Putting a Face on Theatre
Time for a New Blogger, PLUS - Also seeking a Photo Curator!
First off, I want to give a BIG thanks to one of our inaugural bloggers, Trish Causey. She recently was made Managing Editor over at BroadwaySpace.com. It's a great move for her, and they're a lucky site to have her onboard. Trish had a great series of posts on vocal health, choosing an audition song, and stage management (Stage Management 101, Basic Stage Manager Duties, Basic Stage Manager Tools-Clothes, Basic Stage Manager Tools - Fix-it Shop, Basic Stage Manager Tools - Office Supplies and Extras) during her time as a TheatreFace.com blogger, and we're sad to see her go. Still -- congrats, Trish!
Unfortunately, that means that the TheatreFace.com is down a blogger. So here goes the casting call again! TheatreFace.com is looking for another blogger to add to its ranks -- this time, though, we've got a more specific focus in mind. Think you've got the chops to blog about singing, acting, stage management, and the performance side of theatre? Lemme know! Reply in the comments to this thread for your shot at a paid theatre blogging gig!
We're also looking for some more community involvement in another area. I've been running the Photo of the Week contests, but it's time that someone with a fresh take and new ideas took up the torch. So if you'd like to become a part of the TheatreFace.com team, promote the photos section of the site, and curate the Photo of the Week contest, ALSO comment here. There's no pay for this position at the present time, but you'll be taking a prominent lead in helping keep TheatreFace.com ready for its close-up!
Tags: Photo of the Week, blogging
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Permalink Reply by Nicole LaBonde on -
I would like to be considered for the blogging job.
I am currently blogging on the state of the arts in America, auditioning, musical theatre preparation and performance, dancing, acting, singing, Pilates and non-profit funding. You can read my work on my blog at www.nicolelabonde.com . I think I would be a great fit for your site!
I am the choreographer and Musical Theatre teacher at Hedgerow Theatre in Media, America's oldest repertory theatre. I also do audition and dance coaching. I will be assistant directing an opera (that I am also choreographing) in the fall, which will be my first professional directing gig.
Thank you for considering me!
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This is in reply to your call form new bloggers. I have an MFA in directing from Carnegie Mellon, have taught there and at City College of SF and Los Medanos College. I am currently a theatre reviewer for www.examiner.com and for the Berkeley Daily Planet, and you can find my review by googling "Eye From the Aisle." I belong to the American Theatre Critics Association.
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I have lots to say about acting, auditioning, and doing Shakespeare in particular.
Tell me how many words you'd like and I'll write you a sample column.
John McMullen
510-459-8264
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Hey there. I have an MFA in Acting from the University of Missouri, Kansas City. I am a founding member of the Alaska Shakespeare Festival, and have worked regionally all over the country for almost twenty years.
My blog idea would be "Theatre in the Borderlands, a report from the field". There's so much vibrant, exciting, daring theatre going on in tiny regional theatres all across the country, particularly in the Midwest. I live in Iowa City, 200 miles from Chicago, not exactly an oft-talked about hub of the performing arts. And yet, there's so much excitement to be found, so much good work being done in this area, and others too.
If you'd like to know more, or see a writing sample, please contact me!
Patrick Du Laney
602-369-0588
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Permalink Reply by Jacob Coakley on -
Again, thanks to everyone who wrote in for the blog position! I'm going to keep the call open one more week, and then I'll be in touch with everyone personally asking for more info, touching base, and making decisions. Thanks so much for your interest!
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I started in theatre after following a girl into a drama club meeting in high school. I fell in love, but not with that girl. I've done theatre in just about every imaginable circumstance, high school, college, community, church, professional and some cirumstances that defy category. Over the years one of my forte's has become getting passible to great performances out of neophyte performers. One of my tenants is "Good theatre is where you find it." It doesn't matter whose name is on the marquee or how much the ticket cost. I've been sadly disappointed after paying big money to see a professional production with a star, and soundly amazed by amateur productions that were full of heart. I'm published by I.E. Clark and Eldridge Plays. I've had articles in Christianity and Theatre magazine and some years ago Stage Directions published my "how to" article about making dagger that squirts blood. I have a Master of Arts from California State University in Fresno and a Master of Fine Arts from Lindenwood University in St. Charles, MO. I co-founded Summer Repertory Theatre at Blackburn College and was it's artistic director for 15 years. I'm currently in my second year as the chair of the theatre department at Bethel College. Like good theatre I imagine good blogs are where you find them.
Richard T. Young
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Hi Jacob! I'd love to blog for you guys here at TheatreFace! I graduated this past May from Boston University with a degree in English focusing in African-American studies, but was very active in the acting and theatre community all through college. Since September, I have been living in Brooklyn making my way as an actor, comedian, and sometimes writer. In just a few months in New York City I have been involved in theatre, student films, short films, sketch comedy, stand-up, improv and children's theatre. Having only been a real-life professional person for half a year I am currently receiving a crash course and what it is like to be a working actor in New York.
Because I am a young person trying to put together the foundation for a career as an actor, my blog would be about just that: learning how to be a working actor while dealing with the unexpected questions and pratfalls all new, 20-something actors face. I do not have experience singing or stage managing, but I am rehearsing, practicing, and auditioning for work consistently and am very open to all forms of theatrical experience as I encounter it.
I would really love to blog for TheatreFace to provide a voice for all the young, struggling, and earnest young artists trying to figure out the world of art and of theatre.
Thanks!
Adam Lebowitz-Lockard
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Permalink Reply by Sonya Joseph on -
Wow, this sounds like fun. I think I'd be great! I have been in the business for over 20 years. As well as acting, directing, singing and stage managing I've worked in development for several LORT houses in Seattle and spent five years in arts administration--doing everything for the performing arts department at Seattle University. I'm also a writer: plays and screenplays--putting a solo show into production later this spring. I'm also married to a theater composer and we have a music library for the use of theater folks. Right now I'm an LA girl, running across town on a daily basis to auditions and bookings. If you keep your eyes open you'll find me popping in and out of the show 'Outsourced' this season. I'm also a huge supporter of our unions--and am watching the possible merger of SAG and AFTRA with bated breath. I've also been at the forefront of non-traditional casting issues for years--people of color, the elderly, the disabled. My most current preoccupation is learning about copyright issues in theater and getting the word out to my fellow theater artists who are laboring under many misconceptions. I've also got a bee in my bonnet about HR issues in the arts--we're sometimes so happy to be working we let things slide when we shouldn't. And I love to continually explore the issues surrounding being an ethical, emotionally and psychologically stable artist and human being in a world that wants to pull our funding, censor our ideas and judge us by our weight and bank balance. And gosh, I just love to write!
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Hi Jacob,
Are you still looking for another blogger? I've been a performer since the age of 8 (I'm now 30.) I grew up performing in New Orleans and since moved to New York where I also perform. I also had the opportunity to tour with some shows in both Europe and the US.
I am an avid reader of theatre blogs, news, and theatre history books. For several summers, I worked as a critic for nytheatre.com for the New York Fringe Festival.
I think that I could bring a new perspective to the blogs on Theatreface.com, and I'd love to be considered for the position.
Thanks,
Soline McLain
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I'd love to be a blogger for TheatreFace.com. I've been a Stage Manager for around 20 years, and am also a Lighting Designer, Teacher, and Mentor.
I've been an Artistic Director, Deputy Director, Outreach Director and Director of Production for different theatres over the years, and have a really good eye on what's going on around me.
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