AIC LOOKING FOR YOU AVAILABILITY FOR MAY/JUNE

[Roy Janik]

Howdy!

The AIC is now looking for your availability for Fridays in May and June.

Please read the announcements below, and also answer all the questions (some are new)

***REMINDERS/ANNOUNCEMENTS/NOTES***

* Fulfilling your hosting duties enables you to perform in the next schedule.
* Hosting is required for troupes in 2 or more shows. Hosting is appreciated even if you only have 1 show.
* If you need to swap shows, contact me.
* When hosting, each show needs 4 people.
* If your availability isn't in by the deadline (the 11th), you will not
be scheduled.
* You are responsible for keeping track of when your shows and hosting
nights are.

The dates to keep in mind are:

April 11: deadline for availability to be in
April 16: New schedule distributed.

Please send in your troupe's availability by responding to this e-mail.

***AVAILABLE DATES***

We are seeking availability for the following dates:

MAY 2, 9, 16, 23, 30
JUNE 6, 13, 20, 27

Please try and make your troupe as available as possible. This will make
scheduling dramatically easier.

***INFORMATION TO PROVIDE (with NEW questions)***

Please provide answers to the following questions when replying. Try to
keep the numbered list format intact so that e-mails can be processed as
quickly as possible.

1. Name of troupe
2. Contact's name, phone number, and email
3. Ideally, how many shows would your troupe prefer to be in over the two months.
4. How often does your troupe rehearse?
5. What other shows does your troupe perform in? How often?
6. dates you will be available to perform
7. dates you will be available host.
8. a brief description of the troupe

***FRIDAY SHOW DESCRIPTIONS***

8PM: Threefer Madness, featuring 3 troupes with 25 minutes each
10PM: The Double Barrel, featuring 2 troupes with 40-45 minutes each

***FRIDAY HOSTING DUTIES***

7:30pm-11:45pm

HOSTING IS REQUIRED ONCE FOR EACH LOCAL TROUPE WITH AT LEAST TWO SHOWS
SCHEDULED.

HOST TEAMS will be in the command of Ann (or another stage manager) who
will be present each Friday to supervise and make sure you are keeping
the place clean and functional.

Duties include (for both shows):

* 1 tech booth person
* 1 box office person
* 1 ticket taker
* 1 MC (show host)
* Cleaning the greenroom and theater.
* making sure the shows run smoothly.
* Doing anything else the stage manager asks of you.

***FINALLY***

For the current weekly schedule, head to http://www.austinimprov.com

You can expect an e-mail sent with a complete May/June AIC
schedule no later than April 16th.

Thanks!