Post-Dialogue Notes

April 25, 2008

PCN POST-DIALOGUE Notes

PLUS	DELTA w/SUGGESTIONS	Other Comments
Short show, efficient Meaning of the show Connections Community interaction Letter Camaraderie Theme as a process AFTERPARTY WAS CRACKA-LACKIN!!! PAAwesome response Participants taking initiative Pauley Ballroom Writing/Scripts Story Arc PCN BAND! Show appealed to all generations, ALL PEOPLES. People wanting to get more involved in the community All-Casts potlucks, musical entertainment People outside Filipino community getting involved Support for PCN bill and other bills Support from other communities Pillow fight! Avoiding technical difficulties Ending, Isang Bagsak SEXY programs Community dinner Maintained good relations with Zellerbach peeps Veteran’s Equity Bill All-casts structure Meaning and content of skits Photography!!! PCN production class PCN Blog Stage ninjas Tabling during all-casts Development of the show—PAAwesome Set crew Good content during pre-show Pil-orgs tabling outside of Zellerbach Awaken movement art Super producers!!! Sproul performance Effective leadership Badass shirts GLAD TO BE TRAD! Professional production Study rooms Program pictures Tickets at PAA table PCN finance Publicity All-casts workshops Mid-process dialogue PCN design teams Departmentalization of components, developing leadership Producers listened to the community Blending of components Keeping PCN alive: “What do you care?” Learning process Rondalla!!! Pirates Ticket selling Presentation during Senate Free food at PCN PCN Alumni involvement Intertwineyness THE BEST PCN EEVVAAAARRR!!!	Bigger venue for community dinner Two stage managers More assistants to the stage manager People keeping track of their belongings, lost and found box Starting all-casts earlier in the semester More sets, borrow from other culture shows Understanding group dynamics Joint tickets with VSA Start show later in the day, more tech time More people at post-dialogue Earlier date for PCN More choir involvement More band involvement No all-cast on the day of Cal Day Punctuality Individual practices—skits all in one day, dances in the next Keep track of people People manager Tech workshops for heads and writers Show etiquette workshops PCN historian, documenting entire process Providing constant feedback Recorded videos of skits More affirmations from heads Tech heads Donations made during all-casts PCN in the fall, more community service possibilities PCN banner PCN band concert for participants Giant work night for props and costumes Clean-up after show and all-casts Reminders and emails sent out earlier Sell the shirts for profit during dinner Knowing all about Zellerbach tech Assign each components with clean-up responsibilities Online tickets How to run a production: the decal! Tape dimensions of stage for all-casts Microphones Keeping things simple for smoother transitions Something to do after PCN—potluck! Mock tech rehearsals Reserved seating Ushers set up reserved seating Program proof More all-casts Earlier try-outs Allocate money to PCN band More business sponsors Montages Keep blogging Producers’ blog, heads’ blog, community blog Research in how to play instruments Preparing mini-heads More trad heads PAA trad group Trad decal More training for trad dances Organized/mandatory trips to see other PCNs Shirt, DVD, ticket packages Heads mid-process retreat Keep track of content in PCNs References for future heads Maintain ties with PCN alumni Remedies to PCN withdrawal More components PCN DVDs in community resource center Ask for midterm schedules Prioritize time More information for newcomers People within components checking up on each other More interaction between heads and component members Giving component members creative freedom during process Making it as inclusive as possible Meet with acting heads to learn coaching techniques More acting excercises Person in charge of lost and found Deadlines for choreography, skits, music Deadlines for music, scripts, choreography sent out for practice Less cliquey lunches Should have a stage manager’s assistant that isn’t in any part of the show Have more Tagalog People had multiple practices at the same time Have CDs for the videos earlier A way to keep people accountable to blogs	PCN soundtrack!!! Dance tutorials on DVD PCN documentary Alternate endings on DVD Integrate Filipino folklore Additional issues about the Philippines Life in the Philippines during World War II Publicity day, raising awareness on campus Promote more unity PCN was a coalition building tool Have more opportunities for cast to share their personal stories related to what’s in the show Way to transition knowledge of PCN, i.e. from heads each year Be careful to not have components/do events/things just for the sake of having them