Comer's Final Performance Analysis

In the beginning, I wasn’t sure what to do as a final product for this project. However, I got lucky and found that a fellow senior of mine had a project that could work well with mine. Ryan Comer wrote and directed her own one act play, however, she struggled with knowing how to present the final product. This is where I come in. As I have been learning to manage events, I figured that I could manage Ryan’s final performance. Since teaming up, we have worked together to get our event together- each focusing on our own aspects, but working together as they intertwined. The first step that I had to take was to talk to Ms. Meier- the school’s assistant principal and activities director- about when we would be able to use the school’s auditorium …show more content…
My two most valuable meetings with her were my interview and my night shadowing her. In my interview, I received a huge insight as to where she stood in regards to her job. She is a senior event manager who runs the front of house for many events at the Paramount Theatre. She walked me through what she will do for a typical event. For the most part, she is in charge of making sure that everything runs smoothly. She gave me valuable information to think about as I plan this event for my senior project and as I plan to pursue this in the future. I learned that at the core of every event- whether it be a wedding, a concert, a sports event, or anything in between- every event is the same. There are five parts. The set up, the ingress, the event, the egress, and the teardown. Phaidra also told me about different conflicts and challenges that she may encounter, such as dealing with difficult clients. Overall, my interview was extremely valuable to me because I was able to get a good picture in my mind of her job. Later, I was given the chance to shadow Phaidra at an event, which proved to be even more valuable. I had a great time, and I learned a ton. Walking into the evening, I had no idea what the event would be, but it turned out to be an MMA fight night. Phaidra told me that this is always one of her favorite and craziest events at the Paramount. At the beginning of the night, I helped get everything in the house ready, for example, I helped straighten out the stools upstairs. When everything looked good, we checked in with the head of security who was checking in the fighters and their coaches. The fighters weren’t all showing up at the same time, and some even showed up after doors had opened to the public, so Phaidra and I took over checking them in as they showed up. As people showed up we mostly just watched the ingress