A one-day workshop for non-conformist performers determined to take their vision from the page to the stage. The workshop will feature a panel discussion with notable actors and writers who have seen their work produced On or Off-Broadway, and break-out groups that will provide instrumental tools to seeing one´s work produced: development, budgeting, fundraising, marketing, and more.
Presented by TeatroStageFest, HOLA, and CUNY Grad Center in association with CUNY and Instituto Cervantes. An official event of the 2008 NYC Latin American Cultural Week.
When: Saturday, November 8, 2008; 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Where: Martin E. Segal Theatre Center; CUNY Graduate Center; 365 Fifth Avenue at 34th Street
Free admission
Prior reservation required. Reservation and Information: info@teatrostagefest.org or 212.695.4010
Schedule:
10:00 am -12:00 noon: Produce-Yourself, Introduction to Artist Driven Projects
12:00 noon - 1:30 pm: Networking Lunch.
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm: Group discussions led by industry professionals focusing on development, identifying producers and partners, budgeting and fundraising, and public relations and marketing.
Tags: broadway, business development, career planning, funding, fundraising, marketing, nyc, off-off broadway, performing arts, resources, theater, theatre
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I just want to send a public congratulatory note to Back House Productions, a longtime Fractured Atlas organizational member, on the incredible success of In the Heights, the 
new Broadway show that won the coveted Best Musical award (also Best Score, Best Choreography, and Best Orchestrations) at the Tony Awards on Sunday. The show’s director, Thomas Kail (who was Tony-nominated for his direction), the artistic director of Back House Productions (BHP), is a former member of Fractured Atlas. BHP originally developed In the Heights a few years back and continues to produce great work. I had the pleasure of seeing the show recently in its Broadway incarnation and it’s a terrific, unique, energetic, and completely enjoyable musical.
Benjamin Salka, a producer at BHP, is a current member of Fractured Atlas and has used our Liability Insurance program to obtain insurance for some of BHP’s productions.
Fractured Atlas congratulates Back House Productions and all of the cast, crew, and creative team of In the Heights! We’re glad that we can say we’ve played at least a [very] small role in both BHP’s and In the Heights‘ success.
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Project Shaw is an ambitious undertaking that will present every play written by George Bernard Shaw as concert readings at New York’s legendary Player’s Club.
The driving force behind the project is Fractured Atlas member David Staller, the Artistic Director of Gingold Theatrical Group and a lifetime Shaw aficionado. “Shaw’s voice has been an anchor of reason for me during most of my life,” says David. “It serves as a reminder that it’s our responsibility to question and challenge ourselves, daily, as to what’s right and wrong; to define ourselves independently of societal expectations; to take responsibilities for the choices we make.”
David also believes that Shaw’s work is particularly relevant to a contemporary audience. “Each of his plays deal with the issues we’re still wrangling with today,” he says. “The most current topics on any news program are debated in his works.”
“The entertaining brilliance of these plays is that Shaw offers a 360º look at each argument,” continues David. “No point of view is clearly represented as the author’s. He wrote comedies to present ideas which would activate self-questioning.”
Since beginning the project in 2006, David has recruited some of the top talents from both film and theatre to participate in his readings including Malcolm Gets, Veanne Cox, Raul Esparza, Marc Kudisch, George S. Irving, Olympia Dukakis, Nancy Anderson, Ed Dixon, Cynthia Harris, Charlotte Moore and Simon Jones.
“Luckily,” says David. “Actors are eager to take a bite out of really good writing.”
For more information about Project Shaw, visit www.projectshaw.com.
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