Filed under: Dramaturgy, Hamilton Dramaturgy Intensive, Script Development, Theatre, Women Theatre Artists, Works by Women, Workshops by Anne | Tags: American Dramaturgy Intensive, Anne Hamilton, Carolyn Balducci, Carolyn F. Balducci, Dramaturg, Dramaturgy Intensive, Great Plains Theatre Conference, Hamilton Dramaturgy, Script Development, UNO, Walter Byongsok Chon, Workshops by Anne
On May 23rd and 24th I’ll be joining UNO Professor of Theatre Cindy Melby Phaneuf, Walter Byongsok Chon and Heather Helinksy in teaching a dramaturgy intensive at the University of Nebraska in Omaha. I met Cindy last May while I was serving as a dramaturg at the Great Plains Theatre Conference. She has put together a terrific intensive workshop, which will be led primarily by Walter. I will teach a section on dramaturging classics, using Carolyn Balducci’s adaptation of LYSISTRATA as a text.
This intensive is open to University of Nebraska – Omaha students only. If you are interested in the topic, please contact me at hamiltonlit@hotmail.com, and I will try to accommodate you in the future.
Attached is information on a 2 day intensive part of this summer’s offering for undergraduate and graduate students through the department of Theatre. There will be 3 professional dramaturgs with MFAs from Yale, Columbia, and Harvard teaching this class with me. We will meet for 2 intensive days on May 23 and 24—and then the students will participate in the Great Plains Theatre Conference for one day during the week following to see dramaturgs in action. If a student can find 3 days in May—they can take advantage of this exciting learning opportunity. The course is THEA 8000 for 3 credit hours—and beyond the days in May—the course will be completed as an independent project.
Questions—email cphaneuf@unomaha.edu or call Dr. Cindy Melby Phaneuf, 402.554.2552
Filed under: Dramaturgy, NYC Theatre, Women Theatre Artists, Works by Women | Tags: American Theatre, Anne Hamilton, Bushwick Starr, Dramaturgy, Eliza Bent, Hamilton Dramaturgy, Hamilton Dramaturgy's TheatreNow!, New Roles for Women, New Works, NYC Theatre, Playwright, Women Theatre Artists, Works by Women
From May 7-25th, the Bushwick Starr in Brooklyn will premiere Eliza Bent’s THE HOTEL COLORS. Eliza’s one of my newest Talfs (Theatre Artists I Love to Follow). As the Associate Editor of AMERICAN THEATRE magazine, Eliza greenlighted an article on my Hamilton Dramaturgy’s TheatreNow! podcast in the October 2012 issue. Brava, Eliza, and thank you!
Here’s the link to her play: http://www.thebushwickstarr.org/CurrentSeason.html
And here’s her play’s website: http://thehotelcolorsplay.wordpress.com/
A Message from Eliza Bent:
I wrote THE HOTEL COLORS during my first semester of graduate school at Brooklyn College. Encouraged by my professor, playwright Mac Wellman, to draw on my knowledge of Italian, I wrote a wry love letter to Italy about the time I spent studying, living and traveling there as an undergraduate in Parma and later as an English teacher in Rome.
In the play six characters converge on a jankity, rundown hostel in the outskirts of Rome. They proceed to spend a curious evening together philosophizing, divulging secrets, having romances and playing party games. There are dance sequences, physical lazzi and original songs.
Characters speak in direct translation from Italian into English. “I’m sorry, but I have to check my email,” becomes “I ask excuse of you, but I must control my email.” An invitation to coffee morphs into, “Would Formal You like to take a coffee with me?” THE HOTEL COLORS portrays eccentric travelers and seekers. The heart of the play is about people coming together and forming unexpected friendships even as they fail—and flail—in their attempts to communicate.
I have produced shows in the past, but THE HOTEL COLORS is by far my biggest project to date. The show will premiere May 7-25 at the Bushwick Starr, an Obie-award winning Off-Off Broadway theatre venue. The Bushwick Starr usually presents work by ensemble theatre companies and it’s a great honor to be the first curated playwright in the theatre’s history.
Filed under: Dramaturgy, Theatre, Women Theatre Artists, Works by Women | Tags: Anne Hamilton, Digital Theatre, Dramaturgy, Festivals, Hamilton Dramaturgy, Interactive Theatre, International Theatre, NYC Theatre
Here’s a listing for a digital, interactive, international event produced in the Rough Draft Fest at LaGuardia College in New York City.
http://laguardia.edu/LPAC/Rough-Draft-Fest/
Fri, April 12 @ 2-4*pm; 6:45-8:45*pm • Mainstage Theater
Long Distance Affair (make possible an impossible trip) by Tamilla Woodard and Ana Margineanu of PopUp Theatrics
When theatre meets technology possibilities become endless. In Long Distance Affair, someone across the globe is reaching out exclusively to you. What will be the result when you and a perfect stranger meet with only a computer screen between you? Artists from 5 continents have united to create a virtual adventure just for you. In Long Distance Affair, each audience member experiences 3 “affairs” with actors in different countries performing from the intimacy of their homes. Make a connection with someone far away who might be closer than you think. For full international cast and production credits click here.
*Every half an hour a group of 3 will be admitted to the theater.
Filed under: Dramaturgy, HD Clients, NYC Theatre, Script Development, Theatre | Tags: Anne Hamilton, DEELMAYKER, Hamilton Dramaturgy, HD Client, New York City theatre, Spiral Theatre, Staged Reading, Warren Bodow
It is my pleasure to invite you to the staged reading of DEELMAYKER by Warren Bodow, which I have dramaturged. Please join us! Reservations required: dramaturgtn@gmail.com.
DEELMAYKER by Warren Bodow
A comedy about 65 year old Bernie Harris, once the go-to guy in the media brokerage business, who struggles to meet the demands of a younger generation—on his own terms.
Presented by The Spiral Theatre Studio/Our Green Rooms Truly Are
Join us for a reading of DEELMAYKER
By Warren Bodow
Directed By Ken Dashow
To be performed at Arts New York,
in the Bruce Mitchell Room, 3rd floor
520 8th Avenue at 7pm on April 11, 2013
RSVP: dramaturgtn@gmail.com
Or call: 212-689-4362
Download our flyer here: DEELMAYKER reading April 11, 2013
Filed under: Dramaturgy, Script Development, Theatre, Women Theatre Artists, Works by Women | Tags: Advocacy for Women, Artistic Director, Costume Designer, Director, Gender parity, hamilton, Lighting Designer, London Theatre, New Roles for Women, Playwright, Research, Set Designer, UK Theatre, Women Theatre Artists, Women's Studies, Works by Women
“Women in theatre: how the ‘2:1 problem’ breaks down”
How well are women represented in theatre? New research by the Guardian in collaboration with Elizabeth Freestone shows a mixed picture. Find the full research results here.
(Excerpt)
Shakespeare said that all the world’s a stage – but how well does the theatre really represent women?
New research by the Guardian, in collaboration with Elizabeth Freestone of Pentabus Theatre, shows that women are still badly under represented, with a persistent 2:1 male-to-female ratio.
The research, concentrating on the top 10 subsidised theatres for 2012-13, looked at female representation in a variety of areas from actors employed to the number of playwrights commissioned for the financial year 2011-12. Board of directors, chief executives and creative teams were also examined…
(c) The Guardian.