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[Drama-Committee] Week One: Drama Forum/Fame
by DCU Drama 03 Feb '08

03 Feb '08

Hey Guys, We are just back from seeing three fantastic shows in Broadway and we are ready for another action packed semester......but as always we need you. Here's what's in store for you in the following week. *DCU Drama Forum: Monday, 6:30, CG 12 *Interested in getting involved in DCU Drama but don't know where to start, then this is the perfect place for you to begin.At this meeting we will be discussing the projects we have in store for the coming year and also giving advice to those who wish to audition or get involved in our numerous shows. So whether you are a newbie, a drama whore or just a random stranger with no here else to go, come one, come all. Also at this meeting we shall be selling Drama Hoodies for 35 euro and clubs and Soc's Calendars for only 10 euro!!! PS We will also be heading down to the Slipper for drinks afterwards. *Auditions: *Auditions will be taking place over the course of next week, here are there time and places. Fame:The DCU Musical: Tuesday 6-8, Wednesday 2-8, Thursday 6-8 CG The flagship show of the year, Fame: The DCU Musical, is set to be one of the biggest student events in all of Ireland.If you are interested in singing, dancing ,acting or a pleasant mixture of all three, this show is for you!! This is a chance to perform an amazing show, in one of the biggest and best venues in Ireland, The Helix. With numerous roles on offer,this is the perfect excuse to throw on your leg warmers,squeeze into those leotards and get ready for one of the best experiences of the year by auditioning for Fame: The DCU Musical. Auditions for Snow White/The theory of everything and Forbidden will be taking place in CG 1-3 at the same times as Fame. Best of luck guys. Pauric Carroll DCU Drama Chair -- www.dcudrama.ie

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[Drama-Committee] Anything for the agenda?
by Susan Bourke 03 Feb '08

03 Feb '08

Hey guys, Sorry I'm sending this kinda late. Committee meeting tomorrow evening at 7:30pm (after drama forum at 6:30pm), if you have anything for the agenda please send it on! Susan :-)

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[Drama-Committee] First minutes of the new year
by Susan Bourke 26 Jan '08

26 Jan '08

Hey guys, Here are the minutes from yesterday's meeting. Please take a look at the to-do stuff (the bits in bold), so you know what you have to do before the next meeting. See you all bright and early Monday morning, woo! Susan :-) DCU DRAMA COMMITTEE MEETING * * *Agenda: **Friday, January 25th, 2008*** * * * * - Ratification of last meeting's minutes - Any matters arising from the minutes - Musical update - Sponsorship - Next semester - Monday Week 1 - Rag Week - Workshops - Website - Yearbook/CD - Broadway, role of committee - Committee meal - Trip away - AOB *Musical update:* - tech has been sorted and is under budget - about 50% of the set has been sorted and it will also be under budget - choreographers have been chosen: Riona Flood and Phoebe Shannon - they're students so they're free - vocal director has been chosen: Eadaoin Kelly - costing €1100 - band director has been chosen: Andrew Grafton, 3rd year music student in Dundalk, friend of John's, has done Grease and Guys and Dolls - free, except for his costs which will be about €300 - auditions: Week 1, Tuesday 6pm-8pm, Wednesday 2pm-8pm, Thursday 6pm-8pm, CG01, CG02, CG03 - John will book the rooms if they haven't already been booked - Steve, John and Eadaoin in one room, Riona and Phoebe in another room - callbacks: Week 2, Monday and Tuesday or Tuesday and Wednesday (depending on whether there is an extra audition day on the Monday) - start rehearsals by end of Week 2 - PRO has been chosen: Niamh Maher - has an eight week plan - posters for auditions to be up around campus by beginning of Week 1 - posters for the musical to be up around Dublin by first few weeks of semester - we can put up posters but they might be taken down - we will only be fined if we leave them up 7 days after the event is over - radio advertising to start Week 4: NewsTalk, East Coast Radio, FM104 - TV advertising to start Week 5: Niamh has a contact in RTÉ - fliering in town: Weeks 6, 7, 8 - advertising in the Metro and other papers: Week 9 - the scripts have arrived - the contract with the Helix has been signed - get in will be on the Monday, anytime from 2pm to 11pm - shows: Tuesday 8pm, Wednesday 8pm, Thursday 6pm and 8:30pm - get out will be on the Thursday night after the last show - two shows on the Thursday might be difficult for the cast but it can't be changed now, it's already being advertised - maybe get a school in for the 6pm show, could do a workshop beforehand, but would have to look into health and safety - bus will be organised to bring everyone to the after-show party - looking to speak to Lyndsey Fay or Joey Kavanagh for cast manager - looking to speak to Roisin Cooper or Pauric for stage manager *Sponsorship:* - Pauric is looking after sponsorship for the musical, getting a team together - stretch target €10,000, minimum target €5,000 - Pauric's main task is to get a title sponsor, like AIB or Bank of Ireland - anyone with contacts should forward them on to Pauric - AIB sponsored the panto €1000, but we didn't use it so we can put it into the musical instead - maybe DCU Drama could put a certain amount of money towards the musical rather than simply bail it out at the end *- Jenni to check if the society can afford to sponsor the musical* *Next semester:* - Week 1: auditions - Week 2: nothing (so far) - Week 3: Rag Week - Week 4: Romeo and Juliet, Vagina Monologues - Week 5: Snow White, Disco Pigs, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday - Week 6: Conor's play - Week 7: Reading Week - Week 8: Alan Flanagan's play, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, ISDAs - Week 9: Fame, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday - Week 10: Robin's play, AGM, Clubs and Socs Awards - Week 11: Variety Show, Tuesday, BICS, Thursday - Week 12: DADAs *- Declan to produce the Variety Show* *Monday Week 1:* - Pauric's idea of a forum for the members to explain the roles in the musical and other plays coming up - have it at 6:30pm, before committee meeting *- Pauric to contact the directors involved* - can sell hoodies at the forum too *Rag Week:* - Week 3 - definitely do Drown Drama - maybe have busking/face painting/balloon animals/chocolate apples in the Hub or Street as well - do both events on the Tuesday evening *- Fiona to contact people to do the busking* - aim to raise €500 *Workshops:* - try to have one every week this semester *- Yvonne to contact Ciaran Gray to do a workshop in Week 2* - also Liam Halligan, Aisling O'Flanagan, Ian Coppinger, Jay Fallon - maybe organise seminars for people who want to know more about the theory of drama like script writing, directing, producing, stage rules, etc. - use the forum on Monday of Week 1 as the first seminar, talking about auditions *Website:* - photos to be uploaded from Catherine *- Conor to get them up before Broadway* *- Conor to get an image of a poster for each show up on the home page and a list of shows that are happening* *- Conor to include a link to the Fame website on the side* *Yearbook/CD:* - the yearbook is a really good idea - drama CD: compilation of songs that people have performed during the year *- Declan to ask John McKeown if he would record the CD in the radio studio* *Broadway, role of committee:* - team leaders: Declan, Yvonne, Fiona, Pauric - committee must take on extra responsibility while on the trip - get people through the gates in the airport as quickly as possible - get people to the shows on time, committee need to be meeting in the lobby early to show a good example - make a special effort with the newer people - Pauric has a copy of the itinerary for everyone - rooms in the hostel: two rooms of 8 (mixed), two rooms of 12 (one for boys, one for girls) - Mustang Harry's on Monday night - ice skating on Tuesday morning *Committee meal:* - 8pm, Sunday, February 10th - funded by money from Open Day, €100, and money from Arts Week, €125 - €225 for the meal, committee will have to pitch in a little - venue: Little Caesar's near the Westbury *- Fiona to book for ten people* *Trip away:* - a trip to the West End? - after the musical, maybe the weekend of Week 9 - bring about twenty people, with first preference to those who didn't go on the Broadway trip - we would get funding for tickets at least - fly over Friday, see a show Saturday, come back Sunday, or just go for the day and see a matinee - too much on top of Broadway, committee probably wouldn't be able to go so there would be no one there to organise everything *AOB:* - Campus blurb - Drama's back with a bang - everyone had a great time in Broadway - forum on Monday, auditions on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday - auditions in Henry Grattan Building for Fame and other shows *Next meeting: **7:30pm**, **Monday, February 4th, 2008***

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[Drama-Committee] First meeting of 2008
by Susan Bourke 18 Jan '08

18 Jan '08

Hey guys! Hope you all had a good Christmas and New Year, and that the assignments/exams went/are going well! I'm just emailing to remind ye that we have a drama meeting scheduled for next Friday, January 25th. We originally said 5pm, but I was hoping to maybe push it a little earlier to 1pm. Does that suit everyone okay? Please get back to me to let me know you can make it! Susan :-)

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[Drama-Committee] Brendans Play
by DCU Drama 03 Jan '08

03 Jan '08

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: pauric carroll <pantocity(a)gmail.com> Date: Dec 31, 2007 3:11 PM Subject: Fwd: Super Awesome Amazing Top Secret Scripty Goodness To: DCU Drama <dcudrama(a)gmail.com> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: pauric carroll <pantocity(a)gmail.com> Date: 19 Dec 2007 21:28 Subject: Fwd: Super Awesome Amazing Top Secret Scripty Goodness To: Drama Committee <Drama-Committee(a)lists.redbrick.dcu.ie> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Brendan O' Rourke <brendan.orourke8(a)mail.dcu.ie > Date: 19 Dec 2007 17:42 Subject: Super Awesome Amazing Top Secret Scripty Goodness To: pantocity(a)gmail.com AND.... finally! -- www.dcudrama.ie

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[Drama-Committee] X-mas Cheer...
by DCU Drama 29 Dec '07

29 Dec '07

Heyup Guys, As i sit here in Cavan,with nawt to do but consume everything before me, i have been thinking about the fanatsic first semester we have just had...from fabtastic freshers to intervarsity wins, from open days to panto,to the manicness of arts week,it really has been just amazing...so thank you all for all the hard work you have put in. I am really excited about next semester already and i hope you are all too....sorry for being a bit mushy but just with this extra time to think i realise how great our committee is. So well done again guys and i can't wait to see ya's in the New Year:) P-Dawg DCU Drama Chair -- www.dcudrama.ie

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[Drama-Committee] Liana's Play
by Conor Lynch 11 Dec '07

11 Dec '07

Hey Guys, Liana asked me to send the committee the details of a play she's directing. It's on tonight and on Thursday at 7.30pm in St Michael and John's in Temple Bar (take a right at the Czech Inn to get there). If anyone wants to come along, apparently if we tell her we're coming in advance she might be able to get decent ticket prices. Conor _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself with 30 FREE Emoticons for your Windows Live Messenger! http://get.live.com

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[Drama-Committee] Really short minutes, woo hoo!
by Susan Bourke 10 Dec '07

10 Dec '07

Here they are. It's mind-boggling how short they are! Susan :-) DCU DRAMA COMMITTEE MEETING * * *Agenda: **Monday, December 10th, 2007*** * * * * - Ratification of last meeting's minutes - Any matters arising from the minutes - Raffle money from panto - Broadway shows - Broadway itinerary - Equipment room clean-out - AOB *Absent:* Conor, Marian *Raffle money from panto:* - we raised €50 from the raffle at the panto on Wednesday night - we will give it to Rag Week because we gave one euro of every ticket sold to SVP *- Jenni to write the cheque* *Broadway shows:* - we will be going to Wicked on the Thursday - Spelling Bee and Les Mis are going to be off Broadway when we're there - we can't go to Spring Awakening because they don't have enough student tickets - possible shows to go to: Avenue Q, Chicago, Grease, Hairspray, Legally Blonde, Spamalot, Phantom of the Opera, The Color Purple - definite choice: Phantom of the Opera on the Wednesday - definite choice: Hairspray on the Tuesday *- Pauric, Alan and Jenni to finish booking the shows at **3pm** on Tuesday* *- Pauric to talk to Joey about paying for the tickets* *Broadway itinerary:* - the itinerary is nearly done, apart from the shows *- Pauric to finish it off before Wednesday* - we will have a Broadway meeting at 2pm on Wednesday to go through the itinerary with everyone *- Susan to email out about this meeting* - proposal to have four committee members to look after ten people each while we're in New York - Pauric, Declan, Yvonne and Fiona volunteered to do this - Laura Moore can't go to Broadway so Stephen Grimes is next on the list *Equipment room clean-out:* - didn't happen this morning because we didn't have the key *- Pauric and Declan to sort it out on Wednesday after the Broadway meeting* *AOB:* - Rag Week meeting: each society needs to raise €200, go to Joey if we need any help - Scrooge: everyone's welcome to come along at 4:30pm on Thursday *- Susan to send on a blurb to Pauric for the announce drama* * * *Next meeting: **5pm**, **Friday, January 25th, 2008***

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[Drama-Committee] Week 12: The End..............:(
by DCU Drama 10 Dec '07

10 Dec '07

Heyup Guys, Just a quick word of thanks to all of you who got involved in drama this semester, from orientation workshops to panto last week, it really has been a rollercoaster. I hope you all enjoyed the semester as much as we the committee did and remember it really is a game of two halfs, so if you have yet to do anything with drama or you feel like you want to get involved, we will be having a lot more coming, so watch your emails....... However just because it is week 12 doesn't mean that drama is finished yet...... Scrooge:Thursday/4:30pm/Venue Twelve students from CS3 will be performing a modern take on Scrooge: A Christmas Carol this Thursday 13th at 4:30pm in the Venue. The play is only about 25 minutes long, and tells the heart-warming story of how the happiness of Christmas was brought back into Scrooge's life. It would be great if you could spare some time to come along to the show, it's not a DCU Drama production but features some veteran drama heads and is a nice bit of entertainment that will get you in the Christmassy mood! Hopefully see you there! Auditions:Tuesday 6-8 and Wednesday 2-6 CG01 Our very own Connor Lynch has written a play, which will be happening in semester two. A fairy tale comedy, i would recommend you all audition for it, as it is set to be a hilarious sendup of the traditional stories. Enjoy you're holidays communications students and to the rest of ya don't study too hard:P Pauric Carroll DCU Drama Chair 2007/2008

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[Drama-Committee] Good news!
by Susan Bourke 07 Dec '07

07 Dec '07

We got €125 for Arts Week, woo hoo! Go team! Oh, and anything for Monday night's agenda? Susan :-)

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