MARATHON COMMUNITY THEATRE

Board of Directors

29 January 2002

The meeting was called to order by the President, Jane Madden, at 5:32 pm in the Gallery of the Playhouse.

Present: all board members except Heidi Ferrell and Riet Steinmetz, both of whom were excused.

The agenda was approve and the December minutes were approved as distributed.

PLAY READING: 1)Ann reported on the problems arising with choosing a musical with Jill Turcotte as director. Ann moved and Bert seconded that the musical, The Music Man, directed by Jill Turcotte, be in the second slot opening Jan. 9^th, 2003. There was a lengthy discussion of all of the conflicts and problems opening that soon after the holidays and the motion was defeated. 2) Proposed changes in summer reading schedule - directors workshop culminating in production of Queen of Bingo. It was moved and seconded to accept the proposed change. Motion passed. 3) We have no director for On Golden Pond. We received a resume from Meredith Kline. Moved and seconded to ask her to direct the reading of On Golden Pond. Motion passed. Ann will work on the details.

NEW BUSINESS: Rita brought up the problem we have in organizing set construction and strikes, often “reinventing the wheel” for each show. She suggested hiring a technical director to organize the entire season’s set building and strikes; create a standard set of flats for a box set; create a system for platforms; connect one show to the next for better, more efficient use of volunteers; etc. etc. etc. Dan Gallagher is interested and has the skills. It was moved and seconded to move forward with the proposal and develop a job description defining responsibility and authority, hours, etc. Motion passed.

GENERAL MANAGER: A complete written report was distributed to all board members. Highlights: 1)call to artists to participate in a contest to paint a scene of our auditorium to use on the cover of our brochure next year. Bonnie asked for a motion and it was moved and seconded to proceed with this project. Motion passed. 2) Update on Home Depot charging situation. 3) Box office - 840total tickets sold for I Hate Hamlet. Average attendance is over 100/show. 4) No newspaper reviewer this year. Lots of discussion of possible reviewers . Looking for suggestions. 5) Update on grants - Tropical Tappers funded to cover travel and a new boom box. Congrats. 6) Art show reception is Sunday 3/5 at 7:30pm

OLD BUSINESS: George W. Suggested to Bonnie that she put Symphony of the Americas in touch with the other organizations here since we are not able to sponsor them due to scheduling conflicts.

Multiple people left for rehearsal.

Back to GEN. MGR: 7) ASCAP re: licenses - see report; 8) Drama Club-Sheila, Riet and Hillary - working on budget and fund raising. 9) Sheila will be bringing a new proposal to the board.

NOMINATING COM: Check folders for update.

CHORUS: Kathryn R. reported they are doing well. Garden Club performances on 2/19 & 2/26. She is uncomfortable plugging other MCT productions as part of her performance and wants someone else to do it separately, especially since our chorus is performing at a non MCT event. If the Garden Club is willing to have someone say a few words, great.

GOOD OF THE ORDER: Our sympathy to the family of Janet Adams; Best wishes and a quick recovery to Ray DeMarco and Ward Saylor. The next Board meeting is February 26^th at 5:30 pm.

There being no quorum and no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 6:45 pm.

Claudia McEwen, Rec. Sec.