[NEohioPAL] CPT announces Directing Devised Theatre Class (deadline JUNE 15th)

[Faye Hargate]

Directing Devised Theatre Class, FALL 2011

Taught by Raymond Bobgan



Deadline for application is June 15, 2011.


CLASS DESCRIPTION
Directing Devised Theatre (11 week class) will explore many aspects of directing and creating new works including:

 *   montage
 *   dynamic stage picture
 *   working with rhythm
 *   creating and working with “actions”
 *   supporting actors’ creative process


The class will meet on Saturdays from October 1 2011 – December 10 2011 (no class on Nov 26 for Thanksgiving holiday). The class will be held 12noon to 3pm. Students may only miss one class and must make up work for that class. This is a working classroom environment and students will be expected to cast, create, and rehearse 4 scenes for in-class presentation. CPT space may be available to students for class work on a limited basis.
Though this class is focused on directing it is open to actors, playwrights, designers, and others who are interested in creating devised work. We are seeking a class with diverse backgrounds and skill sets. Class is limited and enrollment will be based on an application process.
The fee for the class is $750. CPT will accept up to ½ of this fee to be paid in “sweat-equity” volunteer work.
Raymond Bobgan is Executive Artistic Director of Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT), and was recently selected by American Theatre Magazine as one of twenty five artists shaping the future of American theatre.  Raymond specializes in devising new plays through an ensemble‐driven process and has created over twenty new performances. Raymond’s most recent work, Insomnia, created with Holly Holsinger, Chris Seibert, and Anne McEvoy, received rave reviews. Cut to Pieces, created with Chris Seibert, is being developed for touring for 2011-13.  Blue Sky Transmission: A Tibetan Book of the Dead played Off‐Broadway at La Mama Theatre and was lauded in The New York Times and American Theatre Magazine. Confessions of Punch and Judy, co-created with Tannis Kowalchuk and Ker Wells, played at Toronto Theatre Centre and HERE Arts Center in New York, toured US, Canada, and Europe, and was recently published in New Canadian Theatre Volume 9: Devised Theatre.  Raymond has also initiated, designed, and implemented numerous outreach projects including CPT’s Student Theatre Enrichment Program, a job training program for inner-city teens, Brick City Theatre which offers after‐school arts to youth residents of public housing and the Y‐Haven Theatre Project which engages homeless men, in theatre creation and production. Raymond’s theatrical work has been featured in American Theatre Magazine, Canadian Theatre Review, Theatre Journal, and in Lisa Wolford’s book Grotowski’s Objective Drama Research. His work has been seen in Romania, Brazil, Denmark, Serbia, Turkey, The United Kingdom, and throughout Canada and the US.  He was recently awarded an Artistic Excellence fellowship from the Ohio Arts Council and was a premiere recipient of the Community Partnership for Arts and Culture’s Creative Workforce Fellowship, funded by Cuyahoga Arts and Culture. Raymond is an alumnus of Jerzy Grotowski’s Objective Drama Research Program at the University of California, Irvine, and he is a guest artist at Humber College in Toronto.
CLASS APPLICATION
Thank you for your interest in Raymond Bobgan’s Directing Devised Theatre. Please complete the application and submit it with your supplemental materials to CPT Education Associate, Faye Hargate, fhargate at cptonline.org<mailto:fhargate at cptonline.org>. Applications will only be accepted by email. For questions, please call 216.631.2727 x207.


Deadline for application is June 15, 2011.

Directing Devised Theatre Application

General Information

Name:


Address:

Cell Phone (or best number):

E-Mail:

Attach up to two sheets for the following questions:
1) Why do you want to take this course, and what do you hope to learn?

2) What is your prior experience in devising new work?

3) If not answered in #1, what are the most important things you are working on as an artist? What weaknesses are you addressing and what strengths are you building on?

4) Do you have the resources to create 4-5 scenes for this class? (ie can you commit the time for conceiving, creating and rehearsing these scenes? Do you have access to actors? Etc.)

5) If you would like to apply for a sweat-equity scholarship (up to $375 of the $750 class cost), please list skills you could offer or ideas for volunteering.

Supplementary Materials
Include a complete theatre resume.


Application Materials will not be returned to applicants.



Faye Hargate
Education Associate
Cleveland Public Theatre
6415 Detroit Ave
Cleveland, OH 44102
216.631.2727 x207
fhargate at cptonline.org<mailto:fhargate at cptonline.org>
www.cptonline.org<http://www.cptonline.org>


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