This document outlines the proposed schedule and events for an orientation for new drama students between August 31st and September 4th, 2015. The goals are to welcome students, excite them about the training and opportunities, and introduce them to faculty, administrators, and resources. Events include a pancake breakfast, faculty workshops, advisor meetings, workshops on holistic drama training and being a drama student in NYC, and a drama department orientation. The schedule provides locations and times for each event each day.

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Event Proposal
D R A M A O R I E N T A T I O N
A U G U S T 3 1 - S E P T E M B E R 4 , 2 0 1 5
GOALS
• To welcome new drama students into our community.
• To excite the first year student body about the training, community, and opportunities in the Department
of Drama.
• To introduce students to the Drama faculty, administrators, and staff.
• To orient students to the resources and services available to them.
"
PROPOSED ORIENTATION EVENTS
• Chairs’ Welcome Pancake Breakfast
• Faculty Workshops
• Advisor Meet & Greet
• Holistic Drama Workshops
• How to be a Drama Student in NY Workshops
• Drama Department Orientation
• Student Brown Bag Lunches
• First Year Orientation Workshops
"SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
"
" TIME MONDAY
8/31/15
TUESDAY
9/1/15
WEDNESDAY
9/2/15
THURSDAY
9/3/15
FRIDAY
9/4/15
9:00 AM PANCAKE
BREAKFAST
SET-UP FIRST DAY OF
CLASSES
SET-UP CLASSES
10:00 AM PANCAKE
BREAKFAST
ADVISOR MEET /
HD / DRAMA IN NY
DRAMA
DEPARTMENT
ORIENTATION
11:00 AM PANCAKE
BREAKFAST
ADVISOR MEET /
HD / DRAMA IN NY
DRAMA
DEPARTMENT
ORIENTATION
11:30 AM FACULTY
WORKSHOPS
12:00 PM FACULTY
WORKSHOPS
TISCH / NYU
PROGRAMMING
LUNCH/TRAVEL
1:00 PM BROWN BAG
LUNCH
TISCH / NYU
PROGRAMMING
LUNCH/TRAVEL
2:00 PM TISCH / NYU
PROGRAMMING
TISCH / NYU
PROGRAMMING
STUDIO
ORIENTATIONS
BEGIN
3:00 PM TISCH / NYU
PROGRAMMING
ADVISOR MEET /
HD / DRAMA IN NY
4:00 PM TISCH / NYU
PROGRAMMING
ADVISOR MEET /
HD / DRAMA IN NY
5:00 PM TISCH / NYU
PROGRAMMING
ADVISOR MEET /
HD / DRAMA IN NY

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M O N D A Y , A U G U S T 3 1 , 2 0 1 5
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CHAIRS’ PANCAKE BREAKFAST
Monday, August 31, 2015
10:00am -12:00pm
Riese Student Lounge and Burrows Theatre
"GOAL: Our first Department wide event, the Chairs’ Pancake Breakfast provides an opportunity to introduce
students to the Drama Leadership in a friendly and casual setting.
"• The Chairs will “cook” and “serve” a pancake breakfast to students.
• Either a catering team and/or staff volunteers will do the cooking and Chairs will help serve and chat with
students.
• Students will get to mingle with each other over breakfast.
• There is a metaphorical take-away that the Drama Department is here to serve our students.
"
FACULTY WORKSHOPS
Monday, August 31, 2015
12:00pm - 1:30pm
721 Broadway, Drama Studios & Theaters
"GOAL: To encourage cross-studio student mingling while introducing students to the wide variety of
training available in the Drama Department.
"• Students from various studios mix together in exploration with faculty.
• Representatives from all studios (internal and external) and TS faculty lead 90 minute workshops.
• Due to the truncated schedule, we can only host one session of workshops this year.
"
BROWN BAG LUNCHES
Monday, August 31, 2015
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Riese Student Lounge
"GOAL: To give new students an opportunity to mingle with upper-level students and ask questions.
"• Students pick up their lunch and bring it to the Riese Lounge.
• Tables and chairs will be set-up in small groupings; at each table will be an upper-level student who will
lead a discussion with incoming students.
• This could also be done as a panel discussion and Q & A.
"

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T U E S D A Y , S E P T E M B E R 1 , 2 0 1 5
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All students would participate in the following three activities: Advisement Meet & Greet, Holistic
Drama, and How to be a Drama Student in NY in rotating time blocks.
"
ADVISEMENT MEET & GREET
Tuesday, September 1, 2015
10:00am -12:00pm & 3:00pm - 6:00pm (3 - 5 sessions per Advisor based on cohort size)
721 Broadway, Drama Studios & Theaters
"GOAL: To build relationships between advisors and advisees while distributing a small amount of necessary
information.
"• Students in groups of 10 - 20 meet Advisors for casual round table discussions.
• Students receive purple resource packet
• Students receive dates of upcoming orientation workshops
• Introduction of Docs for Drama Students
• An activity where we engage the students with #tischdrama Social Media
• Fun, Games, Icebreakers
• Food
• In future years, when time allows, we would like these to be outings/experiences.
"
HOLISTIC DRAMA
Tuesday, September 1, 2015
10:00am -12:00pm & 3:00pm - 6:00pm
721 Broadway, Drama Studios & Theaters
"GOAL: To help students understand our holistic approach to drama training.
"• The Chairs, along with additional faculty, will facilitate a town hall on our approach to drama: why we
integrate theatre studies training, professional training, global study, advanced professional training,
production experiences, internships, career development, and general education courses into our
curriculum.
"
HOW TO BE A DRAMA STUDENT IN NY
Tuesday, September 1, 2015
10:00am -12:00pm & 3:00pm - 6:00pm
721 Broadway, Drama Studios & Theaters
"GOAL: To introduce students to the resources available to them as students in New York City.
"• Based on Daniel Spector’s popular faculty workshop.
• Students would receive resources and information on how to see free and cheap theatre, visit museums,
etc.
• Q & A and conversation about living in NY, favorite foods, sites, places to rehearse, etc.
• Led by recent alumni with faculty oversight and resources by Daniel Spector.

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DRAMA DEPARTMENT ORIENTATION
Thursday, September 3, 2015
Eisner Lubin Auditorium
"GOAL: Welcoming first years into our community through a high-energy and fun event that supports
department unity.
"• Pre-Show: As students enter, music is playing (possibly a REMU DJ), t-shirts are passed out (students are
encouraged to put them on), purple balls are bounced through the audience, the energy builds and it feels
like a dance party.
• Introductions: Taylor Swift’s “Welcome to New York” plays and Chris Andersson comes out onto the
stage. A high-energy “Welcome to New York Class of 2019!” the music is lowered slightly (but still
underscoring) as Chris introduces the department (all wearing the same t-shirt the students have on.) It’s
fast, high-energy, like announcing players on a football team, people are clapping to the beat. The
advisors run up from the audience to the stage “It’s your’s advisors! Scott, Carl, Katrina, etc.” “Class of
2019 are you ready to meet your Studio Heads? From Atlantic Acting School it’s Mary McCann!” The stage
continues to fill with faculty and staff ending with the Associate Chairs and then the Chair.
• Welcome: Ted welcomes the new class and invites them to take their seats. He introduces the next
segment.
• Group activity: All 425 students will be led in a group community building activity.
• Associate Chair of Professional Training - encouraging words and intro to next segment.
• Video montage: A video plays of upper-level students offering their best advice to the incoming class.
Videos (shot on smartphones and computers) will be collected and edited from student submissions this
summer.
• Associate Chair of External Outreach - encouraging words and intro to next segment.
• Alumni Speaker: Ted introduces our Alumni Speaker, someone notable and funny (i.e. Casey Wilson or
Gina Rodriguez). The speaker would hopefully be there in person, but could also participate via video
conference or recording. The alum would be asked to speak about the Tisch Drama Community and how
it helped them pursue their dreams.
• Associate Chair of Production & Performance - encouraging words and intro to next segment.
• Pop-up Performances: A current upper-level student would take the stage and begin a short
performance, then other students would pop up from the audience, the balcony, etc. and perform. Maybe
they are performances from each studio or from various production areas (i.e. something from a stage
works show, something from a student works show, from a studio show, from a student directed show.)
• Keynote Address: Ted closes out the event with a keynote address on an inspiring topic.
"T-shirt Design
The helvetica font shirts are ubiquitous. Grace Dobush from How Design explains “They work like cultural
shibboleths—if you get the reference, you and the T-shirt wearer are automatically cool with each other.” In
an effort to strengthen our community, why not give out our own version of this cultural shibboleth featuring
drama insider-slang versions of our studio names. See examples below of the original shirts and my rough
design.

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FIRST YEAR ORIENTATION WORKSHOPS
Various locations
Rolled-out across 2015 - 2016
"
GOAL: To orient first year students to the resources and services of the department and university in a
comprehensive way across their first year. To promote student engagement and autonomy.
"
SEPTEMBER
Holistic Drama: a holistic look at the drama curriculum.
Possible collaborators: Chairs, Advisors, Faculty, Alumni and/or Upper-level Students
SST Leader: Todd
"
Using the Drama Network: navigating NYU email, google drive, calendar, eventbrite, and
social media.
Workshop Leader: Communication Manager, Greg Chan
SST Leader: Kim
OCTOBER
Wellness & Health: introducing NYU resources for counseling, nutrition, physical health, yoga,
meditation, toolkits, calming corner mp3s
Possible collaborators: wellness, mindfulness project, res-life, stress-busters
SST Leader: Kim
" Spring Registration How To: Done at studios with each Advisors’ cohort to walk first-year students
through spring registration.
SST Leader: Todd
"
NOVEMBER
Career Development: an introduction to Career Development, what it is, NYU, Tisch, and
Drama resources. *must be early November, possibly late October
Possible collaborators: Wasserman, Tisch Career Services
SST Leader: Carl
" Financial Aid: navigating the financial aid process for Drama students, deadlines, study abroad and
summer aid, internship aid, scholarships, and grants.
Possible collaborators: Dory Smith - Wilson
SST Leader: MaryMartha
"
FEBRUARY
Making It Fit: navigating students through the drama degree requirements and how to fit in all the
things they want to do (double majors, minors, study abroad, graduate early.)
SST Leader: Scott
" Double Majors & Minors: a fair or workshop for students to explore the options for minors and double
majors.
Possible Collaborators: Special Programs, BEMT, English, Economics, Computer Science
SST Leader: Dennis
MARCH
Study Abroad: a workshop or fair for students to explore the options for studying abroad.
Possible Collaborators: Special Programs
SST Leader: Katrina
"
APRIL
Registration: First-year students have their first individual registration
advisement appointments.

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MONDAY, AUGUST 31, 2015
TIME BURROWS STUDIO SHOP CABARET RIESE
Faculty David Brimmer Carol Martin Shanga Parker
Capacity 20 50 30
Technical Empty Space 51 Chairs, AV
set-up
Stereo System
9:00 AM SET-UP SET-UP SET-UP SET-UP SET-UP
9:30 AM Pancake
Breakfast
SET-UP SET-UP SET-UP Pancake
Breakfast
10:00 AM Pancake
Breakfast
SET-UP SET-UP SET-UP Pancake
Breakfast
10:30 AM Pancake
Breakfast
SET-UP SET-UP SET-UP Pancake
Breakfast
11:00 AM CLEAN-UP SET-UP SET-UP SET-UP CLEAN-UP
11:30 AM CLEAN-UP Faculty
Workshop
Faculty
Workshop
Faculty
Workshop
CLEAN-UP
12:00 PM Faculty
Workshop
Faculty
Workshop
Faculty
Workshop
SET-UP
12:30 PM Faculty
Workshop
Faculty
Workshop
Faculty
Workshop
SET-UP
1:00 PM CLEAN-UP CLEAN-UP CLEAN-UP Brown Bag
Lunch
2:00 PM CLEAN-UP
TIME STUDIO 252 STUDIOS 352
&354
STUDIO 355 STUDIO 364 STUDIO 365
Faculty Kenneth
Mitchell
Chris Jaehnig Tim Crouse Gigi Buffington Dell Howlett
Capacity 30 20 20 25 25
Technical empty space He will set-up 21 folding
chairs
26 black blocks Yoga mats,
ipod hook-up
9:00 AM SET-UP SET-UP SET-UP SET-UP SET-UP
9:30 AM SET-UP SET-UP SET-UP SET-UP SET-UP
10:00 AM SET-UP SET-UP SET-UP SET-UP SET-UP
10:30 AM SET-UP SET-UP SET-UP SET-UP SET-UP
11:00 AM Faculty
Workshop
Faculty
Workshop
Faculty
Workshop
Faculty
Workshop
Faculty
Workshop
12:00 PM Faculty
Workshop
Faculty
Workshop
Faculty
Workshop
Faculty
Workshop
Faculty
Workshop
12:30 PM Faculty
Workshop
Faculty
Workshop
Faculty
Workshop
Faculty
Workshop
Faculty
Workshop
1:00 PM CLEAN-UP CLEAN-UP CLEAN-UP CLEAN-UP CLEAN-UP

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TIME STUDIO 1 STUDIO 2 STUDIO 3 STUDIO 4 STUDIO 5
Faculty Joanne
Edelmann
Donna
Germain
Nate Flower Louis
Scheeder
Rosemary
Quinn
Capacity 20 30 30 30 20
Technical empty space chairs, cd
player
empty space empty space empty space
9:00 AM SET-UP SET-UP SET-UP SET-UP SET-UP
9:30 AM SET-UP SET-UP SET-UP SET-UP SET-UP
10:00 AM SET-UP SET-UP SET-UP SET-UP SET-UP
10:30 AM SET-UP SET-UP SET-UP SET-UP SET-UP
11:00 AM Faculty
Workshop
Faculty
Workshop
Faculty
Workshop
Faculty
Workshop
Faculty
Workshop
12:00 PM Faculty
Workshop
Faculty
Workshop
Faculty
Workshop
Faculty
Workshop
Faculty
Workshop
12:30 PM Faculty
Workshop
Faculty
Workshop
Faculty
Workshop
Faculty
Workshop
Faculty
Workshop
1:00 PM CLEAN-UP CLEAN-UP CLEAN-UP CLEAN-UP CLEAN-UP
MONDAY, AUGUST 31, 2015
TIME DCR ROOM 017 ROOM 018
Faculty Ted Ziter Sebastian Calderon Ted Sluberski
Capacity 66 40 40
Technical DCR has set-up.
Screen, projector.
Computer with Internet
access, projector screen
and speakers, chairs for
attendees. All in space.
Film & Tv has set-up.
Ted will bring camera,
cords. Use monitor in
room.
9:00 AM SET-UP SET-UP SET-UP
9:30 AM SET-UP SET-UP SET-UP
10:00 AM SET-UP SET-UP SET-UP
10:30 AM SET-UP SET-UP SET-UP
11:00 AM Faculty Workshop Faculty Workshop Faculty Workshop
12:00 PM Faculty Workshop Faculty Workshop Faculty Workshop
12:30 PM Faculty Workshop Faculty Workshop Faculty Workshop
1:00 PM CLEAN-UP CLEAN-UP CLEAN-UP

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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2015
TIME DCR CABARET STUDIO THEATER DRAMA CONF
ROOM
9:00 AM SET-UP SET-UP SET-UP SET-UP
10:00 AM Todd
Group I
Kim On Call
11:00 AM Drama in NY
L - Mi
Drama in NY
Mo - P
Todd
Group II
Kim
Group II
12:00 PM NYU/Tisch
Programming
NYU/Tisch
Programming
NYU/Tisch
Programming
NYU/Tisch
Programming
1:00 PM NYU/Tisch
Programming
NYU/Tisch
Programming
NYU/Tisch
Programming
NYU/Tisch
Programming
2:00 PM NYU/Tisch
Programming
NYU/Tisch
Programming
NYU/Tisch
Programming
NYU/Tisch
Programming
3:00 PM Drama in NY
R - S
Drama in NY
T - Z
Todd
Group III
Kim
Group III
4:00 PM Drama in NY
A - B
Drama in NY
C - D
Todd
Group IV
Kim
Group IV
5:00 PM Drama in NY
E - G
Drama in NY
H - K
Todd
Group V
Kim
Group V
TIME STUDIO 1 STUDIO 2 STUDIO 3 STUDIO 4 STUDIO 5
9:00 AM SET-UP SET-UP SET-UP SET-UP SET-UP
10:00 AM Dennis
Group I
Holsitic Drama
Quinn
Holistic Drama
Mitchell
Holistic Drama
Ziter
Holitic Drama
Parker
11:00 AM Dennis
Group II
Holsitic Drama
Quinn
Holistic Drama
Mitchell
Holistic Drama
Ziter
Holitic Drama
Parker
12:00 PM
1:00 PM NYU/Tisch
Programming
NYU/Tisch
Programming
NYU/Tisch
Programming
NYU/Tisch
Programming
NYU/Tisch
Programming
2:00 PM NYU/Tisch
Programming
NYU/Tisch
Programming
NYU/Tisch
Programming
NYU/Tisch
Programming
NYU/Tisch
Programming
3:00 PM Dennis
Group III
Holsitic Drama
Quinn
Holistic Drama
Mitchell
Holistic Drama
Ziter
Holitic Drama
Parker
4:00 PM Dennis
Group IV
Holsitic Drama
Quinn
Holistic Drama
Mitchell
Holistic Drama
Ziter
Holitic Drama
Parker
5:00 PM Dennis
Group V

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TIME STUDIO 252 STUDIO 364 STUDIO 352 STUDIO 365
9:00 AM SET-UP SET-UP SET-UP SET-UP
10:00 AM MaryMartha
Group I
Katrina
Group I
Scott
Group I
Carl
Group I
11:00 AM MaryMartha
Group II
Katrina
Group II
Scott
On Call
Carl
Group II
12:00 PM
1:00 PM NYU/Tisch
Programming
NYU/Tisch
Programming
NYU/Tisch
Programming
NYU/Tisch
Programming
2:00 PM NYU/Tisch
Programming
NYU/Tisch
Programming
NYU/Tisch
Programming
NYU/Tisch
Programming
3:00 PM MaryMartha
On Call
Katrina
Group III
Scott
Group III
Carl
Group III
4:00 PM MaryMartha
Group IV
Katrina
Group IV
Scott
Group IV
Carl
On Call
5:00 PM MaryMartha
Group V
Katrina
Group V
Scott
Group V
Carl
On Call
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2015