First Day

I just had my first meeting with Daniel and Morgan, my fellow intern. I got to sign my contract, pick up my key and shirts, and go over what I'll be working on this summer.

Junior Theatre is doing a traveling Main Stage show of Midsummer Night Dream which I'll get to help on. They are bringing a director in from New York who will arrive in a few weeks to begin rehearsals. I'm looking forward to sitting in on production meetings and see how they work with the addition of webcam to connect to the director in New York. I'm also going to have the opportunity to act as temporary stage manager for the first week or so as the stage manager is unable to start right away.

I will also be working on a lot of outreach and trying to increase publicity for all of the programs. Morgan and I are going to be able to go out into the community at parks and rec events and set up a junior theatre booth. We're going to work to come up with a quick and easy park workshop so that we can lead some games on the spot to show everyone what happens at junior theatre.

The slightly less exciting desk type jobs are still pretty exciting. I'm going to be working on a library of plays and game cards. We'll have to organize and collect all of the different short plays that can be used for class performances. We will also have to come up with a way to effectively organize and catalog game cards so that teachers can quickly and easily find a game that will fit their needs.

My schedule this summer is very flexible and I'll be able to come and go as much as I want. There are classes pretty much constantly going on and I'm excited to sit in and watch so that I can learn effective techniques. I'm also excited for the chance to work at the summer camps and potentially be able to teach at the later weeks in the summer. Daniel is very excited to help Morgan and me create relationships with other professionals that will last past this summer. He has also mentioned hoping that Morgan and I will be able to come back and work for Junior Theatre in the future.

I'm going to start working on the libraries tomorrow and auditions for Midsummer are Tuesday, Friday and Saturday. Most of the schools in the are have their last day on Thursday, so I'm sure next week things will pick up speed and I'll suddenly be very busy. Can't wait!