So you want to propose to direct or produce a show for CMTS? Here’s how:
Part One: Town Hall Meeting(s)
At this meeting, the board will solicit ideas, suggestions, and opinions about the shows or kind of shows that the community would like to work on or see presented. This feedback will be taken in to consideration during the selection of shows for next semester.
Part Two: Interviews
At this time, we will be interviewing for producers and directors. Anyone interested in producing or directing may come in and interview. Prospective producers and directors may either come in with another person that they want to work with, or individually. You may have a specific show idea or not. Either way is fine! We will talk with everyone about their past experience, their producing/directing philosophies, what show or what kind of show they want to work on, what space they want to work in, who you want to work with etc. We think of this as a two-way discussion. We’re not just interviewing candidates; we’re looking to see what kind of ideas you have and what you think CMTS should do.
Part Three: Selection
The CMTS Board will select two shows and a producer and director for each. UNLESS YOU SPECIFICALLY SAY OTHERWISE, we will NOT: assign you to a different show than the one you proposed, assign you to a show in a style, size, or location that you hate, assign you to work with a producer/director other than the one you proposed with, assign you to work with someone with incompatible skills (ex: both producer and director have absolutely no practical experience, or two people who are creative visionaries without mind to feasability, etc.After selection, the producer and director will be in charge of finding the rest of their production team, either through personal contacts, by holding interviews, or however else they decide to recruit. The CMTS board will help with this part of the process if needed, through advertising, advising, etc.
At the start of next semester, each production will provide to the CMTS board a list of their production team (as complete as possible), a statement of the director’s vision for the show, and a preliminary budget.