Play Reading committee chair
Objectives
The Play Reading committee chair is responsible for proposing suitable plays for the next season.
Appointed by the CHP Board, the Play Reading committee chair recommends a double slate of plays for consideration by the Board.
Typical tasks and tips
- Select remaining members of the Play Reading committee, with Board assistance if necessary.
- TIP: The full committee should consist of at least 3 people.
An odd number is preferred.
- Use the list of plays suggested by members and patrons as a starting point from which to begin, including those plays given as second selections from the previous year.
You are not limited to this list.
- TIP: If the plays are not in the Coach House library, contact the Treasurer.
Refer to the catalogs in our library.
- TIP: It is preferred that each selection should be one which we have not performed in the last ten years.
- Read and rate each play on the designated form.
- TIP: Blank forms are available in the Coach House files.
- Present two selections (your top choice and an alternate in each category) by February 1, for the next production year.
- TIP: Traditionally, the categories are musical, comedy, and drama/mystery.
- Present your selections of all six choices in writing with reasons for each choice.
- TIP: Please do not discuss your final choices beyond the Play Reading committee and the Board of Directors until the Board has made a final decision.
- Before a final decision is made the Board will read and consider your top choices for the season.
Except for reasons of technical and/or artistic difficulty or for noncompliance with the following criteria, the top selection in each category will be approved by the Board.
Criteria:
- Wide audience appeal.
- TIP: Consider known authors, recognizable titles, and, for musicals, songs.
- Artistic merit.
- Staging should be within reasonable technical, artistic, and financial capabilities.
The President or a designated Board member will call the Play Reading committee chair to inform the committee of the Board's final selections.
- After a final decision is made by the Board, those plays suggested, but not selected, are to be listed in a file for use by the next year's committee.
Last revised 2/2/03
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