A Spot-on Proposal!

Our corporate "Spotlight" gig is only a few weeks away and in order to make sure everything is in order, I had to email out our show proposal to the powers that be - (a.k.a. my dad)

Here it is!

The NACE Holiday Party
Presents
The Spotlight with Sean Taylor
December 5, 2008
9:30 - 10:30pm

SYNOPSIS

A real talk show meets really good impov!
Letterman, O'Brien and Stewart watch out. Spend a night in the faux studio audience of The Spotlight, an improvised late-night television talk show featuring the comedic stylings of Sean Taylor, The Spotlight Band and special guests who's real life experiences on television are used as inspiration for improvised scenes.

CAST and CREW

HOST: Sean Taylor
SIDEKICK: Matt Shafeek
BAND LEADER: Ernie Privetera
MUSICAL GUEST: Robin Rothman
DIRECTOR: Shawn Amaro

SPECIAL GUEST: "Man of the Year" Dennis Carenza


BREAKDOWN OF SHOW

*Before the show we will place suggestion cards on the tables for the guests to write down names of products for the improvised song and commercial breaks ...UNLESS you have sponsors of your own that you want us to use instead.

Shawn A. - warms up crowd, set-up and intro as Ernie plays on the keys

Sean and Shafeek - banter, etc.

Ernie and Robin - first improvised commercial break (based on a product name suggested by audience)

Sean & Shafeek - interview with the Man of the Year

ALL improvise scenes based on the interview

Ernie and Robin - second improvised commercial break (based on a product name suggested by audience)

Sean & Shafeek - interview with Volunteer Guest

ALL improvise scenes based on the interview

Sean - introduces "Musical Guest"

Ernie and Robin - Improvised song (based on a made-up song title suggested by audience)

Sean - closes out the show

WHAT WE NEED

- A bio or some information about Dennis so that Sean has specific things to ask him about.
- A mic and amp or PA system: we need to find out if the banquet hall already has one otherwise, we'll bring our own.
- A keyboard (I don't think the hall has this, so we'll be bringing our own)

I think that this pretty much covers everything. I'm excited to put up another corporate gig, and hopefully this will be the first of many!