[NEohioPAL] CPT announces "Theatre Creation Class" (10 weeks) with Raymond Bobgan

[Cathleen O'Malley via NEohioPAL]

Cleveland Public Theatre :: Theatre Creation Class, FALL 2014
Taught by Raymond Bobgan
Deadline for application is August 21th 2014
Email applications only, available online at http://cptonline.org/news-article-view.php?id=164

CLASS DESCRIPTION
Theatre Creation Class (10 weeks) is for theatre directors, writers, actors, designers, and composers who wish to explore the rigors of leading the creation of original performances. In this class everyone will direct, act and create. Participants will also be paired to collaborate on some assignments. The class will not follow a conventional curriculum and will evolve throughout the process. The class will include the creation of 3-4 scene assignments in order for participants to explore the class topics and develop new work.

Director/Creator Raymond Bobgan's work centers on collaborating with performers to create performance. Deep work with actors on the creation of physical, mental and emotional scores, montage of these scores with original text, layering of various elements, song creation, storytelling, and the moving of objects to transform space are all hallmarks of his unique approach to theatre. Raymond will also share techniques for engaging people in making and writing story.

The class will meet on Saturdays from 11am to 3pm, September 20 - November 22, 2014. 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 come to each class ready to dive in. Students must also be prepared to cast, create, and rehearse 3-4 scenes for in-class presentation. CPT space may be available to students for class work on a limited basis.
We are seeking a class with diverse backgrounds and skill sets. The class will be limited to 6-10 students 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.

About Raymond Bobgan: Raymond is in his ninth year as CPT's Executive Artistic Director. He was the founding Artistic Director of Wishhounds (aka Theatre Labyrinth) and has directed and collaboratively conceived and created more than thirty new theatrical works. Raymond's theatrical work seen in Romania, Brazil, Denmark, Serbia, Turkey, The United Kingdom and Canada and featured in American Theatre Magazine, Canadian Theatre Review, Theatre Journal and in Lisa Wolford's book Grotowski's Objective Drama Research. Raymond was the first person to win a Cleveland Arts Prize award in the discipline of Theatre. As a theatre artist, Raymond was an inaugural Creative Workforce Fellow in of the Community Partnership for Arts and Culture, funded by the Cuyahoga Arts and Culture, He won this honor again in 2014 for his work in composing original music. He is an alumnus of Theatre Communications Group/Pew Charitable Trust's National Theatre Artist Residency Program and the TCG/NEA Career Development Program for Directors. Recent creations include: Cuando Cierras Your Eyes (for Teatro Publico de Cleveland), Air Waves (central plot line); Rusted Heart Broadcast; Year 25 Vigil, an adaptation of Margaret Atwood's The Year of the Flood with Karin Randoja for Humber College at Theatre Passe Murraille (Toronto), Insomnia: The Waking of Her Selves with Holly Holsinger and Chris Seibert, Cut to Pieces with Chris Seibert and Open Mind Firmament: An Evening of William Butler Yeats. Raymond is also known for his reinterpretations of classics including Thornton Wilder's Our Town and Tennessee Williams' Summer and Smoke. In 1994, Bobgan initiated the Student Theatre Enrichment Program, a job training program that engages at-risk youth in writing, producing and performing new plays. Raymond was the premiere director/creator of CPT's Y-Haven Theatre Project and Teatro Publico de Cleveland.

CLASS APPLICATION
Thank you for your interest in Raymond Bobgan's Theatre Creation Class. 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. Available online at http://cptonline.org/news-article-view.php?id=164.

Deadline for application is August 21st, 2014

Cathleen O'Malley
Director of Audience Engagement & Media Relations
Cleveland Public Theatre
(216) 631-2727 x 212

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