in return for a full program page ad. They used to give us inserts, but recently they've switched to just having their ad as part of the program. The slide is a full color digital file.
Infinite Display
We have not done this in a while. We should probably use this tho. Measure pub man, do this. Then delete this line. Love Mary.
Infinite Display control the projectors in the Student Center, Stata, and the Infinite. They don't usually do ad swaps, but it might not be a bad idea to ask them for one anyway. Look at their slide for specs. It should be a full color widescreeen image. Student groups get 3 days of free Infinite Display space per semester. See here for details. It's only $15/day – we should probably start doing this again.
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Go through the internet and find various boston-area theatre departments at different schools, also boston-area community theatres, professional theatres, whatever. no need to spam them continually, one publicity email should probably suffice. just try to get it out to people. high school theatre and literature teachers are good targets, too, because sometimes they bring their whole class on a field trip. what i've done in the past is send one email to boston area theatre people, and one specially written email to boston-area teachers, inviting them to bring their classes of students to see our play. if you want to do that, you should do it in the beginning of the semester, because field trips take a while to organize.
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This is probably best done by someone in the Ensemble, who would have the time to take a lot of pictures.
However, if you'd like, contact Contact both The Tech and Technique (costs money, plus they might not respond) to have someone take pictures. They need to be warned ahead of time and told that they should come for the final dress rehearsal. It is too distracting to have them take pictures during a show, this should be avoided at all costs.
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Ticket reservations should be up prior to auditionsabout a month before the show starts. Information on how to put up ticket reservations can be found here.
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The appropriate authorities should be contacted for permission in performing in the areas selected, especially if you're planning on doing something that could be misinterpreted as dangerous (like stabbing Caesar on the steps of 77 Mass Ave in broad daylight). Usually, this will involve emailing the CAC a lot and scheduling a time to meet with the manager on duty to discuss reservations. You should generally expect a bit of administrative lag and should begin contact with them well in advance of your proposed stunt date. Things will start moving a bit rapidly the closer you get to the stunt date so you should prepare to visit the CAC office a lot during the week of the stunt to ensure that they haven't forgotten about you (they'll tend to do that!).
Organization of
This will vary depending on the show. First pick out the spaces and reserve them. If it's anything abnormal (sound systems, fighting, FAKE weapons, etc...) contact Chris Nayler for an ok and possibly the police. Just avoid knives, they make life difficult. Do all the reservations several months before the show opens and all the okay's about a month before the show opens. Note: the Info Center is in charge of Lobby 7. They may hate us and may not lend us their space again. Lobby 7 steps seem to be public domain though (but I'm not sure about this). Maybe that space will work better. Remember to discuss which spaces are available for the type of scene that you want to do and which spaces are closed off for a stunt with the CAC. If you're going to be doing anything regarding loud noises, you're going to have to do an audio test with a CAC manager on duty to make sure you're not bothering anyone in the general vicinity.
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