News THA

Alumni Theatre Company Looking For Scripts

2008-07-11T09:40:00.000-07:00

Guerrilla Rep seeks original, unpublished short plays (5-20min) on theme of "Virtual Culture" from Bay Area playwrights for 1-act festival slated for early 2009 at Mama Calizo's Voice Factory. Deadline 9/1/2008.

Also seeking original, unpublished full-length plays (90+ min) on contemporary themes from Bay Area playwrights for staged readings and possible full production during 2009/10 season. Deadline 10/1/2008. Submit (electronic format) to submissions@guerrillarep.org. Info: www.guerrillarep.org

Bay Area Theatre Sports looking for TA's

2008-06-30T12:45:00.003-07:00

Bay Area Theatre Sports (BATS) is currently looking for TA's to fill in for 1 week 4 hour shifts for their youth summer conservatory from

July 14th-Aug 1st. The position is strictly a TA position as opposed

to a co-teacher one. Duties would involve leading warm ups,

wrangling, and improv demos. Unfortunately the position does not

pay, unless you stay for aftercare which will be $12 per hour (under

the table) multiplied by every child. This position is great for

people looking for childcare/teaching drama experience.

Benefits include a free BATS performance.

Bats is located at B350 Fort Mason Center, San Francisco just one bus

(28) to/from SFSU/Daly City BART.

For more info contact Lisa Rowland @ (415)-474-6776 or email @ lisa@improv.org.

For information on BATS go to www.improv.org

ART GALLERY ASSISTANT NEEDED

2008-06-30T12:45:00.001-07:00

ART GALLERY ASSISTANT

Class I, Step 1 - $9.37/hr

Hours to be arranged 10-15 Hours per week

-This is a student position-

JOB DESCRIPTION

* Work with gallery team in the execution of 3 gallery exhibitions per semester as Publicist, Reception Coordinator, Registrar or Relations and Documentation Coordinator.

* Mail/ Distribute Call-for-Entries.

* Brainstorm exhibit themes and suggest Calls-for-Entries for future exhibits.

* Answer phone calls/ communicate with exhibiting artist.

* Attend weekly meetings.

* Work on individual projects.

* Must be available to work 3-4 Saturdays per semester for installation, 3-4 Thursday evenings per semester for opening receptions and 3-4 afternoons for jurying sessions.

JOB QUALIFICATIONS

* Art History, Studio, Museum Studies major or equivalent preferred.

* Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

* Ability to type (20 wpm).

* Computer experience (Macintosh preferred).

* Photoshop & Illustrator Program knowledge a plus.

* Knowledge in exhibition design and preparation (preferred).

* Accuracy and timelines in performing assigned duties/ ability to meet deadlines.

* Detail and team oriented, yet able to work alone when necessary.

* Creative Aptitude.

* Experience framing artwork a plus.

* Must be enrolled at SFSU with a minimum of 6 units a semester.

* Please attach a resume, cover letter, and on a separate sheet of paper answer the following two questions:

1. What sort of experience/ skills do you want to gain from working at the Art Gallery?

2. How do you think your prior work or educational experience can add to the gallery?

For more information please contact Art Gallery at 338-2580 or X82580. Applications and job descriptions are available in the Student Center Business Office, C-134 (Lower Conference Level).

www.sfsustudentcenter.com

Jesus Hopped the 'A' Train - Second Run in the City

2008-06-30T12:44:00.001-07:00

JESUS HOPPED THE 'A' TRAIN

July 10 to July 20, 2008

Award-winning play comes to San Francisco

Preview July 10, 2008 and opens July 11.

(San Francisco, CA)(June, 2008)…SuperFragileCatalytic Productions in association with C.A.F.E. (Combined Art Form Entertainment) is proud to present JESUS HOPPED THE 'A' TRAIN. A high stakes prison drama, centering on the future of two Riker's Island prisoners - Written by critically acclaimed writer Stephen Adley Gurguis coming to Off Market Theatre beginning July 10.

About The Show

Set in Riker's Island Prison in New York: two adjacent cells hold two murderers; an atheist on trial for shooting a reprehensible cult leader, and a brutal serial killer and born-again Christian. A masterful debate about anger, innocence, lying, and ultimately being "right" in Gods eyes. Will you lie for what you believe in, or will you step up and pay a bigger price for that belief?

Come see: Scott Bray(D'Amico) who is a founding and current member of The Street School Artist Collective where he is currently acting and writing; actor, writer, director, and acting consultant/coach Evan Tamayo (Valdez); actor, sound tech and stage constructor Joe Ingram (Lucius); Actor, writer, and dancer, Rudy Solis (Angel), who has been actively performing for over 12 years; producer and costume designer Olivia Griffin (Mary Jane); and Ben Baker who, utilizing his Master's in Drama, has directed 'Jesus Hopped the 'A' Train' with phenomenal success.

Producers Abbie Dwelle and Olivia Griffin of SuperFragileCatalytic Productions are excited to be re-opening Jesus Hopped the 'A' Train in San Francisco after packed houses during its first run at San Francisco State University in April 2008. Both have already collaborated at Off-Market with C.A.F.E and are extremely pleased to be returning with their newly founded production company in tow. With a large focus on pure forms of entertainment, SuperFragileCatalytic Productions will focus on utilizing all aspects of entertainment media including; costumes, set, dance, music, and projection to create original, inspiring and thought provoking pieces to the entire public, inside and outside of theatres.

Reviews for Jesus Hopped the 'A' Train

"…an emotionally charged two-act play" – Darla Nagle, 'Golden Gate [X]press'

"The anger and old guilt, good intentions, and B.S. still rule in this play of religion and legal concerns, desperation, honesty, dishonesty and responsibility." – Kathryn Osenlund, 'Curtain Up Review'

About The Artists
Starring: Joe Ingram, Rudy Solis, Olivia Griffin, Evan Tamayo and Scott Bray
Written by: Stephen Adley Gurguis
Directed by: Ben Baker
Stage Manager: Abbie Dwelle

Jesus Hopped the 'A' Train runs July 10, 2008 to July 20, 2008. All performances are at Off Market Theatre at 965 Mission St. San Francisco, CA 94103. Thursday, Fridays and Saturdays at 8 PM, Sundays at 2 PM. Tickets are $20. Running time is 120 minutes with intermission and concessions available. Allow time for street parking. There will be a Preview on July 10^th.

For reservations, call (510) 332-8970 or RESERVE ONLINE:

http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/36427

Get more information online at:http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/36427

About C.A.F.E. (Combined Art Form Entertainment)

Founded in 1998, C.A.F.E. is on a mission to develop and combine all art forms to pioneer the "arts of the future," as well as be an active and supporting member of the San Francisco – and now Los Angeles – performance production scene.

Created by Producing Artistic Director Matthew Quinn, and joined by Steve Kahn in 1999, C.A.F.E. has collaborated with actors, singers, filmmakers, sketch comedy groups, musicians, improvisers, and fine artists in more than 100 shows, including Santaland Diaries, Eavesdropper (SF), Monday (SF) Thursday (LA) Night Improv Jam, PAPA (at the Eureka w/Open Fist), Tilted Frame Improv and the SF Solo Festival.

Beginning in June of 2007, C.A.F.E. has expanded to include a new venue on theatre row in Hollywood, Theatre Asylum. Combined, they allow for a unique merger of two creative cities, allowing both to influence each other in their development and production of entertainment.

More information about C.A.F.E is available at www.cafearts.com.

Spot Operorator Needed for The Zeum

2008-06-19T14:04:00.001-07:00

The Zeum is looking for a spot ops operator to work the fabulous musical OhMyGodmother opening at The Zeum Theater at 4Th & Mission SF on June 26Th. They will be performing on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays to 8 PM Sundays at 3 PM through August. Go to their web site OhMyGodmother.com to learn more about our production. Contact 510-523-3456 or 510-393-1535 (cell) if you are interested. Producer, B. Nemer

email is barbararnemer@sbcglobal.net (note the letter r between barbara and nemer)

Shotgun Footage On-Line Thanks to Student’s Work

2008-06-19T14:03:00.002-07:00

The footage from Shotgun festival Fall 2007 has been uploaded to http://www.finnigangale.com/pages/videos.html as well as the lyric theatre from spring 2007 with Ridgewalker, Dreamscapes etc. Thu Tran's first act of "A concordance of one's own life" from lyric theater spr. 2008 has also been uploaded. The files are decent quality which means over 300mB so just click on the links and be patient, or right click and save as.

Brown Bag Needs One Male Actor

2008-06-19T14:03:00.001-07:00

Audition on Monday, June 30. Time to be arranged.
For appointment, call Bill Peters at 831-427-1274.

KILLING MY LOBSTER SKETCH COMEDY COMPANY SEEKS STAGE MANAGER

2008-05-30T14:24:00.001-07:00

Sketch comedy company, Killing My Lobster, seeks Stage Manager for summer show "KML Springs Forward, Falls Back."

Killing My Lobster, a San Francisco based sketch comedy company, is gearing up for their summer show and looking for a Stage Manager. Rehearsals begin Friday May 30th and continue throughout the month of June, 3-4 times a week. The show runs from July 10-July 27 (with a possible extension through August 3rd) Thursdays through Sundays @ Dance Mission.

We are a non-profit company that produces original sketch shows that usually end with a brilliantly absurd musical finale!

Experience in stage managing very much welcomed as well as a love for all things funny! We are looking for someone who can jump right in with a little enthusiasm please! Must be organized, efficient, proactive, resourceful and comfortable in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities include:

Running rehearsals

Calling the show

Coordinating technical needs

Corresponding with Designers and Venue Technicians

Corresponding with Producer

Assisting and facilitating the Director

and so much more!

Salary is based on a fixed stipend.

Please address inquiries to Vanessa or Andy at:

vrohrer@gmail.com

aalabran@yahoo.com

To learn more about Killing My Lobster, check out our website @ www.killingmylobster.com. Also, for your inquiring mind, a brief blurb about who we are, what we have won and how we operate:

What is Killing My Lobster?

Killing My Lobster (KML) is a San Francisco sketch comedy group and film production company. Voted Best Comedy Group in San Francisco (2007) by the SF Weekly, Best Laugh Factory by the San Francisco Bay Guardian and two-time winner of the Best of the Fringe Award at the San Francisco Fringe Festivals, KML has produced over two –dozen theme-based comedy shows. In 2006, KML produced the world premiere of its first produced full-length play, Hunter Gatherers, by KML alumnus Peter Sinn Nachtrieb. Extended five times in its 4 month run at SF's Thick House, the play went on to win Theatre Bay Area's Will Glickman Award for best new Bay Area play of 2006, and the Steinberg Award for best play produced outside of New York in 2006.

The group has produced almost 20 short films that have screened at over 40 film festivals including Sundance, and the San Francisco International Film Festival where the Lobsters took home a Golden Spire Award. The San Francisco Chronicle calls Killing My Lobster "the closest thing the Bay Area has to its own Second City."

Since the Lobster's first show in a 25-seat converted office in the Mission on Valentine's Day, 1997, Killing My Lobster has worked with over 300 Bay Area actors, writers, directors, designers, filmmakers and musicians to create exciting original work for local and national audiences. Killing My Lobster shows regularly include live bands, thematically coherent through lines, and an emphasis on high-production values. The material is created collaboratively which results in a range of comedic styles that fuse raucous slapstick with sharp satire, wacky monologues with indulgent musical numbers and once in a while gives rise to a slide show about cats and nuclear physics.

The Journeys of the Angels - Tickets on Sale Now

2008-05-30T14:18:00.000-07:00

Tickets are now on sale for:

"The Journeys of the Angels"

A World Premiere Play
Written by Roy Conboy
Directed by Gabrielle Gomez

Follow this link to buy tickets:
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/36018

ABOUT "THE JOURNEYS OF THE ANGELS"...

Two decades after a war, a daughter is lost on the freeways, and a father is lost in the forest, while two tenacious tias are trying to rebuild their family from beyond the grave.

Produced by:
El Teatro de la Esperanza
SFSU Theatre Arts
21 Voices

Featuring:
Richard Talavera
Aileen Clark
Rocky Haro
Cat Callejas
Claire Rice
Augustina Fresquez
Steve Ortiz
Paul Rodrigues

With Designs by:
Darcy Villere
Mia Baxter
Nick Brandon
Mike Gurnari

Preview: Thur. June 19
Opening: Fri. June 20
Closing: Sun., July 13

Thursdays-Saturdays at 8:00pm
Sundays at 2:00pm
Special Monday performance July 7 at 8:00pm

Thurs/Sun/Mon - all tix $12
Fri/Sat - $15 General/$12 for Seniors, Students, TBA members

El Teatro de la Esperanza
2940 16th St., Second Floor
(Redstone Building, 2 blocks from 16th and Mission BART.)
Info: 415-240-9594

Follow this link to more info on the show:
http://www.myspace.com/tailor1106

Follow this link to buy tickets:
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/36018

Help us fill the first two weekends!!
Buy tickets now!!

Roy

Check out "The Journeys of the Angels" at:
http://www.myspace.com/tailor1106

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Interns needed for Oakland Public Theatre

2008-05-30T14:16:00.000-07:00

Oakland Public Theater just received a CA$H grant for the fall production of The Richard Wright Centennial Project. Now it is time to assemble a production team

What would you do? Partly that depends on your background and interest. An interest in African American wouldn’t hurt since our subject is an Af-Am author, but talent and experience can transcend racial distinctions, can’t they?

I believe I have designers, but haven’t signed contracts yet so will still accept resumes in those areas.

I am hunting for a Stage Manager. I also want a Production Assistant, to help keep things organized as we transition from the reading series to a full production. I want to train someone to do Publicity, an Assistant Director ...what are your skill areas and/or areas of interest?

There isn't much money, so this would not be your 'day' job. The stipend will be around $200-$300, depending on your position. But it will give you a crash course in producing and Bay Area theater, and this play will be opening a new space, so we expect to get quite a bit of attention.

Below is a copy of our grant proposal, which should give you the scope of the project, check out the following, and if you think it might be something you'd like to do, let's talk soon. I hope to have folks on board by the end of the month.

PROPOSAL

Had he lived, Richard Wright, the renowned author of Native Son and Black Boy would be 100 years old on September 4th, 2008.

Local playwright Richard Talavera approached Oakland Public Theater with a proposal for a piece marking this centennial. It focuses on a community of African American writers and artists in Paris in the 1950s, including James Baldwin, Chester Himes (best known for hard-boiled Black detective novels like Cotton Comes To Harlem) and Black political cartoonist Ollie Harrington.

The proposed play centers on Wright and this group of Black American expatriates living in Paris shortly before Wright’s mysterious death, their friendships and tensions (including some intrigue with both government and Communist agents) which each of them writes about, a disagreement that explodes between them and, finally, a last-minute appearance of Langston Hughes visiting Wright –almost literally on his death bed. It is a little bit Amadeus, a little bit Travesties, a little bit Laramie Project and all Black. The project was quickly approved.

Once research began, it quickly became obvious that this material warranted more than could be encompassed by just a single play. The connections between the fiction and non-fiction of these very different men –Wright, a former Communist and mostly self-taught son of a southern sharecropper, in self-imposed exile from America; Baldwin the gay intellectual son of a preacher from New York; and Himes the ex-convict son of a Negro Professor –all come together to re-define the American Negro in the mid-20th Century and give voice to a school of thought that helps to spawn the Civil Rights movement.

Thus the Richard Wright Centennial Reading Series was born. Using their own words to create a sense of dialogue between these writers, OPT has been presenting readings in theaters, libraries, and meeting rooms. OPT continues its history of bringing theater to the community, using this project to introduce and re-acquaint our community to this important yet largely forgotten literary figure.

This was the first phase in our process to create a new work, which has now been invited to inaugurate the new performance space at the Noodle Factory in West Oakland in September. We seek a CASH grant to support the next phase of development and the production of this fall’s show. The grant will help us to bring designers and actors into the process for the next phase, the distillation of the reading series material into a theatrical format.

Oakland Public Theater is a professional company based in the East Bay. Established in 1998, our mission is to reexamine the American experience by presenting not only new works, but also those traditional pieces capable of acknowledging our roots as a diverse culture. We strive for a theater that entertains, educates, and celebrates our whole community.

OPT was founded to contribute to the creative vitality of this city so central to the Bay Area, yet so often aesthetically overlooked. As both working artists of color and members of this community, we were no longer content to wait for the occasional ethnically-oriented production, or the typical token ‘person of color’ role which too often passes for diverse casting. OPT brings to the stage a world of all kinds of people, together, for better or worse. As it is in the world most of us live in.

Our last production, American Limbo, by writer and performer Deontay Wilson was also developed with the help of a CA$H grant. It was workshopped at the Marsh, and then fully mounted at the Magic Theatre, to strong critical response.

Norman Gee, Director The Artistic Director of the Oakland Public Theater, Mr. Gee has been an actor, director, teacher and a part of Bay Area theater for over a decade. As an actor he has worked with such companies as Word For Word, California Shakespeare Festival, Centralworks and others. He is also a member of the Bay Area Playwrights Foundation and serves on the Theatre Services Committee of TBA.

Richard Talavera, Playwright/Curator A Bay Area playwright for many years, whose works include The Trail of Los Siete and Rain forest Magic, he has worked extensively with Oral History projects. Mr. Talavera is an associate artist with Opera Piccola and Teatro de la Esperanza, and was the Artistic Director of Tale Spinners Theater.

Karina Welsh, Researcher/marketing Consultant A former librarian, Ms Welch received a MBA in Marketing and Finance at UC Berkeley, and has been a marketing consultant for over ten years. She has also promoted visual artists, speakers, authors, performers and musicians in Northern and Southern California

OPT's Richard Wright Centennial Project
next reading June 11th: NATIVE SON (the remix)
6:30p OAKLAND Main Library, 14th St, Downtown
June 15th: 2p SF Main -The FATHER, SON & the W.W.

For more information about sending in a resume please contact Norman Gee at oaklandpublic@gmail.com.

City of Angels Opens

2008-04-29T10:04:00.001-07:00

Tony Award Winning Musical

City of Angels

Book by Larry Gelbart Music by Cy Coleman Lyrics by David Zippel

Directed by Tony Nominated Barbara Damashek

A story of crime, love, infidelity, and the fine line between truth and fiction…all in a classic Hollywood fashion.

Opening Night Benefit: Friday May 2^nd, 8pm $20-25

Come support and celebrate this fantastic collaboration between the Theatre Arts Department and the School of Music and Dance. Mingle with the cast, musicians and crew. Find out how you can support the College of Creative Arts and it’s programs year round and find out what the Theatre Arts Department will be doing in 2008-2009. Refreshments will be served.

Saturday May 3^rd 8pm

Thursday May 8^th 8pm

Friday May 9^th 8pm

Saturday May 10^th 8pm

Sunday May 11^th 2pm

Tickets $15-20

415/338-2467, www.ticketweb.com

McKenna Theatre, Creative Arts Building, SF State

Theatre.sfsu.edu, 415/338-1341

Creativearts.sfsu.edu

Special Event-John Swanbeck's Lecture on Hollywood

2008-04-29T09:36:00.001-07:00

John Swanbeck – Hollywood director of the major film The Big Kahuna (1999) featuring Kevin Spacey and Danny DeVito – is coming to the Theatre Arts Department to give a talk on:

Hollywood and the Actors/ Directors Relationship

Tuesday, May 6, 1-2pm

Little Theatre

CA 107

Admission is FREE

Don’t miss this rare opportunity to meet the Hollywood director.

http://swanbeckstudios.com/About_John_Swanbeck.html

http://www.contactmusic.com/new/interviews.nsf/interviewee/john%20swanbeck

Auditions: Chess

2008-04-08T12:32:00.001-07:00

AUDITIONS for the musical CHESS
To be performed in the Little Theater In Fall semester 2008
Directed by Barbara Damashek
Musical Direction by Brandon Adams

Will be held on
Monday APRIL 14^th
1PM – 5 PM
Little Theatre

Please sign up in the Theatre Arts Office.

Be prepared with:
A Ballad ( legit song)
A rock song
A contemporary monologue of 1 minute
we need some dancers on this one

Scripts available in Theatre Arts Office

Scholarships

2008-04-07T10:26:00.001-07:00

DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE ARTS • SPRING 2008

SCHOLARSHIP/AWARDS

APPLICATION DEADLINE: Friday, April 18, 2008 @ 4 PM • CA 103
Application form available in Theatre Arts Office

Scholarship/Awards range in amount from $100.00 - $750.00 • to be announced at
Department of Theatre Arts Scholarship / Awards Ceremony
May 8, 2008 @ 1pm • Little Theatre

The following Scholarship/Awards are available to continuing students who are Theatre Arts Majors

Teresina Drama Fund Award
outstanding undergraduate actor/actress

Scholarship in Memory of Joe Ford
Theatre Arts Major

Scholarship: Screen Actors Guild
Theatre Arts Major

Clarence Miller Musical Theatre Scholarship
student of promise in the area of musical theatre

Jules Irving Scholarship
professional promise in the theatre

Jim Ponder Scholarship
promising undergraduate designer/technician in any theatrical design area

Students interested in being considered for Theatre Arts scholarships/awards, please submit the following materials and Application Form to Department of Theatre Arts Main Office (CA 103):

n Resume (academic/performance/technical work you’ve done here in the Theatre Department and relevant outside information)
n Unofficial copy of your transcripts GRADE POINT AVERAGE
n Statement of Purpose: short statement of your plans in the theatre

Auditions: machinal

2008-04-04T15:07:00.000-07:00

AUDITIONS

for the SFSU Fall 2008 production of

machinal

By Sophie Treadwell

Directed by Mark Jackson

WHEN & WHERE:

· April 18, 6p to 10p; and April 19, 11a to 2:30p – initial auditions

o Rooms CA21 & CA23

o Please sign up for one 60-minute slot.

o Please have read the entire script

o Please come prepared with a copy of the scene indicated on the sign-up sheet

· April 19, 3p to 5p; and April 20, 11a to 5p – CALLBACKS

o Rooms CA21 & CA23

o Callbacks may include a movement audition and/or additional work on texts from the script.

o If you are called back, you will at that time be told what to prepare.

Sign-up sheets and script copies are in the ThA Office.

PRODUCTION INFO:

4 Women and 6 Men, playing multiple roles
Rehearsals begin August 18, 2008, Mon-Fri 6p to 10p, some Sats 11a to 3p.
Performances are October 9-19, 2008, Thur to Sat 8p, and Sun 2p.

As a part of the rehearsal process actors will undergo training in Viewpoints, a physical technique designed to develop the actor’s kinesthetic awareness of time and space, and to create dynamic movement and staging. Prior experience with Viewpoints is not required.

It is important that anyone auditioning for this production be in good physical health, and free from injuries that would prevent one from doing such things as dancing, jumping, running, and other physically strenuous activities.

Auditions: Playthings Spring 2008

2008-04-04T15:06:00.000-07:00

Playthings 2008

Auditions Tuesday, April 8^th

4-7pm

Men’s and Women’s Gangs

Sign ups in the Theatre Arts Office

Please sign up in the allotted times in groups of 10-12 people

For more information email Bill Peters bpeters@sfsu.edu 415-338-1352

The Third Annual "One On One Monologue Playwriting Competition"

2008-04-03T10:00:00.001-07:00

The Carl Cherry Center for the Arts

presents

The Third Annual "One On One Monologue Playwriting Competition"

_______________________________________________________________

“TALK TO ME”
The Carl Cherry Center Seeks Monologues for
“One On One” Playwright Competition

Carmel, CA – April 1, 2008-- The Carl Cherry Center for the Arts is seeking high-quality monologues for “One On One,” a new works playwriting contest to be staged next October in Cherry Hall. Writers and dramatists are encouraged to submit previously unproduced, original monologues from 5 to 30 minutes in length. The overall contest winners will receive monetary awards and a staged reading in Cherry Hall in October, 2008.

The competition is part of “Talk To Me“, a weekend festival devoted to the art and format of monologue plays.
Deadline for the competition is July 15th.

Original pieces submitted for the competition should be character-driven, rich and vital theater creations with interesting stories to tell. “Talk To Me” will include a wide range of short one-of-a-kind monologue plays from established storytellers and playwrights working in the monologue format. Performances will include the winning monologue from the “One On One” Competition.

Contest winner will receive cash awards and fully-mounted production or staged reading in Cherry Hall.
For a complete prospectus (also attached in PDF format) contact the Carl Cherry Center for the Arts, 624-7491.

PO Box 863, Carmel, CA 93921.

For further questions, please contact us at:

Carl Cherry Center for the Arts

4th and Guadalupe

Carmel, CA 93921

(831) 624-7491

cherry_center@yahoo.com

or visit our new website at

www.carlcherrycenter.org

Robert Reese

Executive Director

Come see current student Elliot Weiss in Lights Out!

2008-04-02T12:29:00.000-07:00

Lights Out! a film by Arthur Streeter, featuring current student Elliot Weiss, will be shown in the

Little Theatre, Creative Arts Building
1600 Holloway Ave.
SF State University

Friday April 25^th

Doors open at 7:45

Admission is FREE

Come early to get a seat, no one will be seated after the start of the movie.

This movie is for MATURE AUDIANCES ONLY.

"Just say 'Noh' (in English)

2008-04-02T10:30:00.000-07:00

The Japanese Program, the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, and the College of Humanities are pleased to present

"Just say 'Noh' (in English):

The art of translation for performance"

A lecture-demonstration by

Ms. Jubilith Moore

Thursday
April 3, 2008
4:10-6:00 p.m.
HUM 580

Ms. Moore is one of the Artistic Directors of Theatre of Yugen and a founding company member of Theatre Nohgaku in San Francisco. She studied Noh with Richard Emmert and Akira Matsui (Kita School). While under a Japan Foundation Fellowship in Tokyo, she studied with Kanze School Noh master Shiro Nomura, Kyogen master Yukio Ishida, and Kotsuzumi Noh drum master Mitsuo Kama.

San Francisco's Theatre of Yugen and the internationally based Theatre Nohgaku both work with the Japanese performance tradition of Nohgaku. Both strive to introduce these traditions to Western audiences, though through markedly different approaches. Through song, dance and video clips, Ms. Moore will engage in a lively exploration of what may be lost and what may be gained in the art of translation.

For further information, please email mmckeon@sfsu.edu.

Beyond Victims and Villains: Contemporary Plays by Disabled Playwrights

2008-04-01T10:32:00.001-07:00

Beyond Victims and Villains:
Contemporary Plays by Disabled Playwrights
Victoria Ann Lewis, guest director and curator
Friday, April 4, 7 – 9PM; Sunday, April 6, 2:30 – 5PM
Little Theatre, Creative Arts building, SF State Campus, 1600 Holloway at 19th Ave., SF
Admission: Free
Information: 415/338-1341; http://theatre.sfsu.edu

Workshop presented by the Theatre Arts Department, Institute for Disability Studies and Disability Programs and Resource Center.

Southern California artist-activist Victoria Lewis brings a pioneer effort in disability theatre to San Francisco State. This interdisciplinary theatre workshop brings together students from theatre, disability studies and the campus at large to explore the impact of disability civil rights and culture on the American stage. The workshop will include theatre exercises, media analysis, scene studies and readings from contemporary plays by disabled playwrights included in the new anthology “Beyond Victims and Villains: Contemporary Plays by Disabled Playwrights,” edited by Lewis. Lewis is founding director of the Other Voices Project at the Mark Taper Forum, where for more than 20 years she developed theatrical training and employment opportunities for people with disabilities. Lewis says this project is “a workshop of equals, because only equals can laugh. What we are really looking at here is democracy — democracy through art — and the ultimate question of what it means to be human.”

Friday, April 4 7:00 Lecture & Demonstration
Sunday, April 6 2:30 Presentation of Readings followed by a Panel Discussion

"Beyond proclamations of pride, deaf and disabled people have been uncovering or formulating sets of alternative values derived from within the deaf and disabled experience . . . They declare that they prize not self-sufficiency but self-determination, not independence but interdependence, not functional separateness but personal connection, not physical autonomy but human community."
--Dr. Paul K. Longmore, Director, Institute On Disability/Professor, Department of History, San Francisco State University

Apprenticeship Opportunities at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival

2008-04-01T10:31:00.000-07:00

Kimiko Shimoda, FAIR Experience Manager of Oregon Shakespeare Festival, will give a presentation on apprenticeship opportunities at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival during the 2009 Season on:

April 3, Thursday, 3:35-4:50 PM, CA 119

The FAIR Experience

The FAIR Experience is designed to enhance and strengthen the national community of theatre professionals and to contribute to a vital global theatrical exchange of ideas and possibilities, by mentoring emerging and early-career professional artists, administrators, and technicians, through four distinct programs: Fellowships, Assistantships, Internships and Residencies. We offer awards in all areas of artistic, design, production and arts management with the exception of acting. We support apprentices from diverse cultural backgrounds and are strongly committed to providing professional development to people of color.

As Artistic Director, Bill Rauch has implemented four new initiatives at the Festival including the United States History Cycle, Hip Hop Boot Camp, Festival Latino and a community-based Green Show. The 2009 Season, announced on March 7th, includes a mix of world classics, new adaptations and the world premiere of Bill Cain’s Equivocation. Details can be found at:

http://www.osfashland.org/news/releases/article.aspx?id=89

Please come to the presentation if you're interested.

Thank you.

Self-Hypnosis Workshop for the Actor

2008-04-01T10:30:00.000-07:00

FREE! The Self-Hypnosis

for the Actor Workshop

Instructed by SFSU Theatre Arts Alumni Julie Panda, M.A., C.H.T.

RSVP: Email Julie at blissfulpanda@yahoo.com

DESCRIPTION: This is a fun workshop. We will play interesting hypnotic imagination games and be guided into deep states of relaxation that will empower you to use the instrument of your voice, body and spirit more consciously. Actors will learn the history and practice of meditation, self-hypnosis and guided imagery. Students will develop an understanding of the relationship between hypnosis, trance and actor training and performance.

When: Monday, April 14th; 4-6pm
Where: CA-21

What: Class size is limited to 20. Please wear comfortable clothes; feel free to bring a pillow or blanket.

Fee: FREE, really yes, it's free!
REGISTER: Sign –up in the Theatre Arts Office

Learn about the Instructor: at Blissfulhypnosis.com or email Julie at blissfulpanda@yahoo.com

Alumni Theatre Arts Group Present World Premiere

2008-03-27T11:55:00.000-07:00

SAN FRANCISCO'S GUERRILLA REP PRESENTS

THE WORLD PREMIERE OF HOTSHOT

APRIL 3 THROUGH APRIL 26, 2008

San Francisco's Guerrilla Rep is proud to present the world premiere of hotshot, an award-winning tragicomedy written by Terrence Beswick. This no-holds-barred take on "partying" in the gay community plays April 3-26 (Thursdays through Saturdays) at 8pm at Mama Calizo's Voice Factory at 1519 Mission Street in San Francisco.

Directed by John Caldon, hotshot goes in for a close-up and relentless look into the darkly comic lives of three San Francisco men driven together and ultimately betrayed by their boundless obsessions - for sex, for love, and for crystal meth.

For tickets ($15 general, $12.50 students, seniors and Theatre Bay Area members, $10 groups of 10+), call 800-838-3006 or visit www.guerrillarep.org.

25 percent of ticket sales from all four Thursday night performances of hotshot will benefit four community organizations: tweaker.org, the Castro Country Club, AIDS Housing Alliance/SF, and the Dan Collins Memorial Scholarship Fund.

"I think of hotshot as a cinematic, slice-of-life sort of play. And like life, it has elements of tragedy and comedy - only heightened and made surreal by this particular poison," said director John Caldon. "hotshot takes a raw look at the lack of connection in this world of connectivity, illustrating how our preoccupation with immediate gratification and avoidance of true intimacy leads to loss of fulfillment."

hotshot won San Francisco State University's 2007 James Highsmith Playwriting Award, a prize given annually to a new play with an LGBT theme. San Francisco's Guerrilla Rep, dedicated to staging innovative and provocative new works from Bay Area playwrights, is presenting hotshot as its inaugural production in residency at Mama Calizo's Voice Factory (the former Jon Sims Center).

"hotshot is like Cat on a Hot Tin Roof for tweakers. Very few artists are making it out of the crystal meth apocalypse to document their experiences. This is important," said Kirk Read, author of How I Learned to Snap.

Guerrilla Rep's production features performances by Juan Carlos de la Rosa, Greg Gutting, Price Troche and Edie Burns. Designers include Dillon Thomas (video), Travis Rexroat (internet media), Alison Jones-Manson (sets), Matt Stines (sound), Mark Koss (costumes), Luke Neu (make-up) and Margaux Hodges (lighting). Adrian Hernandez assistant directs and Cecilia Palmtag stage manages.

(Note: Due to strong language, drug and sexual content, this production is not recommended for theatergoers under the age of 16.)

For more information, visit Guerrilla Rep or call Brown Paper Tickets at 800.838.3006.

The Chronicle Visits with Mark Jackson about City Sites

2008-03-27T11:39:00.000-07:00

Sunday, March 23, 2008 (SF Chronicle)
Mark Jackson unwinds in cinemas, coffee shops
Aidin Vaziri, Chronicle Staff Writer

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2008/03/23/LVOIV4IUM.DTL

Mark Jackson is one of the Bay Area's breakout playwright-directors and a lecturer in theater arts at San Francisco State University. Earlier this month he staged a contemporary version of "Don Juan" at his alma mater, San Francisco State, and he'll oversee a new production of "Macbeth" with the Shotgun Players. In May, his production of "Yes, Yes to Moscow" with the Art Street Theatre will be included at the San Francisco International Arts Festival. We asked the Hayes Valley resident to give us a list of the places where he likes to do his thinking.
Emma's Coffee House, 1901 Hayes St. "Emma's is a simple, small, clean, comfortable neighborhood cafe with the usual drink and pastry offerings, as well as free Wi-Fi. I like it because it's quiet and relaxed. It's near the Haight, but not thronged with the tourists who pack the cafes there. I go to Emma's to do work, read, or to have business meetings that won't feel rushed by the atmosphere."
La Boulange de Hayes, 500 Hayes St. "In the '90s I lived in three different apartments around Hayes Valley, and watched it crawl from skank toward posh. I miss the days when the neighborhood was lingering somewhere between two worlds, before it made its final, total transformation into a wealthy hipster mecca. Now I feel out-priced there, but I do enjoy La Boulange during its off hours, when it's less crowded and I can enjoy the good coffee, pastries, and atmosphere without all the fashion and hipster chatter."
San Francisco Botanical Garden, Golden Gate Park, Ninth Avenue at Lincoln Way. "My gal pal and I often go for walks through Golden Gate Park and inevitably end up in the Botanical Garden. It's free, gorgeous, and a very calming place to walk, sit, meditate, or debate art and politics. I also like the old Russian folks, seated on benches in their heavy coats and fur hats, who seem to have been transplanted from Gorky Park."
Arizmendi Bakery, 1331 Ninth Ave. "This small, worker-owned bakery makes a lot of good things, but I always go for their pizza. They offer one kind of thin-crust pizza and the toppings change daily. It is always good, without fail, and makes a nice way to punctuate the end of a walk through the nearby Botanical Garden before heading back into the park or home."
Magnolia Pub & Brewery, 1398 Haight St. "A good, loud pub that brews its own eclectic roster of beer and serves up very tasty food. The food menu has become a bit overpriced for my tastes - a recent $13 bowl of clam chowder was so $8 - and as a result I find I'm increasingly less inclined to go there to eat. But the beer is excellent, creative, homemade stuff, still affordable and well worth a regular visit."
Sundance Kabuki Cinema, 1881 Post St. "The newly remodeled Kabuki is classy, uniquely designed, a green facility, sports the only cinema seating in town that my aching back actually feels comfortable sitting in, and - hallelujah! - does not show annoying television commercials prior to the film."
DSW Shoe Warehouse, 111 Powell St. "I hate shopping for clothes. Even more, I hate paying a lot of money for clothes. But unfortunately I also like to like what I'm wearing, and for it to fit me well. DSW has last year's line of shoes from good brands at discount prices. Since my shoes are my car, this is the place I usually go to buy new tires."
North Beach. "I used to hang out in North Beach a lot when I was in college. Typically I'd go to a tiny Chinese joint next to an old porn theater off Washington Square. For $3.50 the house chow mein kept me going all day. I would digest it farther up Columbus Avenue at Cafe Greco with a well-made cappuccino and a book, and that was my afternoon. The Chinese joint has since closed, but I still like to sit with a cappuccino and a book at Cafe Greco and pass a couple of hours failing to read while I watch people and think about the world."
Theater Salon at Last Planet Theatre, 351 Turk St. "The Theater Salon is something I've been involved with over the past year. Every three months or so a salon is thrown on the stage of Last Planet Theatre in the Tenderloin. A cross section of Bay Area theater artists, critics, administrators, and audience members gather to eat, drink, and talk seriously about the theater. It's an invite-only affair at present and always a stimulating event."
Original Joe's, 144 Taylor St. "I mourn the loss of this place, which was hit by a bad kitchen fire back in October. It's not that the food was spectacular by current foodie standards, but rather the cheap red wine and overly generous plates of ravioli were extremely satisfying in an old-school Italian American way. The authentic atmosphere wasn't designed to look retro. It actually was retro! The friendly, no-nonsense waiters wore tuxedos and spoke in accents one couldn't always place. It was a favorite hangout for Exit Theater artists and audiences for years and years, which is how I came to know it. I dearly hope they eventually reopen."

E-mail Aidin Vaziri at avaziri@sfchronicle.com. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
Copyright 2008 SF Chronicle

Rules for Room Reservations

2008-03-20T11:21:00.001-07:00

The Theatre Arts Department is happy to reserve rooms to theatre arts majors for rehearsals and meetings, but we would appreciate it if you followed these basic guidelines.

1) Campsite rule: always leave the room better than you found it. Do not leave props, costumes, drinks, food, papers, trash, or anything behind in the rehearsal rooms. If you move furniture around, put it back the way you found it. If someone else has left props or furniture in the room that is obviously for a production or class, be courteous and do not use it. If it is in your way, set it aside and replace it at the end of your rehearsal. If you are a stage manager for a show, make sure that props and furniture are moved out of the way for classes and student rehearsals. Do not move pianos out of rooms they are assigned to.

2) CA 119 is for quiet meetings and homework. If you need to have a production meeting for your showcase or organization and would like to use 119, you must come to the office and reserve it. Students need to use that space for design homework and quiet study. If you need to use it for a meeting, we need to let design faculty and design students know the room is unavailable to them for a short time. It is unkind to hold meetings in that room without telling anyone. There are lots of places on campus to hold meetings, but very few places to do drafting homework. Again, we don’t normally rent out ca 119 because we want to leave it available for students. But if there is no other place you can hold your meeting, you must reserve it through the office. Main stages and faculty productions who are holding production meetings reserve through their stage manager and Nicole Mitchell.

3) If you did not reserve a room, you don’t have the right to stay in that room. If you are holding a rehearsal without a reservation, a group who has reserved can come and kick you out. If this happens, pick up after yourself and find another space or stop by the office and reserve one. There isn’t enough space to go around for everyone, so be courteous and reserve when you can.

4) Sometimes the office makes mistakes. There are times when the office double books a space. We apologize for this, we are still trying to work out the kinks of a new system. We encourage you to tell us, calmly and plainly, when we’ve make a mistake so that we can try and fix the problem and find additional rehearsal space, or fix the problem in the future. But when such things do happen and the office isn’t open here is the priority order that the office follows:

a. Scheduled classes, breakout rooms for schedules classes and bookings made through Ray Haddox (in other words groups who paid for the space or are university related) always have priority.

b. Next are main stage shows and breakout space for main stage shows

c. faculty projects (recitals, studio shows, etc)

d. Thesis Projects

e. Individual bookings for rehearsing for class assignments

f. Showcases

g. Non-major rehearsal and meetings

As always, if you did not reserve the space, whoever you are main stage shows or rehearsals for class , you have no right to it. If there is a misunderstanding, do not be rude. Everyone needs space and there is not enough of it to go around. Be courteous and respectful and try to find a way around the problem. Let the office know there was an issue, include the time and the room in question, and we’ll do what we can to make sure it doesn’t happen again.

5) The building is open normal hours over Spring Break. But don’t assume you don’t have to reserve rehearsal time. If you want to rehearse over spring break you must stop by the office and make a reservation. The buildings hours are 8am-10pm Monday-Friday and 9am-5pm Saturday and Sunday. The building will be closed Monday March 31^st for Cesar Chavez day.

We want to keep the building available, clean, and pleasant for everyone to use. If you follow these simple rules and always act courteously and respectfully then everyone will be able to focus on their art, which is what we are here for.

Thank you,

Theatre Arts Department Office