THE REVIVAL OF SIDE SHOW Directed by BILL CONDON (Dreamgirls, Chicago, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Parts 1 and 2) AT THE LA JOLLA PLAYHOUSE, San Diego, CA November 5th – December 17th, 2013 SEEKING: Sideshow and circus performers (e.g. contortionists, fire-eaters, sword swallowers, etc.), including performers with disabilities and neoburlesque artists. Must be…
Request for Preliminary Applications: 2050 Fellowships October 19, 2012 New York Theatre Workshop (NYTW) is now accepting preliminary applications for the 2050 Fellowship, a new effort to support emerging artists. What is a 2050 Fellow? The U.S. Census Bureau expects that in the year 2050, only 46% of…
October 21, 2012, 7:21 pm Playwright Challenges Racial Casting Practices By ADAM W. KEPLER The Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Bruce Norris has called for a boycott in Germany of theater productions in which white actors are cast in roles explicitly written for black performers. In a letter addressed to fellow members of the Dramatists Guild, a…
ACCESS Coordinator, Seasonal, Full-Time Position The Oregon Shakespeare Festival (OSF) is seeking an individual with excellent interpersonal skills and a passion for aiding and advancing people with disabilities to join our Audience Services team. This role is responsible for ensuring that OSF is accessible to people with disabilities physical and programmatic compliant with the…
The annual RightsFest brings audiences a diverse range of social justice films as well as panels to discuss history, activism, filmmaking, and community-bridging solutions Date: 9/6 -9/8 Time: 7pm -9pm Tickets: $8 per night Location: Tribeca Cinemas, 54 Varick St, NY 10013 Website: www.rightsfest.org FB Event Page: RightsFest FB Special Guests: Tommie Smith (Olympic gold medalist)…
Turner Classic Movies (TCM) will dedicate the month of October to exploring the ways people with disabilities have been portrayed in film. On behalf of Inclusion in the Arts, Lawrence Carter-Long will join TCM host Robert Osborne for The Projected Image: A History of Disability in Film. The special month-long exploration will air Tuesdays in…
Congratulations to our good friend Emily Perl Kingsley and the other talented writers of Sesame Street for earning a Daytime Entertainment Creative Arts EMMY for Outstanding Writing in a Children’s series!
Through the generosity of Loreen Arbus, New York Women in Film and Television has established the Loreen Arbus Disability Awareness Grant. The film completion grant for $7,500 will be awarded to a woman filmmaker for a film on physical or developmental disability issues. Directors and producers are eligible to apply. Films may be of any length…
CBS CASTING TO CONDUCT WORKSHOPS IN NEW YORK CBS CASTING VICE PRESIDENT WORKING ONE-ON-ONE WITH ACTORS We are pleased to announce that Fern Orenstein, CBS Casting Vice President, is coming from Hollywood to present her acclaimed workshop two times only on Thursday, May 31st (3 to 6 p.m.) Friday, June 1st (3 to 6 p.m.)…
Sustaining / Creating A National Juried Exhibition for Emerging Artists with Disabilities, ages 16-25 Deadline: July 8, 2012 Sustaining / Creating asks emerging artists to showcase work that illuminates innovative viewpoints on sustainability and contemporary creativity. Beyond its scientific definition, sustainability references notions of responsibility and stewardship of our natural world in all facets…
