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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoTitle style='text-align:justify'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#17365D'>Directing Devised Theatre Class, FALL 2012<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoTitle style='text-align:justify'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#17365D'>Taught by Raymond Bobgan<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoTitle style='text-align:justify'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#943634'>Deadline for application is July 20 2012<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoTitle style='text-align:justify'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#943634'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;border:none;padding:0in'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#943634'>CLASS DESCRIPTION<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;text-align:justify;line-height:115%'>Directing Devised Theatre (10 week class) will explore many aspects of directing and creating new works including: <o:p></o:p></p><ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc><li class=MsoNormalCxSpMiddle style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>creating and working with “actions”<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormalCxSpMiddle style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>supporting actors’ creative process<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormalCxSpMiddle style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>montage<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormalCxSpMiddle style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>dynamic stage picture<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormalCxSpMiddle style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>story creation<o:p></o:p></li></ul><p class=MsoNormalCxSpMiddle style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:.5in;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;line-height:115%'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;text-align:justify;line-height:115%'>The class will meet on Saturdays from September 29 2012 – December 8 2012 (no class on Nov 24 for Thanksgiving holiday). The class will be held 11am to 2pm. 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.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;text-align:justify;line-height:115%'>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. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;text-align:justify;line-height:115%'>The fee for the class is $750. CPT will accept up to ½ of this fee to be paid in “sweat-equity” volunteer work. <o:p></o:p></p><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;border:none;padding:0in'>Raymond is now in his sixth year as CPT’s Executive Artistic Director. During his tenure, CPT has eliminated over $200,000 in debt, developed an operating reserve of $100,000, made significant progress on renovating its buildings, produced 15 world premieres (9 by local artists), expanded its programs to support new work and achieved unprecedented national coverage. Raymond specializes in creating new work through an ensemble process. He was the founding Artistic Director of Wishhounds (aka Theatre Labyrinth) and has directed and collaboratively conceived and created more than twenty new theatrical works. Recent creations include: Year 25 Vigil, with Karin Randoja for Humber College at Theatre Passe Murraille (Toronto), Insomnia, with Holly Holsinger and Chris Seibert, Cut to Pieces, with Chris Seibert; Blue Sky Transmission: A Tibetan Book of the Dead, co-produced by CPT and La Mama ETC (NY); and The Confessions of Punch and Judy, co-produced by CPT, NaCl (NY) and Number 11 Theatre (Toronto), which was published in New Canadian Theatre Volume 9. Other recent shows include: Open Mind Firmament: An Evening of William Butler Yeats, Gao Xingjian's The Other Shore, Dennis Kelly's Osama the Hero, and Thornton Wilder's Our Town.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;border:none;padding:0in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;border:none;padding:0in'>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 first director of CPT's Y-Haven Theatre Project. 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 recently recognized by American Theatre Magazine as 1 of 25 national theatre artists that will shape the next 25 years of American theatre. He is a Creative Workforce Fellow of the Community Partnership for Arts and Culture, funded by the Cuyahoga Arts and Culture, and an alumnus of Theatre Communications Group/Pew Charitable Trust's National Theatre Artist Residency Program and the TCG/NEA Career Development Program for Directors. Raymond was Acting Artistic Director of CPT (1995-1997) and served CPT in many roles including Associate Artistic Director, Education Director and Resident Director at various times since 1991.<b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#943634'> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;border:none;padding:0in'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#943634'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;border:none;padding:0in'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#943634'>CLASS APPLICATION</span></b><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#943634'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='color:black'>Thank you for your interest in <b>Raymond Bobgan’s Directing Devised Theatre</b>. Please complete the application and submit it with your <b>supplemental materials</b> to </span>CPT Education Associate, Faye Hargate, <a href="mailto:fhargate@cptonline.org">fhargate@cptonline.org</a>. Applications will only be accepted by email. For questions, please call 216.631.2727 x207.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoTitle style='text-align:justify'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#943634'>Deadline for application is July 20, 2012. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b><u><o:p><span style='text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b>Directing Devised Theatre Application<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b><u><o:p><span style='text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><u>General Information<o:p></o:p></u></p><p class=MsoBodyText style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Name:<span style='color:black'><br><br><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoBodyText style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Address:</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='color:black'>Cell Phone (or best number): <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='color:black'>E-Mail:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><i><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><u><span style='color:black'>Attach up to two sheets for the following questions:<o:p></o:p></span></u></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in'><span style='color:black'>1) Why do you want to take this course, and what do you hope to learn?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in'><span style='color:black'>2) What is your prior experience in devising new work?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in'><span style='color:black'>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?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in'><span style='color:black'>4) Do you have the resources to create 4scenes for this class? (ie can you commit the time for conceiving, creating and rehearsing these scenes? Do you have access to actors? Etc.)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in'><span style='color:black'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><u><span style='color:black'>Supplementary Materials<o:p></o:p></span></u></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='color:black'>Include a complete theatre resume.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b>Application Materials will not be returned to applicants.</b><b><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Faye Hargate<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Education Associate<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Cleveland Public Theatre<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>6415 Detroit Ave <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Cleveland, OH 44102 <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>216.631.2727 x207<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><a href="mailto:fhargate@cptonline.org"><span style='color:blue'>fhargate@cptonline.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><a href="http://www.cptonline.org"><span style='color:blue'>www.cptonline.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>