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From: Eva Tessler [mailto:wetborderdog@hotmail.com]
Sent: Friday, August 31, 2007 4:40 PM
Subject: Borderlands Staged Readings Press Release
BORDERLANDS THEATER
PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Eva Tessler
wetborderdog@hotmail.com
BORDERLANDS TO PRESENT THREE STAGE READINGS:"OUR DAD IS IN ATLANTIS", "PAPÁ ESTÁ EN LA ATLÁNTIDA" BY JAVIER MALPICA, AND "WHO WILL SPEAK FOR YOU"? BY VICTOR HUGO RASCÓN BANDA, SEPTEMBER 24, 25 & 30, 007.
September,2007- Borderlands Theater will present three staged readings as part of the first TUCSON FESTIVAL SIN FRONTERAS: “Our Dad is in Atlantis”
(English version),”Papá está en la Atlántida” (Spanish original) by Javier Malpica, and “Who Will Speak for You?” (English version) by Víctor Hugo Rascón Banda.
The first two readings are of the play “Our Dad is in Atlantis”/“Papá está en la Atlántida” by Javier Malpica, translated by Jorge Ignacio Cortinas.
The play received the prestigious Mexican award Premio Nacional de Dramaturgia “Víctor Hugo Rascón Banda”en 2005. It is a poignant border story about two young brothers who trek to “el Norte” in hopes of reuniting with their father. The English version will feature L.A. based Joe Quintero, last seen in Tucson as “Sam” in “Earthquake Chica”, and local actor Robert Encila, and it will be read September 24, 7:30 pm at the U of A Modern Languages Auditorium. The Spanish version features- along with Quintero- internationally known Mexican actor Vïctor Carpinteiro, last seen in Tucson in the critically acclaimed production of “ Deseo”, and it will be read September 25, 7:30 pm at the Modern Languages Auditorium at the U of A.
Directed by Eva Tessler
The third reading is “Who Will Speak for You?” by Víctor Hugo Rascón Banda based on the book by Arnoldo Kraus and translated by Eva Tessler. The play brings an intimate testimony of an elderly Holocaust survivor from Poland about her experiences during WWII and her efforts to rebuild her home in México. The play will be read September 30, 7:30 pm at the Historic Stone Avenue Temple Heritage Center. With Roberta Streicher and local actors.
Directed by Víctor Carpinteiro.
Supported in part by the University of Arizona Department of Spanish and Portuguese and the College of Humanities.
AT A GLANCE: BORDERLANDS STAGE READINGS
“Our Dad is in Atlantis”(ENGLISH) by Javier Malpica 9/24, 7:30 pm U of A Modern Languages Auditorium
“Papá está en la Atlántida”(SPANISH) by Javier Malpica,
9/25 7:30 pm
U of A Modern Languages Auditorium
*** “Who Will Speak for Me?” by Víctor Hugo Rascón Banda 9/ 30, 7:30 pm Historic Stone Avenue Temple Heritage Center, 564 S. Stone Avenue Suggested donation $7 available at the door or at Borderlands Theater office, 40 W. Broadway (enter through Jackson St.).
RESERVATIONS: 882-7406
Eva Tessler
Artistic Associate
Borderlands Theater
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Friday, August 31, 2007
Tucson: Borderlands Staged Readings
Tucson: Fine Arts Substitute Teaching
From: Heald, Lorie [mailto:lheald@stgregoryschool.org]
Sent: Friday, August 31, 2007 4:17 PM
Subject: Fine Arts Substitute Teaching
For Immediate Release
St. Gregory College Preparatory School is looking to expand its
drama, dance and music substitute list.
St. Gregory is an independent, coed day school for grades 6-12. In both the middle and upper school we teach drama, dance, stagecraft, band, choir, and general music. We are interested in substitute teachers who have some experience in theatre, dance, or music, who are interested in education, and have some experience working with middle and/or high school age students.
Required qualifications: A current résumé, a Bachelor's degree indicating course work in the arts, and either a state fingerprint card or a background screening completed here at St. Gregory. A review of this material and an interview with the Upper School Head is part of the hiring process.
For further information please contact Lorie Heald at 327-6395 ext. 261 or lheald@stgregoryschool.org.
Interested applicants can send a current resume to:
lheald@stgregoryschool.org
or
St. Gregory College Preparatory School
Lorie Heald
3231 N. Craycroft Rd.
Tucson, AZ 85712
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Tucson: Casting - actor for Arizona Opera
From: Keri Muir [mailto:keri@azopera.com]
Sent: Friday, August 31, 2007 2:17 PM
Subject: actor for opera
Arizona Opera is looking for a handsome young man (ideally in his 20’s or able to look like it), for a role in our upcoming opera LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR. Rehearsals begin September 15, and the last performance is October 14. For more information, please contact:
Keri Muir
Production Stage Manager
Arizona Opera
3501 N. Mountain Avenue
Tucson, AZ 85719
(520) 293-4336, ext. 405
keri@azopera.com
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Tucson: Casting for UA Senior Films and Actors for Directing Workshops
From: Brian [mailto:mclaff9@earthlink.net]
Sent: Friday, August 31, 2007 10:13 AM
Subject: Casting for UA Senior Films and Actors for Directing Workshops
OPEN CASTING CALL for University of Arizona BFA Senior Thesis Films
Monday, September 10th, 1-3pm, Harvill Building Room 104
The School of Media Arts BFA Seniors are holding an open casting call for the 11 Senior Thesis Films shooting this fall. The films are all genres and are seeking all types of actors. Past BFA senior thesis films have shown at Sundance and numerous regional film festivals.
Interested actors should prepare a short (under one minute) monologue and bring 2 copies of their headshot/resume. Actors may alternatively audition with a partner and present a two-person scene (of no more than two-minutes in length). To reserve an audition slot, please contact Lisanne Skyler, School of Media Arts, skyler@email.arizona.edu.
In addition, actors are invited to further explore collaborations with BFA film directors by participating in Media Arts Senior Thesis directing workshops on September 17th, 19th, 24th and 26th from 1-3pm Harvill 104. Please contact Lisanne Skyler, skyler@email.arizona.edu to inquire further.
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Tucson: RMT needs ushers all performances of Guys and Dolls
From: JTamse@aol.com [mailto:JTamse@aol.com]
Sent: Friday, August 31, 2007 8:32 AM
Subject: RMT needs ushers
RMT - Redondo Music Theatre - has openings for ushers for all performances of Guys and Dolls at the Leo Rich Theatre, Tucson Civic Center.
October 5, 6 at 7:30, October 7 at 2 pm
October 12, 13 at 7:30 and
October 14 at 2 pm
Please phone: 885-1320 if interested and available.
Thanks,
RMT
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Tucson: Live Theatre Workshop's Onstage! Education Program
Thank you to all TTA List members who let me know that this previous post was unreadable. Here it is again….
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From: MsKOLoera@aol.com [mailto:MsKOLoera@aol.com]
Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2007 11:12 AM
Subject: Live Theatre Workshop’s Fall Theatre Classes
Live Theatre Workshop’s Onstage! Education Program
Fall 2007 Session #2
Musical Theatre: Students explore acting, dancing, and singing through selections from Broadway-style Musicals.
Stagelings Ages 3 - 4
Fridays 10:00 - 10:50
October 19- December 21
$90.00 for 10 Weeks
Stagelings Ages 4 - 5
Fridays 11:00 - 11:50
October 19- December 21
$90.00 for 10 Weeks
Ages 6 - 9
Mondays 1:30 - 2:30
October 15 - December 17
$90 for 10 weeks
Ages 6 - 9
Mondays 3:30 - 4:30
October 15- December 17
$100.00 for 10 Weeks
Live Accompanist
Ages 6 - 9
Mondays 4:40 - 5:40
October 15- December 17
$100.00 for 10 Weeks
Live Accompanist
Ages 6 - 9
Tuesdays 3:30 - 4:30
October 16- December 18
$95.00 for 10 Weeks
Ages 6 - 9
Wednesdays 3:30 - 4:30
October 17- December 19
$95.00 for 10 Weeks
Ages 6 - 9
Fridays 3:45 - 4:45
October 19- December 21
$95.00 for 10 Weeks
Ages 9 - 12
Saturdays 9:00 - 10:30
October 20- December 22
$103.00 for 10 Weeks
Ages 10 - 18
Wednesdays 1:30 - 2:30
October 17 - December 19
$90 for 10 weeks
Ages 13 - 18
Saturdays 2:00 - 4:00
October 20- December 22
$140.00 for 10 Weeks
Live Accompanist
Playmaking: Students explore the theatrical process through acting, theatre exercises, games and play rehearsal.
Ages 13 - 18
Tuesdays 4:30 - 6:00
October 16- December 18
$103.00 for 10 Weeks
Ages 8 - 10
Saturdays 10:30 - Noon
October 20- December 22
$103.00 for 10 Weeks
Ages 11 - 14
Saturdays Noon - 2:00
October 20- December 22
$110.00 for 10 Weeks
Ages 14 - 18
Saturdays 4:00 - 6:00
October 20- December 22
$110.00 for 10 Weeks
Advanced Musical Theatre: Students work on a full length Broadway-style musical as actors, as well as a variety of technical roles. This is an audition-only class. Please call for details.
Ages 14 - 18 (Audition Only)
Thursdays 4:00 - 6:00
October 18, 2007 - March 6, 2008
$280.00 for 18 Weeks
Auditions October 4 at 4:00 pm
About us:
The Live Theatre Workshop’s OnStage! Education Department was developed and continues to develop as a center for teaching the theatre arts in a friendly and creative setting. Led by Director o Education Michael Martinez, weekly classes and summer and winter drama day camps are taught by trained, experienced teachers, actors, and directors from the Tucson community. The program ranges from introducing theatre through the process of producing a script all the way to advanced technical and acting roles, as well as internships. The Onstage! Education program is a great place to begin and develop as a theatre artist.
5317 E. Speedway, Tucson, Arizona 85712. (520) 327-0160
Download Registration forms at:
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Thursday, August 30, 2007
Tucson: UA's Educational Theatre Company presents 'Sideways Stories From Wayside School.'
From: Anne Gardner [mailto:anneg@email.arizona.edu]
Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2007 10:41 AM
Subject: Press Release for UA Theatre's "Sideways Stories..."
UA’s Educational Theatre Company to perform ‘Sideways Stories From Wayside School.’
Dates & Times:
Evenings: September 27 & 28 at 7:00 p.m.
Matinees: September 28 at 10:30 a.m.; September 29 at 1:30 p.m.
Place: Tornabene Theatre on the UA campus located near the southeast corner of Park Avenue and Speedway Boulevard.
General Admission: All seats are $4.
Performance Information: The School of Theatre Arts etc…Educational Theatre Company presents “Sideways Stories from Wayside School,” adapted by John Oliver from Louis Sachar’s Wayside School novels, directed by Elyse Tussey.
This zany classroom adventure, adapted from the popular novels of Louis Sachar, is filled with tornado drills, talking pigtails, and wicked teachers who turn students into apples. Wayside is a school that teems with exciting and sideways antics; however, the workings of good and evil are still relevant in this playful setting and must be dealt with through the power of magic and the strength of children. Wayside is a satisfying meal for starved imaginations.
etc...Educational Theatre Company was created to give students in the BFA Theatre Education program the opportunity to produce plays and educational programs for young audiences. The company is committed to producing quality scripts and developing new plays for young audiences. While the School of Theatre Arts faculty serve as advisors for etc..., productions are student-directed, designed and acted. The productions are performed first on campus and then toured to area schools during the fall semester of the academic year.
Ticket Information: UA Fine Arts Box Office, (520) 621-1162.
Parking: Theatregoers may park in the Park Avenue Garage, located on Park Ave. just north of Speedway Blvd. For weekday evening performances, you can now pre-pay for parking. Monday through Friday, 5 p.m. to midnight, take your parking ticket immediately to the garage cashier after parking. Cashier is located on the east side of the main level. Parking fee will be $3 (cash only). After the performance, insert the parking ticket at the gate to exit. Saturday and Sunday there is no charge to park.
Media Contact: Paula Newsome, (520) 626-2686, pnewsome@email.arizona.edu
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Tucson: Casting Call, male Latino Lead Needed for Music Video
Good Looking Latino Lead Needed for Music Video
Reply to: davidv1@cox.net
Date: 2007-08-29, 3:22PM MST
We are searching for a good looking Latino Male lead that can dance Norteno and act for an upcoming Music Video to be shot Sept. 29th & 30th, ages 20 to 28. The female artist is from Los Angeles. Please e-mail a photo and contact information.
· Location: Tucson
· Compensation: International exposure
· Principals only. Recruiters, please don't contact this job poster.
· Please, no phone calls about this job!
· Please do not contact job poster about other services, products or commercial interests.
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Tucson: RMT GUYS AND DOLLS AUDITIONS update
From: Dakotacom [mailto:lkraus@dakotacom.net]
Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2007 10:34 PM
Subject: RMT GUYS AND DOLLS AUDITIONS update
Audition appointments announced for REDONDO MUSIC THEATRE's (formerly Roundabout Music Theatre) fall production of GUYS AND DOLLS
by calling Hal Hundley at RMT 615-1130
Performances are October 4 (preview) and 5,6,7,10, 11,12 in the Tucson Convention Center (TCC) Leo Rich Theatre, 260 South Court Ave, Intense rehearsals begin Sunday September 9 at the former Broadway Christian Fellowship Church, 4741 E. Broadway, in the Discovery Room, outside entrance on the west side of the north wing of the Fellowship Hall. (parking next to the wing).
A modest stipend for rehearsal and performance is anticipated.
In need of:
1. "Nathan Detroit" - middle-aged gambler and perennial fiancé of "Adelaide" ; stronger singer & comedic talent
2. "Nicely-Nicely" - - middle-aged gambler ; stronger singer & comedic talent , and the rest, and
3. Lt Brannigan - typical gruff NYPD cop; no singing
We are looking forward to seeing you and putting on a great first full season production.
Hal Hundley, Artistic Director & Larry Kraus, President
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Wednesday, August 29, 2007
Tucson: CASTING CALL independent feature "Caramelo"
From the Tucson Weekly…
CASTING CALL
Tucson filmmaker Ben Lopez is currently casting for the next film his production company, VientoFuego Productions, is shooting. An independent feature shot here in Tucson, Caramelo will be shooting from late September through November. Ben is looking for Spanish-speaking actors for several roles, including a pair of males between 50 and 60 years old, several young women ages 16 to 24, and a few young men ages 16 to 22.
Résumés and headshots can be e-mailed to him (ben.lopez@vientofuego.com), or sent directly to VientoFuego Productions, 1371 E. Louisiana Drive, Tucson, AZ 85706. Check the company Web site (http://www.vientofuego.com/) for additional information.
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Tucson: new Cabaret open mic in Tucson!
From: Marilyn Harris [mailto:marilyn@marilynharris.com]
Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2007 3:03 PM
Subject: new Cabaret open mic in Tucson!
* * *
Come to the Cabaret @ Colors Food & Spirits!
5303 E. Speedway tel. 323-1840
Starting October 3rd, every Wednesday will be CABARET OPEN MIC NIGHT with the fabulous cabaret diva Liz McMahon introducing Tucson's most talented performers! Bring your sheet music for Musical Director Marilyn Harris to play and enjoy a great evening of music and fun! We're looking for talented newcomers and experienced singers - from Broadway to jazz to blues to country - all styles are welcome. Bring your party pieces, promote your upcoming show and/or CD, or try out your new audition song... whether you come to perform or just enjoy the show, we want YOU to be a part of Tucson's premier performers showcase! Sign-up at 6:30 PM, show starts at 7PM. Full menu and full bar available. - no cover, no minimum.
Tucson: C.A.S.T.-Clean and Sober Theatre AUDITIONS
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From: Jessica Hudson [mailto:schlumfa@hotmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2007 1:15 PM
C.A.S.T.-Clean and Sober Theatre
is looking for young people to share their personal stories with this
dynamic theatre troupe for the 2007-08 season
• C.A.S.T. is composed of young people between the ages of 13 and 23 whose
lives have been impacted by addiction, either through their own use or that
of a family member or friend.
• C.A.S.T. members undergo intensive training to gain insight into the
pressures affecting their addiction and recovery, help create a script, and
then take the stage to reveal their experience, the impact on family members
and the challenges of recovery.
• C.A.S.T. performs at high schools, middle schools, elementary schools,
treatment centers, and conferences, educating young people, families, and
the professionals who serve them, on issues regarding drug and alcohol use
and addictive disease.
• Cast members rehearse12-16 hours/week throughout the year
• Cast members perform 1-3 shows per week during the school year, beginning
in Fall
• Cast members are paid for both rehearsals and performances and are on
contract for one year and are paid a small stipend for their time
If you fit the profile of a C.A.S.T. member or if you know someone else who
does:
CALL the C.A.S.T. Office at: 628-3362
or 620-6615 EXT 5020 OR 5021
email: sarnold@compasshc.org
Interviews will take place by appointment
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Tucson: "Circle Jerk" Auditions, Round 2
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From: Jessica Hudson [mailto:schlumfa@hotmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2007 12:21 PM
Subject: Circle Jerk auditions, can you please post
Circle Jerk Auditions, Round 2
Auditions for Circle Jerk will be continuing on Thursday, August 30th at
10:30pm.
We are casting for 3 male roles:
AXEL, college age student
Ford, late 30s -40s, husband type
Rafael, late 20s-30s, actor
Please call Jessica at 271-0722 for more information.
Please bring a resume; this will be a cold read.
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Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Tucson: Invisible Theatre Audition for NATIVES
From: CATHY JOHNSON [mailto:cathyj@flash.net]
Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2007 1:34 PM
Subject: Invisible Theatre Audition Notice for NATIVES
INVISIBLE THEATRE
1400 N. First Ave.
Tucson, AZ 85719
Susan Claassen, Managing Artistic Director, Cathy Johnson, Associate Producer
(520) 884-0672
cathy@invisibletheatre.com
INVISIBLE THEATRE ANNOUNCES
AUDITIONS FOR MALE ACTORS
FOR THE PLAY
NATIVES
By Janet Neipris
Auditions for NATIVES will take place on:
Tuesday, September 11, 2007 at 6:00 pm
The Invisible Theatre
1400 N. First Avenue (at Drachman)
Please bring photo and resume if the theatre does not have a recent one on file. You will be asked to read from the script. Copies of NATIVES may be checked out for 24 hours – call first (884-0672) to make sure one is available.
This contemporary comedy tells the tale of a middle-aged divorcée, Viola, trying to get on with her life. Her three grown daughters each come home – one with more problems and baggage than the next and all wanting to move home. Add this to the fact that Viola has already sublet her apartment so that she can have a romantic summer in France. Just how much should a mother sacrifice?!
Available Parts Include:
Gary – Bo’s husband and co-food writer (appearance of late 20’s or 30’s)
Arnold – A Sultan from Bali (appearance of late 20’s or 30’s)
NATIVES will be presented at Invisible Theatre, February 19 – March 9, 2008, with rehearsals beginning January 15th. Gail Fitzhugh will direct.
An honorarium will be paid to cast members.
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Tucson: Beowulf Alley AUDITIONS "STONES IN HIS POCKETS"
From: [mailto:theatre@beowulfalley.org]
Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2007 2:11 PM
Subject:
Contact: Mike Sultzbach
(520) 622-4460
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
(Tucson, AZ--August 28, 2007)—
Beowulf Alley Announces Auditions for Its First Play of the 2007-2008 Season
Beowulf Alley Theatre Company is holding auditions for the second male actor in its first play of 2007, STONES IN HIS POCKETS by Marie Jones.
Auditions will take place on Saturday, September 8, 2007 from 2p-6p at the Beowulf Alley Theater, 11 S Sixth Ave, downtown Tucson, between Broadway and Congress.
Two male actors play multiple roles in this critically acclaimed, fast-paced Irish comedy.
Predominantly a performance piece, both actors must have good improvisational skills, be adept with accents and appear in age to be mid-30’s. Sides will be provided at the audition and preparation time will be given. Each actor will read opposite the other from the sides.
The show begins rehearsing on September 17th and opens on November 10th with a four week run, Thursdays through Sundays. A stipend will be paid.
To make an audition appointment, please call 520-622-4460 or e-mail theatre@beowulfalley.org. Please indicate a first and second choice audition time.
Beowulf Alley Theatre Company
11 S Sixth Avenue
Tucson, AZ 85701
520-622-4460
theatre@beowulfalley.org
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Beowulf Alley Theatre Company is committed to enriching the community and enhancing appreciation of the arts through the production of innovative, invigorating theatre and theatrical education with the highest standards for acting and production.
Beowulf Alley has received critical acclaim for its productions, including seven MAC Award nominations. The company has presented over 200 performances to Tucson audiences since 2002 and has served hundreds of artists through its productions. The theatre also provides performance and rehearsal space for other Tucson theatre companies. For more information, log on to www.beowulfalley.org.
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Tucson: Theatrical Mime Theatre Free Community Workshop
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From: Heald, Lorie, Ms. [mailto:lheald@stgregoryschool.org]
Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2007 6:46 AM
Subject: Theatrical Mime Theatre Free Community Workshop
Theatrical Mime Theatre
ricgeocap@msn.com
520-990-7425
For Immediate Release
Theatrical Mime Theatre is offering a free community Mime workshop to open its 2007-08 studio and performance season. Experience an overview of contemporary mime techniques and composition structures of solo and ensemble theatrical mime. Please wear clothing appropriate for ease of movement. Ages 18+. The workshop will be held at the ODaiko Sonora Studio at 1013 S. Tyndall from 7:30 - 9:00 p.m., Thursday, September 6th. Call Rick Wamer at 990-7425 for further information. A series of Mime classes will then be held beginning September 13th through November.
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Monday, August 27, 2007
Tucson: Borderlands Theater presents Dust Eaters
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From: Eva Tessler [mailto:wetborderdog@hotmail.com]
Sent: Monday, August 27, 2007 9:31 AM
Subject: Borderlands Theater: Dust Eaters Press Release
BORDERLANDS THEATER
PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
BORDERLANDS THEATER TO PRESENT THE PLAY DUST EATERS BY JULIE JENSEN, OCTOBER
4-21,2007 AT BEOWULF ALLEY THEATRE, 11 SOUTH 6TH AVENUE.
CONTACT: Eva Tessler
wetborderdog@hotmail.com
Winner of the Steinberg
New Play Award
for Best New Play
produced outside New York City
(American Theatre Critics Association) Borderlands Theatre initiates its 2007-08 with the play “Dust Eaters” by Julie Jensen. The play takes an intimate look at two families one white, one Native American, living side by side in the Utah western desert. “Dust Eaters” covers 140 years of struggle between the Goshute tribe, original inhabitants of what is now Utah, and the Mormon pioneers who arrived to claim their promised land.
We follow the life of Albertine who begins as a defiant 10-year-old Goshute girl living with a white family on a ranch next to her tribe's ancestral land. We trace the interdependence and resentment, the love and denial of the two families. In the end Albertine's great-grandchildren are grappling with a decision to store high-level nuclear waste on their reservation. The play is a chamber history that defines the past through everyday, intimate human detail and looks at the assumptions behind both cultural points of view. It presents history as we see our own personal history, as a life lived in the wake of seminal events.
“Dust Eaters” is directed by Barclay Goldsmith and includes a cast of four actors who play all roles ins this seven generation saga: Roberto Guajardo, Karole Spangler, Leanne Charlton-Whitewolf, and Ernie Tsosie.
Julie Jensen is the recipient of the Kennedy Center Award for New American Plays ("White Money"), the Joseph Jefferson Award for Best New Work ("The Lost Vegas Series"), and the LA Weekly Award for Best New Play ("Two-Headed"). She has received the McKnight National Playwriting Fellowship ("WAIT!"), the TCG/NEA Playwriting Residency ("WAIT!"), a major grant from the Pew Charitable Trusts ("Dust Eaters"), and was a finalist for the PEN Drama Award ("Dust Eaters").
Her play, "Two-Headed," was included in the volume Best Plays by Women, 2000. She is currently Resident Playwright at Salt Lake Acting Company, and her work is available from Dramatic Publishing.
Leanne’ Whitewolf Charlton) received her formal theatre and dance education
from Northwestern College and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She
has studied with The Milwaukee Ballet as well as the Afro-Modern Dance Company Ko-Thi. Her Arizona credits include the role of The Third God in The Good Woman of Setzuan with The Rogue Theatre, Linda Waterman in the Arizona Premiere of Fiction for Beowulf Alley Theatre, and Indian Maid , in John Keat’s Endymion. She is especially thankful to Russ, Dixie, Miss Maria Tallchief and the founding members of The Florence Players.
Roberto Guajardo’s last appeared with Borderlands Theater as Gil in "How to Improve Your Golf Game" which he also co-directed. He has also worked extensively in theaters throughout the State, including performances with Arizona Theatre Company, Beowulf Alley and Invisible Theatre here in Tucson, Arizona Jewish Theatre, Actor’s Lab in Scottsdale, Phoenix Little Theatre and four seasons with the Flagstaff Festival of the Arts. Regional credits include appearances at The Pasadena Playhouse, San Jose’s Repertory Theatre, Seattle Repertory Theatre, the Denver Center Theatre Company and the Organic Theatre in Chicago. He has made numerous appearances on television and in film.
Karole Spangler ‘s Tucson acting credits include the Nurse in “Romeo & Juliet” and Madame Parnelle in Tartuffe, both with the ART. Before coming west, Karole spent five seasons with Stage One in Louisville, KY, playing everything from an earthworm to a paranoid-psychotic "evil" queen to a Holocaust survivor. In her off time she worked in Denali, AK, performing at the Cabin Nite Dinner Theatre, acting with the Alaska Shakespeare Co., and helping train sled dogs for the National Park Service. Some favorite roles from her career include Dolly Gallagher Levi in “Hello, Dolly”, Bobby Gould in “Speed the Plow”, and Du in “Keely and Du”. She earned her MFA in Acting from the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Ernest David Tsosie, III is a former Pima Community College student and started his acting career at the Pima College Center for the Arts as a PCC Drama student in the 1990’s. His first professional acting job was in the Borderlands Theater and San Francisco Mime Troupe co-production of the world premiere play “13 Days”/ “Treces Dias” – The Zapatista Uprising in Chiapas, Tsosie played the role of “Xun”. Borderlands production of “Dust Eaters”
will mark Ernie’s return to the Tucson area, as well as his return to the role of “Bone”. Ernie played “Bone” in the world premiere production of “Dust Eaters” for the Salt Lake Acting Company, in Salt Lake City, Utah in 2005.
Since his early student acting days at Pima College Ernie has been working in plays, TV, films, radio, and comedy. He is a dedicated actor and comedian and has been a full time working performer for the last six years. He is the co-founder of “James & Ernie Comedy” a Native American Comedy Duo starring himself Ernie Tsosie, and fellow performer James Junes of Farmington, New Mexico. Their DVD “James & Ernie-fied” won “Best Variety” at the International Cherokee Film Festival in 2005.
Ernie can be seen in the independent feature films “Mile Post 398” (2007, Sheephead Films), and “Turquoise Rose” (2007, Holt Hamilton Productions).
Ernie also played “Clem Allison” in the PBS movie of the week “Thief of Time” (2004).
Community partners for “Dust Eaters” are Alianza Indigena sin
Fronteras and the Arizona State Museum office of
Ethno-Historical Research.
At A GLANCE:
DUST EATERS
by Julie Jensen
October 4-21, 2007
Beowulf Alley Theatre, 11 S 6th Ave
Tickets Prices: $10.75- $ 19.75 with various discounts. Season Flex Pass: 5 shows for$70.
Ticket Outlets: Borderlands Theater office (enter thru Jackson St.) and at the door.
RESERVATIONS: (520)882-7406
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Tucson: TOP HAT - MONSTER PICTURE
From: Elizabeth Gooden [mailto:elizabethgooden@cox.net]
Sent: Monday, August 27, 2007 7:02 AM
Subject: TOP HAT - MONSTER PICTURE
Top Hat Theatre Club
3110 East Fort Lowell Tucson, Arizona 85716
(520) 326-6800
For Immediate Release
AUG 27, 2007
Contact: Elizabeth Gooden 326-6800
E-mail: elizabethgooden@cox.net
WHAT THE MONSTER ATE FOR LUNCH by Elizabeth Gooden
CONTINUES
Performance Schedule:
Saturday’s at 3:00
Closing: Saturday, Sept 29
Running time: one hour. This production is appropriate for children of all ages.
Plot: Set in a country village inhabited by zany characters, the griffin must choose between his lunch and his enduring friendship with a minor church official. The story includes jokes and singing.
Cast:
Alex Greengaard as The Griffin
Andre Proczka as the Minor Canon
With
Michelle Turner
James Wilson
Mason Hornfeck
Rebecca Niesen
Production Staff:
Director: Nell Summers
Pianist: Anne Grimes
Sound Design: Alex Greengaard
Location:
Top Hat’s intimate performance space is located at the South East corner of Fort Lowell and Country Club and is dedicated to presenting fun and entertaining theatre.
Admission: Adults and children $5.00
Reservations: 326-6800
More information can be found at:
tophattheatreclub.com
PHOTO ID
FRONT [L – R] Alex Greengaard, Andre Proczka
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