Appendix H
Production Meeting Notes

The Heiress
Production Meeting Notes
Monday, July 1st ~ 10:30 p.m.

Scenic:

• Catherine will be sitting in the window seat with a hurricane in Act II, scene 2. We need to make sure that the curtains will not catch on fire (either flame-retardant material or placement onstage).
• The mayor will be lending us the chair set for the Sloper chairs!
• The window seat will be 24 inches tall. There needs to be a discussion between Jonathan and Evie about details on how this will look.
• The baseboards will be made out of 2-inch foam stripping and painted.
• The front door will not be seen (for shadow and sound only). So, we’d like a solid door, but it doesn’t have to look any particular way.
• Completed set pieces will be moved into the wings of the theater for Evie to start sketching.
• We will be using Chris’ white writing desk from Lend Me A Tenor.

Costumes:

• Catherine will have a bonnet and gloves to put on in Act II, scene 2.
  • We would like to find or make a reticule for Catherine that will match her dress in II.2.
• We would like a rehearsal jacket for Bob.
  • His jacket is very similar to a blazer. We will ask Bob if he has one he can bring in to start working with. If not, Costumes can have one for us by Sunday.
• Please stretch Bob’s shoes as soon as possible so we can start rehearsing with them.
• We would like hoops and corsets fitted for rehearsal by Saturday.

Lighting:

• We will be having a sound meeting at 12 p.m. on Sunday, 7th.
• Hurricanes are in the rehearsal space; Jen will take some time to work with them and see how much light they will throw.

Sound:

• We will be having a sound meeting at 12 p.m. on Sunday, 7th.
• Rather than getting a doorbell, we would just like a doorknocker and we will adjust the line that refers to a doorbell.

Props:

• To obscure the clock face, we will try to find an ornate Victorian clock face and remove the hands.
  • If this doesn’t work, we can just fog the glass with soap.
• The brandy glasses need to be more ornate.
• For the hurricanes, we will want ones that flare up or are straight cylinders (these are the safest).
• Final prop add date—Sunday, 7th.
• All of the chairs should be armless (the only exception being Dr Sloper’s chair).