Laurence Holder teaches advanced writing workshop for the Negro Ensemble Company beginning Wednesday March 10th to April 26th

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For all interested parties:


I will be teaching an advanced writing workshop for the Negro Ensemble Company beginning Wednesday March 10th. The stipulation is that you must have completed the writing of a full length play and you must commit to working on it for the duration of the class which ends on April 26th.

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The workshop is set to begin to Wednesday, March 10th from 7:00 - 9:00 to
April 26th at 303 W. 42nd St, Room 501, the NEC office. Students must have completed a full length play. In order to reserve a space in the class you must contact Beverly Summers, General Manager, at 212-582-5860 and work out a paymet schedule. The fee for the workshop $300.00.


So there, you have it. hope to see you and come prepared to write and listen and then write some more.


Sincerely


LAURENCE HOLDER




Author's Bio

Mr. Holder is noted for writing historical, biographical plays such as Zora Neale Hurston at The American Place Theatre (New York City) in 1998 starring Elizabeth Van Dyke and Joseph Edwards, directed by Wyn Handman, and When The Chickens Came Home To Roost starring Denzel Washington as Malcolm X and Kirk Kirksey as Elijah Muhammad, directed by Allie Woods, at The New Federal Theatre (New York City) in 1981. Mr. Holder has won playwrighting awards including the Audience Development Committee Award for Excellence (AUDELCO) twice for When the Chickens Came Home To Roost and M: The Mandela Saga. For the body of his work, The National Black Theatre Festival presented him with both the OTTO for Political Theatre and The Garland Anderson Award. Mr. Holder is also noted for his experimental works including the multilingual BIRD OF PARADISE in 1972 with Ornette Coleman and the URBAN DECALOGUE in 1974 with Jacquie Berger.

In addition to his work as a dramatist Mr. Holder is the author of several volumes of poetry and 7 novels. He has also acted in ZORA:WHU, which featured Yvonne Southerland as the famed novelist. He is the father of 3 children and husband to Andrea, an actress. Mr. Holder is a member of the faculty at John Jay College of Criminal Justice (CUNY) where he has taught English in the SEEK Department for the past 25 years.

The author is a native New Yorker and has watched the scene change slowly over the last 60 years. Over the last ten years he has made some astounding realizations about the nature and cause of it all, which is reflected and refracted in his work. Read more...


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The PLAYGROUP starts up again a week from today and I am very excited you might join us!!

We'll be on Wedesday nights, 7 to 10pm at The South Oxford Space in Brooklyn

This time I will give current PLAYGROUP students first consideration into AMERICAN CANDY, as well as give all current students a walk on part in an AMERICAN CANDY show:) We just got Off-Broadway

This semester we'll also tackle...

1. Script breakdown,
2. Sensorial Technique
3. Improv
4. Laban
5. Movement to Music
6. The Art of Taking direction (by working with established directors!!)


Our final play is going to be a DOOZY!!!

AMERICAN CANDY is affecting my brain and we'll do a crazy wild comedy like "The Hangover". I already started writing!!


The 16 week semester that starts next Wednesday is $400.00 and $350.00 if you pay in full by the the end of the first month

Here's what some of you said about PLAYGROUP....Thank you:)))

"Hollie Harper is an incredibly talented, creative and vibrant woman! She made the Playgroup a fun filled experience that supported each individual's artistic talents. Thank you for an unforgettable journey Hollie!"
- Dierdra McDowell

"This was an exciting summer because of my experience with Hollie Harper's Playgroup. The amount of new tools I found and utilized in that class is amazing! In such a short span of time I witnessed many of my classmates go from one level to a higher level! It was great to be present at those times. Hollie is one dynamic mother hen! (She likes to take her chicks under her wings!) She wrote an entire play with meaty scenes for every student in her class! You don't know me, but please allow me to recommend your having a chance to spend time with Hollie. There was no wasted time in those classes! Trust."
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'IFNY MONOLOGUE SLAM'

Please forward this information to all who may be interested.

Independent Film New York (IFNY) is seeking contestants for The IFNY Monologue Slam, a new stage competition. An industry panel of judges will be present.

Attika J. Torrence, exec. prod.; Malik Yoba, host. Competition will be held in front of a live audience.

Note: This contest will also be filmed for a television pilot to be shopped to major networks.

Seeking—Six Contestants: male and female, 21+, actors with film or theater experience. Note: Performers of all nationalities, ethnicities, and types are welcome.

Auditions will be held Saturday, Jan. 23, 1-4 p.m. at 36th Street Studio, 260 W. 36th St., 3rd fl., NYC.

Prepare a one- to three-minute monologue. Bring headshots. If you are unable to attend the open call, send a monologue on DVD with a headshot ASAP to IFNY Monologue Slam, c/o Sanders Studios NYC, 525 Waverly Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11238. No fees required. Prizes awarded for winners. (First posted 1/14/10)

Also, please feel free to upload monologues to www.ifilmnet.tv. However, this outlet will not be used for competition right now.


OUTSIDE THESE WALLS
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Produced by Nedra McClyde, Three Monos Ensemble
Director: Kaci M. Fannin
Casting: Nedra McClyde
Audition: February 3
Rehearsal dates: February 20-27
Performance dates: February 27, 28
Location: NYC

PLEASE E-MAIL ONLY HEADSHOT/RESUME TO: [e-mail]
Type character name in subject line.
PLEASE ONLY EMAIL IF YOU FIT CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS.

Two female inmates in the hospice program at the Virginia Correctional Center for Women are inspired by an unexpected worldwide tragedy.

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[CORNELIA MITCHELL] Lead. African-American female, 60-80. Deep, southern drawl. Any size, moves a bit slow. Her spunky youthfulness still occasionally glimmers through her tired and worn exterior.

[JOANNA WINN] Lead. African-American female, early 20s-early 30s. Slight southern dialect with a bit of street tough. Attractive but a bit worn. In good shape. Joanna is energetic and always cracking a joke--used as a means of coping and survival.

SEEKING AFRICAN AMERICAN PERFORMERS

Florida Studio Theatre, Richard Hopkins Artistic Director, is seeking submissions of musical performers for the following show/role in the 2009-10 Winter Cabaret Season:

NIGHT TRAIN TO MEMPHIS
Memphis, Tennessee, birthplace of America’s greatest music and the careers of Elvis Presley, B.B. King and Johnny Cash. Night Train to Memphis is an evening of sultry and smooth sounds including “A Boy Named Sue,” “Lucille,” “Memphis Tennessee,” “Blue Suede Shoes” and more, where the cultural crossroads come Alive.

Man 2 - Actor/singer/instrumentalist, any age. Must play an instrument (piano, guitar, fiddle, banjo, etc.), African American tenor or baritone, with the ability to sing in a blues style.


Director: Richard Hopkins


Rehearsals begin – March 2, 2010
Show opens – March 25, 2010
Show closes – June 6, 2010 (poss 2 week extension)

Please submit by 5pm on Tuesday, January 26 to:

James Ashford
Casting & Hiring Coordinator
Florida Studio Theatre
PH - 941-366-9017
FAX - 941-955-4137
EMAIL – [e-mail]

SEEKING ACTORS FOR A PLAY READING

Provincetown Theater Company will be presenting a reading of "Wetu in the City" a new play by Mwalim, to be directed by Born Bi-Kim. The play requires 10 actors to play 13 characters (6 female & 7 male).

We will be preparing the play in the Boston area and present one reading of it in Provincetown on March 10th, as well as another possible reading in the Boston Cambridge area in April. This is not a paid project, but wonderful experience and opportunity for aspiring and emerging actors to work with a professional director in the development phase of a new play.


Wetu in the City Synopsis:

Calvin Thomas spent his entire life in the Bronx, knowing that his father claimed to be a Waquasiq Indian, and taught Calvin how to fish, hunt, camp, and speak the Waquasiq language before he died. One day, Calvin meets a man who looks like his father, soon discovering that he’s a distant cousin and that his father’s stories were true. Calvin meets his family, a surviving band of the Waquasiq tribe that has lived in the same neighborhood for the last 1000 years. One day, a wealthy real estate developer appears, making an incredibly tempting offer for the last piece of land held by the tribe. Does the tribe give up the last piece of their birthright for money?


Characters

CALVIN THOMAS: A Black Waquasiq man in his early 20’s. He’s a graduate student at NYU majoring in Communications. Medium build, height, casual but clean-cut looking.



ROBERT THOMAS: A Waquasiq Indian man in his late 50’s to early 60’s. The spirit of Calvin’s Father. Dressed in camping/ fishing style clothes. Smokes a pipe.



CASSANDRA THOMAS: A West Indian American woman in her early to mid 50’s. Nicely but casually dressed. Calvin’s mother.



SEBASTIAN “Uncle Sebby” PHILIPS: A Waquasiq Indian man in his mid to late 70’s. A well dressed, distinguished looking gentleman who wears beads over his tie.



EMMA WATERS- PHILIPS: A Waquasiq Indian woman in her mid 50’s. Wears a mix of contemporary clothes with deer skin vest and skirt. Hair very straightened (Wig even). Tribal Enrollment Officer for the Waquasiq People’s (Tribal) Council.



WALTER “Chief Walter” GIFFORD: A Waquasiq Indian man in his early 60’s. Casually dressed with cornbraided hair and a cowboy hat.



EDNA “Aunt Edna” GIFFORD: A Waquasiq Indian woman in her mid 70’s. Professional casually dressed. Keeps a pencil in her bun out of habit.



RONNY BROWN GIFFORD: A Waquasiq Indian man in his late 20’s to early 30’s. An ex-convict who works as a deliveryman. Also works with Attucks in the youth group and warrior society. Rosie’s brother and Aunt Edna’s nephew..



ATTUCKS GIFFORD PHILIPS: A Waquasiq Indian man in his mid to late 20’s. Youth program director and lieutenant commander of the tribe’s warrior’s society. Holds a degree in business administration from a tribal college. Shanna’s brother.



SHANNA GIFFORD PHILIPS: A Waquasiq Indian woman in her early to mid 20’s. She’s the receptionist for the Waquasiq People’s (Tribal) Council office. A student at the New School, studying urban planning and public policy. Attuck’s sister.



ROSIE WILLIAMS GIFFORD: A Waquasiq Indian woman in her early 30’s. She’s clan mother in training and aspiring caterer. Ronny’s sister and Aunt Edna’s niece..



PAUL WARRIOR: A Northern Plains Indian in his mid to late 30’s, looks almost white with shoulder-length hair. He’s an attorney for the Leggit Corporation. Wears suits with bolo ties and chokers.



GRANDMA EVELYN: A Waquasiq woman in her late 70’s to early 80’s. The spirit of Walter, Sebastian, and Robert’s grandmother. Can be played by Shanna.


Please share this with those you know are qualified for this position in African Dance & Music.
I will be hiring within the next few weeks.

This is part of BAM's international DanceAfrica Festival

Thank you

John Shevin Foster

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*(FYI BAM is one of the most well know international theatre companies)


TEACHING ARTIST OPENING FOR RESIDENCIES IN AFRICAN DANCE & DRUMMING – EDUCATION & HUMANITIES

The Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) is seeking highly experienced teaching artists with expertise in African dance and/or African drumming to teach nine–session, in-school residencies in New York City Schools.

The residencies will begin in Mid March and end in late May or early June, 2010. The residency includes a performance by the Zambian music and dance ensemble the Pamodzi Dance Troupe in May 2010

The ideal candidates are professional dancers and/or musician with 3 to 6 years experience teaching elementary/middle and/or high school students in the New York City schools.

Primary Qualifications:
• 3-6 years experience working with/teaching elementary, middle and/or high school age students (in the public school system, or with another professional organization a plus)
• Professional performance experience
• Proficiency in African music or dance history, or other relevant performance arts knowledge

Primary Responsibilities:
• Attend a curriculum development meeting at BAM with other participating teaching artists;
• Develop and submit a comprehensive syllabus for the residency to BAM’s Department of Education &
Humanities;
• Attend a Professional Development Workshop at BAM on March 4, from 4:30 until 6:30;
• Attend a preliminary planning meeting with classroom teacher(s) at the school(s) receiving the
residencies;
• Teach fun, creative, and grade-appropriate workshops in African music or dance;
• Introduce students to concepts related to African, music, dance and culture with an emphasis on that
of Zambia;
• Introduce students to new vocabulary unique to African music, dance and culture;
• Prepare students for attending a performance by Pamodzi Dance Troupe on May 27, 2010;
• Submit to BAM’s Department of Education & Humanities a comprehensive evaluation of the residency
upon its conclusion.

Additional Qualifications:
Applicants must be reliable, highly organized and flexible with their schedule. If hired, fingerprinting may be required through the New York City Department of Education in order to teach in the New York City public schools.


How to Apply:
Interested applicants should send resume, cover letter and relative materials to
Dr. John Foster at [e-mail]

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