Maya Ashley Whitaker

• Ran all rehearsals 
  • Scheduled all rehearsals, including tech and performances
  • Called all actors and was the main source of contact for them to the Director
• Problem solved all production related problems
  • This included all COVID restrictions and possible violations 
    • Created a COVID Tracking Sheet that was our daily attendance. We would put down the actors’/guests’ temperature as well as their answer to the Daily COVID screening. 
    • Also Tracked to make sure all actors and crew in rehearsals participated in testing every week per the school’s requirement
  • Worked with Scenic to ensure all props or other hand held products were able to be fully sanitized by crew and safe for hand-offs
  • Created a “Pre-show & Post-show Crew” due to the size of the show. Worked with the Technical & Scenic Departments to pull crew from all aspects of the show to reset the paper wall, and fly in the fabric panels
  • The costume shop was shut down for 10 days due to a positive test
    • Worked with the shop once the shut down was over to make sure all actors were scheduled for fittings and the designer was ready to go into dress rehearsals
  • Lost each assistant for 10 days throughout the process due to exposure quarantines
    • Made up for lack of each assistant on 2 separate occasions. This included completing paperwork for each assistant and making sure they are staying in quarantine and not stressed
  • Had to reschedule all of tech and performances due to Shop Shutdown
    • Due to the costume shop being shut down and one of my assistants being put in quarantine, I had to work with all my production staff and Program faculty to make sure the show would be able to continue to be put on. We pushed the show back a little more than a week and it was my responsibility to reschedule all the tech days and performance times
• Called cues for the show when performances arrived
• This show was fully in person. This included all rehearsals, tech rehearsals, dress rehearsals and all performances were completely put on with everyone in the room and with an audience. 
  • We were safe and were never shut down even after being pushed a week

Director - Sara Holdren

Scenic Designer - Eryn Williams & Jordan Santisteban

Lighting Designer - Preston Shelsta

Sound Designer - Cori Keto

Costume Designer - Adanne Spencer-Johnson

Technical Director - Madison Morrissey 

Choreographer - Nathan Crewe-Kluge

• Co-Production Managed with Briana Padgett
• Was the main point of contact for all 6 Shows
  • This included between Stage Management teams, Design Teams, Directorial Staff, and Purchase Faculty
  • There were 6 different SM teams, Design teams, and directorial staff teams
• Scheduled all Full Festival Production Meetings as well as all tech hours and performances
  • We only had a certain amount of hours for tech for the entire festival. I had to sit down and figure out which show needed more hours than others and who needed less
• Became main COVID Response personnel when multiple actors were put into quarantine
  • This included rescheduling tech hours, and keeping all production staff and actors calm
  • Making sure that the actors’ health was okay as well as making sure the show would continue as planned
  • Prevented mass panic within both the D/T class and the acting class
• Checked in with all shops and made sure products were being delivered to remote actors
• Worked closely with the Purchase Virtual Theatre Team to make sure everyone was communicating effectively 

• Our Director had to suddenly leave our production due to a family emergency. This left us with a new director who needed to be caught up and ready for rehearsals a couple days after getting hired
• We were about 2 weeks into rehearsals when the spread of COVID-19 became global. As a SM team, we needed to adapt daily to news that was given to us everyday. We also needed to make sure we kept panic to a minimum and made all actors and production staff feel safe in the rehearsal room.
• Within about 2 days we went from a full production, to a only faculty production and opening 3 weeks early, to a studio show that would open the next week, to completely cancelled.

• Because the show was cancelled so early on in the process, myself and the other Stage Manager, Caroline Pastore, did not fully get to experience being a first assistant on a show but we did as much as we could
  • I drafted up costume fitting schedules 
  • Caroline and I created a preliminary emergency contact form
  • I was also able to create a Character Scene Breakdown
  • I created the shell of a Entrance Exit plot that was going to be added to once blocking was solidified
    • Unfortunately we did not get that far
• We were also dealing with rehearsal props coming into the space as well as making sure all the sound equipment was safe at the end of each day

• Was in charge of everything having to do with costumes
  • I kept track of all costume fittings and worked with the costume shop when someone was late or didn’t show
  • Assisted my PSM with costume fittings by receiving the schedule from her and then inputting them into the template I had made
  • Created and updated the Character Scene Breakdown and the Entrance Exit Plot for the wardrobe supervisor. This made it easy for them to create a quick change plot and know exactly where each actor would need to be for their change
  • Every actor had more than one costume throughout the entire show so we had to make sure every piece was prepared for every change
  • Kept track of all rehearsal shoes so that the actors could use them during every fight to get used to them. 
• Assisted my SM, Julia Bobbins, in Weapon Up-Keep
  • Responsible for care and handling of 30 weapons; 12 broad swords, a glaive, axes, shields, daggers, and more for many large fight scenes that took place on a multilevel set.
  • This included cleaning and storing every night after rehearsals and performance

Director - Chris McCann

Scenic Designer - Kate Campbell

Lighting Designer - Declan Moore

Costume Designer - Caroline Sacripanti

Technical Director - Dylan Liotti

Sound Designer - Erin Lammie

Production Stage Manager - Sarah Biery

Fight Choreographer - J. Allen Suddeth

• Was in charge of all rehearsal and final costumes. 
  • Worked closely with the costume shop to make sure they were getting everything they needed and that we were getting everything we needed for rehearsals
    • This included shoes, belts, masks, skirts, and pants
  • Created the change plot for the dressers
• Attended every rehearsal and performance and assisted the PSM, Dan Hanson, on anything he needed
• Ran the Deck with the SM, Kate Wellhofer, and followed all of her run sheet sets
• Cleaned and stored all weapons at the end of each performance
• Ran fight Calls with the SM

Director - Laura Gordon

Scenic Designer - Erik Flatmo

Lighting Designer - Kent Dorsey

Costume Designer - B. Modern

Wig Designer - Jessica Carter

Sound Designer - Rody Ortega

Production Stage Manager - Daniel J. Hanson

Fight Choreographer - Dave Maier

• Assisted in taping out the rehearsal room
• Came in to the process during tech to help run backstage
  • This meant printing out signage, hanging the signage, being everywhere the SM, Julia Bobbins, could not be. 
  • Was an extra set of hands to help with any props tracking or room set up

• Set up Dressing Room for Mr. Patinkin to exact requirements stated in the paperwork provided by the PSM
• Tape out path from entrance, to the Microphone, to the piano, to his exit with glow tape
• Make sure all coms are working properly before the start of the performance
• Be an extra helping hand for the stage hands and deck electricians

• Make food runs for everyone on staff
• Make sure the talent knows where to go at any given time
• Be a helping hand whenever necessary

• I was put in charge of making sure all the coms and mics were working correctly throughout the entire event
  • This meant that at the beginning of the day, everyone who needed to pick up, either a com box or a microphone, would come to me and I would test them with the other PAs present to make sure they were working correctly
    • I was wearing a headset at all times to make sure no one was cutting out or having com troubles
  • At the end of the day, the talent and crew members came back to me to drop them off so I could appropriately store them in the road box I was given with all the equipment at the beginning of the day