Monthly Archives: January 2008

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Family Guy Fans Unite for Writers

Okay it is a little embarrassing but ever since I figured out that I could get TBS on my television (I don’t have cable but I plug the cable into the back of my TV and somehow get a few of the basic stations) I

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weekend wrap-up

As we head into another action-packed week I thought I’d take a minute to bring you up-to-date on the shows we saw this weekend. Wednesday night we went to the opening of WakkaWakka Productions‘ Fabrik: The Legend of M. Rabinowitz at Urban Stages. Rabinowitz was

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oh yeah, martian entertainment invented piggybacking

Um. Yeah, right. This article in the Times about how “shows survive by sharing a stage” talks about a “new model” for producing called “piggybacking”. The article says: “The reason New World Stages seems to have more arrival times than Grand Central Terminal is that

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rocky mountain high

sparky productions presents TELLURIDE PLAYWRIGHT’S FESTIVAL June 9 – 16 2008 Located in the beautiful, historic town of Telluride, Colorado.   The Telluride Playwright’s Festival offers a unique opportunity for the playwright, to work on his or her play with professional actors and directors, in

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digital matrix commmissions

This Just In: WE INVITE YOU TO APPLY TO DIGITAL MATRIX COMMISSIONS 2009! CALL FOR ARTISTS: SURVIVAL, RESISTANCE, GENTRIFICATION The Digital Matrix Commissions Program invites artists to create work in digital and new-media forms. Chosen artists will receive an honorarium of $5,000 and a nine-month

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Artaud at The Ohio

John Jahnke’s HOTEL SAVANT is staging the first American Translation of Antonin Artaud’s The Cenci at the Ohio Theater beginning February 5th. If you’ve seen any of Jahnke’s other work, you know it is very artful and elegant, like painting.  This should be an intriguing

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frigidfest 2008

Mark your calendars now for the 2nd Annual Frigid Festival, brought to you by Horse Trade (the folks who run The Kraine, the Red Room and Under St. Mark’s) and EXIT Theatre (founders of the SF Fringe Festival). It runs from February 27-March 9, 2008.

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Best. Actress. Ever.

Its so weird, last night as I lay in bed I was thinking about this MP3 I got sent a few years back of this delusional actress who was trying to get an audition. Then I checked my stats and saw that people had been

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hotINK Festival

Just got an e-mail about the hotINK festival which looks really good. Heres’ what the website says: “Now in its seventh year, hotINK is an annual, international festival of play readings that brings together playwrights from around the world with distinguished actors and directors from

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Dublin Calling

Culturebot just got this call for entries from the Dublin Fringe Festival. We’ve never been able to go, but we’ve met tons o’ people who work(ed) there and they’re a fantastic bunch. It is a great opportunity to show your work and meet other artists

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Hands-On DIY WORKSHOP on making LIVE INTERACTIVE WORK

Culturebot HIGHLY recommends this workshop! Mike is incredibly knowledgeable, creative, capable and cool. Any artist looking to get some practical hands-on tech training would be well-advised to take her workshop. Info below. Hands-On DIY WORKSHOP on making LIVE INTERACTIVE WORKfor Artists and Producers who want

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alex conley to leave soho rep

this press release just arrived: Alexandra Conley, who has served as Executive Director of Soho Rep since 1999, is leaving that post, it has been announced by Jon Dembrow, Chairman of the Board at Soho Rep. Ms. Conley leaves Soho Rep to join her husband