Costume Committee Meeting
8/29/25, 4:00pm, Sun Shadows
Present:
Trish McKinzie, Chair, J.J. Barker, Francine Bauer, Sandra Berry, Lida Derrin, Jeanie Doane, Victoria Ochoa
J.J. reported that she received the pearl necklaces for Take Back Your Mink and will attach the magnetic closures to each and hand them out to the dancers. She found a slip alternative to the one previously chosen and will order one to show us. We will decide on which one at our next meeting. J.J. also said she would order a different wrap dress as the last one would not work for everyone. We all agreed that if this next dress isn’t acceptable, then we will go with a satin sheet Victoria found that we could easily make into a take-away dress.
Trish has told both Joel (Havana waiter) and John (Nathan) they could wear one of Sandra’s vests, and the committee also agreed that John could also wear a top hat for the wedding scene. Trish will let John know, and Sandra will bring the items to the next meeting. Trish will check with Joann to see if the red carnations needed for the crapshooters falls under “props”.
Next meeting date to be determined after dress and slip are received.
Submitted by,
Trish McKinzie, Chair
Costume Committee
SOCIAL COMMITTEE
The Social Committee met Tuesday November 4, 2025 at 10:30am.
Present were Victoria Ochoa, Chair, Henry Ochoa and Kim Fannin
Discussions included the following topic
—Holiday Party. December 22 at DV Room 5 , 5-8 pm
Party Theme: Holiday Pajamas!
$15 cost to Members
Plus ones are 30$
Catered party
Bring a $10 unisex gift to exchange
Music provided by Joe Buonanno
RSVP to Kim with Payment by Nov 30
Respectfully submitted,
MEMBERS COMMITTEE
Member’s Committee meeting 9/8/25 at 4 pm at the Summit Restaurant. Attending were Denise, Eileen, Marla and Nancy.
PLAY COMMITTEE – Play Submission forms in FORMS post
Play Committee Meeting Agenda
January 27, 2025
1:00 p.m.
(Committee Members (Committee) present – Happy Buonanno, Doris Noon, Paul Beilman, Trish McKinzie, John Mura. Absent – Marla Lagatutta, Barbra Dunn; Guest – Neal Kirshner, Theatre Club President)
- Welcome – Happy welcomed Committee members to the meeting. Happy created and presented the agenda, Committee Responsibilities document, play budget, and Play Committee Worksheet for review.
- Minutes Discussion
- Responsibility – Happy explained to the Committee that anything the committee works on will need to be shared with the Theatre Board (Board). The Committee agreed the best way in doing this was through Committee Meeting Minutes. Doris and Happy volunteered to complete these minutes. They will be shared with the Committee prior to being sent to the Board.
- Board Reports/Reporting – The Committee discussed providing minutes to the Board and all were in agreement to send the minutes to the Board to keep them apprised of the committee’s activities. Doris Noon will take minutes, forward to Happy Buonanno for review and edit, and Happy will forward to Theatre Club Communications Director, Kim Fannin. This will be completed after the Committee has a chance to review them for any comments/corrections/etc.
- Schedule Meeting(s) – The Committee discussed meeting dates and times. It was decided that Mondays would work best based on the majority of the Committee present. A time of 9:00 am was also agreed upon. Happy indicated she would schedule a separate meeting as soon as she received the approved director(s) from the Board. Happy explained this would be an exception to the monthly Monday meetings as the committee is a bit behind in getting the next play reviews going. Happy indicated that the committee is waiting on the Board to approve the director(s) for the next play, and this is why it is causing the delay.
- Responsibilities of Play Committee – The Committee reviewed the draft Play Committee Responsibility document received from the Board and no changes were recommended at this time.
- Review of Play Committee Worksheet (Worksheet) – A quick review of the worksheet was completed in the meeting. Happy asked that all members take a closer look at the worksheet after the meeting and let her know if there were any recommended changes or questions. Happy stated that any changes to the Worksheet would need Board approval.
- Review and Discussion of 2025 budget (for Fall production) – Happy went over the proposed budget received from the Board. She explained that the Committee only needs to be familiar with the following expenses (costs) when plays are being reviewed:
- Licensing
- Music Licensing
- Scripts
- Director Discussion – The committee discussed how the process works in play selections. Happy explained that board-approved directors will present their recommended plays to the committee and the committee will also provide the director(s) with their recommendations to see if the director would be interested in directing one of the play committee recommendations. Happy further explained that every play discussed should have the Worksheet completed. For director-completed worksheets the information will be validated prior to the committee voting on the director -recommended play. Happy then provided information on how the top three plays (voted on by the committee) will be sent to the Board for their approval. Neal asked if the directors should be provided with the worksheet in advance and the committee agreed that the Board should provide this to any potential director.
- Research of Plays – Happy explained how some of the research is completed using the worksheet as a guideline for completing the research. She explained that each company is different as far as what research can be completed online. John asked if maybe some of the top three plays recommended could have excerpts read at general meetings. All committee members thought this was a wonderful idea and Neal indicated he would take this information back to the Board for consideration.
- New Business –
- The Committee discussed keeping a catalog of all plays approved by the committee so going forward there will be a list of plays that could be used in the future. The Committee agreed this was a good idea and Happy stated she would scan and archive the completed worksheets going forward.
- Discussion was held and it was agreed that Neal would ask the Theatre Club Membership at the next General Meeting that members are allowed to bring up plays for consideration only if the member researches and completes the Worksheet. The Worksheet will then be emailed to the Committee for consideration.
- Sets were discussed and since this is such a large expense Doris recommended that maybe some projection be used instead of a lot of set furniture. Doris volunteered to do some research on this and report back to the Committee on how projection (and estimated costs) may be reviewed by the Committee and possibly by the Board for consideration, if it is feasible to move forward with.
- Adjournment – There was no further business and the meeting was adjourned.
Respectfully submitted,
Doris Noon, Co-Chair
Happy Buonanno, Co-chair
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