SEEKING EQUITY MEMBERS TO SIT ON COUNCIL’S OPERA COMMITTEE
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This is a call to Equity members who work in the Opera discipline
including stage management and directors/choreographers. In order to
generate discussion and heighten Council’s awareness of members’
concerns regarding working in the opera discipline, Equity’s Council has
created an Opera Committee to comprise a diverse group of members for
the 2012-2015 term.
Council will provide some financial and staff support to assist the
Committee in its endeavours. The Committee will report concerns and
issues relevant to the opera discipline back to Council through a
councillor liaison. The advisory is also required to submit an annual
report to Council.
A few examples of topics for discussion are:
- non-Canadians hired for principal roles
- future negotiations of Equity opera agreements (COC, VOA, Opera
Agreement, Guest Artist etc)
- independent and small “opera” companies and their relationship with
Equity
- communication to members in the Eastern and Western Opera regions
- AND whatever you would like to discuss.
A Committee volunteer will need to commit to attending a minimum of two
annual meetings through teleconference or Skype. Only regular members in
good standing are eligible to serve on a Council Advisory Committee.
Cross-country communication will benefit the Opera membership as a whole
and will improve the Opera membership’s connection to Equity Council.
If you are interested in volunteering to sit on the Opera Committee ,
please contact Wade Nott, Councillor, Western Opera, Opera Committee
liaison: nottwade@yahoo.ca / 604-662-7483.
Tag Archives: Call for Submissions
Call for Submissions (Edmonton): Update you resumes and portfolios – Workshop West
Please help us keep our file on you current!
Workshop West invites professional theatre artists in our community to submit new resumes and photos, to ro make appointments for us to look at your portfolio. We know your work, now make sure we can find you, and tell other people about you.
Please email me at:
wwtmc@tleus.net
Thanks!
Michael Clark
Artistic Director
Workshop West Theatre
Call for Submissions (Edmonton): Professional Actors – New Resumes and Photos Needed – Concrete Theatre
Please help keep us up to date…
Concrete Theatre would like to invite professional actors in the community to submit new resumes and photos for our files. We know your work, now make sure we can find you!
Thanks, Caroline and Mieko
Please send it by email to:
m.ouchi@concretetheatre.ca
c.howarth@concretetheatre.ca
Or by hard copy to:
Artistic Co-Directors
Concrete Theatre
Room 6-17, Stanley A. Milner Library Building
7 Sir Winston Churchill Square
Edmonton, Alberta
T5J 2V5
Call for Submissions (National): Award Nominations – CITT Awards 2013
CITT is proud to recognise individuals and companies that excel in their field of live performance in Canada. The CITT Awards are designed to honour individuals and companies from a wide spectrum of the Canadian live performance industry.
The deadline for nominations to be received at the CITT office has been extended to May 15th.
The six CITT Awards are:
Dieter Penzhorn Memorial Award
The Ron Epp Memorial Award For Professional Achievement
CITT Educational Achievement Award
CITT Supplier (Corporate) Achievement Award
CITT Award of Technical Merit
The Honorary Membership Award
The nomination of candidates for CITT Awards is driven directly by the membership. This is your chance to recognise a company, the work of a mentor, a colleague or someone whose work you admire. The final selection is made by the Award Committee and the awards are handed out at the award banquet held on Saturday August 17 during the CITT annual conference in Calgary Alberta. To view the list of past recipient, please click here.
To nominate your candidate, please submit the following information:
1 – A letter listing the following:
a) The Candidates name.
b) The Award for which they are nominated.
c) The names of two Nominators, both of whom must be members in good standing of CITT.
d) A short text from the nominators stating their support for the nomination.
e) A list of the accomplishments of the individual or the company stating why you believe they are worthy of being honoured by CITT.
2 – Signature: The letter must be co-signed (electronic signatures are accepted) by both nominators.
3 – Resubmitting a nomination: If you presented a nomination in a previous year that was not chosen, you may continue to support this nomination by sending a letter to the Nominations Committee expressing your continued support.
For more information about the awards and nomination procedures click here.
Send all nominations by e-mail at info@citt.org to the attention of:
Awards Committee
CITT National Office
PO Box 85041 345 Laurier Bvld.
Mont Saint-Hilaire QC J3H 1P5
Call for Submissions (Edmonton): Pianist – Independent Film
Independent film maker seeks accomplished pianist to help arrange/perform music for short film. Must be versatile and comfortable dabbling in classical and jazz. Should be collaborative and enjoy experimenting. Deadline to apply: May 8, 2013
Please contact Frank at fsbeep@gmail.com
Call for Submissions (National): Uprising Playwriting Competition – Downstage & Consortium for Peace Studies at the University of Calgary
Downstage and the Consortium for Peace Studies at the University of Calgary are proud to announce the fifth annual Uprising National Playwriting Competition: Peace, Politics and Society. This competition celebrates Canadian playwrights whose work dynamically engages with social and political issues and/or promotes peace, social justice and human rights.
DEADLINE: Submissions must be received by September 23, 2013 in order to be considered for this year’s competition.
AWARDS:
1st Place Award: $1000, and a public staged reading on Friday, December 6, 2013. Included will be a two-day workshop prior to the reading as well as reimbursement of the playwright for travel costs to and from Calgary.
2nd Place Award: $250
Please visit http://downstage.ca/uprisingrules.pdf or see the attached document for competition details.
Call for Submissions (Calgary) – Motel and Birds & Stone Venues – Downstage
Downstage is now seeking submissions for programming the 2013-2014 season in Motel, a flexible 50-seat black-box performance venue located in the EPCOR CENTRE for the Performing Arts, and Birds & Stone, a black box space used for rehearsals or intimate performances on 16th Avenue and 1st Street NW in the basement of the Unitarian Church of Calgary.
Emerging and established artists and performing arts companies working in all disciplines who are interested in showcasing their work in Motel or rehearsing / performing in Birds & Stone are invited to submit proposals for consideration. Unfortunately, as demand for the venues generally exceeds the time available, we will not necessarily be able to program all submissions.
Upon the successful scheduling of a proposal, artists/companies will be contacted to arrange more specific details of the tenancy. A venue usage fee is applicable, the weekly rate for performances in Motel is $600 plus GST and applicable ticket fees, and the rates for Birds & Stone are $400/week for performances or $250/week for rehearsals (all inclusive). Please contact Downstage Venue Manager Tuled Giovanazzi at tuled@downstage.ca or 403.294.7459 for additional details after reviewing the attached call for submissions.
Workshops by Request 2013-2014 Season Update: Spring 2013
Spring 2013
Through Workshops by Request, Theatre Alberta facilitates learning in all aspects of theatre production including both technical subjects (e.g. stage lighting, scenic painting, design, etc.) and performance subjects (e.g. acting, improv, directing, etc.).
Last year the program supported 19 workshops across Alberta! Here is an update of the workshops we are facilitating this Spring:
Character Development in Devon
Brian Dooley is taking the not-so-long trip from Edmonton to Devon to lead a Character Development Workshop for East of Sixty Productions. East of Sixty wanted to learn more about finding character through textual clues and how to translate those clues into their bodies on stage. Brian Dooley is an actor and director, and he has numerous years of teaching under his belt.
The Actor’s Voice in Calgary
Dawn Sadoway is scheduled to teach a very exciting workshop on The Actor’s Voice for Morpheus Theatre in Calgary. This isn’t a singing workshop: rather, Dawn is going to help participants find their biggest and strongest performace voices! This one-day workshop will focus on how to use vocal technique to help create a grounded performance.
Improv in Jasper
After attending a wonderfully fun Improv workshop in Hinton, members of the Jasper Players (IOTAD) were so interested in having Edmonton improv favourite Matt Alden come to Jasper to teach that they joined Theatre Alberta specifically to host this workshop! Matt will lead participants in saying “Yes!” and finding the magic by being truly in the moment. Welcome to Theatre Alberta, Jasper Players – we are delighted to have you join our community.
Scenic Painting in Taber
We are excited to send retired University of Lethbridge professor Jay Johnston to Taber for a Scenic Painting workshop with the Taber Players. Jay will instruct participants on creating realistic scenery for theatre productions. Wallpaper, paintings, wood grain and other unique surfaces will be covered. Jay is new to Workshops by Request program and comes highly recommended from his former students and colleagues!
Workshops by Request applications are accepted throughout the year, however no workshops are scheduled in July and August. Any community theatre group in Alberta may apply for a workshop through the Workshops by Request program, on any topic of their choice. Professional development opportunities sponsored by a professional theatre company are also considered for support through the program. For more information, please contact Michelle Kennedy, Programmer, at michelle@theatrealberta.com.
Award (Parkland County): Artstrek 2013 Scholarship – Horizon Stage Performing Arts Centre
If you are between the ages of 13 and 18, and have completed grade 7 or higher at a school in Spruce Grove, Stony Plain, or Parkland County, you may apply for the Horizon Stage Artstrek 2013 Scholarship to subsidize your Artstrek program fees.
Deadline to apply: May 3rd. Submit your Horizon Stage scholarship application letter to:
Horizon Stage
Attn: Karen Smutt
315 Jespersen Avenue
Spruce Grove AB T7X 3E8
Phone: 780-962-8995
Fax: 780-962-0616
www.horizonstage.com
Call for Submissions (Calgary): 10-minute pieces – Red Phone Theatre
Call For Artists
Red Phone Theatre is holding a fundraiser for their upcoming season, and are seeking artists of all disciplines to take part.
The event will take place on June 8th in the beautiful National Music Centre downtown. The event will be cabaret style, featuring multiple acts throughout the evening culminating in some musical sets by local musicians Jeremy Park and The Left Behinds.
We are looking for actors, performers, dancers, and performance artists to create and perform a short piece no longer than 10 minutes. In accordance to Red Phone Theatre’s mission, pieces that touch on pop culture/popular narrative in intriguing and meaningful ways as well as work by emerging artists will be given precedence.
Submissions should include:
● A brief description of the piece, including:
○ Approximate length,
○ Number of participants,
○ A description of props/set pieces to be used, if applicable,
○ any technical requirements,
○ and Overall goal of the piece.
● Support materials for all those involved, including resumes, headshots, articles of previous work, etc.
Interested artists should submit a proposal to organizer Alan Johnson at alan@redphonetheatre.com by April 26th, 2013.