Workshop: Reminder! Information Session on AWHIP-Arts Workers Health Insurance Program, 2011/12 TAPA Trade Series

For more than 15 years TAPA Members have come to depend on solid Risk Management advice from Steve Beatty through the Act 1 Insurance program.

Wanting to continue trying to help individuals and companies with-in our industry, Steve together with his team at Culture One have developed a new innovative Arts Worker Health Insurance Program know as AWHIP.

Please join Steve and his colleague Michael Kelly at Factory Theatre to help you understand more about this exciting new program and how it fits with both companies and individuals and our Canadian medical system.

This promises to be an informative interactive style of work shop including time afterwards for one on one discussion.

TAPA and Non-TAPA Members: Free!
Date: Thursday, May 24, 2012
Time: 2:00 – 4:00pm
Location: Factory Theatre, 125 Bathrust Street at Adelaide

Deadline to register for this session is Wednesday May 23, 2012
Please RSVP to Alexis Da Silva-Powell, Corporate Partnerships and Membership Manager at alexisdsp@tapa.ca

Job Posting: Call for Designers, Hart House Theatre

Hart House Theatre is looking for Set, Costume, Props and Lighting designers for its upcoming production of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern  are Dead. By Tom Stoppard Directed by Matthew Gorman

• Rehearsals begin in August.
• Tech begins September 10th
• Opening is September 21st.

Submission should be made to Hart House Theatre artistic director, Jeremy Hutton at Jeremy.hutton@utoronto.ca

Please include a resume and any other relevant material.  Only those chosen for an interview will be contacted.

About Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
Written by one of the world’s greatest contemporary playwrights, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead has played across the globe, been adapted into an award-winning film and is now as recognizable as the classic on which it is based. This Tony Award winning play explores the confused antics of two minor characters from William Shakespeare’s Hamlet: the courtiers, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. Using his razor-sharp wit and unmatched comedic brilliance, Stoppard creates protagonists that grapple the big philosophical questions while they unwittingly fight for their lives.

About Hart House Theatre
Hart House Theatre, established in 1919, is the University of Toronto’s Performing Arts Leader.  Since its inception, the theatre’s unique mix of young professionals, alumni, and students has garnered the theatre a reputation as not only a cultural destination for the U of T community but one for all of Toronto.

For a list of characters and more information visit: www.harthousetheatre.ca

Auditions: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Toronto Hart House Theatre

Hart House Theatre is now accepting submissions for its September 2012 production of Tom Stoppard’s
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead directed by Matthew Gorman

To request an audition, please email your headshot and resume to the attention of the General Manager, Doug Floyd @ auditions@harthousetheatre.ca

Deadline for submissions: Thursday June 21st, 2012
(Early submissions are encouraged!)
Only those contacted for an audition will be seen.

Audition dates – June 24 & 25, 2012
Callbacks will be held on June 28, 2012
The non-equity, non-paying production runs Sept 21 – Oct 6, 2012.

• We strongly encourage actors of all ethnic backgrounds to audition.
• All roles are available.
• We are considering both men and women for the title roles.

AUDITION REQUIREMENTS:

• Please prepare one Shakespearean monologue, no longer than two minutes. AND one Contemporary monologue, no longer than two minutes.
• Please be familiar with the play; you may be asked to read from it.

All auditions will be held at Hart House – 7 Hart House Circle, University of Toronto

About Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
Written by one of the world’s greatest contemporary playwrights, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead has played across the globe, been adapted into an award-winning film and is now as recognizable as the classic on which it is based. This Tony Award winning play explores the confused antics of two minor characters from William Shakespeare’s Hamlet: the courtiers, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. Using his razor-sharp wit and unmatched comedic brilliance, Stoppard creates protagonists that grapple the big philosophical questions while they unwittingly fight for their lives.

About Hart House Theatre
Hart House Theatre, established in 1919, is the University of Toronto’s Performing Arts Leader.  Since its inception, the theatre’s unique mix of young professionals, alumni, and students has garnered the theatre a reputation as not only a cultural destination for the U of T community but one for all of Toronto.

For a list of characters and more information visit: www.harthousetheatre.ca

Announcement: Looking for Flexible Seating Risers, Ship’s Company Theatre

If anyone knows of flexible seating risers for sale (i.e.: flexible risers, for blackbox-type theatre) please contact Matthew at Ship’s Company Theatre.  (902) 254-2003 or mtiffin@shipscompany.com

Job Posting: Stage Manager, Toronto Fringe Production

We are accepting submissions for a stage manager for our Toronto Fringe production of Then He Wakes Up by Matthew Sarookanian. The play is a short absurdist comedy in the tradition of Edward Albee’s The Zoo Story (in case you love that sort of thing).

The potential candidate must be available evenings and weekends, and must be able to begin as soon as possible. Rehearsals will run approximately three days a week until the end of June. Fringe runs July 4 – 15, but expect to also book off a few days prior for tech and the last minute push. We will be performing on the Main Stage at Theatre Passe Muraille.

We are looking for someone with experience working on low-to-no-budget productions. Someone who doesn’t mind multitasking, someone who doesn’t mind helping get the word out, and because the script will still be in development, someone who doesn’t mind sharing their opinions and working collaboratively.

Please send your resumes to jordanmechano@gmail.com.

Event: Peña Annual Fundraiser, Alameda Theatre

Tickets on sale now for Peña: Alameda Theatre’s Annual Fundraiser! Join us in celebrating five years of creating great Canadian Latin American theatre!

2012 Peña: Alameda’s Annual FUNdraiser
Tuesday June 19, 2012
Revival Bar & Restaurant
783 College St.
7pm

Hosted by Martha Chaves featuring SON ACHE, Toronto’s own “Buena Vista Social Club”! Plus a special presentation by the Nueva Voz youth ensemble’s collective creation piece! Our Silent Auction is back, featuring Latin American contemporary artists’ work and other amazing items!

Cash bar. Latin American hors d’œuvres provided by La Tortilleria!

Tickets:

• $50 in advance (includes $30 tax receipt)
• $60 at the door (includes $30 tax receipt)
• $25 Arts Worker/Student tickets (no tax receipt)

PLUS! Our iPad 2 raffle is back! Tickets are on sale now, $10 each or 3 for $25!

Click here for event and raffle tickets! Thanks for supporting Canadian Latin American theatre!

Job Posting: Producer for One Song Glory, Acting Up Stage Company

One Song Glory is Acting Up Stage Company’s free contemporary musical theatre training program, offered to young people across Ontario ages 19 and under. Participants take master classes, participate in workshops, and train with professional directors and musical directors over four weekends.  In addition, each student gets the chance to work on two musical theatre numbers that they perform at a final showcase performance at the Toronto Centre for the Arts.

Acting Up Stage Company is looking for a dedicated producer with a strong interest and background in theatre education. The ideal candidate will have a vast knowledge of musical theatre (especially contemporary). They must also be highly organized, able to multi-task, and able to lead a group of 8+ staff and up to 50 young people. Knowledge of best outreach practices to youth (through schools and the community) is an asset. The Producer will be mentored and trained throughout the 2012 program by One Song Glory’s Executive Producer.

Dates:

• Must be available for part-time work from August 1 to December 2, 2012
• Must be completely available on all program days: November 10, 17, 24 and December 1, 2.

Skills required:

• Attention to detail, ability to create complex schedules
• Ability to work independently on a flexible schedule
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Basic computer and internet skills (MS Word, Excel; Adobe Photoshop and InDesign an asset)
• Excellent leader, able to work with a variety of people from professional artists to students and parents
• Enthusiastic and passionate about musical theatre
• Interest in learning and ability to take initiative
• Creative mind, strong work ethic, willing to put in 110%
• Assets (but not necessary: experience in casting, industry knowledge, valid driver’s license and access to a car)

Compensation: $1,000 honorarium

Please send resume and cover letter along with three references (names, emails and phone numbers) to Tamara Weisz: tamara@actingupstage.com by Friday, June 1, 2012.