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This application is for individuals interested in being a member of the Majestic Theatre Play Reading Committee. This group will be the entity that selects our 2021-2022 mainstage theatre season from proposals submitted by directors. The committee will be comprised of 5-7 people. The committee will be chosen by Theatre Supervisor Jimbo Ivy with the intent of representing the wide gamut of Majestic supporters: Actors, Directors, Musicians, Technical Theatre Crew, Donors, and Patrons.

A minimum of five persons will be chosen by Theatre Supervisor Ivy from the applicants, with seven being the maximum number. Other factors involved in selection process will be a balance of age, gender, and other demographics in order to attempt to emulate our community as a whole.

Beginning as soon as proposals start coming in over the summer months and culminating in the August to October time frame, committee members will be expected to commit 5 hours per week to the following activities:

- Reading submitted proposals and musical/play materials
- Meeting as a group to discuss the proposals
- Meeting with directors to discuss their proposals
- Processing feedback from our community about proposed shows and discussing it with the other committee members.

If it isn't clear, this will not be an easy task. It will be time-consuming and a lot of work. One committee member will be the committee chair and will be in charge of organizing the meetings, workflow, and over direction of the committee. Please indicate on your application if you're willing to be the chairperson.

Application Deadline is April 30th, 2020.

The proposal submission process for the 2021-2022 season will begin May 1st, 2020 and the deadline to propose will be July 15th, 2020. This process will be for five mainstage theatre productions between Fall 2021 and Spring 2022. While previously this process had required previous senior production experience at the Majestic Theatre, we are now accepting proposals without that requirement. All applicants will be vetted by the Theatre Supervisor as having the requisite skills and experience to be a potentially successful candidate for the position BEFORE being allowed to submit a proposal. In this way, the PRC will only be required to pass judgement upon the shows and the director's vision for them, rather than the director themselves. This process reduces the potential for negative interactions between volunteers and keeps any decision based upon behavior or past actions with the Theatre Supervisor who is a neutral professional trained on an annual basis on how to make objective decisions during the hiring process, which the PRC process essentially emulates.    

Note: Members of the PRC CANNOT propose shows. Also partners, spouses, significant others or direct family members of Play Reading Committee members cannot propose while their related person is on the committee. Committee members will be chosen each year prior to the proposal season beginning with preference towards bringing new members onto the PRC.