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…
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On Beauty – Directing Disability – Shabbat Dinner and Conversation
- February 12th, 2013
Friday, March 8, 2013 at the JCC Manhattan. Registration request by March 1, 2013. Tickets are available online at JCC Manhattan or by calling 646-505-5708. Join special guests and filmmakers as we honor and discuss the work of outstanding directors of films about people with disabilities over a Shabbat dinner and conversation led by Inclusion…
New York Theatre Workshop (NYTW) Announces 2050 Fellowships for Emerging Directors and Playwrights
- November 5th, 2012
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…
Playwright, Bruce Norris, challenges Racial Casting Practices
- October 23rd, 2012
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…
Job Opportunity at OSF: ACCESS Coordinator
- August 29th, 2012
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…
RightsFest 2012: Civil Rights & Sports, 9/6-9/8 @ Tribeca Cinemas
- August 29th, 2012
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)…
Inclusion in the Arts partners with TCM to Examine Hollywood’s Depiction of People with Disabilities
- July 24th, 2012
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 Emily Perl Kingsley and the writers of Sesame Street
- June 20th, 2012
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!
2012 Loreen Arbus Disability Awareness Grant
- May 30th, 2012
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
- May 9th, 2012
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.)…