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- Be at auditions. You sit in the room with the director and help him or her keep track of people and make decisions.
- Help the director decide a cast after auditions/callbacks. In addition to raw ability, you will want to take into account reliability and availability.
- Call people once you've decided on a cast. Do this strategically in case people reject roles.
- When you call people...
- You can offer them an hour to decide.
- Once they accept, tell them when readthrough is.
- Double-check that they don't have conflicts with show dates (especially first day of spring break, for the spring show).
Actor Management
- At readthrough, remind actors about tech week and strike, and get them to check for conflicts.
- Get actors out of any show conflicts (tests during tech week).
- Replace actors should they decline their parts.
Production Staff
Finding a good production staff is the most important thing you will do as Producer. Email town-crier, then spam campus. Think very carefully about your decisions. If you want advice, speak to the officers. A good production staff makes a stress-free show. When working with new dartes, you may will either need to assign them as assistants or give them a full position with a mentor. If they show motivation and willingness, you should definitely give them the full position. Meet with all production staff - be sure they understand the calendar and what is expected of them. Go over the contract with all members of the production team at the first meeting.
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