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2008-06-04T17:44:04Z

Dreamweavers Theatre Presents:

Agatha Christie's The Unexpected Guest

May 30 – June 15, 2008

Friday and Saturday at 8 PM; Sunday at 2 PM

Make your reservations now! 707.255.5483

Adults $20. Seniors/students/children $18.

*Review of opening night performance in today's Napa Register*

http://www.napavalleyregister.com/articles/2008/06/04/arts/doc48462b793517c549849304.txt

A thriller as well as a puzzler set in a foggy estate in Wales, this mystery opens as a stranger walks into a house to find a man murdered and his wife standing over him with a gun. But the woman is dazed and her confession unconvincing. So the unexpected guest decides to help her and blame the murder on an intruder. Later, the police discover clues that point to a man who died two years previously and a Pandora's box of loves and hates, suspicions and intrigues is opened to the night air.

"The impact is tremendous... Just when the murder seems solved... Miss Christie pulls her almighty knock out punch. I admit her complete victory."

—London Evening News.

"Tantalizing ingenuity."

—Tatler.

Director: Debbie Baumann

Cast (in order of appearance):
Richard Warwick: David Higginbotham
Laura Warwick: June Alane Reif
Michael Starkwedder: Dal Burns
Miss Bennett: Patte Quinn
Jan Warwick: Ryan Murphy
Mrs. Warwick: Rose Marie Sweeney
Henry Angell: Victor Davis
Sergeant Cadwallader: Robert Silva
Inspector Thomas: Dan Monez
Julian Farrar: Thom Hinesley

Crew:
Stage Manager: Chris McHatton
Lights: Lu Kenmonth
Sound: Kevin Barney
Set Design: John Anderson & Jim Brinkerhoff

Agatha Christie's The Unexpected Guest is presented with permission from Samuel French, Inc.

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Auditions- Aberrant Behavior- Saturday June 7th @ Mamma Buzz in Oakland arts district-

2008-05-27T02:02:08Z

I am having auditions for my new movie "Aberrant Behavior" Saturday June Seventh at Mamma Buzz Cafe in downtown Oaklands Art District 2318 Telegraph Ave from 4-6PM. If your interested in the movie you can e-mail me at: aberrantbehaviormovie@gmail.com. I have already casted some of the roles and have people working on it, I just have not cast all of them yet and of course the female lead.

There will be some paid roles (of course the leads) but this is a low budget (around 25-35,000 or so) affair so it won't be a whole lot. Just to warn you.

Aberrant Behavior, is basically a love story about two self destructive anarchistic-y street kids who have an exaggerated form of pica, a disorder where people feel compelled to eat non-food materials, carpet, dirt, soap, drano, various chemicals, etc. as portrayed as a drug addiction. They have a very co-dependent relationship and with there disorders too , they literally destroy each other.

There's more to it, but that's the basic synopsis. If you can't make it to the auditions, you can send me a head shot with resume, or whatever you want. We can then decide when and where to meet.

THERE WILL BE SOME SEXUALITY AND NUDITY FOR THE TWO LEADS, AS WELL AS MISTY AND FOGGY TO A LESSER DEGREE. PLEASE DO NOT CONTACT ME FOR THOSE ROLES, IF YOUR NOT COMFORTABLE WITH THAT. THANK YOU.

I will be hiring for many roles, all ages (over 18) races, sizes, etc. But here are the main characters:
Main Characters:

LEADS:
Victor Muertos: (Mid to late twenties) Half Mexican/Half white (Half latino/half white will probably work). Black hair, down to chin and five o clock shadow. (Flexible though). Tall and thin but not too thin. Dark, brooding, depressed, prone to long winded sarcastic, cynical rants. Living off the state for mental depression, and addiction, but eventually breaks himself from the state. He hates the state, and normal life in general. He hates almost everything. He is sort of sloppy hipster, slightly emo, slight slight slight goth meets street kid. Light or no body mod, piercings, etc. He eventually lives on the street because of choice.He falls in love with Aiko. SOME NUDITY AND SEXUALS SITUATIONS REQUIRED-CAST

Aiko Zumbi (18-early twenties or look like it) Half Japanese/Half German (or Japanese, or half Japanese/Half white). Shorter than Victor, thin but still slightly curvy.
Street kid with a bit of dark hippie. Has been sexually abused as a child. Prone to violence. Prone to long winded rants, or sometimes just total silence. Dark, cynical, with a very bleak view of life. Body mods, tattoo's, piercings, fine. Dreaded or colored hair fine as well. Actually preffered. She falls in love with Victor. SOME NUDITY AND SEXUAL SITUATIONS REQUIRED.

SUPPORTING LEADS:
Pedida Muertos- (20's -40's)-Mexican- Victor's nearly catatonic - mute drug addict mother, who is usually messing around with strange men, and drugged up. Mostly abuses Victor through neglect. Mostly shown in flashbacks, but one scene in present as well. Young actress aged to look older in present, or vice versa.

Misty & Foggy (20's) two girls that Victor and Chad meet at the bar, who are wasted, and act and look like twins. Very ditzy, drunk, corporate, normal. They take Victor and Chad back to there place. Drunken debauchery ensues.

Spic 'N' Span (20's -40's)- One of the horrible mascots for the advertising firm Victor works for, "Spic n Span's Whiten it up" Cleaning product. They play racist cliched versions of mexican house workers. Think Samo. It's meant to be horrible, and it of course offends Victor.

Aiko's Father-
A militant cold hearted man who sexually abuses aiko. Must be bilingual Japanese & English

Aiko's Mother-
Always screaming at Aikos father. Bi-lingual fluent in German & English

VARIOUS:
Hipster's (18-30) Some with speaking roles. A house party Victor crashes.

Office workers (20's -on) Some with speaking roles.

Various small roles for the horrible commercials and promo's from the firm Victor briefly works for

Other roles as well-Not listed

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Need to create BIG head for cheshire cat costume

2008-05-18T16:21:57Z

My son's class is doing Alice in Wonderland. We want to create a BIG head for one of the children to wear as the Cheshire Cat. How can I make something that is comfortable for him to wear and dance in? The kid is only 9 years old. I was thinking paper mache but I just don't know how comfortable that would be.

The head doesn't necessarily have to sit just on the kid's real head. I suppose it could be part of his torso as well.

Any ideas welcome!

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Children's Entertainment Company Needs New Performer!

2008-04-16T19:30:22Z

Here ye here ye!

A Santa Cruz based children’s entertainment company, http://www.happilyeverlaughterparties.com is on the search for a new performer! This is the perfect way to add some sparkle to your life (and extra cash) while only working 1-2 days per week! You can live anywhere in the Bay Area, as the position requires travel to several different cities. If you have an eye for costume and make-up design, and a knack for making children laugh, this may be your dream come true!

Unlike most children’s entertainment providers, we do not use wigs or franchised characters. We like to remind children what can happen if you just let your imagination run wild, instead of just copying the television/movie characters. Each costume is hand-made by the head Faerie (Fae) and truly unique.

Job Description;

Attend events around the Bay Area as a whimsical character (Mermaid, Faerie, Princess etc) and perform a simple magic show, twist colorful balloons, paint faces, make puppets come alive, and many other fun activities! Each performance is only an hour and a half and your compensation will be $80.00 (plus tips!)...and sometimes more (sometimes parties are longer in which case you are compensated $30 per extra 1/2 hr. Also, if you party is more than 1 hour from your home, you are compensated $30 per extra hour of driving, roundtrip). As you gain experience, you may have the option to attend 3-4 parties a weekend!

Full Faerie training will be provided to the right applicant. The training will consist of 3-4 sessions of 2-3 hours in Santa Cruz. Your compensation will begin after your initial training (these are skills you get to keep for a lifetime) with your first tag-a-long (where you get to see a real live Faerie perform!). With proper practice, you could begin performing by the end of April! Again, the training will take place at the Tree House headquarters in Santa Cruz, CA...the schedule is quite flexible. After each training session, you will be required to rehearse on your own time to prepare for a final performance for me (the head Faerie). If you have too much on your plate (full time student+extra job+slaying dragons in the evenings), you should not apply for this job. It takes a lot of time to become a true Faerie, but the reward is immense. Once trained, the job doesn't take much time at all. Just 1.5 hours per party!

You must have your own, reliable vehicle, as you may have to travel up to 1 hour away (depending on where you live) for the event. Most shows are in San Jose or San Francisco. You also MUST be punctual. Being on time (and even early) is more important than anything else. If this is a problem for you, do not apply. I ask that you are available 3 weekends a month, with one weekend off (if you want, you can work 4 weekends). Anytime off must be requested at least one month in advance.

Applicants are strongly recommended to have experience with theater, young children, music, glitter, and working independently.

Email your resume to (please, NO phone calls)
happilyeverlaughter@gmail.com
and include a current photo of yourself, any special talents, and at least 3 references (not family). These positions usually yield a lot of applicants, so I encourage you to make your resume stand out! This is one job where creativity comes first, so let it shine! Good luck!

Respectfully,
Fae Diddle Diddle

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new to the city, looking for community theaters

2008-04-08T23:25:40Z

hi! im new to san francisco and i am trying to find out where the community theaters are in the city. I've heard there are tons of them but I can't seem to find them on the internet. Looking for places I can audition for shows. Thanks for your help!

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W. Kamau Bell's Solo Performance Class Begins Again in April

2008-03-18T19:20:37Z

W. KAMAU BELL'S SOLO PERFORMANCE CLASS

ABOUT THE CLASS:
Started in 2005, this 8 session course (over ten weeks) is designed to develop 15-20 minute professional level solo theater pieces using a variety of writing and performance techniques. Each student will create a unique and personal performance piece that will culminate in a public theater performance at the end of the course. The class is recommended for performers of all disciplines, including actors, writers, comedians, spoken word artists, musicians and dancers. People of all levels of experience are welcome, from those who have never been on stage before to those preparing a piece for a professional production or audition.

ABOUT W. KAMAU BELL:
W. Kamau Bell has been a Bay Area comedian, writer, and director for more than ten years. Kamau is a favorite at Cobbs Comedy Club, The Punch Line, The Porchlight Storytelling Series, and is half of Siskel & Negro on Live 105. Kamau has appeared at The Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal, on Comedy Centrals Premium Blend, and Byron Allens Comics Unleashed. Also he is featured in The Soft Skull Press publication What Would Bill Hicks Say? Kamau has been profiled in The San Francisco Chronicle on three separate occasions, including not ironically during Black History Month. Kamau is currently hard at work performing his debut solo show, "The W. Kamau Bell Curve: Ending Racism in About an Hour". The SF Guardian declared, "W. Kamau Bell plays against type and comes with not only the insights you wish you had spewed first but also the wit.." The SF Weekly called him smart, stylish, and very much in the mold of politically outspoken comedians like Dave Chappelle and Margaret Cho, although he was more excited that they called him handsome. However, Kamau is most proud of being the leader of The Solo Performance Workshop.

ONE-HOUR FREE CONSULTATION:
Sign up through Brown Paper Tickets and receive an hour of free consultation w/ Kamau to help prepare for the class.

WHEN/WHERE:
Sundays April 6 - June 8 (10:00-1:00) 8 classes over the course of 10 weeks + a performance, no class on April 20 & May 25
Shelton Theater (533 Sutter nr. Powell St., SF)

Tuesdays April 8 - June 10 (6:30-9:30) 8 classes over the course of 10 weeks + a performance, no class on April 22 & May 27
Shelton Theater (533 Sutter nr. Powell St., SF)

ENROLL/COST:
$400
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/30954

INFORMATION:
Bruce Pachtman
415-826-1709 or brupach@gmail.com

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Looking for Oakland Theater Space!

2008-03-18T17:18:37Z

Hey all, can folks recommend theater spaces in downtown Oakland? I only know a few, and I'm open to converted spaces with professional equipment or club spaces with theater vibe. I need 50-100 seats. It seems like there aren't too many?

requirements:
theater lighting system with light board
sound board and sound system
projector, microphones, mic stands,
dressing room (or green room)
Near a BART!

any ideas?

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CASTING: film shoot, WED MARCH 19TH

2008-03-15T23:58:18Z

We're looking for young actors for a forthcoming film shoot, WED MARCH 19TH in SF. (more info on the project below)

Two time slots: 7:30AM-10:00AM (Golden Gate Park), and NOON-2:30PM (UCSF).

Actors will be portraying patients (at UCSF) and troubled teens (at Golden Gate Park). Each actor will receive screen credit and a $25 cash honorarium for their participation.

About this film: directed by an award-winning, veteran filmmaker, this film charts the difficulties at-risk youth face in our current health care system. Underscored by the Institute of Medicine and the National Academy of Sciences, this film serves as a supplement to a groundbreaking study conducted by both organizations; along with the study, this film aims to make a significant difference as to where health care investments are placed for our nation's youth.

Please email: David, at: asthmafilm@gmail.com
Include a snapshot of yourself, contact info (best number and email to reach you at) and your confirmed availably for Wed. March 19th.

Thanks! We look forward to hearing from you.

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New Theatre Space in the Throbbing Theatre District! Great for classes, film screenings, film/photo shoots/rehearsals/parties,auditions

2008-01-17T19:39:28Z

55 seat theatre with 20'x12' stage. Sound Proofed with Piano. Projector.

Great for classes, rehearsals, or productions, auditions, film/photo shoots, private parties.

5 blocks off Bart in the exciting theatre district.

Full theatre lighting system with 16 channel light board, 12 channel Mackie sound board and excellent sound system, 5 disc cd changer, dvd player, dual cassette player, projector, microphones, mic stands, piano, comfortable seats, dressing room with mirrors and lights, large stage with 3 possible entrances.

Email for booking and rates

Check out the website calendar for open booking dates and map of the area.
http://www.stagewerx.org

contact us at
heyyouguys@stagewerx.org
533 Sutter st. at Powell San Francisco California 94102

burners can own theatres too!

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Aberrant behavior-auditions saturday the 19th 2263 mission (between 18th & 19th) 3:30-6:30- San Francisco (Film not theater sorry)

2008-01-17T12:16:11Z

I'm making a film, that will be somewhat explicit in parts. Also, there will be imagery that needs nudity.
I am afraid that I will not be able to cut the content of the movie script, even if I find actors interested .You can e-mail me with rates, photos, questions, etc. If your an actor or actress who has worked in nudity and/or sexual situations, is comfortable with it, and would like to take on a feature narrative film as a major role please e-mail me or show up to the auditions. The two main roles are the ones that require it but there are others. If you would like to be featured in sequences that do not involve the main characters, but are part of dreamlike imagery you can either show up to the audition, or e-mail me with link to your work.
Thanks-
Jason

Here is the original posting:

I have a new movie called "Aberrant Behavior" auditioning Sat. 1/19 3:30-6:3- at the Dark Room SF 2263 Mission off of 19th and Mission@ 3:30 - 6:30. (My first movie "the period" came out through Sub Rosa Cinema can be seen/bought at Netflix www.myspace.com/theperiodmovie, as well as various other outlets)
Aberrant Behavior, is basically about two self destructive anarchistic-y street kids who have an exaggerated form of pica, a disorder where people feel compelled to eat non-food materials, carpet, dirt, soap, drano, various chemicals, etc. as portrayed as a drug addiction. There's more to it, but that's the basic synopsis. If you can't make it to the auditions, you can send me a head shot with resume, or whatever you want. We can then decide when and where to meet.

I will be hiring for many roles, all ages (over 18) races, sizes, etc. But here are the main characters:
Main Characters:
Victor Muertos: (Mid to late twenties) Half Mexican/Half white (Half latino/half white will probably work). Black hair, down to chin and five o clock shadow. (Flexible though). Tall and thin but not too thin.
Dark, brooding, depressed, prone to long winded sarcastic, cynical rants. Living off the state for mental depression, and addiction, but eventually breaks himself from the state. He hates the state, and normal life in general. He hates almost everything. He is sort of sloppy hipster, slightly emo, slight slight slight goth meets street kid. Light or no body mod, piercings, etc. He eventually lives on the street because of choice.He falls in love with Aiko.

Aiko Zumbi (18-early twenties or look like it) Half Japanese/Half German (or Japanese, or half Japanese/Half white). Shorter than Victor, thin but still slightly curvy.
Street kid with a bit of dark hippie. Has been sexually abused as a child. Prone to violence. Prone to long winded rants, or sometimes just total silence. Dark, cynical, with a very bleak view of life. Body mods, tattoo's, piercings, fine. Dreaded or colored hair fine as well. Actually preffered.
She falls in love with Victor.

Emma May (20's to 30's) Actress must be thin, because character is anorexic. Very fake, superficial, manic laughing. Very self deluded. She doesn't really see her anorexia as a problem, she think she looks great though she's obviously dieing and goes to extremes to keep herself thin. She is always dressed up elegantly and thinks of herself as a proper lady even when doing something grotesque . She is a head executive at a advertising/pr firm that she gets a Victor a brief job at, through meeting him in a class over there mutual addictions. (Brief Nudity /Partial a few times)

Caseworker Joe (30's-40's) Written has hispanic, but open. Larger guy, tall, built like a shed, a bit fat but not flabby fat. Very coarse, to the point, direct "Take no shit" kind of guy. Very normal, buys into the whole big house in the suburbs, good job, etc. He is Victor's Caseworker, and is tired of Victor's Shit, and believes he is not trying to quit. (None)

Glitters- a gay gangster rapper, take everything that's a cliche and horrible about it and flip it so that it's gay (some, will also need male models)

Pedida Muertos-Victors Mother. A nearly catatonic morally apprehensive drug addict who's always sleeping with random guys and ignoring her child (Some nudity/sexual situations can be negotiated to less)

And then random visuals, nudes for some flashback scenes (of some sort of psuedo porn the main characer shot) a girl that Victor sleeps with before he falls in love with Zumbi (requires brief nudity/sexuality) and some body part imagery that will not feature the face of the actor/actress, among other thing

thanks for reading
-jason

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Bus Stop Auditions -- Seeking 5 Men, 3 Women (Pacifica)

2008-01-09T01:26:16Z

Bus Stop
by William Inge

NOTE: auditionees should e-mail the director at Adenasf@yahoo.com to schedule an audition. Please note any specific characters you are interested in reading for.

COLD READ FROM SCRIPT

In Bus Stop, the characters come face to face with themselves in a blizzard-bound diner in a little town thirty miles west of Kansas City.

Seeking 3 Women, 5 Men.

Audition Dates: Feb 2,3 12noon to 5pm
Callback Dates: Feb 4,5 [if needed]

Rehearsals Start Monday, Feb 12.
Performance Dates: March 28,29, April 4,5,6,11,12,18,19,20
Place: 1050 Crespi Drive in Pacifica, 94044
For more information contact director Adena DeMonte at adenasf@yahoo.com
Character Descriptions:

Elma Duckworth (F)- 15-18, Elma is an innocent and naïve bright high-schooler, full of dreams, working as a waitress at the Bus Stop diner.

Cherie (F) -- 18-25 a night club chanteuse (a singer - ability to hold a tune important, but doesn't have to be a 'great' singer), pretty, fragile, grew up too fast. She wears too much makeup, and is from the Ozarks. She has a southern accent. *** All actresses interested in auditioning for Cherie, please prepare a short song to sing A cappella. You may be asked to sing this song at auditions or callbacks.

Grace Hoyland (F) - 30-45, Runs the diner. Her husband deserted her years ago and she's finally come to terms with life. She's wise and motherly, but can be a bit of a flirt if the right man is around.

Bo Decker (M) - 20-30, ranch owner, attractive, cowboy, brash, impulsive, naïve, child-like, innocent and simple.

Virgil Blessing (M) 40's-50's, ranch hand, good-hearted simple cowboy, like a father to Bo, laid back, plays guitar a bit.

Will Masters (M) 40-mid 50's, Sheriff, big, stern, means business but friendly.

Dr. Gerald Lyman (M) 50+, glasses, graying, alcoholic, divorced 3 times, former professor, an intellectual pedophile struggling with his inner demons.

Carl (M) 30-50, bus driver in uniform, hearty, a flirt, has seen just about everything.

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Nita Little \\ first call

2008-01-04T13:12:00Z

Caravajal15 residenza dinamica
International Projects 2008

Orvieto \ Italy
April 25–May 2 / 2008

Nita Little
Restless Peace
A mind in motion and Contact Improvisation experience
Residential project for experienced movers

The American performer Nita Little will be the special guest of our association, first time in Italy as guest artist, for giving the project “Restless Peace”. The intensive workshop with Nita Little is in the calendar of our Residential Projects 2008, and will be from April 25 to May 2, 2008 in the beautiful Etruscan city of Orvieto, in middle Italy.

After the end of the workshop, on May 3rd and 4th, the association will plan also two days with the International Springfest Jam.

The intensive workshop and the Jam will be held both at the headquarters of the cultural Association Caravajal15 residenza dinamica, in the prestigious sixteenth century rooms of the Palazzo Caravajal-Simoncelli, in Orvieto.

Application for registration in the project with Nita Little is open from January 7th. For information and more details write to: info@contactfestival.it, or telephone to +39 0763.341479.

Nita Little
Restless Peace
The urge to move, to go where we have never been, is the soul of our practice in this workshop.
Developing a "home base", a place of personal and creative safety is as important as the journey; how wonderful to be free when you have a home! We learn, how like nomads, we may carry our home with us, even as we track paths in and out of unfamiliar territory.
We focus on developing the mental, emotional, and physical skills that enable dancers to travel creatively. Utilizing a full dance vocabulary, we integrate gestured movement improvisation with contact improvisation and build the skills to consciously weave these two forms.

We investigate “states” of mind / “states” of body as a means to develop and direct creative work in our improvisations. Developing the ability to describe and craft subtle levels of action and experience, we boost our physical potential while increasing our readability. Moving in solo, duet and group forms, we gain compositional tools for structural orientation; like torches, they light the way.

This workshop is developed for experienced movers who wish to pass beyond the threshold of old patterns. The restless human drive that takes us out of comfort, urges us to meet the unfamiliar, to move into, through and with the unknown, is a dance artist’s call. Here, we harness that drive and discover how, moving at the speed of our restless calling, we can find peace.

This class culminates in a creative work for performance at the workshop and at Zipfest08.

Things we will do:
Go deep into the physical philosophy behind contact improvisation.
Learn underlying CI principles that manifest as pathways of action.
Build the tools for safe physical and creative relationships
Discover different spatial orientations: vertical/hierarchical and horizontal/diffuse.
Learn about our temporal orientation and develop tools that modulate time.
Develop the skills to be able to move freely between states of mind.
Deepen our agreements to open to life, to the dance.
Honor peace.

about Nita Little
www.nitalittle.com
Nita Little has been developing, choreographing, performing and teaching improvisational dance for the past thirty-six years, notably Contact Improvisation, which she helped evolve from its inception with Steve Paxton, Nancy Stark Smith and others.
She collaborated in numerous performing companies introducing Contact Improvisation throughout the United States. She is a master teacher with former students all over the world, who are themselves now master dancers and teachers: Gretchen Spiro, Andrew Harwood, Frey Faust, Scott Wells, Julie Oak, Peter Bingham to name just a few. Through CI she discovered her abiding interest in the evolution of consciousness and the mind body relationship. Since 1981 she has been developing an evolving curriculum called The Mind in Motion, which explores the range of experiential states along the mind-body continuum and reveals principles that define Contact Improvisation as well as other movement forms. This work is informed by her investigation of the mind through work such as hypnotherapy and NeuroLinguistic Programming.

As a performing artist her current work is a mix of both formal and improvisational choreography and scores. While anchored in process, it frequently explores character, story, and concept.

Nita received a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in choreography and was on the California Arts Council Touring Program.
The latter award was to her solo dance company, NITA LITTLE DANCE THEATRE, which she began in 1984, continued through 1990, and reinstated as a pickup company in 2000. In 2002 Nita created Playing God, an hour-long dance opera that received funding through the Dance USA /National Endowment for the Arts.

Over the years Nita has been both faculty and guest artist at numerous colleges and universities including New York University, California Institute for the Arts, Texas Christian University, Temple University, Tufts University, Scripps College and UC Santa Barbara.

Nita teaches and performs yearly at national and international dance festivals including ImPulsTanz, Vienna, The Side Step Festival, Helsinki, Kontakt Budapest International Improvisation Festival, the International Contact Festival Freiburg, Germany,the Seattle Festival of Alternative Dance and Improvisation and the West Coast Contact Improvisation Festival, Berkeley California.
She also teaches locally and nationally throughout the year. She lives with her son in Santa Cruz Mountains in California.

As she has pioneered a path in the understanding of the mind/body/spirit relationship, Nita's mission, conscious evolution, has been the backbone of her passion and her practice. Her goal is to see, feel and reveal grace in all its forms and as it exists in the actions of the mind and the body.

Info and reservation
Caravajal15 residenza dinamica
Via Malabranca 15
05018 Orvieto (TR) - Italy
tel +39 0763.341479
fax +39 0763.340669
info@contactfestival.it
www.contactfestival.it

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Be our friend?Hey everyone,

2007-12-05T22:11:08Z

Hey everyone,

The Marsh is a non-profit theater located in San Francisco on Valencia st. We are small and are working towards beginning a network online to help bring in new talent and new patrons. We've been around for 18 years and are a breeding ground for new performance. Focusing on solo performance, but also branching out to others, we pride ourselves on being a place for performers to come and have an opportunity to display their work in front of audiences.

So we would like to grow our network! If you would like to learn more about The Marsh please visit www.themarsh.org. And if you like what we're doing, add us as your friend and help us get ourselves out there a bit more. Your help and support is greatly appreciate as we all raise the awareness and appreciation of the arts!

Thanks!

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Arsenic and Old Lace Auditions

2007-12-05T17:12:12Z

On Monday, December 17th

NORTHSIDE THEATRE COMPANY is holding

AUDITIONS
FOR
Arsenic and Old Lace

A comedy by Joseph Kesselring

Directed by Rob Price (Runningwoof)

Arsenic and Old Lace is a frenzied, hilarious, madcap black comedy. This slapstick play, with murderous aunts compassionately serving up elderberry wine to elderly gentlemen, their overwrought nephew attempting to save them from the electric chair, their eccentric brother who thinks he is Teddy Roosevelt and the "special" activities of an unwelcome guest—is a hysterical romp with something for everyone. A marvelous example of exaggeration, double-takes, general befuddlement and macabre farce.

NON-AEA. $100 STIPEND.
Phone (408) 288-7820 to make an audition appointment.

Casting:
2W (55-65), 1W (25-35), 11M (30-60)

All Roles Open
When: December 17th (Monday) 6:30-8:30 pm
Callbacks will be held on December 18th
Where: Olinder Center, Black Box Theatre 848 E. William Street, San Jose, CA
Rehearsals: Mon-Fri from 6:30-9:30 pm
(one Saturday and Sunday)
Performances: Thursday thru Saturday @ 8 pm and Sunday @ 3 pm
February 14 - March 9, 2008

Requirements: Two, 2-minute, contrasting, contemporary monologues.
No more than 5 minutes total. (If you are not prepared with a monologue cold readings will be accepted)

FOR TICKETS AND INFORMATION, CALL 408-288-7820 OR VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.NORTHSIDETHEATRE.COM

WE HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!

NORTHSIDE THEATRE COMPANY" GET CAUGHT IN THE ACT!"

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Winter Solstice Jam \ last call

2007-11-24T20:35:43Z

Caravajal15 residenza dinamica
Orvieto - Italy
presents
Four Seasons Jams

International Winter Solstice Jam
21\22\23 December 2007

Palazzo Caravajal-Simoncelli
Orvieto - Italy
info@contactfestival.it

Last days for the registration in the Jam!!
With Christmas just around the corner…we’re dancing Contact !

Second encounter with Four Seasons Jams, a project of art and culture that continues to call attention to the city of Orvieto in Italy, with regards to Contact Improvisation, the Performing Art and dance of Improvisation.

The next appointment is the International Winter Solstice Jam on the 21, 22 and 23 of December, to greet the arrival of winter, and to celebrate Christmas time and a week from the end of the year, dancing Contact together.
Second Jam in a series of four, every three months, at every change of season.

The jam will be held at the headquarters of the cultural Association Caravajal15 residenza dinamica, in the prestigious sixteenth century rooms of the Palazzo Caravajal-Simoncelli.

The dance studio in our dynamic residence is welcoming and serene; in addition to dancing together, time and space are dedicated to personal requirements, to being together, to visiting the splendid Etruscan city of Orvieto.

We’ll dance together and we’ll warm ourselves in front of the fire in the fireplace in the frescoed Room of the Four Seasons, during the three days of the jam.

It is open to all, with three days of improvisation dance in the residence, including hospitality, reception and meals.

The fee is 100 euros, which includes also hospitality, reception and meals.

For information write to: info@contactfestival.it, or telephone to +39 0763.341479.

Info and reservation
Caravajal15 residenza dinamica
Via Malabranca 15 Orvieto (TR) Italy
tel +39 0763341479
fax +39 0763340669
mobile +39 3391017492
info@contactfestival.it
www.contactfestival.it

Lodging in the residence
We can host up to 20\24 people, comfortably.
We are organized with mattresses that the participants can use, scattered here and there in the 150 square meters of the studio.
You have to bring your own sleeping bag and a blanket, or sheets\pillow and blanket, as you prefer.
There’s a room in residence equipped for preparing breakfast and meals, in addition to dressing rooms and showers.
One person will cook for us during the three days of the jam.
Lunch will be light (fruit, rice, vegetables and/or cheese, cookies, honey, tea, coffee, etc.).
Evenings a dinner will be offered.

Artistic project and organization
Caravajal15 residenza dinamica

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Cast Call for Erotic Sheep film

2007-11-13T22:31:02Z

I will be having auditions this week so please respond right away if interested. This is a short film involving 1-2 rehearsals and 2 shoot days (will likely shoot on a weekend to accomodate day jobs, but it's flexible). Credit, DVD, good food, good folks, well-run and fun shoot.

The story is of a woman discovering the erotic joys of imagining that she is a Sheep, having adventures with her loving Ranch Hand.

Here are the parts:

1. Woman-As-Sheep: physically small-to-medium-ish woman. Very comfortable in her body and somewhat athletic as she will be doing a lot of leaping and bounding. Able to do a good bleat. Woman-As-Sheep is new to the joys of erotic sheep-dom, but finds herself a natural. She absolutely loves being a sheep! She is deeply in love with her Ranch Hand, who treats her with chocolate and the best clover around.

2. Handsome Ranch Hand: butch woman or FTM, taller than Sheep. Loves Sheep more than anything in the world. Hardworking ranch hand by day, who looks forward to evenings relaxing and romping with Sheep, pampering her, and enjoying all her fleecy silky softness in all ways.

3. Male TV voiceover: he is a narrator for an animal documentary--old school male voiceover sound.

I'll be submitting this short to festivals and perhaps some online venues.

If interested, PM me telling me about your interest in the project, and I can tell you more...

Thanks!!

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Creep Show Live at the Dark Room

2007-11-01T01:39:59Z

Starting this weekend, the Dark Room theater (2263 Mission Street) is starting their run of live episodes of creepy tv shows. Come this weekend and see ME! Go the next weekends to see other awesome folk.

Creepshow Live
Thu-Sat, October 4-27, 2007
8pm
Still the most fun you'll ever have being scared.

Tickets: $15.00
At the door or online at Brown Paper Tickets

http://www.darkroomsf.com/#creepshow

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Vagina Monologues

2007-10-14T23:10:49Z

A production of www.SacActors.Com
a Project of Theater Residencies, Incorporated

Featuring
Amber Kloss, Madres Story, Rachael Devlin

San Francisco Run
Save on tickets bought before 9/23

The Vagina Monologues
by Eve Ensler

The longest running independent
production of this show in America.
After more than 200 performances in Sacramento, it will reopen in
San Francisco on September 21.

September 21 through November 10
Fri & Sat at 8:30 p.m. * Sun at 2 p.m.

at The Next Stage
1620 Gough Street (near Bush) in San Francsico

Tickets can be purchased at: http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/event/EventListings?orgId=16944

*This show is for adults and mature teens accompanied by parents or guardians.

"A poignant and hilarious tour of the last frontier, the ultimate forbidden zone. Witty and irreverent, compassionate and wise. Eve Ensler is alive with passion and conviction. "You don't just hook up with Eve," says Glenn Close, "You become part of her crusade. A core of us are Eve's army." Time Magazine writes "Ensler can soar to Rabelesian heights. She may not save the world, but what other playwrights even try?”

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Simone Forti "Logomotion Writing Workshop" \ project in residence

2007-10-14T00:24:50Z

Caravajal15 residenza dinamica
Orvieto \ Italy
International Projects 2008

Hello!
We are happy to announce that Simone Forti will be again the guest artist of our residence, for giving her intensive residential workshop “Logomotion Writing Workshop”.
The intensive workshop with Simone Forti is in the ambit of our international projects 2008, and will be from March 8 to 15 2008 in the beautiful Etruscan city of Orvieto, in mid Italy.
The workshop is limited to 16 participants.
The intensive workshop will be held at the headquarters of the cultural Association Caravajal15 residenza dinamica, in the prestigious sixteenth century rooms of the Palazzo Caravajal-Simoncelli.
The fee is 400 euros, which includes also hospitality, reception and meals.
Application for registration is open from October 15th.
For information write to: info@contactfestival.it, or telephone to +39 0763.341479.
Info and texts below.

Simone Forti \ Logomotion Writing Workshop
Intensive residential workshop
8-15 March 2008
maximum 16 participants
7-day workshop, plus one day pause
fee 400 euros (including meals and lodging)
pre-registration: 150 euros

Logomotion Writing Workshop
Sometimes our words don't have access to what we know in our bones.
In this workshop we will be improvising moving and speaking, and we will be writing.
While our writing will stimulate our imagination and support our improvisations, our improvisations will enrich our writing with a kinesthetic timing to phrasing and windows on sudden thoughts and memories.
Our activities will include studio sessions of improvisational moving and speaking, spontaneous writing, walks in town, with partners, for conversations about matters large and small, and private times to write and to craft our writings and to read them to each other.
We will borrow from the writing practice of Natalie Goldberg as found in her books “Writing Down the Bones” and “Wild Mind”, discovering the associations that gather spontaneously around a chosen point of departure.
As our movement work will include many activities in partners and in groups, some of our writing will include more than one voice, focusing on the relationships between the thoughts of different people.
A goal will be to write with wild mind and intention, and with awareness of world.

Jennifer Dunning writes in her 1991 New York Times review: “Simone Forti presented her first dance program in 1960 and has since then had a steadily increasing influence on post-modernist choreographers interested in exploring ‘natural’ or non-formalist movement and dance”.

Info and reservation
Caravajal15 residenza dinamica
Via Malabranca 15
05018 Orvieto (TR) - Italy
tel +39 0763341479
fax +39 0763340669
info@contactfestival.it
www.contactfestival.it

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Looking for Pianist & Singers for "Pirates of Penzance" at The Dickens Christmas Fair

2007-09-24T19:00:03Z

Dickens Fair casting for the return of "Pirates of Penzance"

Co-directors Cat Taylor & Robert Young are holding auditions for selected roles in the revival of their widely acclaimed 60-minute production of Gilbert & Sullivan’s "Pirates of Penzance" performed last at the Dickens Christmas Fair in 2002. Originally adapted by Cat Taylor and John Cole for the 1987 Dickens Christmas Fair, the production will be performed once a day on the Victoria & Albert Music Hall stage, each day of the fair. The Great Dickens Fair will be open 11:00AM - 7:00PM every weekend day between Thanksgiving and Christmas (November 24th - December 23rd), plus the special opening day, Friday November 23rd.

This production is a largely volunteer effort for everyone involved and we will be asking the performers involved to help out as much as possible with costuming. We are currently checking to see what costumes, props and scenery pieces are available from the 2002 production, but will certainly need help on some items. Pirates costumes can be adapted from Renaissance Faire costumes and much of the remaining we will be creating ourselves or finding it wherever we are able to do so. If you are not cast in the production but would like to help out, we will be extremely pleased to have your help in costume production, set construction and in other behind-the-scenes capacities.

The available roles are:

Mabel, soprano. She knows what she wants (Frederic) and how to go about getting it. Considering there is much musical parody of Verdi’s Violetta (in La Traviata) -- especially Mabel’s Act I cadenzas -- she must have excellent coloratura and power, a soaring lyric soprano. There are numerous high B-flats throughout the score.

Edith, soprano. She has a couple of short but important solos and a bit of dialogue in Act I. Requires a strong soprano voice. Also a member of the chorus.

Kate, mezzo. Has one short solo and a bit of dialogue. Also a member of the chorus.

Isabel. No solo singing, but a few lines of dialogue. Also a member of the chorus.

Female Chorus are all wards of Major General Stanley, unattached young ladies.

Male Chorus all sing Act I as members of the pirate band. In Act II, the tenors continue as pirates, while the basses become police!

Rehearsal & Performance Pianist for Pirates and the other shows on the Victoria and Albert Music Hall stage. Must be able to play Gilbert & Sullivan music as well as improvisatory melodrama style. Compensation TBA.

If you are auditioning for the chorus, prepare one verse of a song, which displays your range, projection, diction, and ability to sing on pitch. It can be from G&S (preferred) or something similar, or even your favorite national anthem -- anything simple and straight forward which will give us a chance to compare your voice with others we hear.

If you are auditioning for a principal role, prepare a solo number for the character in Pirates you hope to play, or a solo from any opera or light opera for a character which requires a similar voice. Please bring sheet music for your pieces. You will also be asked to read some dialogue from Pirates.

Auditions will be held in San Francisco on Wednesday September 26th, starting at 7:00. The 15 minute auditions will be by appointment only, audition location will be given at the time of scheduling (it's in a private home)

Please contact Cat Taylor at cat@redbarnproductions.org to schedule an audition.

For more information on the Great Dickens Christmas Fair, please see http://www.dickensfair.com

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Custom Made Theatre Company now offering season subscriptions!

2007-09-21T22:06:50Z

For more information and to purchase:

http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/20560

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Tribe discount for Match Play at the Eureka

2007-09-07T22:00:37Z

The new play Match Play serves as the debut production for Theatre Out of Order www.theatreoutoforder.com

Opening September 7th and running Thursday through Sunday, Match Play is a profane, funny and often dark examination into the communication relationships.
The cast: Trish Tillman, David Austin Groen, Marcus Sams and Ana Elizondo.
For Tribe discount (1/2 price) reply to this post with dates you are intersted in.

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Artist Discussion Salon & CELLspace Call to Arms

2007-09-07T20:57:58Z

We have been planning this discussion on arts and media production for some time but it's even more appropriate in the face of what is going on. Keep your eyes peeled for the new Executive Director of Black Rock Arts Foundation, joining us for panel discussion!

Artist Salon and Reception for the Expo for the Artist and Musician
Thursday, September 13th 7:30-10:30
CELLSpace (2050 Bryant) SF

free admission
free drinks and snacks
arts and media panels - discussion and Q&A

live music - visual art show
puppetry workshop(canceled due to CELLspace woes, see below)
sewing class

This salon is part of the lead-in for an astounding event happening at SomArts that weekend, designed to bring artists, musicians, and the people who make it all happen together to meet each other and talk about their work. At CELLSpace we will have an art show in the gallery, puppetry and sewing workshops in the loft, musicians, free drinks and food, and panel discussions. The discussions will revolve around the ideas of producing arts, media, and change from a non-profit and for-profit perspective. What are the benefits of each format? How can artists navigate the world between the two for maximum freedom and maximum funding? Bay Area heavies from both sides of the fence will discuss why they have chosen the structure that they have and how they use it to get what they want.

BREAKING NEWS - CELLspace is facing massive crisis and needs your help! We will give the microphone to someone from the organization who can tell you all about what is going on and how you can get involved. Get your news fresh from the trenches. We love this community resource and want to fight to keep it! http://pandorastrunk.com http://artsandmedia.net/expo

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AUDITIONS - La Legion Fantastique!

2007-09-07T16:39:56Z

Bonjour,

We are holding auditions for actors for La Legion Fantastique! This is a new volunteer attraction in the children's area at this year's Dickens Christmas Fair (www.dickensfair.com). We need fun, charismatic actors with a love for Victorian science fiction (mostly Jules Verne) to populate our environment...interact with audience members, and have a great time being eccentric characters! This is an unpaid, but VERY FUN, show.

LIST OF CHARACTERS WE ARE LOOKING FOR:

HISTORICAL CHARACTERS

Jules Verne - Yes! We are looking for someone to play the chronicler of these amazing adventures. The person we are looking for should match his appearance, and have a relatively thorough knowledge of Verne's works/life...or be able to take a crash course in it. Our Verne would perform readings, and interact with the "real life" personae from his books.

BOOK CHARACTERS
THEME: “ Around The World In 80 Days”

1. Passpartout - Fogg's "right hand man".
2. Inspector Fix - A determined Scotland Yard officer always trying to catch Fogg in illegal activity.

THEME: “20,000 Leagues Under The Sea”

1. Conseil - Lab assistant of Prof. Arronax
2. Prof. Arronax - French professor of marine biology.
3. Ned Land - Canadian harpooneer...slayer of giant squid.
4. Various Nautilus Crewmen.

THEME: ”Journey To The Center Of The Earth”

1. Axel Lidenbrock - Nephew to Prof. Lidenbrock, adventurous youth.
2. Hans Bjelke - Danish hunter and guide to Lidenbrock expedition.

THEME: “From The Earth To The Moon”
1. IMPEY BARBICANE, P.G.C - President of "The Gun Club"
2. James T. Maston (has a hook for a hand) - Ammunitions expert and Secretary of "The Gun Club"
3. Michel Ardan - French investor in the Moon voyage.
4. Captain J. Nicholl - Enemy of Barbicane, in charge of England's design of anti-projectiles protection.

THEME: “ Mysterious Island”
1. Cyrus Smith - Railroad engineer in Union army
2. Nebuchadnezzar - African American assistant to Cyrus Smith
3.Bonadventure Pencroff - A talented sailor
4. Herbert Brown - Pencroff's young protege'
5. Gideon Spilett - Union war correspondent / reporter.

THEME: “Master Of The World”
1. Robur The Conquerer - Meglomaniac inventor of flying machines...
2. Agent John Strock - U.S. secret agent bent on protecting world from mad scientists

MISC.

1. Mrs. Weldon (From "Dick Sand, Boy Captain")
2. Marfa Strogoff (From "Michael Strogoff")
3. Myra Roderich (From "Secret of Wilhelm Storitz")
4. Lady Munro (From "Steam House")
5. Dame Hansen & Hulda Hansen (From "Lottery Ticket")
6 Miss Mary Grant & Helena Grant (From "Children of Captain Grant")
7. Edith & Jane Edgerton (From "Golden Volcano")
8. Miss Campbell (From "The Green Ray")
9. Mistress Branican (main character of "Mistress Branican")
10. Cascabel (from "Cesar Cascabel")

NOTE: I realize that there just aren't a lot of strong female roles in Verne's works. Blame Mr. Verne for that one. HOWEVER, I am happy to work with interested ladies on forging strong characters that will fit into the worlds established in our main list of books. Example could be Prof. Arronax's sister (a fabrication) who is just as intelligent, but is assisting her brother in spreading the story of "20k Leagues" around the world. Feel free to contact me, and we'll work something out...I'm very flexible! If you have an idea for a historical/fictional character that is not on this list, please tell me what you have in mind, and we may find a place for it.

Here are some helpful links:

www.julesverne.ca/hetzelpos...cters.html
www.jules-verne.co.uk/

You can also find links to complete texts of Verne's novels online. Wikipedia is a great place to start.

You can learn more about La Legion here:
mrphileasfogg.wordpress.com/
(Show Description Here--->) http://mrphileasfogg.wordpress.com/2007/08/06/la-legion-fantastique-to-open-nov-23-2007/
or visit
http://tribes.tribe.net/7savillerow

If you would like to audition, please EMAIL ME at: poverstreet@gmail.com.

Please let me know what character(s) you are interested in playing and evenings you are available to audition. I will contact each of you with audition times and location. Please contact me by Sept 20th.

Thank you all very much!

-Peter Overstreet
Director - La Legion Fantastique

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Shady Shakespeare Theatre Company Presents Macbeth & The Tempest

2007-09-06T16:07:55Z

Shady Shakespeare's 2007 Season will perform August 10 - September 16 with the shows alternating performance evenings.

Macbeth,
directed by Karen de Leon, takes us inside the mind and soul of one of literature's most notorious villains. Macbeth is a man trapped in a nightmare he can neither control, nor escape; A nightmare of unbearable lust and bloodshed. Politics and sex intermingle to spur the ambition of an imaginative Macbeth and his power hungry bride. Set in a world where women reign, men fight, and witchcraft decides one's fate, this production will rock your expectations of this classic play and leave you wondering how far you would go for a taste of power...

The Tempest,
chronicles the life of Prospero who was supplanted by an ambitious brother from her Dukedom in Milan and stranded on a deserted island. Powerful in the art of sorcery, Prospero quickly learns to use the spirits of the enchanted island to make a comfortable life; but everything is about to change with the arrival of a ship full of villains, lovers and fools. Directed by Dinna Myers, SSTC's production will be set against the lush backdrop of the Polynesian islands; rich with authentic music, costume, and dance. We invite you to come and enjoy the magic of the isles! Aloha.

Cost: Just parking ($6)
Schedule: http://www.shadyshakes.org/season/calendar.php

Directions:

From the north (Hwy 280 southbound): Take the De Anza Blvd exit and turn right onto De Anza Blvd (Saratoga-Sunnyvale Ave). Turn right onto Saratoga Ave (Hwy 9). Continue up Hwy 9 approximately 4.5 miles. Immediately after the Saratoga Springs sign you will turn left onto Sanborn Rd. Stay on Sanborn Rd approximately 2 miles. Turn right into the Sanborn park entrance.

From the south (Hwy 280 northbound): Take the Saratoga Ave exit and turn left onto Saratoga Ave (Hwy 9) heading west. Stay in the right hand lane. Continue on Saratoga Ave (Hwy 9) through downtown Saratoga. Stay straight and continue up Hwy 9 approximately 4.5 miles. Immediately after the Saratoga Springs sign you will turn left onto Sanborn Rd. Stay on Sanborn Rd approximately 2 miles. Turn right into the Sanborn park entrance.

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"Aaah! Rosebud" -Comedic pre-quel to Citizen Kane (Thunderbird Theatre Company)

2007-08-16T16:37:32Z

Yes, it’s true; there’s comedic pre-quel to Citizen Kane, since; “behind every great man there is an evil sled.”

Thunderbird Theatre Company of San Francisco is presenting:
"Aaah! Rosebud"
Written by Peter Finch of KFOG radio (SF).

OPENS THURSDAY, Aug. 23rd!

Known for a cult-like following for their off-beat comedies such as the pirate spoof; "Lusty Booty", and the last year's "Release the Kraken" (a mash-up of “Clash of the titans meets “clerks”), the Thunderbird brings yet another original comedy to stage.

San Francisco performances are every Thursday through Monday nights
August 23rd until September 8th.
7:30pm doors, 8:00pm curtain
Performed at: New Langton Arts
1246 Folsom Street (between 8th & 9th, South of Market)

Details, about the show at the website:
http://www.thunderbirdtheatre.com/
Recorded Info: (415) 289-6766

To give you an even better idea, read the recent (Aug. 12th) Pink Section Datebook article from the SF Chronicle:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/08/12/PKRPRB2RS.DTL

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CASTING FOR A READING (SF SAN JOSE AREA)

2007-07-20T19:40:54Z

IT WAS A DARK AND STORMY STAGE.

"A calamitous applause of thunder encourages an electrostatic discharge of illuminating energy that lights the grand entry hall of the mansion through the leaded glass windows that semi-transparently embrace the massive, winding staircase that provides a notched route for its guests to climb up to the next level up or …down."

Thus begins one of theatre's lapses of artistic sanity by staging a backstage murder mystery of miscues, missed clues that lead to mass queues of patrons demanding the prosecution of Otto Finkleheime, author of A NIGHT TO DISMEMBER.

ROUND UP THE USUAL SUSPECTS…CAST

Not new to the area, but out of touch with theatre community, I am searching for actors/readers for the farce A NIGHT TO DISMEMBER. Initially, a cold/informal reading is planned to work out the knots with hopes that a "cast" might later participate in a more formal backer's audition.

If you are interested in reading or would like to help round up a few good actors, please respond.

The Guest List appears below.

Thanks.

Drew

A Night to Dismember

This is a tale of a small band of beleaguered guests who find themselves at the mercy of a raging storm, a maniacal murderer, and a script by Otto Finkleheimer.

Otto’s “ghost” writer may have to finish this epic work-in-progress if the cast doesn’t do it in first. The Berthington Players, a small group of community thespians, find their own intrigues more murderous than the who-done-it they are rehearsing.

Major Brutus Anthony/Stage Manager, Baskerville 1...Dedee Production Stage Manager and read-in for the absent Brutus • Carrying on an affair with Chuck

Dexter Bellows, Baskerville 2...Dr. Duncan Pettigrew Master of the House • Overweight, pedantic, part-time director who has a thing for Babs

Sappington...Brad The Butler • Typecast actor wishing for better...want-to-be boyfriend of Catherine

Chloe...Catherine The Housekeeper • Slight, nervous, would be good if she didn’t babble on so

Richard King III...Marlon Dexter Bellows’ Grand-nephew • Strange-eyed actor with better things to do with his talent

Butler Mannington...Gerald Young Man who has been invited to the manor. • Leading man type whom happens to be gay

Zoe Guilgood...Babs Dexter Bellows’ Third Cousin, twice removed • Ingenue who happens to be bisexual

Dalbert Bastaard...Chuck Dexter Bellows’ Solicitor • An imposing man who is a heavy drinker, the object of Dedee’s affection

Dorthea Bastaard...Madge Dalbert's Wife and former mistress of Dexter Bellows • Heavy drinker and smoker, flirts with anything wearing trousers

Dame Lilith St. Cyr...Maxie The Dowager from next door, a former stripper • Played in drag by a man who frequently embellishes his lines

Inspector Sgt. Daget Baskerville, Brutus Anthony...Abe The Uninvited Guest • Yiddish comedian, always looking for the yolk...oy.

Otto Finkleheimer, Baskerville 3…Alister Carstairs The disgruntled playwright

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"The Scottish Play"...naked!

2007-07-10T23:33:45Z

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/n/a/2007/07/09/entertainment/e144919D41.DTL

I think we could totally do something similar in the SF Bay Area.

Who's with me?

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H.M.S. Pinafore

2007-06-07T21:14:13Z

Lyric Theatre
Presents
H.M.S. Pinafore

Does "love level all ranks" even in the Royal Navy? Captain Corcoran's daughter is due to be betrothed to the upper-class Cabinet Minister in charge of the entire Navy, but she falls in love with a lowly sailor under her father's command. Gilbert and Sullivan's first smash hit satirizes the British class system, with a surprise twist ending.

Performance Dates
Saturday, June 16, 2007 - 8:00pm
Sunday, June 17, 2007 - 2:00pm
Friday, June 22, 2007 - 8:00pm
Saturday, June 23, 2007 - 8:00pm
Sunday, June 24, 2007 - 2:00pm

Montgomery Theatre
291 S. Market St
(W. San Carlos at Market St.)
San Jose, CA 95113

Tickets $24-$30
Order Online: www.lyrictheatre.org • Order by Phone: (408) 986-1455

Cast Discount Coupon Code: bell
Use this coupon code to get a discount on regular Adult priced tickets

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"Aaah! Rosebud" Auditions Saturday, June 16th, 2007 -Thunderbird Theatre Company

2007-05-10T20:52:28Z

"Aaah! Rosebud" - The comedic pre-quel to Citizen Kane.
Produced by the Thunderbird Theatre Company of San Francisco.

AUDITIONS for our summer original comedic play; “Aaah! Rosebud” will be held on Saturday, June 16th, 2007 in San Francisco.

This show has performances between August 23rd and September 22nd in both San Francisco and in Berkeley.

Any and ALL details concerning auditions may be found on the Thunderbird website:
www.thunderbirdtheatre.com/
(click the large, red “auditions” button).

Please help us spread the word by forwarding this e-mail to any and all actors that you know.

Thank you, and break a leg in all your theatrical endeavors.

Sincerely,

-Bryce Allemann
Co-founder, Thunderbird Theatre Company
www.thunderbirdtheatre.com

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International Contact festival in Italy \ second call

2007-04-18T20:49:27Z

Zipfest07
International scene of improvisation live performing arts

Orvieto - Italy
19-24 June 2007
eighth edition
www.contactfestival .it

International project of Art and Culture on the Poetics of Performance and Improvisation Dance.
The festival will be held in Orvieto in Italy, from 19 to 24 June 2007.

Registration are still going on from March 15th.
Our website has all the information on Zipfest07 calendar.
www.contactfestival .it
Please visit it !!

Guest performers and teachers Zipfest07:
K.J. Holmes (USA),
Oleg Soulimenko (Austria\Russia) ,
Charlie Morrissey (United Kingdom),
Patricia Kuypers (Belgium),
Rossella Fiumi (Italy),
Keith Biesack (USA),
Jacky Miredin (France),
Adrian Russi (Switzerland) ,
Bettina Helmrich (Germany),
Laura Moro (Italy),
Ruby Worth (Scotland),
Manuela Bondavalli (Italy),
Barbara Lucarini (Italy)

Special guest for Music
the group of songs and dances of Salento
Officina Zoè

Focus zoom
Project 2007 also plans for a special appointment addressed to all the participants
registered in the festival, who are invited to present an original performance.
We request the participants who register for the festival to spontaneously
propose their creations.
It is an interesting occasion offered to those who wish to share and highlight
their own performances for an international audience.

See you soon at Zipfest07
...
Zipfest team

Caravajal 15 residenza dinamica
Via Malabranca 15 Orvieto (TR) Italy
tel +39 0763 341479
fax +39 0763 340669
info@contactfestiva l.it
www.contactfestival .it

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Zipfestival's video 2005 on line

2007-04-18T20:13:11Z

Dear Friends
As they say, better late than never!
We have published a few video extracts from Zipfestival 2005 on Youtube http://www.youtube.com/
We shall shortly send you the websites (URL) so you can see and download the video extracts.
Or you can easily find it on the festival website’s page
http://www.contactfestival.it/2007/ITA_2006/zip_video.html
In the meanwhile we are working on the 2006 video and in June 2007 (19-24) we remind you the next festival is just around the corner!
Have fun watching and let us know what you think!
Till then
Zipfest

http://www.contactfestival.it/2007/ITA_2006/zip_video.html

OR check one by one on these links:

Documentario Zip 2005 – track 1
URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roqpVM-nKRA

Documentario Zip 2005 – track 2
URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05ADwTz58GY

Documentario Zip 2005 – track 3
URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EoUY1KECUU

Documentario Zip 2005 – track 4
URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FFfvZe9Qkw

Performance Real Time track 1
URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1T3NWzqGmG4

Performance Real Time track 2
URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHlJotx0U0E

Performance Real Time track 3
URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QepglIvIEM

Performance Last Minute track 1
URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pS2TI6x83gk

Performance Last Minute track 2
URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5PVVHJh_ao

Performance Solo in Motion
URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uGTf0oA8go

Duo Piano concerto Bollani-Salis
URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SefO-o4d29k

Trio concerto Salis-Rabbia-Bellatalla
URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ch9i-Q1Bfz8

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Zipfest07 \ 19-24 June 2007 , Orvieto in Italy \ registration open

2007-03-17T15:33:19Z

Zipfest07
International Improvisation festival live performing arts
www.contactfestival.it

What:
one week with international guest artists and intensive workshops on Contact Improvisation and Improvisation, laboratories around the themes of physicality, jams, performances and concerts.

When:
June 19 - 24 / 2007

Where:
Orvieto – Italy

Whit:
K.J. Holmes, Oleg Soulimenko, Charlie Morrissey, Patricia Kuypers, Rossella Fiumi, Keith Biesack,
Jacky Miredin, Adrian Russi, Bettina Helmrich, Laura Moro, Ruby Worth,
Manuela Bondavalli, Barbara Lucarini and the guest group for music concert Officina Zoè

Cost:
Zipfest all included registration 250 Euros

Contact/registration:
more info details write to info@contactfestival.it or visit www.contactfestival.it

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H 3-D: Live Horror Theatre

2007-03-15T10:10:11Z

Finally, the true story about the Haddonfield Babysitter Murderer is revealed in this suspense-filled, gorefest comedy by the Primitive Screwheads, who will be performing this show for the first time in SCREW-U-VISION, a revolutionary sensory process in which audiences will be given special glasses that will make it seem like the actors are not on stage, but they'll swear the actors are sitting on right in their laps.

This time around, we are performing at the Xenodrome Theater, which is a small 80 seat Venue, which allows our shows to be more intimate and it also brings the entire audience right up close to the action and excitment. The Xenodrome has also given us full permission to spray as much blood as we want, which means we are going to shower the entire audience without remorse. No one will be safe. NO ONE!

Link to Our Trailer!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldMW2EGfdiQ

There will be beer and wine and snacks for sale.

On St. Patrick Day's March 17th, the blood will be GREEN!

WHEN: Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays
March 15th, 16th,17th & March 22nd,23rd,and 24th
8pm Shows
Doors open at 7:15pm
WHERE: Xenodrome Theater
1320 Potrero (@ 25th Street)
San Francisco
Tickets: www.brownpapertickets.com/event/11223
$20 plus service charge online
$25 at the door.

Get your tickets early. Our shows sell out fast especially since we are at a smaller venue.
Thank You for your enthusiasm and support. And may God have mercy on you, because we sure won't!

www.primitivescrewheads.com

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AUDITION for the SF Young Playwrights Festival

2007-03-14T23:33:47Z

AUDITION FOR THE SF YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS FESTIVAL 2007

The San Francisco Young Playwrights Foundation is looking for spirited
actors to get in the act and be a part of the 2nd annual San Francisco
Young Playwrights Festival. Audition for one of the 20+ roles available.
Actors of all ages, ethnicities, and experience are welcome.

THE FESTIVAL
The show will receive a weekend run from May 18-20, 2007 at City College
of San Francisco’s Diego Rivera Theater. This production is non-Equity, no
pay.

DETAILS
What: San Francisco Young Playwrights Festival auditions
Where: San Francisco
When: Saturday, March 17, 2007, 9:00am to 3:00pm
How: Please bring a resume with headshot, as well as 1-2 prepared
monologues *once you sign up, you will receive a confirmation email with
all the audition details

SIGN UP NOW
Sign up today for an auditions spot online at our Web site
www.sfyoungplaywrights.org.

The winning plays are:

THE METHOD OF BEING A VELOCIRAPTOR by Romolo Wilkinson (SF School of the
Arts)
Directed by Deborah Shaw
Alexandrov Stanislavksi, an eccentric drama instructor and the less famous
brother of renowned theater artist Konstantin Stanislavski, teaches his
class of young hopefuls the mysterious and complex art of stage acting.
Channeling a variety of sources, including some prehistoric influences,
Stanislavski imparts valuable skills to his students, with rather insane
fervor. (5M, 6W)

SAINT by Juliana Caccavo (Balboa High)
Directed by Sara Staley
Tamora shares her memories of spending time in a psychiatric institution
with another girl, Katherine. An introspective look into adolescent
character. (1W – Puerto Rican, 2W – any race)

THE REAL REASON BEHIND MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCES by Nina Moog
(Lick-Wilmerding High)
Directed by Alan Quismorio
Like all other teenaged girls, Sophie is sick and tired of her parents’
constant interference in her life. But the discovery of some mysterious
things underneath her bed may provide a most unexpected solution to her
problem. (2W, 6M)

MAMA by Tanea Lunsford (SF School of the Arts)
Directed by TBA
Four women at a poker game share about their lives, celebrations, and
struggles. When an unexpected crisis invades their circle, will the bonds
of womanhood and maternal instinct be able to hold them together? (4W –
African-American, 1M – African-American)
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Iolanthe

2007-03-05T22:53:16Z

Lyric Theatre
Presents

Iolanthe
by Gilbert & Sullivan
March 24 to April 1

Strephon, an Arcadian shepherd, wants to marry Phyllis, a Ward of Chancery. When Phyllis sees Strephon kissing a young-looking woman, she assumes the worst. But her "rival" turns out to be none other than Strephon's own mother, Iolanthe, a fairy once married to the
Lord Chancellor - forbidden by Fairy Law!

A delightful springtime treat, Lyric Theatre's all-new production of Iolanthe comes to the Montgomery Theatre in Downtown San Jose March 24th and runs through April 1st. Plenty of free parking nearby.

Fully staged in English with English supertitles projected above the stage.

Director: Jean Marie Perchalski
Music Director: Michael Taylor

The Lord Chancellor . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark Blattel
Strephon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cameron Latchford
Phyllis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Margaret Valeriano
Queen of the Fairies . . . . . . . . . . . Kirsten Allegri
Iolanthe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Indre Visknotas
Earl of Mountararat . . . . . . . . . . . . Michael Cuddy
Earl of Tolloller . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dan Galpin
Private Willis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . David Powell
Celia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jennifer Medeiros
Leila . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elinor Gates
Fleta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pat Grennan

Chorus of Fairies . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cara Arellano, Bethany Faulk, Connie Kleinjans, Cheryl Pasanisi, Michelle Prier, Tiffany Schwartz, Meb Steiner, Dana Tomasino, Lydia Wang, Joan Young

Chorus of Dukes, Marquises, Earls, Viscounts, and Barons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jeff Boylan, Richard Duce, Mike Ewaska, Dennis Gaushell, Ed Goldberg, Barry Hayes, Jim
Martin, Paul Sherrill, Robert Snedegar, Eugene Sullivan, Ed Wei

March 24, 29, 30, 31 @ 8pm • March 25 and April 1 @ 2pm

Montgomery Theatre
291 S. Market St
(W. San Carlos at Market St.)
San Jose , CA 95113

Tickets $24-$30
Order Online: www.lyrictheatre.org • Order by Phone: (408) 986-1455

Discount Coupon Code: Wings
Use this coupon code to get a discount on regular Adult priced tickets

See you at the theater!!!

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Come see The Impresario's Audition or The Dueling Divas

2007-02-28T03:31:53Z

Please join The Divas Next Door at their premiere production of:

The Impresario's Audition or The Dueling Divas

An opera audition is turned upside down when two rival sopranos fight over who will be the company’s new leading lady. Featuring a selection of Italian songs and arias and music from Mozart’s The Impresario.

Featuring a talented cast of Bay Area performers including Tom Caldecott, Marie Sanders, Diane Squires, Suzanne Gordon, Kenny Louis, Emma Steuer, Kimberly Forlenza, Alex Giacomini, Maddie Sykes, Lindsay Ip, Monica Weber, Kestine Theile and Jeremy Erman, pianist.

Sunday March 4th 2007 3:00 PM

Church of the Epiphany
1839 Arroyo Ave in San Carlos

Admission is $10 per person

Directons: From Highway 280 North take the Edgewood exit and make a right on Edgewood. Follow Edgewood down the hill to Alameda de los Pulgas and make a left. Make a right on Brittan (there’s a traffic light, so it’s easy to find.) Make a left on Tamarack and a right on Arroyo. The church will be on your right, you can’t miss it.

Who are the Divas Next Door?

The Divas Next Door are a new San Francisco Bay Area based production company founded for the purpose of producing high quality music and theatre for today's audiences. Through the presentation of modern and dynamic interpretation we hope to renew interest in and enrich various musical art forms via new translations, updated stories and creative interpretation. Further, we seek to encourage the development of new singers by providing cooperative performance opportunities that allow young and developing singers the chance to perform alongside opera, music & theatre professionals.

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Seeking actor who can do mime

2007-02-25T19:37:35Z

Marin Fringe fest has a wonderful part for an actor who can do Mime.
Doesn't have to be an expert but willing to dive in and can do physical comedy!

One act in festival this spring!

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Three Seconds in the Key: West Coast Premiere at the SF Playhouse

2007-01-30T21:08:04Z

The SF Playhouse production of Deb Margolin's Three Seconds in the Key, a West Coast premiere, just got a great review from critic Chad Jones. (It's posted here: http://www.ibabuzz.com/backstage/ on January 15.) He calls it a "slam dunk" and goes on to say, "Three Seconds in the Key puts us in the mind of illness, where fighting and winning are more than a game and spiritual connection is more than empty words or a plea bargain with God."

TBA members (and anyone who mentions this posting on Tribe) get tickets for half-price to any show that's not sold out. Or see the show for free as an usher!

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AS YOU LIKE IT - TIKI THEMED SHINDIG - SEPT. 22

2006-09-13T03:50:40Z

TIKI Shinidg on Sept. 22nd for AS YOU LIKE IT! (Oh Greg Brady – why did you go in that cave…I just dated myself didn’t I?)

Drinks, dancing and great great show that features not only onstage wrestling, but also a eastern european band on stage – I wouldn’t make something like that up.

Also, check out the blogs for the show:

http://www.calshakes.org/v4/06shows/ayli/content/blogs.html

Comedy gold. Just like the show.

Go to www.calshakes.org for tix!

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Does anyone have any contacts in a London Theatre?

2006-09-05T04:23:09Z

I'm heading to London with a work visa for six months and I would love to work at a theatre while I'm there.

Does anyone have any contacts in a London Theatre?

I'm interested in working in theater management, box office, casting, etc, but I also have costume experience.

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Daily Show Correspondent Dan Bakkedahl Comes to Cal Shakes

2006-08-25T19:53:19Z

Fans of The Daily Show—mark your calendars for Friday, September 1, when Cal Shakes will host a special reception for Daily Show Correspondent Dan Bakkedahl at 6:30pm before the 8:00pm performance of The Merchant of Venice. Bakkedahl, who studied theater in college alongside Cal Shakes Associate Artistic Director Sean Daniels, is on the Theater’s Advisory Council, and is working to help introduce new patrons and donors to Cal Shakes as part of the New Generations program. New Generations efforts include our “Young & Cheap” discount tickets for people age 30 and under; our Ambassador program, which recruits and empowers college students and young professionals to help spread the word about Cal Shakes; and upgrades to our website, including message boards, artist blogs, and podcasts.

Last month, an e-mail message from Bakkedahl was sent to Cal Shakes’ “Whippersnappers” (patrons who had previously purchased “Young & Cheap” tickets) to inform them of a unique challenge. Thanks to the generosity of several anonymous donors, any donations made through the end of the season by patrons under the age of 35 will be matched dollar for dollar (up to $10,000). Bakkedahl wrote, “What a great way to prove that those of us under 35 actually care about our communities, our theaters, and our good times together.” We agree.

Join Bakkedahl, the Whippersnappers, and other Daily Show fans at the reception at 6:30pm at the Bruns Amphitheater. The event is free for all Merchant of Venice ticketholders, and $10 for others. To RSVP, call Elizabeth Schrey at 510.548.3422 x101 or email eschrey@calshakes.org.

Go to www.calshakes.org

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TMAX

2006-08-15T19:01:54Z

Hey all,
There's a wonderful resource being neglected in SF, and it's filling our landfills...
Well not really filling, but sure dropping a bunch of otherwise useful materials into the trash.

TMAX is a theater resource trading site, a place to find homes for set pieces that were custom built for that one show, and now just another thing to move every time you want to find that ever so useful 4x4 deck that's buried in storage.

If you're a small company with a garage to keep a few flats for an upcoming show, one could save a lot of labor and materials cost by planning ahead and checking the TBA site for give aways

The only thing is, no one checks it, so no one posts anything.
No attention = useless system.
Often it's easier to make a dump run so you know it'll go away.
Or in the case of ACT's scenic shop, leave it out back for the local skateboarders to use for ramps.

It'll take a bit of dillegence to get going again, and may be quieter in the summer months, but it's worth a shot whenever you've got an otherwise useful or just plain interesting set piece that would be a waste to throw out...

http://www.theatrebayarea.org/programs/tmax.jsp

Let's use it!

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Custom Made Auditions - "Equus" needs Jill / Nurse

2006-08-12T15:44:16Z

The Custom Made Theatre Co. is seeking actress to play 17-22 year old in "Equus" (Author Peter Shaffer; Director Alice Shikina). Character of Jill. Brief full nudity required by royalties' contract. This part will be double cast with the part of the nurse, which will involve some mask work; previous mask work not necessary. Great opportunity to work with growing company. Opens Sept. 28; runs Thurs. - Sat. nights through Oct. 28. Stipend/profit-share.

Email headshot/resume to Alice at ashikina@rcn.com for audition appointment.

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Merchant Shindig at Cal Shakes

2006-08-10T04:09:18Z

Hey everybody,

The Shindig for MERCHANT OF VENICE at Cal Shakes is just around the corner. Friday, August 18th

For one ticket price you get: Drinks, dancing, a dj, and - in my opinion - the coolest show Cal Shakes has done in some time. I really think you’ll dig it.

And, if you’re under 30, it’s only $15.

Check it out at:

http://www.calshakes.org/v4/06shows/mov/mov_loadshin.html

Hope you can make it.

Sean

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Are you IN yet?

2006-07-17T09:17:04Z

My new musical, Insignificant Others, opened this past weekend to tremendous audience response, with lots of laughter and tears at all the right places. The show will play every Thursday, Friday and Saturday evening at 8:00 p.m. and every Sunday afternoon at 2:00 p.m. through August 13. Seats are selling fast, so buy them now at http://www.isomusical.com or call the NCTC box office at (415) 861-8972.

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A new development

2006-07-12T23:22:08Z

Hi folks,

I just wanted to let those of you who may be interested know that the New Hollywood Stars website is now up. I had asked about this recently but no one knew anything about it. Here's the address:

www.newhollywoodstars.com

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Free Tickets to Putting It Together at SF Playhouse Wednesday July 12!

2006-07-10T06:47:33Z

We've got press coming to the show this Wednesday, July 12, and I want to ensure a big ol' happy house for the occasion. Any Tribe readers out there who would like comps for the show? Call me at the Playhouse box office (415-677-9596) and leave a message with your name and phone number if you're interested. Mention Tribe, so I know where you heard about it.

Tara
415-677-9596

PS: Putting It Together is a Sondheim revue -- the cast (all local) has been getting great responses from audience and critics. Come see the show for yourself!

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Le Grand Shindig at Cal Shakes

2006-07-07T04:02:19Z

Hey everybody, calendar/theater/baguette time!

Friday, July 14th – is our next Shindig, but this just isn’t any shindig, this one falls on Bastille Day – so it’s Le Grand Shindig!!!

Check out the link at:

http://www.calshakes.org/v4/06shows/rc/rc_load_shin.html

So in addition to the usual drinks and dj’s, a brilliant show, there will be: mustaches, berets, chocolate fountains, guillotines, wine, champagne, and perhaps even enough deserts so that everyone can eat cake.

The show is Restoration Comedy – which is a GIANT crowd favorite it’s hi-larious, - a laugh out loud funny show, that’s also silly and sexy. I think you’ll all dig it a ton, and if you’re under 30, tickets are only $15, Oh la, la.

See you at the theater.

Sean

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Sherry Glaser at the Marsh

2006-06-24T22:46:14Z

Sherry Glaser's one woman show "Oh My Goddess" is now playing at the Marsh San Francisco on Valencia. If you're familiar with Sherry then you know what a phenomenal performer she is. If you are not, check out our website www.themarsh.org for more information about Sherry, the show, our theatre and ticket info! Hope to see you there!

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If you haven't heard yet . . .

2006-06-24T17:28:38Z

The play "Papa" by Pulitzer prize winner John deGroot is coming to the Eureka Theater. Check us out at www.papatonight.com . This play has gotten great reviews from BackStage West, the L.A. Times and others. Papa opens June 16th and runs Thursday through Saturday, 8PM and Sunday 5PM.

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Cal Shakes looking for super cool stage management intern

2006-06-21T20:21:45Z

The California Shakespeare Theater is looking for a stage management intern to work on AS YOU LIKE IT, directed by Artistic Director Jonathan Moscone.

Under the leadership of Artistic Director Jonathan Moscone (the same one you’d be working with), Cal Shakes has earned more than 100 Bay Area Critics Circle and Dean Goodman Choice Awards, as well as praise for our creative vision, caliber of production, artistic ambition, and risk-taking.

Dates are August 15th-October 8th

We encourage you to apply via email.

If you’re interested, please submit your resume and statement to:

Cal Shakes Professional Intern Program
Attn: Sean Daniels
California Shakespeare Theater
701 Heinz Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94710-2732
sean@calshakes.org

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actors of color needed for Fringe Fest play

2006-06-15T15:16:01Z

the alloy project is now holding auditions for FUSE, a multimedia play that will be featured in this year's San Francisco Fringe Festival. We need four men and three women in their twenties/thirties. Actors' race/cultural background is unimportant, but they should be able to play biracial/multiracial characters.

Auditions will be held this coming weekend, June 17 and 18. Please call Jennifer at (415) 420-6932 for the location and to schedule an appointment. Please bring a photo, resume, prepared monologue, and schedule to check for conflicts. Rehearsal will begin in early August.

Performance dates are Thursday, September 7 10:00 PM; Saturday, September 9 4:00 PM; Tuesday, September 12 8:30 PM, Saturday, September 16 7:00 PM. The play will be performed at the Exit Theater.

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