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Lanna Joffrey
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The Flea Theater Now Accepting Applications Modeled
after The Flea Theater’s successful resident company of actors, The Bats (now in
its 16th season), this intensive residency program will allow a small team of
young directors to work, train and direct in support of The Flea’s season under
the supervision of Artistic Director Jim Simpson and The Flea Theater
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It's not just a film; it's a movement!
New Dramatists seeks an arts professional interested in advocating for playwrights and playwriting, to join its management team as an Assistant Director of Development. Reporting to the Director of Development, the Assistant Director will assume primary responsibility for Institutional Giving, including grant writing and reporting to Foundation, Corporate and Government donors and prospects. The Assistant Director will also manage organization special events and co-manage New Dramatists' annual internship program. Position will provide opportunities to learn board management skills and strategies in individual giving and major gifts.
Bachelor's degree from a four-year university or college and a minimum of three years' experience in arts administration, is required. Excellent writing skills essential; grant writing, grants management, prospect research and donor stewardship experience, strongly desired and preferred. The successful candidate will have strong interpersonal skills, and preferably, prior experience working with high-level constituencies (board members, major donors, or other high-level clients.). Other requirements include excellent organizational skills and the ability to self-start, quick-learn, and shift priorities as needed to meet team needs. Sense of humor a must.
Extensive experience with MS Office suite required. Proficiency with patron databases (Blackbaud Raiser's Edge in particular) a plus.
The Assistant Director of Development will join a stable and committed team of nine veteran arts professionals who cooperatively manage New Dramatists' day-to-day administration. Shared staff duties include various administrative management assignments; occasional night/weekend duties; oversight of intern work.
Salary commensurate with experience; excellent employee benefits, including generous health insurance package and vacation time, offered to all FT employees.
Interested applicants, please e-mail cover letter with salary requirements, resume, and a professional writing sample (grant proposal or report is preferred) to christ...@newdramatists.org.
IMPORTANT: all applications must note in the email subject line: Assistant Director of Development - New Dramatists. This will ensure timely receipt of your application.
For best consideration, applications should be received by COB Friday, August 3.
New Dramatists is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in hiring and all other aspects of employment on the basis of gender, race, age, sex, religion, ethnicity, national origin, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, or any other category. For more information please visit http://newdramatists.org
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Submissions to the the
Lark's hotINK Festival are Open!
hotINK is a festival of
new plays that brings together playwrights from abroad with U.S. directors and
actors to introduce new work from around the world to New York audiences.
http://www.larktheatre.org/programs/hotINK.htm
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Hey NYC actors! Grace is AH-MAZING! I've studied with her several times. I first worked with her in The Public's Shakespeare Lab. Her voice technique was completely new to me and I LOVED it. If you have the time and money, it will be well spent. Feel free to forward.
Take care,
Lanna Joffrey
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Fall Voice Class for Working Actors
with Grace Zandarski
Voice and Text
This Fall’s class for working actors will focus on breath, ease, range and resonance with particular emphasis on how to apply these skills to text and auditions. Actors will explore a variety of methods to embody text using a monologue or audition material of your choice. Each student will have the opportunity to present his/her monologue and time is built in for notes and critique. While this class is Advanced, new students are welcome. Preference will be given to returning students.
Dates: Fridays
10 classes
Sept 14 –Nov 30, 2012
(No class on 11/9 or 11/23)
Time:
10:00am – 12:45pm
Place: Scott Freeman Studios
79 Leonard St., NY, NY
Cost: $675 new students
$600 returning students
(Payment plan and Paypal can be arranged.)
Notes: Actors should prepare a monologue to work on in class.
Classic or classic contemporary text is recommended.
Audition sides or scenes are also welcome.
To Register: Email your interest as soon as possible as class size is limited to 10 students. New students should send a resume for consideration. A deposit of $100 is due by August 15. The remainder is due on the first day of class unless other arrangements are made. Refunds will be given on a pro-rated basis if actor gets paid acting work that is out of town or conflicts with class time. Please send your deposit (or full payment) to:
Grace Zandarski, 131 W. 80th St. Apt. 3-A, NY, NY 10024
Questions: Email me at grac...@earthlink.net
Grace Zandarski is an Associate Teacher of Fitzmaurice Voicework and was certified in the first Fitzmaurice Training in 1998. Her Voice class is a unique combination of release work, breath connection, ownership, classic voice training for the stage, and physical exploration of text and character. She is a faculty member of the Acting Department at Yale School of Drama where she has taught Voice for 10 years. She was also on the faculty of The Actors Center and is a member of The Actors Center Workshop Company. Recent vocal coaching credits include the Broadway revival of Death of a Salesman directed by Mike Nichols, and A Winter’s Tale at Yale Rep directed by Liz Diamond. Directing credits include the recent Peer Gynt Project with Felix Ivanov. Grace is a graduate of The American Conservatory Theater under Bill Ball, Ed Hastings, and Larry Hecht (MFA in Acting) and Princeton University (BA English).