[NEohioPAL] TRI-C PRESENTS AUDITION AND WORKSHOP OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMMUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN CLEVELAND PREMIERE OF THE LARAMIE PROJECT: EPILOGUE

Thu Sep 10 04:52:48 PDT 2009

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CONTACT:

Laura Kendall

Cuyahoga Community College

216-987-4193

laura.kendall at tri-c.edu <mailto:laura.kendall at tri-c.edu>  

TRI-C PRESENTS AUDITION AND WORKSHOP OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMMUNITY TO
PARTICIPATE IN CLEVELAND PREMIERE OF THE LARAMIE PROJECT: EPILOGUE 

CLEVELAND (September 8, 2009) Tri-C Presents at Cuyahoga Community
College is producing a reading of the new work; The Laramie Project: Ten
Years Later by Moises Kaufman and The Tectonic Theatre Company directed
by Dr. Brian Bethune, Dean of Creative Arts. 

In the ten years since the Tectonic Theatre Company told the story of
the brutal murder of gay University of Wyoming student Matthew Shepard,
Artistic Director Moises Kaufman and other company members wondered what
changes affected Laramie, Wyoming since the incident brought hate crimes
legislation to national attention.   In a continuing effort to explore
this tragedy and its effects on societal norms, the Tectonic Theatre
Company revisits Laramie and many of the people portrayed in the
original play.  This seminal event features the Cleveland premiere of a
live reading of this stunning piece by local actors - one of 100 taking
place across the country - with an introduction via the internet by
playwright Moises Kaufman and a pre show discussion with local members
of PFLAG, LGBT Center, and Equality Ohio. Performance will be Monday,
October 12, 2009 at 7:30 p.m.

We are looking for 4 men and 4 women to read multiple roles. The roles
are unpaid. Must be 18 years old.

Audition date:

Tuesday September 15, 2009

6-9 pm

Tri-C Metropolitan Campus - Center for Creative Arts

Please contact Dorothy Hirsch at 216-987-4940 or 
dorothy.hirsch at tri-c.edu <mailto:dorothy.hirsch at tri-c.edu>  to sign up
for an audition time. You will be sent an email to confirm your slot.
The time commitment is 2- 3 rehearsals and the final performance. The
rehearsal dates will be the week and weekend prior to the reading.

Readings will be provided, or you may present a contemporary monologue.

 Workshop: Moment Work with Tectonic Theatre member, Greg Pierotti -
October 8 & 9, 2009

Moment work is a method for both writing and analyzing performance,
which was developed by Moises Kaufman and the members of Tectonic
Theater Project.  In moment work, Tectonic artists create performance
from the ground up using all the elements of the stage at once.  The
emphasis is on creating theatrical, rather than realistic, performance.
In level one of Tectonic's "moment work workshops" the ensemble creates
a list of the elements of the stage and, through a series of exercises
that build in complexity, uses all these elements together to create
moments rather than using all the elements of the stage to simply
support a text.  A moment is defined as a unit of theatrical time and
can be as short and simple as a five second gesture, or as long and
complex as a moment from "The Laramie Project."  We also learn how to
analyze the contents of moments to learn more about what is effective
story telling.

October 8 & 9

6-9 pm both nights

Tri-C Metropolitan Campus

              The class is limited to 16 participants

              To sign up for the workshop please contact Dorothy Hirsch
at 216-987-4940 or Dorothy.hirsch at tri-c.edu

                *No cost for participation  - if you need to cancel,
please give 24 hours notice. 

Must be 18 years old to participate.

Greg Pierotti is a writer, actor, teacher and has been a member of
Tectonic Theater Project for 13 years.  He is an associate writer of The
Laramie Project, and was a writer on the teleplay adapted for HBO (emmy
and GLAAD award nominations).  He has performed the The Laramie Project,
at Berkeley Rep, La Jolla Playhouse, Denver Center, and The Union Square
Theater in NY. He is the head writer of The People's Temple, for which
he and the playwright Leigh Fondakowski, along with their other
collaborators, received the Will Glickman Award for best New American
play.  He performed The People's Temple at Berekely Repertory Theater,
Perseverance Theater, and The Guthrie.  As a writer/actor he has
developed and/or performed original and classical work at Arena Stage,
Hartford Stage, The Magic, The Atlantic Theatre Company, The Sundance
Theatre Lab in Utah, New York Theatre Workshop, and the NYTW summer
writer's lab at Dartmouth.  Most recently he is collaborating on and
epilogue to The Laramie Project, which revisits the town ten years after
the murder of Matthew Shepard.  Greg is one of four master teachers of
moment work technique - a technique of writing performance developed by
Moises Kaufman and Tectonic Theater Project.  He has taught this work at
high schools and colleges around the country and in Naropa University's
MFA for  contemporary performance. 

Tri-C Presents, a division of  Tri-C Creative Arts, is a premier
performing arts series in Northeast Ohio, showcasing arts and cultural
performances including Tri-C JazzFest Cleveland
<http://www.tricjazzfest.com/ASSETS/6D4BDB806C4549C28029BD5B3C484C98/Upd
ated%20JazzFest%20History%20for%2009.pdf> , Showtime at High Noon, The
Song is You!, and the Classical Piano Recital Series.  Cuyahoga
Community College Center for Creative Arts presents significant
contemporary artistic programs of the highest quality for its diverse
multicultural audiences.  These experiences are designed to stimulate,
enlighten, educate and mutually enrich the artists and the community.  A
variety of free performances, workshops, and residencies are offered
throughout the season to complement our wide array of Performing Arts
programs held at the Tri-C campuses, Playhouse Square and other
locations around the city.  Visit www.tricpresents.com
<http://www.tricpresents.com/>  for more information.

Lilah M.Wiant 
Division of Creative Arts
Tri-C Jazzfest Cleveland

2900 Community College Ave.

Center for Creative Arts, Room 109

Cleveland, OH 44115
Phone: 216-987-4249 Fax: 216-987-4186
lilah.wiant at tri-c.edu <mailto:lilah.wiant at tri-c.edu>   
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