I was not given any meeting dates prior to "signing" on. The last two meetings have been production meetings and not design concept meetings.
I also believe that I don't have a pre-pro week. Equity forwarded me a permission letter given to the company, and it lists my start date as the first day of rehearsals. I'm told I get my contract at the meeting this week, so here's hoping there's a pre-pro week.
I had a meeting with the director a few months ago. She was under the impression that I would pick up some of the production manager duties. I informed her that I wasn't comfortable doing this. I told her I was very comfortable running everything inside the rehearsal space, but there needed to be someone who coordinate what was going on with regards to load in, shop schedule, budgets, etc. She understood.
Who does a show of this size and scale without a production manager???
Right now I'm going to the meeting this week and listening to my gut. If I"m still feeling squishy, I might back out. Under Equity I still have a few weeks to decide.
Thanks for the advise. I'll keep you posted.