Dramatic Adventure Theatre: Student/Faculty Summer Opportunity

Re: Seeking Student Participants for ACTion: Ecuador 2010

Dear Faculty:

I am writing with information regarding an incredible summer opportunity for your current college students: ACTion: Ecuador 2010 an opportunity to travel, serve, teach and perform, organized by Dramatic Adventure Theatre, a theatre company that acts!

Student participants must be adventurous and crave creative involvement in both theatre and service work. Those cast in the summer project will spend 24 days in Ecuador creating and rehearsing an original play, teaching theatre and English language skills, and volunteering throughout the country. At the completion of the project, students will perform their original pieces with professional theatre artists in a showcase presented in New York City.

In the summer of 2009, DAT took 75 professional actors and students from across the United States to work with various communities and organizations in Ecuador including: Quito, Quilotoa, Mindo, Esmeraldas, the Amazon, and The Galapagos Islands. Volunteer experiences along the way included
building a community center and media library in the Andes, repairing Solar Panels, building dry bathrooms in the Amazon, planting trees in the Galapagos and teaching theatre and English language skills in every community along the way. Adventure activities included hiking through the Andes, zip-lining through cloud forests, swimming with sharks, learning Afro-Ecuadorian dances, fishing for piranha in the Amazon and more. The actors' experiences turned into 9 original plays performed in New
York City last July at both the Richmond Shepherd Theatre as well as at Teatro Iati.

Currently, professional artist auditions are being held in New York City and in Los Angeles for our 2010 trip. Limited space is also available for student theatre artists; hence, we are interested in holding an audition/informational session at your school.

In addition to the audition, students must also submit an essay of interest as well as a letter of recommendation. Selected artists are responsible for funding their experience. The cost of each trip is determined by the second week destination; Esmeraldas costs $3200, La Selva costs $3600 and the Galapagos costs $3800. All airfare, in-country transportation, travelers insurance, lodging, food, adventure excursions, live theatre viewings, dance, teaching, and playwriting training, and an Andean mask souvenir of each participant's choice are all covered in this price. Past students have also arranged ways for the trip to count as internship, student teaching, volunteer, and/or performance university/conservatory credit.

You might also be interested in learning about our theatre faculty incentive offer. If you, or any theatre
faculty in your department, is interested in traveling with Dramatic Adventure this summer, full sponsorship is available for four professional theatre instructors. To qualify, you must direct a self-selected cast of six performers on the trip.

For more information about Dramatic Adventure Theatre and about ACTion: Ecuador 2010, please visit:
www.dramaticadventure.com/action/ecuador.html.

To arrange an audition/information session with your department's students, please contact me at christen@dramaticadventure.com.

Sincerely,

Christen M. Madrazo
christen@dramaticadventure.com

Actor Needed For Gender Study

Thanks for calling me back on my request and submitting this to all actors at GSU!! What I am searching for is an actor that could come into a classroom and spew out violent language towards me in front of my graduate colleagues in the Fine Arts Department for 3-5 minutes in duration.

I am an artist working in performance art. My plan is to create an environment where initially I would read spoken word poetry regarding the subject of gender violence for a time period of 10 minutes. I
then would like to hire an actor come into the classroom and hurl violent language at me for a time period of 3- 5

minutes with my classmates not knowing about the setup. My goal is to reverse the roles of spectator regarding a very serious matter in our society. After this emotive act is done, I will say no, and then have the 8 students write a sequence of emotive word responses.

I know it may sound corny - but it is art right. I am looking for someone who can shed 10 minutes of
their time to perform this for my class on Monday the 15th of February at 11:15. It won't take long and I
will pay a Starbucks gift certificate worth 15 bucks. What I need from you is a dedication to act out a
violent action for 5 minutes. This actor can be either male or female. The subject is Gender Violence which meaning is violence to both men and women in our system. I would be so grateful for your help with this project.

If interested, Please call me! Myrna at 615-974-2726.

Thanks.

Adult Male Actor Needed - Small Stipend!

Friends,

I am having trouble casting a role. Please forward this to anyone you know who might be right for the part.

I am looking for a young teen/adult male actor for the part of Eshu, a boyish trickster spirit in a Yoruban folk tale. The tale is African, but the actor can be any ethnicity. The part is for Atlanta Theatre-to-go. It will not have a traditional theatre run, but rather will be booked from time to time throughout the year in retirement homes, etc. according to actors' availability. Small stipend; rehearsals start mid-Feb.

Contact Nancy Riggs, Director
404-964-8465
nancyeriggs@earthlink.net

Thanks!

General Meeting

The Players' General Meeting is currently scheduled for February 9, 2010 at 12:15pm. It will be in Alumni Hall's Classroom 110 across from the Players' Office. Please come and join us! There will be food and updates about workshops and information about what the Players' are up to! Come and hang out with us! We also welcome ideas for future workshops.

Thanks!

UPDATE: James L. Toles, IV

The Georgia State University Players mourn the loss of James L. Toles, IV, who died in an early morning car accident in Florida on Monday, December 28, 2009. James, also known as "Jay" and "Lafayette," recently had his play "The Race" performed in the Fall 2009 Student Showcase. He was a dedicated student and playwright. James will be deeply missed.

A full obituary may be read here.

Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family.

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UPDATE:

Here is the information regarding the funeral for James:

Saturday, January 9, 2010
11:30 am
Jonesville Baptist Church
5201 Montgomery Street
Savannah, GA 31405-5151
912) 351-0423
www.jbc-paw.org

Funeral arrangements are being handled by:
Williams & Williams Funeral Home
1012 E. Gwinnett Street
Savannah, GA 31401
912-234-1634

Also, the family would appreciate any financial assistance that individuals can provide. This can be done through:

Bank of America
c/o Michelle and James Toles
Acct#: 334015389679

Please forward the above information to the various constituent groups in which James was a member.

Regards,
Pamela

Pamela D. Anthony
Assistant Dean/Director of Student Life and Leadership
Georgia State University
P.O. Box 3973
Atlanta, Georgia 30303-3973
Phone: 404-413-1580
Fax: 404-413-1593
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ADDITIONAL UPDATE:

Hi all,

Many of you likely saw the media coverage of the terrible automobile accident which recently took the life of one of our most promising undergraduates, James (Jay) Toles, over the holiday break. Beyond his good work in our classes, Toles was also very active in university extracurricular activities, especially the theatre and GSTV.

The university, along with the department of communication, is taking every available opportunity to express our shared profound sense of loss and regret. The note I'm forwarding from the university director of student life and leadership adds more details about the coming funeral.

GSU makes available counseling services for any member of the university community who might benefit from them, and their offices will be open with the university as of tomorrow, Tuesday the 5th.

David

Job Search: Theatre Specialist

The U.S. Department Of The Interior is looking for a Theatre Specialist. This position is located at the This position is located at the Carter Barron Amphitheatre in Rock Creek Park. The Carter Barron Amphitheatre is a 4,000 seat venue where live performing arts are interwoven into a natural park setting.

Job Location: DC - Washington
Job Title: Theatre Specialist

More information about the position can be found HERE.