Blog 2- Summer Mentorship

1. List the contact name, phone number, and organization of the person with whom you volunteered.

Linda Bisesti. 

 (310) 993-3735

Southern California Shakespeare Festival 

2. What qualified this person as an expert in your topic choice?   

Linda has been in the theatre business most all of her life. I am not mentoring directly with linda. Linda introduced me to Joyce Hwang, the Southern California Shakespeare Theatre Company stage manager. 

  

3. List three questions for further exploration now that you've completed your summer hours.

How much time do you spend outside of the theatre working on things for the show? 

How involved are you with set design and building?

How do you stay organized?

    

4. What is the most important thing you gained from this experience? Why?

Well one skill I have gained from this is some pretty serious janitorial skill. I tend to do a lot of the dirty work and chores around the building for the stage manager. This is okay with me because of everything else I have learned from my experience thus far. The picture below is of one of the note taking techniques that I had to use when asked to take notes for a few actors. These note taking techniques are what everyone in the company and department uses to practice their lines and get better. Im definitely going  to incorporate

this method into the plays at iPoly this year.

5. What is your senior project topic going to be?  How did mentorship help you make your decision?  Please explain.

I am going to continue with stage management as my topic.

This is the stage for the CalPoly shows. It's amazing how fast they set up the sets!