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[Drama-Committee] RENT
by Ed Leamy 18 Apr '09

18 Apr '09

Hello fine Committee folk.. I strongly agree with the issues raised by Pauric and Conor. Especially Conors last point about people out to make a profit. Which unfortunately seems to be the case. Dont talk about any of this outside of committee emails and meetings. Please. Just dont. John Donnelly wants to fund this himself. He wants to take the "financial risk" and go with it. This is immediately worrying as if this happens, That would put him in total control. Where as before we hired him to work for us, to do the show we had chosen. This situation would unfortunately be quite the contrary. I hate to say it but it seems to be bordering on exploitation. Donnelly needs to come to our committee meeting on Monday for a Q&A session. Maybe at 6 so we can address this first and then move on to other stuff. Ger I think this phone call needs to come from you as chair. I will be talking to him today and I will mention it to him as well. There is a mountain of stuff to ask!.. and as pauric said it seems strange that the committee has not been approached at all. Ticket prices, dates, no. of shows, how this will be publicised (MCDApparently), Belfast seem to be doing it the same time, Do we have the rights or will the Olympia look after it, AIMS, Is it under our banner as DCU Drama.. so many questions need answering and sooner rather than later.. So think of what you can for Monday and Ger will you get onto him? Talk Soon, Ed. -- Ed Leamy #56475051 CAIS2 Class Rep. 08/09 DCU Drama Webmaster 08/09 www.dcudrama.ie RENT Associate Producer 09 www.dcuforrent.com email: ed(a)leamy.net mob: 0872136976 --

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[Drama-Committee] BICS
by Ed Leamy 16 Apr '09

16 Apr '09

Hey All!.. Unfortunately guys we didn't win the BICS. We were one of the closest seconds ever being just 0.5 of a point off the winner. The winner was from trinity debate soc who organized an oscar wilde trial. They were brilliant in fairness to them. take care, Ed. -- Ed Leamy #56475051 CAIS2 Class Rep. 08/09 DCU Drama Webmaster 08/09 www.dcudrama.ie RENT Associate Producer 09 www.dcuforrent.com email: ed(a)leamy.net mob: 0872136976 --

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Re: [Drama-Committee] [Drama] Week 10 Voterama '09!!!!!!!!!!
by Elaine 10 Apr '09

10 Apr '09

Under no circumstances should any society be campaigning on behalf of a student union candidate. Even if the committee unanimously support one candidate over another voting should be a personal choice and the drama committee does not speak on behalf of the whole society and it's extremely inappropriate. ><-- Original Message -- ><Date: Sun, 5 Apr 2009 18:03:33 +0100 ><From: DCU Drama <dcudrama(a)gmail.com> ><To: announce-drama(a)lists.redbrick.dcu.ie ><Subject: [Drama] Week 10 Voterama '09!!!!!!!!!! ><Reply-To: drama(a)redbrick.dcu.ie >< >< ><Good people of Drama >< ><Election fever is over taking the college this week, and it is extremely ><contagious >< ><SU Elections >< ><As one of the biggest societies in the college, Drama have people running ><for ><several positions for the upcoming college year, and the quality of these ><candidates is undeniable. Our candidates are: >< ><Al Keegan (SU President) ><Alan McHale (Vice President-Campaigns and Information) ><Leeann Henghan (Deputy President-Education and Welfare) ><Derwin Brennan (Humanities and Social Science Conveyor) >< ><Two years ago Al was our Technical Officer of the Committee and he is always ><there to lend a hand when work needs to be done. Al is almost always heavily ><involved in the planning for every major event Drama put on, this includes ><organising and building the set for each of Drama's last 3 musicals. >< ><Last year Alan was our Vice-Chairman of the Committee. As Vice-Chairman, ><Alan took on a huge amount of work and responsibility and always handled ><it ><with great poise. He produced our fantastic panto this year which was a ><huge success and he has played a lead in each of our last 3 musicals to ><great distinction. >< ><Leeann has been a great drama member over the last few years, she has been ><involved in several shows (Forbidden, Snowfinger and RENT) which is no mean ><feet ><for any person who is studying nursing! She was also a great help on this ><years and last years Broadway trips taking responsibility when ever we had ><a >< ><medical emergency (and we had several) >< ><In his first year at DCU, Derwin has been active in several societies ><including our own he had a leading part in this years Panto, even though ><he ><didn't say a word! And as anyone who went on the Broadway trip this year ><is ><well aware-the lad can argue is way out of a paper bag! so I have no doubts ><over his abilities to stand up and speak as Humanities and Social Science ><Conveyor. >< ><I am 120% behind each and every candidate and I know that each of them could ><do an outstanding job in these positions. Therefore I implore all, to get ><behind them and vote! Elections take place on Tuesday and Wednesday of Next ><week >< ><Speaking of Voting! We are now in the beginnings of looking out for new ><wannabe Drama Committee Members, the roles in Drama Committee up for grabs ><are: >< ><Chairperson - Top Dog...King Of The Hill......Sexiest Member! :-D This ><position requires huge time commitment and a massive work load but is ><extremely rewarding. ><Vice-Chairperson - Think Chair but with more headaches! Again requires huge ><time commitment and a massive work load, but also must be Chairs right hand ><person and able to communicate well. ><Secretary - The writer. Must organise every meeting and take mins at every ><meeting also. ><Treasurer - Your duty is to guard our GIANT wads of cash. ><Technical Officer - Does exactly what it says on the tin, Light and Sound ><for every show are your babies. ><Sponsorship Officer - You must find people to add to our giant wads of cash. ><External Liaison Officer - Your job is communicate with other Drama ><societies in Ireland i.e Plan ISDA Festival. ><Public Relations Officer - Posters Baby! It's your job to raise the profile ><of the society and enable us to have a presence on campus and publicise all ><our shows throughout the year ><Web Master - You have to mind and update our beautiful website >< ><No matter what your position is, being on the Committee gives you a say in ><whatever Drama does, it is a highly rewarding endeavour that everyone should ><experience at least once! If you require any more information on any of ><these positions, please don't hesitate to send me an email at ><Chair(a)dcudrama.ie >< ><That's All Folks! Get voting Woop! >< ><Gerard Collis ><-- ><www.dcudrama.ie ><_______________________________________________ ><Announce-Drama mailing list ><Announce-Drama(a)lists.redbrick.dcu.ie ><http://lists.redbrick.dcu.ie/mailman/listinfo/announce-drama www.astronomy.ie

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[Drama-Committee] BICS Stuff - supplementary stuff & presentation
by Roibeárd Ó Mhurcú 10 Apr '09

10 Apr '09

Hiyo All, There's a few bits that we need to talk about in advance of BICS next week. *1): How many people are going* DCU will pay for 3 people per event/soc/whatever - that's the latest that I heard. Those 3 will be John Cannon, Ed Leamy and Jenni Tweed, as they are our interview panel. (DIT are paying for me). Now, as many people as want to can go to BICS, but they'll have to *pay 110 quid each* for it - that includes dinner and a night's accommodation in the hotel. I'm looking into seeing if Drama can fully or partially fund extra people to go - so watch this space! Eimear needs to know sooner rather than later who is going so that we can book rooms etc - so Conor, we need an answer on this fairly soon (in terms of funding) - I'd love to see a big crew going to represent RENT, so even if Drama can fund 25 or 50% per person, then I can mail the cast/crew lists and gauge interest. *But this needs to happen SOON.* Like, today. *2): Supplementary Stuff* Roysh, there's a lot of marks going at BICS for the supplementary stuff we send down in support of the application for Best Event. In fact, the application itself only counts for 25%. Eeeek. The breakdown of marks is as follows: 25% Application Form 25% Portfolio/Supplementary Materials 25% Interview 25% Overall Impression BTW, the application has been submitted, and can be viewed at: www.bics.ie Login: dcu_societies Password: SocsDCU (case sensitive) Login and look at "My Previous Nominations" - you can see the past 3 years' worth of nominations there - we're "Best Event - Large College" If there's anything NOT included in the application, TELL ME so that we can figure out how to get it included in the supplementary material.... Speaking of which, here's what we've got so far, material-wise (stuff TBC in *bold*) - Scrapbook - Behind the Scenes DVD from Alan McHale* - does anyone have a copy of The Helix Brochure that features RENT? I cut mine up for the scrapbook...* - Copies of Program, Flyers, Posters & Stickers - *(coming soon) Showreel DVD (10-15 mins) from MPS* - T-Shirts (everyone going should wear them!) - *Can we bring Damien's Santa Costume?* - The Framed "Seasons Of Love" Sheet Music & Photograph that you guys gave me at the Wrap Party (need this back!)* - Cian: you have soft copies of all those brillo photos used in the scrapbook - can we get some more printed (aaargh) and maybe make up picture boards like we did last year for Drama? They were great....We'll need the entire committee on this!* - any other suggestions are more than welcome Supplementary Material needs to be ready by *MONDAY NIGHT* and I'll bring it to Athlone with me on Tuesday morning... * 3): Presentation to other Nominees* This is something new that BICS have come up with for this year. According to the BICS Handbook, this is an opportunity to show the other nominees what RENT is all about - we are invited to make a SHORT (5mins) presentation to the other nominees so that they can get a feel for what DCU Drama and RENT is all about. This can be a powerpoint, or whatever. This is followed by an open discussion - sort of a questions and answers session if you like. *This is not marked by the judges*, it's just an opportunity to share our love of RENT with students from other colleges! I'd suggest a powerpoint presentation, made up of screen grabs, Cian's photos, copies of posters etc, with the interview panel (Ed, Jenni & John) waxing lyrical about the wonderfully fantabulous experience that was RENT. Suggestions on a postcard... *4): Strategy Session & Committee Help* We need to meet and have a BICS strategy session, the sooner rather than later - can you all lemme know when you're available and we'll get this party started! To the DCU Drama Committee - we need your input and help on this one, as many bodies as you can spare, especially if we are gonna make up presentation boards like last year - they're a lot of work! Prozac, Heavy Drugs & Group Hugs Bob -- Roibeárd Ó Mhurcú Mature Student Support Officer Dublin Institute of Technology http://www.dit.ie/study/mature/support "Why is it that our memory is good enough to retain the least triviality that happens to us, and yet not good enough to recollect how often we have told it to the same person?" - Francois de La Rochefoucauld -

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[Drama-Committee] BICS
by Sinead McDonald 09 Apr '09

09 Apr '09

Hey, For those who weren't there (Buggy, Bla, Pauric...) we won best event last night. The application form for the BICS (Board of Irish College Societies for Blaithin who doesn't know!) is due in at two today... So we all need to pull together to get this done! I'm waiting for Bob to send me the username for the website so I can see the application form in full and then let people know what needs to be done. Once I see that I'll let you know what (if at all) people need to do. We're lucky though because the Best Event application is alot less than others. Heres the marking scheme: Best Society Event Marking Scheme ORGANISATION · Number of society members involved in organisation & number of people who participated in the event - 6 marks per judge · Difficulty of organisation - 8 marks per judge · Originality and innovation - 6 marks per judge · Contribution to college life ? 5 marks per judge · Discretionary (overall impression) - 5 marks per judge 30 marks per judge FINANCE · Income & Expenditure submission 5 marks per judge · Elaborate on your success with fundraising and sponsorship and innovation used in this fundraising what % is this of your overall income. 5 marks per judge · Discretionary points (to be awarded for general impression) 5 marks per judge 15 marks per judge PROMOTION & PUBLICITY · Inside College 10 marks per judge · Outside of the College 5 marks per judge · Discretionary points (to be awarded for general impression) 5 marks per judge 20 marks per judge Presentation and Overall Impression · Why do you deserve this award? 10 marks per judge 10 marks per judge TOTAL: 75 marks I'll be in touch! Sinéad McDonald 57416181 CS2 Class Rep Drama Committee Secretary 08/09

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[Drama-Committee] Minutes and Nominations so far
by Sinead McDonald 07 Apr '09

07 Apr '09

Hey Guys Think of people who are leaving, stormtroopers and behind the scenes. Absent: Blaithin, Ed, and Dec. Clearing up dates: -EGM will be Thursday of week 11, the 23rd of April -DADA?s will be Thursday of week 12 - Ger put gave Shay the wrong dates for the 12th Night so it will probably have to be in the Helix in week 12. - Bash will be week 10 on Tuesday and Wednesday in the Venue and the Vagina Monologues will be on Thursday. - The Sound of Disney will be after Bash next Tuesday in the old bar at 9.30. PAURIC needs to clear this up as something may already be booked for the bar. - There will be a directors workshop either week 10 or 11 and Ciaran Grey will come in week 11. AOB: - The Rent DVD is now being edited by Lorcan who is more than half way through so it should be done by latest week 11. - Footage for the Awards has been sent in. There is stuff from Rent, the panto and then other stuff too. A rough draught of the DADA nominees was made. Sinéad McDonald 57416181 CS2 Class Rep Drama Committee Secretary 08/09

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[Drama-Committee] Sound of Disney: Change
by pauric carroll 05 Apr '09

05 Apr '09

Hey Guys, Due to the unbelievable amount of things happening this week, Clubs and Soc.'s, the elections etc etc, it didn't make much sense to put on sound of disney this week. I have had a great deal of interest in this event, one which should be great fun. How do people feel about putting it on next week, charge 2 euro, give profits to some charity Pauric

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[Drama-Committee] Minutes
by Sinead McDonald 02 Apr '09

02 Apr '09

Absent: Pauric and Cian Rent Posters: - Need to tell people to take them down or else we are at risk of being fined. If you see one, take it down. Rent Analysis: - All agreed that the show was a success. We landed on our feet in a lot of cases, which we were extremely lucky about. - Things that need to be improved on are: not going over budget and PR. People need to be told where and when to poster. - Things that worked well: professional director and Vocal Coach. - Suggestions: keep our connections and possibly consider extending the run to the Friday and Saturday night. - We?re owed 60 bags of chips which we will avail of for the DADS?s. The Sound of Disney: - Will take place some Tuesday in the old bar. GER will send an email about it. - Other open-mike style nights will be arranged soon as well like ?whose line? etc. - A lighting workshop will take place soon also. Sports Day: -As Pauric was absent we couldn?t discuss this, but apparently he wants to organise a drama sports day (?) The Vagina Monologues: -WILL take place, week 11 in the Venue. Ciara is going to fill out the outstanding report and any other formalities. BASH!: -All is going well. The first time it will be performed is at ISDA. -Conor needs receipts from Barry for the 100e and 300e payments to ISDA. 12th Night: - All ok, Holly dropped out and they are currently looking for a replacement. Will take place Mon- Weds week 11. Final Video: - Sinead was nominated to do it. Requests that everyone sends her footage that they have. DADA?s: - We will decide nominations etc in next weeks meeting. Need to get a quote for trophies. AOB: - EGM will take place Monday of week 10. - 3 people are running for SU from Drama. They can have 3 drama boards each. GER will mention it in next weeks email. -Rent has been asked to do a performance for Clubs and Socs awards. John is calling two extra rehearsals for it. Sinéad McDonald 57416181 CS2 Class Rep Drama Committee Secretary 08/09

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[Drama-Committee] Those ANTO Awards in full / Signature Sheets / Rehearsals
by RENT 2009 Production Team 01 Apr '09

01 Apr '09

Oh my bloody head. Why did I have to be in work at 9 this morning? (well, 9-ish, at any rate...) Thanks a million to all of you that came out last night - it was a brillo night, full of laughter, the odd tear and some fantastic gifts and awards! Honestly, there was no need - doing RENT was reward enough :) To those that couldn't be there, you were absent, but certainly not forgotten! **distance hug** * *I've attached a PDF of the signature sheets that were passed around last night - there's some heart-warming sentiments on there, and thank you all so much for sharing your thoughts - they'll look great in the scrapbook! Roysh, down to business. We, as you must know by now, have been asked to do a performance for the Clubs & Socs Awards on *Wednesday 8th April* - that's this day week! Eeeek etc! We have been asked to do a big, full-cast, all-singing & dancing number, and the suggestions have so far been: - "Rent" seguing into "I'll Cover You (Reprise)" - "Seasons Of Love" - "Christmas Bells" - a shortened version of "La Vie Boheme" (leaving out the Mimi/Roger bit) >From talking to the cast last night and in the past few days, people aren't pushed on doing two songs, "Seasons Of Love" is too short and "Christmas Bells" is both a little seasonal and a props nightmare. The frontrunner is the edited "La Vie Boheme" - it involves the entire cast, only needs tables & chairs and is a big rollicking number. So would it be safe to say we'll go with that? *Pending John & Kevin's availability*, I'd like to call rehearsals for *this Sunday at 4pm* in the Henry Grattan Building, and another on Monday evening, if necessary - we'll decide that on Sunday. We'll be doing the song to a backing track, and I should have that sorted out for you over the next day or so. It'll be "La Vie Boheme" and "La Vie Boheme B" spliced together, just without the Roger/Mimi bit in the middle. You will be wearing mics, DCU Drama only has 16 of them, so the rest of you will have to SING UP! I'll be in touch to confirm the rehearsals - please consider these AS IMPORTANT AS A DRESS REHEARSAL, as you will be performing to over 400 people on the night. *RENT is nominated for DCU Society Event of the Year - so let's show them why!* I've also added the complete nominations and winners (*in bold*) for this year's ANTO Awards (like the TONYs, only not as posh). Well done to all the nominees and winners! * The "Fame" Award for Best Dancer:* Nominees: - Ciara for "Out Tonight" - Niamh for "Out Tonight" - Sinead for "Out Tonight" - Alan for "Tango Maureen" - Stevi for "Tango Maureen" *- Damien for "Today 4 You"* - Ed Leamy for being "inconspicuous" *The "Meryl Streep" Award for Best Accent:* Nominees: *- Drew Alperin for Benny* *The "Tom Cruise" Award for Worst Accent:* Nominees: *- Ed Leamy for the Oirish Priest* *The "Lifetime AIDS-chievement" Award:* Nominees: *- Alan McHale, for realising his life's ambition at the age of 22, and finally getting to play Mark* - Dave Grimes, for taking part in his 6th DCU Drama Musical - Jenni & Alan, for their 4th year in a row designing the Musical Set - Bob's brown suit, for appearing in its 4th DCU Drama musical - John Cannon, for still being alive *The "Man, You Look Good In Those Leggings/Tight Pants/Virtually Nothing" Award:* Nominees: *- Niamh/Mimi* - Fiona/Maureen - Damien/Angel - Sinead/Dancer - Ciara/Dancer *The "Horticulturalist" Award:* Nominees: - Damien/Angel for "trimming her tree" with drumsticks *- John Cannon for his Christmas Tree design* - Sean/Tom Collins for his "marijuana!" line during "La Vie Boheme" *The "Benjamin Coffin III Award for Selling-Out":* Nominees: - Alan/Mark for selling out to Alex Darling (retracted, so nomination is withdrawn) *- The PR Team for selling out The Helix* *The "Only Straight Guy Playing a Gay Guy" Award:* Nominees: *- Steve Grimes, Alex Darling* *The "Tom Collins Award for most Anti-Establishment activity in the name of RENT":* Nominees: - Bob, for repeatedly spamming over 2500 email addresses - The Set team for stealing so much of the set, and for the illegal packing in of Bob's car *- The Set team for being in the Helix for 14 hours on Saturday, when we'd paid for 2!* *The "John Donnelly" Award for Best Cameo:* Nominees: - Cian for not handing Fiona the microphone *- Jenni for managing to hand Fiona the microphone* - Bob's hip flask full of Jameson on Thursday night - the entire backstage crew during "Seasons of Love" - Ollie the Eyeball on the Christmas Tree *The "Cowbell" Award for Most Annoying Piece of Equipment:* Nominees: - The Projector *- Fiona's mic* - The Snow machine always being juuuuust a little bit late - that string on Barry's guitar for being out of tune on Thursday night * The "Now That's What I Call Versatile" Award:* Nominees: - Ciara, for playing a stripper during "Out Tonight" AND playing Mimi's mother - weird or what! *- Sinead, for playing a stripper, Joanne's mother AND a homeless person!* *(and a cow!)* - Damien, for playing Angel (come on, in fairness) - Holly for playing Mark's mom, and then sitting beside him in "La Vie Boheme", without comment from anyone! - Steve Grimes: "Christmas Bells" Guy, Alex Darling, "Paul" and more... - John Cannon: "Gordon", Hilarious Aggressive Homeless Guy, and many more... - Ed Leamy - only Ed could play a Drug Dealer AND an Oirish Priest *The "Sarah Michelle Gellar & Selma Blair" Award for Best Kiss:* Nominees: - Barry & Niamh - Fiona & Stevi *- Sean & Damien* * The Maureen Johnson Award for most diva-ish moment:* Nominees: - John Donnelly, for his brief but memorable trip to the stage during the matinee - Dave & Kev in the band, for demanding chairs for their guitar amps *- Maeve McQuillan for crying uncontrollably backstage during the finale* - Steve Grimes for refusing to eat his Meatless Balls - The projector, for refusing to work with any laptop except Robin's Prozac, Heavy Drugs & Group Hugs, Bob -- RENT - the DCU Musical 2009 March 2009, The Helix, DCU http://www.dcuforrent.com/tickets.html http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055486907 http://dcuforrent.bebo.com http://www.facebook.com/n/?event.php&eid=53017994817&aref=20839491 http://www.aims.ie/interact_discuss_displaythread.asp?ForumName=Events%20Fo… http://www.aims.ie/interact_discuss_displaythread.asp?ForumName=Chit-Chat&F…

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[Drama-Committee] Drama Boards:
by pauric carroll 27 Mar '09

27 Mar '09

Hey Guys, Just emailing to ask if it is okay for Alan and me to get a lend of a couple of the drama boards for his SU election campaign. Four to three should be perfect. Thanks, Pauric

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