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There's a New Artist in Louisville!
Well, temporarily for now. Lily Emerson, founder of Lucid Street Theatre, a Chicago-based but currently Louisville-located performance group just registered on this site.
She's in town for the winter (through mid-March) in part to try out Louisville as a potential permanent home. She's leading an Introduction to Butoh workshop February 20th and 27th at The Alley Theatre / Art Sanctuary space, and working out details to perform one of Lucid Street's pieces at a local venue. What is Butoh? It's a Japanese performance medium known as the "dance of darkness." It's like the movement of the unborn in the womb, or "considering the human condition from the viewpoint of the departed."
From Lucid Street's website: "Butoh was developed in the late 1950s in Japan as a way of expressing in performance what traditional Japanese and Western dance and theatre could not, after the atomic bomb had changed the emotional landscape so profoundly. Created, honed, and then taken in new directions by Tatsumi Hijikata and Kazuo Ohno, it has since been integrated into a variety of performance mediums and training techniques, into shamanistic rituals, and on and on."
We will present a profile of Ms. Emerson soon. In the meantime, please welcome Ms. Emerson and sign up for the workshop! Visit her website at lucidstreet.org for more information.
Posted by SRD, Thu., Feb. 4 at 6:35 pm
Roger Fristoe Profiles Matt Orme
We're tickled pink that Roger Fristoe, star of I Am My Own Wife (in both Pandora Productions and The Drama Studio's productions) presented us with his indepth profile of Matt Orme, who's starring in William Luce's Barrymore at the Bunbury Theatre, opening February 2. I always loved Roger's film column at the Courier-Journal, and he is an inspiration to me as a critic. Aside from acting, he also writes for Turner Classic Movies' monthly magazine. You should not miss his article, which also previews the show. Follow this link to read it at Louisville Mojo!
Posted by SRD, Sun., Jan. 24 at 2:05 pm
Learn Improv with Louisville Improvisors
I tried improvisation as part of an acting class I took a couple of years ago at StageLab. What I feared most was "letting go" of control, but once I tried it, I found it to be fun. As I recall, learning to say "yes" is one of the most important lessons of improv.
The Louisville Improvisors group is offering a "Foundations of Improv" workshop, aimed at those who have never taken improv, as well as someone who is looking to learn a new improv style. This class focuses on the basics of improv, how to give simple, clear information to get a scene started, how to be changed by information given to you, and mostly to get out of your head, leave your inner critic at the door, and have fun on stage.
By the end of the 6 week session, you will know:
To register or for more information e-mail chris@louisvilleimprov.com or call (502) 485-9064.
The cost is $25 per class or $20 if you pay for all classes in advance ($120 total). Class meets once a week on Saturdays for 2hrs- from 10am -12:00pm.
All classes take place at the Louisville Improvisors training center at 627 S. 4th St.
Posted by SRD, Sun., Jan. 17 at 7:12 pm
Finnigan Announces Playwright Winners
Finnigan Productions folks spent the weekend reading through a stack of ten-minute plays submitted for this year's Festival of Funky, Fresh Fun. The 12-member jury (consisting of actors, writers, directors, and board members) chose pieces they felt spoke best to Finnigan's mission statement and the spirit of funky, fresh fun! This year's lineup is as follows (in no particular order):
Congratulations, playwrights! Everyone else, please come to the festival, to be performed at the Rudyard Kipling, April 15-24!
Posted by SRD, Tue., Jan. 12 at 12:14 pm
Theatre Louisville Announces Partnership with Louisville Mojo
We are pleased to announce that Theatre Louisville is partnering with Louisville Mojo to publish our reviews and news content on Mojo's website. We will continue to provide a forum for theatres to publicize their shows, casting calls and production team needs on this website. Also, the content that's here now will remain on this site. We are confident that this partnership will bring a wider readership to our contributors, and we hope it will bring new audiences to theatres. Please visit Louisville Mojo to see the big changes going on there. We'll be in the newly created (just for us!) Lively Arts channel at Mojo.
We are proud to join the ranks of Louisville Mojo's esteemed writers, such as Rick Redding, Billy Reed, Jeffrey Scott Holland, Brigid Kaelin and many others. Other good news for our readers - you will be able to comment on posts at Louisville Mojo. Let the conversation begin!
Thank you for your support and for being a fan of Theatre Louisville on Facebook. Please continue to visit us here! We'll leave the light on for you.
Posted by SRD, Wed., Dec. 29 at 4:20 pm
Casting Call for Stain Remover
Stain Remover, a comedy short to be shot in Louiville, KY is seeking actors on a volunteer basis. Please send head shot and resume to StainRemoverFilm@gmail.com.
Auditions will be in Louisville's Kaden Tower Civic Center [The basement]. It will be on Tuesday, December 29th from 8 - 6 pm.
The economy is down; the job market sucks. How is an unproven young man seeking his way in the world, supposed to have the good life and support his girlfriend, Bella, in her American dreams? This is the tale of Steven, one such dreamer whose productivity has yet to meet his ambition, that is until he finds a freelance corporate job opportunity. Is it just in time to impress his girlfriend’s mother and be the man he promised? Will he have to forgo his organic scruples in the process?
See "Call For Actors" (on the left) for more information about this project.
Posted by SRD, Saturday, December 26, 11:20am
Kentucky Theatre Association Seeks Executive Director
The Kentucky Theatre Association, Kentucky's leading theatre organization - serving theatre at all levels - is seeking interested applicants for its Executive Director position.
The Executive Director will work with Board of Directors to fulfill the mission of The Kentucky Theatre Association. Duties will include but are not limited to the organization and administration of the annual Kentucky Theatre Association Festival, web-site maintenance, fundraising, special programming administration, and the development and implementation of public relations programs to increase KTA membership.
The Executive Director may work from any location in or in close proximity to the Commonwealth of Kentucky but must be willing to travel to various locations for regular board meetings, committee meetings and organizational events.
Minimum of a Bachelors Degree in Arts Administration, Business or Theatre, or equivalent experience in the field is required.
This is a part-time position. Salary: $600.00 monthly plus compensation for travel. Start date: Negotiable.
Qualifications - The candidate must be computer literate, possess strong organizational and communications skills, have knowledge of fund raising and grant writing, and have an interest in, if not a strong knowledge of, the theatre. Previous experience working for non-profits is a plus.
The candidate must be able to devote on average 40 hours/month. The fall months leading up to the November conference will demand a greater time commitment.
Application - Qualified individuals should submit a letter of application, a resume, and names and contact information for three references via email to bradley.downall@kctcs.edu. For additional information about KTA, please visit their website. Application Deadline: January 4, 2010.
Posted by SRD, Mon., Dec. 14 at 5:25 pm
Step Right Up! Or Not...
We received an interesting email from a reader, who questions the tradition of having actors greet the audience at the end of a performance. His email prompted me to ask other people how they feel about this practice. I've never thought about it one way or the other, but apparently lots of folks don't like it. Read all about it here. Feel free to weigh in on the subject, and I will post comments. Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!
UPDATE: A.S. Waterman, the former publisher of this website, agrees, calling it "that trap at the door." Waterman says, "As an actor, director, producer, reviewer and audience member, let me answer your question: 86 the reception line. PLEASE."
More comments are in the story.
Posted by SRD, Wednesday, November 25, 9:50pm, updated November 28, 4:20pm
We Need Somebody!
Look into your hearts! If you value the services we provide here at TheatreLouisville, please consider donating to help us cover the costs of keeping the website going. Any amount is appreciated. The funds are needed for web hosting services; and we would like to begin paying our reviewers, who have been such good sports about writing their reviews for no monetary compensation.
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Posted by SRD, Thursday, November 15, 6:35pm
Humana Festival 2010
Actors Theatre of Louisville has announced its list of plays that will debut at the 34th annual Humana Festival of New American Plays. Which ones sound good to you? I am most interested in The Cherry Sisters Revisited. For an entertaining history of these real-life Vaudeville flops, I recommend reading "Cherry Bomb, the Story of the Awful Cherry Sisters," by Irwin Chusid at wfmu.org. Or read Jeffrey Scott Holland's post about them on the Catclaw theatre blog.
It is interesting that these obscure sisters have, of late, been the subject of not one, but two, recent plays. In November 2008, 1812 Productions premiered Cherry Bomb: The Worst Act in Vaudeville for the Holidays to rave reviews in Philadelphia. See 1812productions.org.
Read all about the Festival lineup here.
Posted by SRD, Sunday, November 15, 5:06pm
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