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December 2005
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November 2005
October 2005
- Lea Salonga heads up fundraiser for Diverse City
Lea Salonga, the singer, actress and recording artist, will make her Carnegie Hall debut on November 7th at 7PM. It will benefit Diverse City Theater Company (DCT)...
- AUDITIONS FOR LEE CATALUNA’S ULUA: THE MUSICAL
Director Harry Wong is seeking 6 actors for Kumu Kahua Theatre’s production of Lee Cataluna’s musical comedy Ulua: The Musical, opening in January 2006. Roles are available for 3 local females, ages ranging between twenties to mid-forties; 3 local males, ages ranging between twenties to mid-forties. Auditions will be at Kumu Kahua Theatre and will consist of some improv, movement work and cold readings from the script. Auditioners should be prepared to sing a legit song, and bring sheet music in your own key. Auditioners may audition on either day, but should come early and stay for the whole time. Scripts are available for loan with a $10 cash deposit at Kumu Kahua Theatre. Kumu Kahua Theatre, 46 Merchant Street; 12:30pm to 4pm on Saturday, October 29, and 6pm to 9:30pm on Sunday, October 30. Call 536-4222 for more information.
- Seattle's Pratidhwani presents staged reading...
- The Riant Theatre's Strawberry One-Act Festival in February
The Riant Theatre is accepting submissions of 15 - 30 minutes one-act plays. Artistic Director, Van Dirk Fisher. Plays must have their own director and cast and be able to be presented from February 1st thru February 28th. Winner receives cash prize and development deal. Awards will also be given to Best Director, Best Actor & Actress. For an application visit the website: www.therianttheatre.com or send a SASE. The Riant Theatre, P.O. Box 1902, NY, NY 10013, Attn: The Strawberry One-Act Festival (Winter). Deadline: October 30th. Volunteers and Interns send resumes.
- AATC presents Banyan
- Emerging Artist Theatre Company seeks Musicals Submissions
EAT a 14 year-old theatre company dedicated to developing and producing new work seeks submissions of full-length musicals. Shows must never have been fully produced. We are open to everything, but we’re especially seeking ensemble plot-driven shows.
Please submit materials to:
Paul Adams
Artistic Director
Emerging Artist Theatre
311 West 43rd Street, 5th Floor
New York, NY 10036
Please write “Musical Submission” on the outside of your envelope. If you would like you materials returned include SASE with postage. For more info on EAT go eatheatre.org.
September 2005
- Pork Filled Players K-SPAMs the media
Stop the presses! Flood the airwaves! Spam the Net!
Pork Filled Players (PFP) body slams the media in their new sketch comedy show, K-SPAM: Yellow Journalism and Other Jaundiced Media...
- Jennifer Paz releases CD
 Singer/Actress Jennifer Paz, best known for originating the role of "Kim" in the U.S. First National Tour of the acclaimed musical "Miss Saigon", released her CD "Awakening" on September 27, 2005. The release coincided with the launch of her new website www.jenniferpaz.org.
The actress, who has had leading roles in such diverse musical theater productions as Les Miserables, Flower Drum Song, Songs for a New World and And the World Goes 'Round, says the goal of the CD project was about learning to embrace change and not resisting the process of healing; of finding the truth in the gray areas of life and living with the aftermath after the dust settles. "
The introspective acoustic CD includes songs written by musical theatre lyricists/composers Stephen Schwartz (Wicked, Pippin) and Jason Robert Brown (Songs for a New World, The Last 5 Years) as well as by Carole King and Bob Dylan.
"Awakening" also features duets with notable musical theater performers Lea Salonga ("Miss Saigon" - Broadway) and Jose Llana ("The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee" - Broadway). Jennifer worked with both artists in the Los Angeles Mark Taper Production of David Henry Hwang's adaptation of "Flower Drum Song" by Rodgers and Hammerstein. "I worked with Jose and Lea during ["Flower Drum Song"] pre-Broadway production and the experience was really special for me," explains the singer. "Jose and I became 'buds' during that show and working with Lea was cool. . . . given that we'd been up for so many of the same roles, it was refreshing to finally meet ! her in person and become friends. Singing these duets with them just seemed to fit."
- Of Note from the Asian American Writers Workshop
SATURDAY, OCT 15, 12 to 5PM
Intensive Playwriting Course: David Henry Hwang
An intensive daylong course designed to help playwrights access their unconscious and stimulate dialogue, character development and theatrical moments for the stage. Catered to all writers interested in theatre and performance. Session will feature professional advice about writing for the theatre, working in/for the stage, landing an agent and a first production.
David Henry Hwang is the Tony and Obie Award-winning playwright of M. Butterfly, Golden Child, The Dance and the Railroad, and F.O.B. He cowrote Disney's international musical hit Aida and his extensive repertoire further includes three opera librettis (in collaboration with Philip Glass) and several feature films. Hwang also serves on the Council of the Dramatists Guild.
Class limited to 14 students. $200 general, $175 for members.
TUESDAYS, OCT 25 TO NOV 15, 6:30 to 9PM
Intensive Screenwriting Workshop: Sabrina Dhawan
An intensive screenwriting workshop focusing on completing a screenplay. Through film screenings, writing, discussion and critique, students will practice the basic principles of writing a visual story. Participants will dissect successful shorts, tackle helpful exercises and workshop screenplays through multiple drafts, as well as discussion on selling your screenplay.
Sabrina Dhawan has received numerous accolades for her work in varying genres of screenwriting, including feature-length, short films and television. Her first produced screenplay Monsoon Wedding was awarded the Leon D'Oro at the Venice Film Festival in 2001 and was nominated for a Golden Globe and a BAFTA for Best Film in a Foreign Langauge. She recently wrote the one-hour film Cosmopolitan and a half-hour comedy pilot East-West Values for HBO. She is currently an Assistant Professor of screenwriting at Columbia University's MFA program.
Class limited to 12 students. $300 general, $275 for members.
- LOOKING FOR ONE ACT PLAYS!
Bindlestiff Studio, the epicenter of Filipino American arts, is looking for new and original one act plays for its 2006-2007 Theater Season. Looking for the following:
• Original or adaptations from another material (such as short story)
• Has 3-4 characters
• 45-60 minutes in length
• Comedic or dramatic
• Can be staged with minimum set or visual design
Deadline for submission is December 15, 2005. Send scripts to Bindlestiff Studio, Attn: Louie Pascasio, Artistic Director, 1072 Folsom Street, #470, San Francisco, CA 94103. For inquiries, call (415) 255-0440 or email info@bindlestiffstudio.org.
- Kumu Kahua premieres Age Location Sex
A new play by Kumu co-founder and UH-Manoa Theatre and Dance Department faculty member Dennis Carroll, Age Sex Location introduces four generations of a local family to the complexities and perils of cyberspace.
- Cold Tofu offers improv class
Cold Tofu's Level I workshop session is scheduled to start Wednesday, September 28. Our eight-week session focuses on improv techniques and games used by the performing cast of Cold Tofu. It is geared to help performers and non-performers learn basic improvisation skills and gain confidence in a fun, nurturing environment.
The cost is $240 for eight weeks - only $30 per class! (No refunds.) The class meets 7 to 10 p.m. at Maryknoll Japanese Catholic Center, 222 S. Hewitt St., LA 90012. The Center is located east of Alameda, between 2nd & 3rd Streets. Parking is available on the property.
For more information e-mail Artistic Director Helen Ota at coldtofu@hotmail.com
- Job available at East West Players
East West Players, the nation's premier Asian American theatre organization, is looking for a part-time Marketing Assistant. Candidates should have prior administrative experience, research skills and knowledge of Microsoft applications. The person must be organized, diligent and able to work independently with little supervision. Familiarity with database programs and HTML programming is preferred but not required.
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:
-Create and update copy for the East West Players website.
-Update bi-weekly e-newsletter using www.topica.com.
-Data entry and update information of ticket buyers, artists, press contacts, etc.
-Tabulate audience surveys from each production.
-Assist with the tracking and study of audience demographics.
-Research potential audiences and communities for productions.
-Assist with distribution of press releases.
-Coordinate outreach and staffing for community booths.
-Coordinate in-house mailing of invitations, flyers and reminders.
-Coordinate telemarketing and other subscriber retention initiatives.
-Assist with phone ticket purchases.
To apply, submit a cover letter and resume to Stefanie Y. Wong, PR/Marketing Manager.
E-MAIL
swong@eastwestplayers.org
FAX
(213) 625-7111
MAIL
120 Judge John Aiso St.
Los Angeles, CA 90012
NO PHONE CALLS
- Bindlestiff offers workshops in sound and lighting design
Come and learn from resident artist (Wernher Goff) who’s experienced in designing lighting schemes for shows in theatre, film and video. Learn how the combination of various colors can create different moods on stage or where to focus lights to get the best effect, and figure out what the heck a gobo is.
The workshop is free and can culminate in helping with the running of sound and lights for Bindlestiff's 4th Annual installation of "Stories High" production which runs Thurs – Sat, 09/22 - 09/24, 09/29 - 10/01, and 10/06 – 10/08.
No experience necessary but an adventuresome attitude is welcome!
Who: YOU!
What: Tech Workshop – Facilitated by Wernher Goff
When: Saturday Sept. 17, 12pm – 5pm w/lunch break
Where: Bindlestiff Studio 505 Natoma St. San Francisco
How: Contact Wern at swornin@yahoo.com or wern@bindlestiffstudio.org
How Much: FREE!!!!
- Bindlestiff presents Alamat
In commemoration of the Filipino American History Month in October...
- Slots still open in East West's Playwriting Seminar
This 15-week workshop will be designed to help new and experienced writers start or develop new plays into scripts that are ready to be put on stage. Each three-hour session will include: a warm-up writing exercise, discussion of everyone's work progress, reading and discussion of 3 or 4 works in progress, reading assignments from dramatic literature to illustrate and inspire writers with their work, and a closing exercise to focus on the next week's work.
Instructor: Doris Baizley
Sept. 17, 2005 - Jan. 28, 2006 (Holiday Break Dec. 17 - Jan. 7)
Saturdays, 10-1 pm
Location: Maryknoll Japanese Catholic Center
222 S. Hewitt St., LA 90012
Fee: $350, ($325 ACTS members)
Doris Baizley, playwright, is a founding member of LA Theater Works (originally Artists in Prison) and has worked at the Mark Taper Forum as a member of the LA Writers Workshop, dramaturg for the Other Voices Program for playwrights with disabilities, and for seven years was resident playwright for the Taper's ITP Company for young audiences. She has conducted playwriting workshops at East West Players, LA TheaterWorks, and UCLA Extension.
Her plays (including MRS. CALIFORNIA, SHILOH RULES, MIMI'S GUIDE, TEARS OF RAGE, and an adaptation of A CHRISTMAS CAROL) have been produced in many U.S. regional theaters including ACT Seattle, the Alabama Shakespeare Festival, the Mark Taper Forum, the Peoples' Light and Theater Company, and internationally at the Icon Theater in Taipei and the Semafor Theater in Prague. Two of her movies have been on the PBS series American Playhouse.
- Mu Performing Arts announces 2005-06 Season
Mu Performing Arts is pleased to announce the line up for the 2005-2006 Season...
- Opportunity in Oakland
Be a part of The Avenues Project - a youth comprehensive arts and athletics school program based out of East Oakland Community High School.
The Avenues Project has openings available
- both during-school and after-school hours
- flexible hours, great pay $25 an hour
- part-time/possible full-time employment
- community-based working environment
- the energy and excitement of youth and working with
a team of people who are the best in the Bay, oh yea' they bad.
Thanks for your help,
Jay Jasper Pugao @ jasperpugao@yahoo.com
- Mu Performing Arts Seeks Script Submissions
Mu Performing Arts seeks submissions for its annual New Eyes Festival , in which we foster the development of material for future production through staged readings. Submissions should be consistent with Mu Performing Arts' mission and be postmarked by October 15, 2005. Playwrights whose work has been accepted will be notified by December 31, 2005. The New Eyes Festival is slated for Jan. 19th to 22nd, 2006.
Some of the works recently read at our New Eyes Festival which have moved or are moving directly to main stage production are 99 Histories by Julia Cho, Cowboy Versus Samurai by Michael Golamco and From Shadows to Light by Ka Vang.
Mu Performing Arts Mission: To be a premiere artistic company that creates theater and taiko from the heart of the Asian American experience. Mu Performing Arts Primary Artistic Values:
a.. We give theatrical voice and vision to the stories of our Asian American community and culture.
b.. We create and interpret works born of the union of Asian and American cultures.
c.. We envision theater as a total sensory experience, merging ancient forms, traditions and stories with contemporary ones.
d.. We are committed to the development of new artists.
e.. We create works that move, provoke and challenge our audiences to understand, embrace and celebrate cultural diversity.
Send to:
Katie Leo
c/o Mu Performing Arts
2700 NE Winter Street, Suite 1A
Minneapolis, MN 55413
For more information about Mu Performing Arts, visit http://www.muperformingarts.org . For any questions, contact Mu by email at ricks@muperformingarts.org or call 612-824-4804. Please forward this to any interested individuals or organizations. When submitting, please include your email address, as all further correspondence, including final decisions, will be done by email.
- Production Manager wanted
38th Parallels: a Seoulo Performance is Terry Park's master's thesis at NYU. We will be performing at Under St. Mark's in the East Village on October 13-15, Thu-Sat.
There is an immediate opening for a Producer or Production Manager. Duties include: marketing/promoting the show, budgeting funds, coordinating schedules with theatre space and cast/crew
Production Manager would also stage manage on the nights of the show.
Stipend is offered; plus tons of credit and networking opportunities.
Contact: Sophia Chang at kingdaisy@yahoo.com
August 2005
- Casting call: New York/New Jersey
LEELA - South Asian-American female, mid to late twenties
ASHLESH - South Asian-American male, mid to late twenties
This would be for a one-night benefit workshop production of CELESTIAL MOTIONS, by Mrinalini Kamath, in Plainsboro, New Jersey on September 25th @ 2 p.m. Actors will be paid, as well as reimbursed for travel to the technical rehearsal and performance in New Jersey. There will be another longer running co-production of CELESTIAL MOTIONS later in the year. Actors need to be available to rehearse in New York City and be able to attend the tech rehearsal and performance in New Jersey on September 17th and 25th, respectively. Please e-mail headshot and resume to mk@mkwriter.com.
- Lea Salonga benefit to aid Diverse City Theatre
Tony Award winning star of Miss Saigon Lea Salonga will make her debut at the prestigious Carnegie Hall's Isaac Stern Auditorium, the premier classical music performance space in the United States, in New York City on Monday, November 7th, 2005 at 7PM. Performing one night only, Salonga's concert will be an intimate show with a mix of show tunes, jazz standards and other popular favorites.
- Kumu Kahua On the Spot
Kumu Kahua Theatre as part of its Dark Night Series presents On the Spot's Da P'ina! A funny, charming, and unpredictable look at local culture, the show opens Sunday, September 18, and plays Monday, September 19 and Tuesday, September 20. All shows start at 7:30 pm and play at Kumu Kahua Theatre, on the corner of Merchant and Bethel.
On the Spot (OTS), the Central-Oahu-based improv group, submits for your pleasure their newest improvised play, Da P'ina! A parody of certain popular Kumu Kahua plays, Da P'ina! revolves around a group of neighbors who decide to throw an impromptu back yard party. OTS leader, Garrick Paikai, describes the show as Seinfeld meets Rap's Hawaii.
To create Da P'ina!, members of OTS studied some of their favorite Kumu Kahua plays, including A Little Bit Like You, Obake, and all of Lee Cataluna plays, to develop what the group calls Kumu-isms. Kumu-isms are combinations of monologues, flashbacks, Hawaiian style narration, and old school Pidgin-English which help the improvisers to stay true to Kumu Kahua's local kine theatre.
Da P'ina! stars On the Spot members Rod Cachola, Meredith Desha, Shawn Thomsen, Danel Verdugo, Ryan Sutherland, Chris Riel, and special guest Robb Bonell.
Tickets are only $5 at the door. The box office opens at 7 pm, one half hour before the start of each performance. Call 536-4441 for information or reservations.
- Kumu Kahua announces playwrighting contest
Each year Kumu Kahua Theatre co-sponsors a playwriting contest with the University of Hawai'i at Manoa Theatre Department in its effort to bring new and exciting drama to the stage. Entries must be postmarked no later than Tuesday, January 3, 2006, to qualify.
Prizes are awarded in three separate categories. For the Hawai'i Prize ($600), which is open to residents and non-residents of Hawai'i, the play must be set in Hawai'i or deal with some aspect of the Hawai'i experience. For the Pacific/Rim Prize ($450), which is open to residents and non-residents of Hawai'i, the play must be set in or deal with the Pacific Islands, the Pacific Rim, or the Pacific/Asian American experience. For the Resident Prize ($250), which is only open to residents of Hawai'i at the time of submission, the plays may be on any topic. One prize will be offered in each category. All plays must be original and must not involve adaptation from any copyrighted source.
To receive a flyer of the contest rules, please call the Kumu Kahua Theatre office at 536-4222.
Kumu Kahua productions are being supported by the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts celebrating more than thirty years of culture and the arts in Hawai‘i (with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts); the Mayor’s Office of Culture and the Arts, Mufi Hannemann, Mayor; The Hawai‘i Community Foundation; and Foundations, Businesses and Patrons.
- Ma-Yi debuts new play by Tony Award winning author
NO FOREIGNERS BEYOND THIS POINT by Warren Leight -- whose play SIDE MAN won the 1999 Tony Award for Best Play, and was also a finalist that year for the Pulitzer Prize -- will debut this fall Off-Broadway in a production presented by Ma-Yi Theater Company...
- Film debut
Giovanni, a short film co-written and co-produced by Felix Racelis, premieres Sat., August 27, 10am at the Westcliffe Digital Film Festival in Colorado. Directed by Joe Sarmiento, the film is inspired by a short story by ETA Hoffman and is one of 17 films (short and feature) selected out of several hundred submissions.
For more info: 719.783/9283 or info@WestcliffeDigitalFilmFestival
Felix's short play, Home Again, which premiered in April '05 at the Actors Playpen, is published is in the Aug. 2005 edition of the Los Feliz Ledger, a free publication available at Skyllight Books and other Los Feliz locations.
- Kumu Kahua offers free playwrighting workshop
To coincide with the launching of the its Playwrights' Endowment campaign, Kumu Kahua Theatre will offer a free playwriting workshop for all those interested in working on an original play. The workshop will meet Saturday mornings from 9am to 12:30pm roughly twice a month: September 3, 17, October 1, 15, 29, November 12, 26 and December 10. All but two of the meetings will be in Kumu Kahua Theatre, 46 Merchant Street downtown.
The workshop will be jointly directed by Harry Wong III, since 1997 Artistic Director of KKT and an experienced director, especially of new, 'local' plays; and Dennis Carroll, who was co-founder of KKT and teaches Beginning and Advanced Playwriting at UHM Theatre and Dance Department. There will also occasionally be guest advisors who help with individual sessions. An earlier workshop was successfully offered by Wong and Carroll in 1998-99.
Novices as well as more experienced playwrights will be welcome. Each week an assignment of a short scene will be set, designed to explore an aspects of playwriting. The scenes will then be read aloud for discussion.
There is a completely open admissions policy with two provisos: (1) There must be a commitment to use the workshop to work on a theatre play, not a work for film or TV; (2) there's a commitment to write 'local' subject matter--that is, a play set in Hawai'i or involving characters from Hawai'i. Participants are urged to bring a short scene as a sample of their writing to the first meeting. To register and/or inquire further, call KKT at 536-4222.
Kumu Kahua productions are being supported by the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts celebrating more than thirty years of culture and the arts in Hawai‘i (with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts); the Mayor’s Office of Culture and the Arts, Mufi Hannemann, Mayor; The Hawai‘i Community Foundation; and Foundations, Businesses and Patrons.
- Happy Birthday to East West Players
East West Players celebrates its 40th anniversary as the nation’s premier Asian American theatre...
- Auditions in Hawaii
AUDITIONS FOR DENNIS CARROLL’S AGE SEX LOCATION Director Taurie Kinoshita is seeking 14 actors for Kumu Kahua Theatre’s production of Dennis Carroll’s new drama Age Sex Location, opening in October 2005. Roles are available for 3 local Asian females, ages ranging between teens to mid-forties; 6 local Asian males, ages ranging between twenties to nineties; 2 females any ethnicity and any age; 2 males any ethnicity and any age; 1 Caucasian male in his twenties. Auditions will be at Kumu Kahua Theatre and will consist of some improv, movement work and cold readings from the script. Auditioners may audition on either day, but should come early and stay for the whole time. Scripts are available for loan with a $10 cash deposit at Kumu Kahua Theatre. Kumu Kahua Theatre, 46 Merchant Street; Noon to 3pm on Saturday, August 27, and 6pm to 9pm on Sunday, August 28. Call 536-4222 for more information.
- Call for plays in New York
Second Generation is currently accepting unsolicited manuscripts through November 1, 2005, for development consideration, especially for our In The Works reading series.
Second Generation is a non-profit theater company, dedicated since 1997 to bringing Asian American stories to the world's stage.
In The Works represents the developmental, literary wing of Second Generation's productions. Since its inception in 1999, the series has presented more than a dozen new plays by emerging Asian American playwrights. The In The Works process begins with a workshop and rehearsal period designed to provide each writer with a safe and productive developmental environment, including an experienced director and cast, culminating in a public staged reading. Past events have been hosted by some of New York City's most venerable artistic and theatrical institutions, including the NYSF/Joseph Papp Public Theater, the Asian-American Writers' Workshop, the Culture Project/45 Bleecker, HERE Arts Center, Abingdon Theatre Company and the Asia Society.
- Call for submissions to Fusion
Submission Deadline: August 22, 2005
For a film/video submission form, please go to: www.outfest.org/fusion
Outfest presents Fusion: The 3rd Los Angeles LGBT People of Color Film Festival coming in November. We are accepting submissions of films and videos that are of interest to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender People of Color communities. We are seeking narrative, documentary, experimental and animated films and videos (both features and shorts) in 35mm, 16mm, Beta SP and Mini DV formats. Submission Deadline is August 22nd, 2005.
Outfest's Fusion is the only LGBT people of color film festival. A collaboration between Outfest and dozens of local community-based organizations that serve LGBT people of color, Fusion is a multi-ethnic, gender inclusive forum for films, panel discussions, spoken word performance and community networking.
For a film/video submission form, please go to: www.outfest.org/fusion
Questions? Please contact Rex Rude, Associate Programmer
programming@outfest.org
213.480.7093
- JOIN KUMU KAHUA THEATRE FOR OUR ANNUAL KALA-BASH
This year’s annual Kala-Bash Party and Silent Auction Fundraiser is on September 17, 6pm to 10pm at the Kapi‘olani Community College Cafeteria. This celebration opens our 35th anniversary season. There will be a silent auction and a chance to win great door prizes for all at the party. You can’t miss the awesome food from KCC Culinary and entertainment.
Tickets for this event are $35. All proceeds go to helping Kumu Kahua’s mission to produce theatre relevant to our lives in Hawai‘i. For more information or to purchase tickets call 536-4222.
Kumu Kahua productions are being supported by the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts celebrating more than thirty years of culture and the arts in Hawai‘i (with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts); the Mayor’s Office of Culture and the Arts, Mufi Hannemann, Mayor; The Hawai‘i Community Foundation; and Foundations, Businesses and Patrons.
- East Wests announces Fall 2005 Education Program
East West Players, the nation’s premier Asian American theatre, announces its 2005 fall arts education programs for emerging and professional artists...
- East West opens 2005-06 Season with Stew Rice...
East West Players, the nation’s premier Asian American theatre organization, begins its historic 40th Anniversary Season with the return of the Hawaiian-favorite Stew Rice by Edward Sakamoto, directed by James A. Nakamoto.
- Call for APEX
ASIA PACIFIC PERFORMANCE EXCHANGE PROGRAM
APPEX 2006
UCLA Center for Intercultural Performance (CIP)
Department of World Arts and Cultures (WAC)
July to August 2006 - Los Angeles, CA
Deadline for submissions: November 10, 2005
APPEX
The Asia Pacific Performance Exchange (APPEX) is an international artists residency program that promotes cross-cultural dialogue and interdisciplinary exploration; develops rigorous strategies for art making that reflect the nuances of cultural differences; and fosters new ways to create, combine, and interpret artistic expressions.
THE PROGRAM
APPEX is a six-week intensive residency. For five days a week, artists will engage in all-day master classes, studio workshops, experimentation, and collaborative projects. On weekends and evenings, participants will be introduced to the vibrant arts and culture context of the host city through specially planned field trips and concerts. Each Fellow will be provided with travel expenses, shared accommodations, and meals for the duration of the residency.
WHO SHOULD APPLY
Traditional and contemporary performing artists from Asia and the United States are invited to apply. Special care will be given in the selection process to ensure a balance across disciplines. Artists who are active in the community as educators, artistic directors, and cultural workers are encouraged to apply.
APPEX 2006 is made possible by a grant from the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, and the Ford Foundation.
For application information please visit
http://www.wac.ucla.edu/cip/appex/index.htm
UCLA CENTER FOR INTERCULTURAL PERFORMANCE (CIP)
Department of World Arts and Cultures (WAC)
Glorya Kaufman Hall
120 Westwood Plaza, Ste 188
Los Angeles, CA 90095
ph: 1-310-206-1335; fax: 1-310-825-5152
www.wac.ucla.edu/cip
e-mail: cip@arts.ucla.edu
- Casting Call in LA
The film is about a young married couple dealing with infidelity. An oversimplifying pitch would probably mention "Closer," "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind," and "Saw." 20-minute script, three locations, shooting scheduled for a late-August weekend in L.A. Alas, no pay, but the standard-issue copy, credit and meals. All major crew positions are open. All three roles are open. They are:
The Wife, Asian American woman in her 20s
The Husband, Asian American man in his 20s
The Facilitator, Asian American man in his 40s.
If this project sounds interesting to you, please contact Eugene at sengmin@hotmail.com.
- Hatyaare in Seattle...
Pratidhwani, a non-profit organization dedicated to the promotion and cultivation of performing arts from the Indian sub-continent staged a Hindi play titled HATYAARE over the weekend of July 15,16 and 17
July 2005
- From over the transom...a casting call for Fast and Furious 3: Tokyo, directed by Justin Lin, and looking to cast color-blind...
- Calling all Southern California Laotian Artists!
Looking for Laotian performers: actors, dancers, storytellers to help develop a theatre piece that reflects the Lao/Lao-American experience. Please contact me at ovationx@yahoo.com or call TeAda Productions at 310-998-8765 if interested.
It will be a three day workshop intensive.
Dates: August 2nd, 3rd and 4th, 2005
Times: 1-4pm
Location: Los Angeles
Ova Saopeng
TeAda Productions
ovationx@yahoo.com
- Kuma Kahua presents Tea
- Production jobs, Southern California
RCJG Productions presents
FLIPZOIDS, an obie-award winning play by Ralph Pena, directed by RCJ Garces, set design by Loy Arcenas (based on the original design for the NYC production), at the Marilyn Monroe performance space of the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute in West Hollywood on August 25 through October 9 offers the following opportunitities:
PAID STAFFING:
• Composer (incedental) and Sound Designer
• Lighting designer
• Production Stage Manager
VOLUNTEER STAFFING: (offers free hands-on professional experience on the following capacities)
• production management
• stage management
• stagecraftmanship
• house and box office management
• audience/community development
Please send info request OR application (s) to rcjgflipzoidsla@yahoo.com or call 310-514-9139.
- Casting Call, South Asian Female
HE BLOCK
Network: The N
Production Company: Sri & Company
Director: Sri Rao
Supervising Producer: Richard Kramer
UNION: AFTRA
10 Episodes
Shooting in Philadelphia/Will provide relocation fee September – December, 2005
Casting for the following SERIES REGULARS. Looking for actors to play 16 years, should be over18.
DIA
Indian female
All her life, people have expected Dia to be someone that she’s not. Her parents and friends look at her with no idea of the artistic, emotional, and provocative girl that hides inside. But now is the time for her to figure out who she is – aside from the world’s expectations. Intelligent and fiercely independent, Dia is about to embark on a journey to explore her wild side and break free from the vanilla life she’s stuck in.
For more information please contact:
Meredith Chapman
Nickelodeon Talent
Phone: 212 845 4516
Fax: 212 846 1781
Email: Nick NYTalent@nick.com
- Casting Call: Toronto
CASTING (URGENTLY)
Seeking two actors for a staged reading of Mrinalini Kamath's BOOM.
ASHOK: late 20's, early 30's - described as an Indo-American man in his mid-twenties.
SHEELA: late 20's, early 30's - described as an Indo-American woman in her mid-twenties.
ACTORS MUST BE AVAILABLE TO REHEARSE and PERFORM in TORONTO from Thursday, August 4th thru Sunday, August 7th. Contact director Geeta Citygirl for further details.
Send note of interest and headshots/resumes ASAP to: citygirl@SALAAMtheatre.org
- Casting Call: Bay Area
CALL FOR AUDITIONS
Bindlestiff Studio seeks actors for the fall production of Alamat by Rodolfo Carlos Vera. The scheduled runs are in October and December 2005.
WHO:
Filipino/Asian American males, 15-60
Filipino/Asian American females, 15-60
Caucasian males, Ages 20-50
Caucasian females, Ages 20-50
WHERE:
Bindlestiff Alley
505 Natoma at 6th Street (between Howard & Mission), San Francisco
WHEN:
July 31, Sunday 11am -2pm
August 6, Saturday 11am-2pm
August 7, Sunday 11am – 2pm
WHAT TO PREPARE:
Please prepare a 2-MINUTE MONOLOGUE (dramatic). Some parts require singing and movement so please prepare a song (a cappella is fine) or a dance/movement routine. Please anticipate a cold reading from the script.
PLEASE CALL (415) 255-0440 OR E-MAIL US AT: auditions@alamatlegends.com TO SCHEDULE A DATE AND TIME SLOT.
- Job Call:
"Aarise Media is looking for a friendly and well versed music personality for a new Asian American Music and Entertainment show located in the Los Angeles, CA area.
"You can list to a sample of our show online now at www.aarise.com
"We have a professional studio facility to record and produce the show and are looking for knowledgeable personality with a great radio voice to send out into the LA airways and globally on the net.
"If you are interested in promoting Asian American Music and Arts, please contact ASAP. Email Artists@Aarise.com "
- World Premiere play in Los Angeles.
- Bindlestiff Studio in CA offers Free Workshops
No prior experience necessary but an attitude of adventuresome is WELCOME.
Writing Workshops (Every Sunday for 8 weeks): Facilitated by Sam Chanse
Begins: Sunday, July 10th 5pm-8pm
Ends: Sunday, August 28th 5pm-8pm
Acting Workshops (Every Tuesday for 8 weeks): Facilitated by Luis Pascasio and Ryan Morales
Begins: Tuesday, July 18th 7pm-10pm
Ends: Tuesday, September 6th 7pm-10pm
Directing Workshops (three workshops): Facilitated by Mark Marking
First: Monday, August 15th 7pm-10pm
Second: Monday, August 22nd 7pm-10pm
Last: Tuesday, August 23rd 7pm-10pm
Workshops are FREE, but donations are highly encouraged. To register and for more information, contact Rachel Diaz and Maggie Suarez at (415) 255-0440, or through storieshigh05@hotmail.com.
- Position available!
East West Players, the nation's premier Asian American theatre organization is seeking a Literary Manager. Applicants should have strong knowledge of Asian American theatre history; familiarity of playwrights and works is essential. Must have excellent communication and organizational skills. Must be self-motivated, work from home/have own computer/printer and be able to communicate regularly via e-mail/internet. A Bachelor of Arts degree or experience in a related field is required. Part-time position requires minimum of 15-20 hours per week.
Resumes should be submitted to Marilyn Tokuda, Arts Education Director:
East West Players
120 Judge John Aiso St.
Los Angeles, CA 90012
FAX
(213) 625-7111
E-MAIL
mtokuda@eastwestplayers.org
NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE.
- Casting Call
Weiko Lin is casting for a workshop of his newest play The Best Man set to perform at the East West Players David Henry Hwang Theater in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles on September 14, 2005.
SYNOPSIS--
Mitchell spends the evening before his wedding at a New York hotel suite with his best man, Danny, a musician burnout who makes his money prostituting his young, naïve girlfriend, Misty. Mitchell’s marrying Julia, who is also Danny’s ex-wife. When the women arrive, the charade begins. The drinks flow and suddenly inhibitions melt. Beneath its high-stakes surface and temptation, a dark vengeful secret explodes as the night unfolds.
BREAKDOWN—
JULIA, 20's
Asian/Caucasian
Conservative. Controlling. Practical. Manipulative. Marrying her ex-husband’s best man.
MISTY, 20's to play 18
Asian/Eurasian/Caucasian/Latina
Naïve. Free spirit. Sexy. Seductive. Gullible. Ticking edge underneath.
* The roles of MITCHELL and DANNY have been cast.
COMPENSATION--
No pay, Non-union
TIMELINE—
* Rehearsals start August 15, 2005
* Workshop performance on September 14, 2005
VENUE--
East West Players David Henry Hwang Theater, Los Angeles, CA
SUBMISSIONS ONLY--
Please mail by 8/12/05 to:
Riverscope Casting
1740 Butler Avenue STE 203 [note change in address]
Los Angeles, CA 90025
Attn: The Best Man
No phone calls please. Any questions, please email: RIVERSCOPE@GMAIL.COM
- East West Character Breakdowns now available for 2005-06 season
- Audition Call for Flipzoids, Southern CA.
- Audition call for Filipino singers
Ralph Pena is helping David Byrne and Marianne Weems cast their new project....
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