[NEohioPAL]Reminder: CTC Forum (Nurturing the Artistic Envirnoment) on Monday 11/21

Fri Nov 18 11:41:24 PST 2005

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The Cleveland Theater Collective continues STAGES (Strategic Theater Agenda 
for Growth Excellence and Success) 2005 and Beyond, to strengthen professional 
theater in the northeast Ohio region.  

The fifth meeting of the series of roundtable discussions, "Nurturing the 
Artistic Environment,"  is scheduled for Monday, November 21, 2005 4:00-6:00 pm, 
at the Cleveland Play House, 8500 Euclid Avenue, Rehearsal Room B.  Megan Van 
Voorhis, Director of Research and Business Practices for the Community 
Partnership for Arts and Culture, will moderate the discussion.  Kathleen Cerveny 
(Program Director at The Cleveland Foundation) will provide a context for the 
discussion, as outlined below.  

TO:        Cleveland Area Theater Artists

FROM: Kathleen Cerveny, Program Director, The Cleveland Foundation

RE:       Nurturing the Artistic Environment: A Discussion with Theater 
Artists
 Cleveland Theater Collective Planning Session
 November 21, 2005

I am pleased to have been asked to be the discussion leader for this session. 
 So that we can have a fruitful conversation, I am posing several questions 
as an agenda.  I would appreciate it if you could consider these questions 
before we meet and be prepared to share your thoughts.  I hope, of course, that if 
there are questions and issues not presented here, that you will bring them 
and add them to the agenda.  I won't presume to know all the concerns, issues 
and opportunities in the environment for individual theater artists.

Disclaimer
Please know that this conversation is for the benefit of CTC as your service 
organization.  While I am certainly interested in the subject and the work 
that CTC is doing on your behalf, you should not assume that the Cleveland 
Foundation is making any commitment to funding as an outcome of my participation as 
discussion leader for CTC.

I look forward to our discussion.

Discussion Questions

Have you had any experiences with theater service organizations in other 
cities?  What were the good, bad and ugly of these experiences?

What do you find most rewarding about working in Cleveland's theater 
environment?

What is most frustrating?

What sort of services might you find useful as a theater artist?
Professional development as an actor, designer, stage manager, director, 
administrator, playwright, etc?  For example, master classes, critiques, business 
planning,, voice training, creative writing support, etc.? 
Livelihood needs: Health insurance, live-work space, business loans, etc. 
Self promotion support: head shots, audition prep, video taping, resume 
writing, showcases, etc.

What are the different needs for individual artists with solo careers vs. the 
individual within a theater organization, if any?  Is this something worth 
exploring?

So help me understand the difference between theater and theatre.  Everyone 
seems to be going British in recent years.

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<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Please know that this con=
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in the subject and the work that CTC is doing on your behalf, you should not=
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<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">I look forward to our dis=
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