Dear Ones:
It’s been a while since you’ve heard from me, but I’m here – in the background – reading your posts, listening to your chats, giving a word of advice here and there. The new year is upon us. And I wanted to take a moment to remind you of something:You’ve been given a gift. You’re a Wordsmyth, a Word Warrior, the Brilliant Developer of the Dramatic Idea. You have the ability to create intricate, dimensional worlds and to people them with infinitely interesting, complex beings in such a way that folks here on this tiny planet will smile wide with recognition, burst at their seams with laughter or sink low in their seats from great sadness. You have the ability to make whole groups of people THINK about their lives, their loves, their relationships, their histories, their politics and to take an action – a real action – because of something you question, say, show, demonstrate or illuminate.That’s a pretty powerful notion, no?
So use it. Use it however you can. Take the year ahead and blow it out of the fuckin’ water, baby. Of course we’d all like a big, ol’ shiny brand new production of one of our plays. And for some of us, that’s going to happen. But that doesn’t mean the rest of us can’t be highly productive, creative, purposeful writers that leave a footprint everywhere we step.
I know it’s frustrating sometimes. I know you lose your direction, or passion, or purpose, or drive, or energy sometimes. I know time’s short, money’s tight and life’s hectic. I know the theatre community is fickle and unfair and unkind sometimes. And I know you can write for weeks/months/years with little to no recognition. But that’s the price you pay for being given a gift that few have and so many treasure.You are the Writer, the Brilliant Developer of the Dramatic Idea. In your mind are all the solutions to the problems I’m trying to solve in my life. Help me out. Write your stories. Show me the way.
Write well,Gary (Garrison)
Founder, The Loop
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 | Time: December 25, 2009 at 1am to December 27, 2009 at 5pm Location: On TV in FL-GA-nC-TX-AL-MO-MD-MI-WV-NV-MO-OH Organized By: BADAMI PRODUCTIONS Event Description: AFRICAN AMERICAN SHORT FILMS Roger E. Mosley Karen Malina White “African American Short Films” ON TELEVISION FRIDAY, December 25th TIME STATION CITY 1:00 AM WAGT-TV NBC Atlanta, GA 6:00 AM WFOR-TV CBS Miami-FtLaudrdle,FL SATURDAY, December 26th TIME STATION CITY 1:00 AM WSAZ-TV NBC ChrlstonHntington, WV 1:00 PM WWAY-TV ABC Wilmington,NC 1:00 PM KPLN-TV MYTV Tylr-LngviewLFKN,TX 2:00PM WJTC-TV MobileALPensaclaFtWlt,FL 2:30 PM WADL TV Detroit,MI 5:00PM WFXI TV FOX Grnvlle-NewBern WA,NC 7:00PM KNLC-TV St. Louis, MO 8:00 PM WBAL-11-2 Baltimore, MD SUNDAY, December 27th TIME STATION CITY 2:35AM WEWSTVABC ClvelndAkronCanon,OH 1:00 PM KMBCTV ABC Kansas City,MO 1:30PMWZZMTVABCGrndRpdsKlmzooBCrk MI 2:00 PM KOLO TV ABC Reno, NV 4:00 PM WBQC TV Cincinnati,OH Set Your VCR, DVR to record or TIVO African American Short Films, Watch Us Again or Watch US Later!!!! Email us by clicking http://www.badamitv.com and/or select Contact Us so we can read your comments and notify you when we are next on. This show contains 5 short films. Enjoy!!!! In this episode you will see: “Charlie Johnson” stars: Art Evans, Karen Malina White, Roger E. Mosley, Willard Pugh, Angelina Gibbs and other talented and recognizable cast members, who bring us great performances in this family story. “Love Conquers Al” is a comedic love story that takes place in a mans mind!! “Change” is a minute and a half long but packs a feature length community message. “Backwards Day” is a short film about a dream. Or is it a dream. “Safe At Home” is a story about a man and his two sons. Please tell your friends and family to watch the airing of this show. And If they email us shortfilms@badamitv.com we will notify them when we are next on. Visit us @ http://www.badamitv.com Thanks for watching! Ann Dandridge |
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Friends,
I have just implemented our new nytheatre.com - Plays by Women RSS
Feed. You can see it/subscribe to it by linking here:
http://www.nytheatre.com/nythbywomen.xml
This feed will be updated daily with any new reviews of shows by
women and any new listings I receive for shows by women. (Obviously
over the next week or so there will be very little activity, but
after that there should be new items every day.)
Let me know your thoughts!
Thanks,
Martin
Martin Denton
Editor/Producer,
nytheatre.com
nytheatrecast.com
 | Time: December 24, 2009 at 12pm to December 27, 2009 at 8pm Location: ON TV in CA-FL-GA-FL-MD-TX-CT-DC-VA-NY-NM-MS Organized By: BADAMI PRODUCTIONS Event Description: "A GOSPEL CHRISTMAS" http://www.badamitv.com Howard Hewett Shanice Kenny Lattimore & Chante Moore Desiree Coleman Jackson Shirley Murdock Lalah Hathaway "A GOSPEL CHRISTMAS" Set Your VCR, DVR to record or TIVO "A Gospel Christmas ". Watch Us Again or Watch US Later!!!! Email us at gospelmusic@badamitv.com This 2009 Christmas Special marks the beginning of our 13th year on the air. This show Stars: Kenny Lattimore, Chante Moore, Howard Hewett, Sounds of Blackness, Jonathan Butler, Beverly Crawford, Daryl Coley, Norman Hutchins, Doc Powell, Shirley Murdock, Lalah Hathaway, Desiree Coleman Jackson, Shanice! THURSDAY, December 24th TIME STATION CITY 12:00 PM WCBS-TV CBS New York, NY FRIDAY, December 25th TIME STATION CITY 12:35 AM WTVR-TV CBS Richnd-Petrburg,VA 1:00 AM WRC-TV NBC Wshngton DC Hgrstwn 1:00 AM WVIT-TV NBC Hartfrd-NewHaven,CT 5:00 AM WFOR-TV CBS Miami,FtLaudrdale,FL 6:00 AM WMAR-TV ABC Baltimore,MD 6:00 AM WAGT-TV NBC Agusta,GA 10:00AM KCAL-TV Los Angeles, CA 12:00 PM WXIA-TV NBC Atlanta, GA 6:00 PM KRIV-TV FOX Houston, TX SATURDAY, December 26th TIME DATE CITY 1:05 AM WCBI-TV CBS Colmbus-TupelWstPtMS 5:00 AM WFOR-TV CBS Miami-FtLauderdale,FL 12 PM KPLN-TV MYTV Tylr-Lngview-LFKN,TX 2:00 PM WFXI-TV CW Grnvlle-NewBern-WA,NC 3:00 PM WJZY-TV CW Charlotte, NC 4:00 PM KOAT-TV ABC Albuqerque-SntaFe,NM SUNDAY, December 27th TIME STATION CITY 12:30PM WZZM-TVABC GrndRpds-KlmzooBCrk 7:00PM WJTC-TV Mobile,ALPensaclaFtWalt,FL Please tell your friends and family to watch the airing of this show. And If they email us at gospelmusic@badamitv.com we will notify them when we are next on. Thank You For Watching! ANN DANDRIDGE Visit us @ www.badamitv.com |
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Hello,
I am producing an artist symposium called Devoted and Disgruntled (D&D) for Under the Radar Festival 2010 and it'd be great if you can
pass this invitation to the artists in relation to your organization.
Many thanks for your help, and Happy Holidays!!!
Jimena Duca
D&D Event Producer
Under the Radar 2010
DEVOTED AND DISGRUNTLED NEW YORK: What are we doing about theatre?
Dear Theater Colleague,
Five years ago, in London, I sent out the first invitation to a “Devoted & Disgruntled” event. My aim was to bring people together in
Open Space to explore the question – “What are we going to do about theatre?”. I’d become aware that, passionate as I was about theatre,
I found myself frustrated at how we made it, how we communicated with each other and how little the existing structures supported us to
feel part of a genuine community. Since that first invitation to others who were devoted and disgruntled, D&D has become one of UK theatre’s most extraordinary
annual events.
From each of the four D&Ds we’ve held in London have come an amazing number of projects and initiatives. Some of them very tangible,
others, equally important, are more subtle and tangential. Whatever they are, from new theatre companies to individual projects, from
pressure groups to artist salons, D&D has helped bring them to fruition. Perhaps most importantly for me has been the gradual and
growing sense of community; I was astonished by the number of people who turned out for the first D&D and I continue to be enthralled and
exhilarated by the energy unleashed at each succeeding event.
Now we’re bringing Devoted and Disgruntled to the United States. This is something that I’ve wanted to do for a long time. I am
particularly excited to be bringing it to New York, a city that has been an important part of the journey of our work over many years.
We’ve done lots of different shows in New York from playing 70 Hill Lane at PS122 to Shockheaded Peter (Off Broadway), Spirit at the New
York Theatre Workshop, Hanging Man at BAM, Satyagraha at the Met and I’m currently co directing and designing The
Addams Family musical on Broadway with Julian Crouch (Co-Artistic Director of Improbable with Lee Simpson). Consequently we have a
connection with an extraordinary cross section of the theatre and performance community and as these connections have grown and widened
I have felt a strong desire to facilitate a similar event in New York to the D&D’s that have been so enriching in London.
People who’ve experienced the event in the UK have been hungry for us to make it happen here for some time. Now at last the opportunity has
arrived with Mark Russell and Under The Radar Festival supporting it at Church of St Paul the Apostle, 405 W 59th St (Entrance on 60th St
and Columbus Ave).
So this is your chance to come and work in Open Space on the issues that you care about and want to take responsibility for, things you
want to change, to question, to celebrate, to discuss, to dream up. If there are things you are passionate about or things you are pissed
about, projects or proposals you need support on, or if you want to connect with your community, all are possible because in Open Space
you set the agenda.
This is an opportunity for us to exchange and learn from one another. Money and funding issues are especially challenging at present and so
the way that we make work is something that requires us to be creative, to explore our collective resources and intelligence.
Nothing is off limits.
If you feel like this event might not be for you then that is a sure sign we need your input. If you feel that the issues that affect
you or your sector never get discussed so what’s the point of turning up? This is the event for you!
It’s important that there’s a diverse cross section of people at the event not just one sector of the theatre community. So whether you
are off Off-Broadway, Off-Broadway, Broadway, Funded, Self-supporting, downtown, uptown, from outside or inside New York if you
feel passionate about theatre make sure you come. Everyone is welcome.
Come to our first D&D in New York – Be prepared to be surprised by what you find.
Phelim McDermott
Improbable
www.improbable.co.uk
For further information on Open Space: www.openspaceworld.org
HOW TO BOOK
2 Day Pass: $30 at www.brownpapertickets.com/event/89915
Under The Radar Festival 2010 is a program of the Association of Performing Arts Presenters Annual Members
Conference, with major funding by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the Ford Foundation. The Festival is
produced by Mark Russell and The Public Theater.
www.undertheradarfestival.com.
Time: December 19, 2009 at 10am to December 20, 2009 at 10pm
Lynne Conner
As a native of Detroit and having spent a significant part of my adult life in Chicago, this writer has always had a love-hate relationship with the city of Cleveland, Ohio [you have to be a professional football fanatic to understand]. But Cleveland has been on a mission over the past 20 years, redeveloping its lakefront, encouraging businesses to relocate to its Great Lakes' shores and encouraging
a revitalization of the arts along with an influx of much-needed capital.But what many readers may not know is that one of the beneficiaries of the positive changes in Cleveland has been a nondescript, old red brick building known to lovers of black theater as Karamu House , whose founding in 1915 makes it this country's oldest African-American theater.
To continue reading the December 2009 issue of GBM Magazines, please click the post's title.
West London’s Bush Theatre has this week launched a pioneering
social networking website which allows playwrights to post their work
online for producers and directors to read and commission.
Bush Green currently features more than 170 plays and around 500 test
users, but these numbers are expected to increase dramatically
following the site going live early this week. Users of the site, who
sign up for free, can preview the first 20% of a play for no charge,
but will have to pay £2.58 to download the full work or £1.38 if it
is a short play.
The playwrights will earn £1 from the £2.58, while £1 will go back
into the upkeep of the site. The remainder is an administration fee
paid to PayPal, which oversees the transaction. The initiative has
been supported with a £60,000 grant from the Jerwood Charitable
Foundation, although the Bush is currently looking for long-term
sponsors for the site.
Bush artistic director Josie Rourke told The Stage: “What we wanted
to do, as a small organisation, was think of a really concrete way we
could realise more of the potential of the work we read each year.
We’re now up to something like 1,500 plays which are submitted each
year to the Bush [a venue which specialises in new writing]. We
invest a lot of time and heart in reading them and looking for new work.
“Because we’re small, though, there’s only a limited number of
them that we can produce. So we began to wonder what would happen if
we were to use the internet to connect other potential directors and
producers of good, new work with the plays themselves. That’s the
main idea behind it.”
Users are able to search by the number of male and female roles in a
work and the ages of characters, as well as themes, influences on the
writer and the playwright’s location. The Bush’s official readers,
who will use the website for the theatre’s official submission
process, will put a ‘Bush marker’ on plays they have read and
commented on.
Rourke explained that writers would still be able to post in their
submissions or drop them at the Bush’s box office, but it was hoped
that the site would help streamline the theatre’s reading process,
as well as making it more sustainable - saving in both paper and
travel for readers.
There is also a strong social networking and advice aspect to the
site, so that writers can find out about what to do if a producer
wants to licence their work for production. More experienced writers
such as Neil LaBute and David Eldridge also offer advice in a series
of interviews. It is hoped that it will help build up local networks
of writers and theatre-makers in more isolated parts of the UK.
“It’s an extremely lonely business, playwriting, and we hope that
this will make writers feel more supported,” said Rourke. “It’s
brilliant at building local networks. If you’re a playwright and
live in Salford, for example, you can see if there’s anyone else who
lives in your area who is producing or directing. I really hope that
that geographical function will prove to be very strong. It’s about
networking emerging playwrights and practitioners and getting work
on.”
Rourke added that writers’ agents had been “almost totally
enthusiastic” about the project and the Bush expected many of them
to have a presence on the site.
“Online publishing is happening. Someone was going to do this sooner
or later. It just happens that we’ve done it sooner and one of the
important things about that is because we hold playwrights at our
centre, we can promote best practice.
“There are companies and shows who have been working with digital as
a creative medium for some time, using the internet to make work.
What is exciting about Digital Theatre [an initiative where filmed
versions of plays can be downloaded from the internet] and Bush Green
is that it’s a group of people in theatre asking themselves how they
can use the internet do what they do better. Everything that Bush
Green does, we’re already doing in a small way in-house. We’re
already accepting scripts, we’re already trying as much as possible
to advocate plays we can’t stage but we think other people should be
doing. What this enables us to do is put that together in a much
better way. It’s about taking the work that the Bush already does
and making more of it.”
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