WORKSHOP:Weekend Acting Intensive for AugustEliot Street Collective

August 16, 2008
1pm-6pm

The July Acting Intensive was oversold. Here's the next in the series of monthly workshops. You can't beat the price and time commitment and it's really fun and covers a lot of territory!The class will be capped at 15! First 15 who pays at the great rate of $50.00 will be guaranteed a spot. You will work on both commercial copy and film auditions!

This is an exciting, hands-on, practical Performance workshop geared toward actors of any age. Get more call backs, book more jobs. Learn 3 ways to control the adrenaline rush.

It's not just about being confident and prepared. Learn to be memorable.
Answer the constant question - "Should I memorize or not?"

Improve your audition skills by participating in "real world" mock auditions· Get specific techniques to help you relax and have fun· Discover what casting directors are really looking for.

You will get to work on your audition skills, get direct feedback and several chances to improve your performance right away. You will also be video taped, so you can see what you are doing.

Dates: Saturday, August 16, 2008
Cost: $50.00 for the first 15 students only.

Payment must be received by August 8th, so that I can get you the material with ample time to prepare.

Time: 1pm-6pm

Location: Eliot Street Collective
2460 Eliot Street
Denver, CO 80211

CATHY REINKING (www.cathyreinking.com) worked on Emmy-Winning TV Shows for 12 years, helping 1000s of actors to be their best. Now Cathy is bringing these insights to you. Her secrets are ideal for actors 8 to 80 who are pursuing a professional career.

Contact: CathyCasting@yahoo.com or call 720-985-8852

WORKSHOP: Create A Stand-up Comedy Set! Bovine Metropolis

You gots jokes.

I know you do.

Draw upon your personal experiences to create funny, stage-ready material in this two-part stand-up workshop. The first class will help new comedians write fresh material based on personal experiences and/or workshop material that's already been written. Returning for Part 2 a week later, you'll workshop material developed during the week and finish with a show to test the goods! As a bonus, we'll bring in two guest comedians to offer additional perspective.

*Note the date of the show has been moved out a week to August 24, at 6:00pm.

When's the last time you enjoyed Summer Camp?

ENROLL NOW!

Sign up now for some Improv Summer Lovin'.

Stand Up!
with Jake Sharon

Create or develop a stand-up routine!
2-Days:
August 9, 10:00am-5:00pm
August 17, 2:00pm-5:00pm

SHOW is 8/24 at 6:30pm
$99

?Questions?
Email Brian McManus with any questions at: mcmanus@bovinemetropolis.com
or call: (303)758-4722

http://www.bovinemetropolis.com/

WORKSHOP:"The Poetic Body" Butoh Master ClassEliot Street Collective

Date: August 17 (Sunday)
Time: 10am-3pm

$50.00 for 5 hour workshop
Space is limited.

Butoh attempts to affirm the dance which lies within the body--the body is, in itself, contmplated as a small univers..." -Goda Nario, "on Ankoku Butoh"

"The Poetic Body Butoh" is an internal meditation through dance. In this class, students will explore the process of reshaping ones experience though body awareness and image work. Nothing is ever as we think it is. The body is a constantly changing form. This work can go from slow, intensive focus to quick chaos. To become what you are doing and to not merely pretending is our aim.

In Butoh, we move from metaphors and atmosphere added to the body until we become sometimes unknown even to the self. Imagination: fluid, flowing like lightening coursing through the veins of a tree and a fish swimming in your stomach. We begin to understand that moving nature is a paradox in space and time. It is exposed and present. Students will become aware of stillness, disappearing, holding and exploding through solo, partner and group exercises.

Class is open to all levels of movement experience.

The Instructor: Jennifer Hicks M.F.A, R.Y.T is an instructor at Naropa University in the MFA in Contemporary Performance Department and hails as a performer, choreographer, teacher and artist. She received her MFA from Naropa University in Contemporary Performance and BFA from Tufts University. She was also a recipient of the Traveling Scholars Award from The School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. Her interest in Butoh sparked in the mid 1980's and she began to study seriously in 1994. Since then, she has been dancing with KASTURA Kan in his international Butoh company for over 8 years and has founded her own company, Fragile Creep which will be performing this summer in the Boston area and in Colorado. In addition, Jennifer is a certified Shintaido Instructor, Trance Dance International Facilitator and a Yoga Instructor registered with the National Yoga Alliance.

Contact Information
Email: Janna Meiringjanna@eliotstreetcollective.com
Website: http://www.eliotstreetcollective.com/

OPEN AUDITION: THREE PLAYS, 2008-2009 SEASONShadow Theatre Company

Shadow Theatre Company will hold open auditions for its 2008-2009 season, which includes Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, Smokey Joes Café and Oscar and Felix.

Auditions will be held on Friday, August 1st at 6:30 pm and Saturday, August 2nd at noon.

All auditions are by appointment only.

Actors and actresses ranging in age from 18-up and boys and girls ages 10-13 are needed.

We welcome and encourage actors of all races and ethnicities to audition.

Prepare a 2-minute monologue, 16 bars of a song of your choice and bring a résumé and headshot.

Auditions will be held at Shadow Theatre Company located at 1468 Dayton Street, Aurora.

To schedule an appointment please call 720.857.8000.

We are also looking for stage managers, costume designers, lighting designers, set designers and light and sound operators.

Please send your resume to info@shadowtheatre.com.

If you are interested in volunteering as an usher please send an email to info@shadowtheatre.com.

Opening: "Planet Washington" Comes To DenverBovine Metropolis Theater

Bovine Metropolis Theater is proud to host:

"Planet Washington" all the way from Washington D.C for the week of the Democratic National Convention

Opens Sunday - August 24, 2008

The Funniest Up-to-the-Minute Spontaneous Musical Political Satire
From the National Press Club in Washington, DC

PLANET WASHINGTON

With former Capitol Step Ken Rynne DC's Funniest Quickest Musical Political Satire

"Political Comedy's New Kid on the Block." - Rachel Ray

"Like The Daily Show with Jon Stewart - but with music!" "

Like Mark Russell on Steroids." -The Mitchell Baseball Report

"A real toe-tapper" - Sen. Larry Craig

Former Capitol Hill staffer & Capitol Step Ken Rynne and piano accompanist and sidekick Seymour Muchmore combine great music hilarious parodies and fun audience interaction to spoof politics & pop culture.

Guaranteed to make you laugh- or twice your misery back!

SEE A SNEAK PREVIEW AT: www.PlanetWashington.com

Show Details
Show run: August 24, 2008 to August 28, 2008
Time: Sunday - 7:00pm and Mon., Tues., Wed. Thurs. - 10:00pm

Tickets: $30
Reservations: 303-758-4722 or reservations@BovineMetroplolis.com
Web: www.BovineMetropolis.com
Publicist: Linnea Brutlag
Phone 303-758-4722
Cell 303-335-5258
Fax: 303-758-0416
Email: linnea@bovinemetropolis.com

Book your Holiday Party now with The Bovine! "On The Spot" entertainment tailored just for your group either at the theater or at your location. Email sales@BovineMetropolis.com or call 303-758-4722 for more information.

About Bovine Metropolis Theater
We are a comedy organization, specializing in performance, artistic training, corporate training and corporate entertainment. Bovine Metropolis features sketch comedy, long form and short form improvisation. The premier Improv school in the Rockies, The Bovine is Denver's one stop shop for comedy.

Bovine Metropolis Theater
Linnea Brutlag, Producer

Review:URINETOWN, The Musical The Dairy Center For The Arts (Boulder)

Urinetown. The title is revolting, the story line is absurd, the lines are cheesy to the power of 10, the acting and singing range from adequate to exceptional... and everyone within a hundred miles of The Dairy Center in Boulder should make it to this play sometime between now and July 27! Yes, it’s that good.

There’s no way to prepare for the trip you’ll be taken on through this more than slightly demented musical account of a community struggling to survive in a devestated post-draught world where the almost-penniless populous must line up soup kitchen style and pay high fees for the privilege of peeing as part of the government’s effort to save water.

With almost every modern musical theatre hit being spoofed in the process, each obviously borrowed "big production number", formula song, generic choreographed dance style, and over-used corny line from Broadway is reworked, warped, wrapped in more corny dialog, and served up with very appropriate over-the-top delivery.

Don’t let the title dissuade you. For all its references to certain necessary bodily functions, nary a line actually offends even the most offendable. The expected off-color innuendos, gross references, or cheap, disgusting jokes that one might expect to draw mass groans are happily absent. It’s hard to explain, but in the most bizarre, silly, stupid, implausible way, the whole thing actually makes sense! And, it’s really, really funny!

As in any community theatre effort, some of the acting and singing is 'Wow!' quality, and some is not. In this particular show (June 20, Cast B), the 'Wow‘s' are offered in strong vocal performances by Lexi Strickland (Hope Cladwell) and Devyn Cordes (Penelope Pennywise). Danny Irwin (Bobby Strong), Keira Mountain (Little Sally), and Michael Ciaglo (Caldwell B Cladwell) keep the show rolling with believable characterizations of profoundly unbelievable characters. John Balch (Officer Lockstock) and his worthy assistant Lena Antman (Officer Barrel) provide ‘meanwhile, back at the sewer” summaries to keep everything tied together for the audience.

Urinetown is a CenterStage Production. Ileane Olson is the producer. Jeanie Balch directs and does a splendid job of pulling off such a nonsensical show with obvious polish. Daniel Graeber, local pianist extraordinaire, is the Music Director. Louisa Balch’s choreography brings the show to life with very well executed, perfectly over-done dance numbers.

The band (Daniel Graeber, Paul Farus, Colin Spear, and Max Ripple) creates one of the show’s most entertaining ‘characters’- the quirky music, but unfortunately, at times it is loud enough to cover important dialog which struggles some to reach the audience through less-than-crisp michrophones. The Dairy Center provides a charming ‘black box’ theatre environment for shows like Urinetown. Maybe someday someone will generously donate them a better sound system.

Go see Urinetown if you haven’t. See it again, if you have. It’s a hoot- and proves for once and for all that any subject can be turned into a main stage, over-the-top, no holes barred (pardon the pun), laugh-out-very-loud, rollicking musical!

The show is double-cast, which means that different casts perform on different nights. The schedule for the rest of the performances is:
Cast A:
7:00 PM Shows
July 23, 25, 26

Cast B:
7:00 PM Shows
July 24

1:00 PM Shows
July 26, 27

The Dairy Center For The Arts is located at:

2950 Walnut St., Boulder, CO

Tickets are $10 and $14.
For reservations by phone, call FrontGate Tickets at 888-512-7469.
To purchase online, go to:

http://www.thedairy.org/ or http://www.centerstagetheatrecompany.org/

Warning: “Go before you go.” Or, if you need to ‘go’ during the intermission, be sure to take your ‘good for one free pee' coupon with you when you head toward the facilities. One complimentary coupon is found in each program. Characters of the show will actually be collecting the 'pee coupons' at the restroom door- and rumor has it that Officer Lockstock is more than willing to arrest anyone to tries to gain unauthorized entry to the restrooms. In other words, even during the intermission, the show keeps going… and going… and going…

By Elaine Nash

"Improvathon" to Benefit Family Tree Bovine Metropolis Theater

24 Hours of Local Comedy Talent Featured at Charity Event

The Bovine Metropolis Theater will host a 24-hour "Improvathon" featuring The SanScript Players from 6 p.m. on Friday, August 1, until 6 p.m. on Saturday, August 2. Tickets for this special event are only $8 with all proceeds benefiting Family Tree.

"Bovine Metropolis Theater has a long association with Family Tree having done two Improvathons over the past eight years," says Eric Farone, Bovine's Artistic Director. "We believe that Family Tree provides an invaluable service to the community and we want to help them in their commitment to families."

The Improvathon will feature improv troupes from around the metro area such as Wordplay, Noisemakers, Synergy Players, The Generals, Club Sensationzzz and the On the Spot cast to name a few. The Bovine will also offer hats and shirts with proceeds benefiting Family Tree.

About Bovine Metropolis Theater:
The Bovine Metropolis Theater presents shows five nights a week, offers improv classes 12 months a year, and hosts improv workshops every summer. The Bovine also offers corporate training and group entertainment. For information about the Bovine's shows, classes and other comedic offerings, go to www.BovineMetropolis.com.

About Family Tree:
Since 1976 Family Tree has provided a continuum of services and shelters to families and youth of metro Denver to overcome child abuse, domestic violence and homelessness. Last year, Family Tree provided services to more than 31,000 people including more than 25,000 nights of safe shelter to families and individuals who might otherwise be homeless. The mission of Family Tree is to help people overcome child abuse, domestic violence and homelessness to become safe, strong and self-reliant.

For more information visit: www.thefamilytree.org.

SUMMER THEATRE TRAININGDENVER VICTORIAN PLAYHOUSE

Auditioning class for pre-teens and teens 10-18 yrs.

Fine tune your skills and work on monologs old and new.

Practice different types of audition skills and work on goals right for you!

Classes run for four Saturdays
July 26th thru August 16th
10:00 AM till noon

Only 10 students accepted.
$ 140.00 for 4 sessions
(Less than 4, $35.00 per class)

Please call 303-981-0082 for more information.
To register by e-mail: ReetBrit21@yahoo.com.

Classes will be held at:
The Denver Victorian Playhouse
4201 Hooker St
Denver, CO 80211

RITA BRODERICK has been working as a stage and film actress and director for 20 years all over America. Originally from England, Rita has travelled across the states performing and training in various performing art mediums. In addition to acting, she teaches students at the Denver Center Theatre Company, the Denver Victorian Playhouse, and other venues. She was seen this summer as Francesca in The Glider at the Vic (And Toto Too productions). Some of her other Denver Theatre roles have included Marie in "Bold Girls," Tamora in "Titus Andronicus," Dr. Livingstone in "Agnes of God," and the fun-loving Bogle in "Jacob Marley's Christmas Carol." Rita heads up the Children's Program at the Vic.

Theater: Only a few make living from stage alone By John Moore, Denver Post Theater CriticReprinted from the Denver Post

Wendy Ishii made $1,000 a day acting on a soap opera.

She now makes $500 a month teaching theater at a state university, and $14,000 a year running Fort Collins' Bas Bleu, one of the region's most respected theater companies.

"That tells you how much we value teachers and artists in this country," said Ishii, who can keep managing her 16-year-old theater for one reason: "Because I am married to a neuroscientist who believes theater is just as important as curing Alzheimer's.

"But if I were a single mom, no way."

They used to say most actors in Colorado perform for gas money. But with the cost of fuel these days, not even that's true anymore.

Bas Bleu pays every actor $200 for the entire run of a play, "whether they
have one line or 10,000," said Ishii. Factoring in rehearsal and performance time, that's less than $1 an hour. And that's common.

Colorado has 97 theater companies, but only seven that belong to Actor's Equity, the union that mandates minimum salaries for its actors, of whom 327 live (but not many gainfully work) in Colorado.

Only about 150 people can claim to make full-time salaries in the theater here. And what they make varies greatly. The Denver Center for the Performing Arts employs 80 year-round theater workers, led by president Randy Weeks at $265,000, and theater company artistic director Kent Thompson at $205,001 (predecessor Donovan Marley made $339,767 in 2002).
The Denver Center hires about 50 seasonal actors, but they get paid only for the weeks they work. And only about eight of them get full seasons of work, which is about 36 weeks of pay.
"And we are the lucky ones," said Sam Gregory, who last summer was also a guest actor for the non-union Paragon Theatre's "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf."

The Denver Center pays its actors minimums that range from $555 to $816 a week, as dictated by its contract with Actors Equity. Some make more. If they work enough weeks, they qualify for health insurance. That makes for a living, but is hardly an extravagant wage, said Gregory, who spent 20 years as an acting gypsy before finding a home with the Denver Center Theatre Company.

Smaller union theaters don't offer as many performances, so their minimums are lower. Curious Theatre must pay actors at least $250 a week; the Aurora Fox, $187. No union theater runs 52 weeks a year, but say the Aurora Fox did. If one actor managed to get cast in every show, he still wouldn't clear $10,000 for the year.

When Paragon landed Gregory, Equity set his wage at $3,400 for 10 weeks of work. That's far below his Denver Center pay, but it still necessitated a special fundraising campaign by Paragon's board. His onstage wife, played by nonunion actor Martha Harmon Pardee, made $300 — total.
Both won Denver Post Ovation Awards. That's how silly it is to try to equate artistic excellence with compensation.

Other companies tie wages to attendance. Germinal Stage-Denver pays a $150 minimum stipend against a percentage of the net, up to $450.

Buntport Theater recently became one of the state's few full-time professional ensembles. After years of paying themselves $19,000 a year and working as many second jobs as they could get, they decided enough's enough: Everyone gets $30,000 and works at Buntport full time.

"We consider ourselves very lucky, but we worked awfully hard to get to the point where we could make a living wage," said Erin Rollman. "But it was a necessary step in order for us to be true to our mission statement. Working full time at the theater means we will be able to do more and better work."

But the fact is, "most of the people you see in plays at night have spent their days working in an office or at a restaurant," said Gregory. "They do it for the love of it."

What choice do they have? With apologies to Beckett: They can't go on. They must go on.

OPEN AUDITION:Coal Creek Community Theatre"Anything Goes"

Coal Creek Community Theater Announces Auditions for the Musical, "Anything Goes".

Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter
Original Book by Guy Bolton, P.G. Wodehouse, Howard Lindsay & Russell Crouse

Auditions: August 11th & 12th from 6:30-10:00pm
Louisville Center for the Arts
801 Grant. St., Louisville, CO

Callbacks: August 13th from 6:30-10:00pm
Louisville Center for the Arts
801 Grant. St., Louisville, CO

Appointments: 4-6 people will be scheduled for every 30 minute block.

Please contact Jim Kimbrough at 720-290-5612 to set up an appointment or if you have any questions.

Prepare: Please prepare 32 bars of a Broadway Show Tune and a 1-2 minute comedic monologue

Performance Dates: October 31st-November 16th

Roles Available: All roles are available and are open to men and women ages 18-65

Synopsis: Reno Sweeney, an evangelist turned bar hostess, gets such a kick out of Billy Crocker that she boards a Europe-bound liner to dissuade him from pursuing Hope Harcourt. Although Billy dreams of Hope all through the night, Hope is determined to marry Lord Evelyn Oakleigh. Crocker has boarded without a ticket, so is forced to adopt a number of disguises. Also aboard is a wistful little man, the Reverend Dr. Moon, whom the FBI has branded "Public Enemy 13". Moon's ambition is to rise to the top of the list. On landing, Hope discovers she has become an heiress, drops her Englishman and consents to marry Billy. Oakleigh turns his attention to Reno, and Moon, to his dismay, learns that he has been judged harmless and dropped from the FBI list.

OPEN AUDITION:Arvada Center for the Arts"Hollywood Arms"

Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities will hold auditions for Hollywood Arms on Monday, July 21 and Tuesday, July 22, 2008 at the Arvada Center. This production will be directed by Terry Dodd and produced by Rod A. Lansberry.

Equity auditions will be held on July 21 from 11:00 a.m. – Noon. Open auditions will be held on July 21 from Noon – 3:00 p.m. and July 22 from 11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Auditions are by appointment only and can be scheduled by calling (720) 898-7200. Auditions will be in Denver only. No out of town auditions are scheduled.

Experienced performers with strong acting abilities are needed. This is an Equity LORT D production, although non-equity actors may audition. Actors should prepare the following: one minute contemporary comedic monologue and one minute contemporary dramatic monologue. Along with two monologues, the roles of Young Helen, Older Helen, Alice and Malcolm must have a song ready to sing a cappella. A classic/standard song is preferred, such as "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows," "Somewhere over the Rainbow" and "Take Back Your Mink." A headshot and resume are required. Equity members must have a current ID card.

Rehearsals for Hollywood Arms begin on October 3, 2008. The show opens October 21, 2008 and runs through November 23, 2008 Tuesday through Saturday evenings with matinees on Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays for a total of eight shows per week.

The Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities is one of the metro area's largest cultural attractions, devoted to all aspects of the arts and generously supported by the Scientific & Cultural Facilities District (SCFD). For more information, call the Arvada Center box office at (720) 898-7200 or visit arvadacenter.org.

WHAT: Auditions for Hollywood Arms

WHEN: Monday, July 21 ~ Equity Auditions from 11:00 a.m. – NoonOpen Auditions from Noon – 3:00 p.m.Tuesday, July 22 ~ Open Auditions from 11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

HOW: By appointment only, call (720) 898-7200

WHERE: Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities6901 Wadsworth Blvd.

MORE INFO: Visit arvadacenter.org/on-stage/auditions

Character Descriptions for Hollywood Arms:
Young Helen – 10 - 15. Young Girl, pint-sized dynamo, winning personality, booming voice, comedic timing in the making (a young Carol Burnett), must be able to sing.

Older Helen – 25 - 30. A young Carol Burnett, comedic, vital, full-of-life, must be able to sing.

Louise – 40 - 50. Struggling to be a writer, distant but loving mom, struggles with the bottle, a mean drunk..

Nanny – 50+. Grandmother, tough, funny, pill-popping, hypochondriac, Christian Scientist.

Bill – 40 - 50. Sweet, nice-guy, simple, decent. Not of this family.

Jody – 40 - 50. Alcoholic, trying to stay on the wagon, sweet-natured, loves his daughter fiercely.Dixie – 35 - 40.

Landlady at the Hollywood Arms, Louise's best friend, colorful yet no-nonsense.

Malcolm – 10 - 15. Boy, loud-mouthed, smart-aleck, best friends with young Helen. Must be able to sing.

Alice – 15 - 20. Helen's younger sister. Somewhat rebellious but basically a good kid. Must be able to sing.

2 cops – 25+.

OPEN AUDITION:Crossroads Theatre on the RailsSummer and Fall Productions

AUDITION DATES: June 27th (Friday), and June 28th (Saturday), 2008

TIME: 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM (noon)

LOCATION:2590 Washington St (at Welton)

Crossroads Theatre on the Rail announces will hold auditions for their summer and fall productions on Friday, June 27th and Saturday June 28th, 2008 from 8am to noon at the Crossroads Theatre located in historical Five Points.

Actors, dancers, and singers are to prepare a one-minute monologue and/or read from sides.

SHOWS:
THE DANCING BEAR- two men and two women, opening in July.Actors must dance.

LES ENFANTS- seven performer. A variety performance featuring children ages 7-12, opening in late August. Performance, dancing and singing.

POET!- A choreo-poem featuring seven actors, 4 men and 3 women. Movement, performance, singing. Opens in September.

PASTORELLA- A new original musical production. 8 women and 7 men. Singing and dancing.

AVENTURAS- casting male and female 20 - 30 years old to co-host for pilot for Telemundo TV. Must speak Spanish and English fluently.

Please bring PHOTO and RESUME.

For more information, call: (303) 832-0929
http://www.denvercrossroads.com/

OPENING:Bovine Metropolis Theatre"New and Improv'd"

"New and Improv'd" Featuring The Info-Maniacs "As Seen on TV!" and Guilt by Association Association - Opens Saturday, July 12, 2008

The Battle Royale House teams perform together in "New and Improv'd," a two act all long form improv extravaganza.

"The Info-Maniacs 'As seen on TV!'" will start the show by getting your suggestions and taking you into a fascinating and funny TV world no one has ever seen.

"Guilt by Association Association" will complete this hilarious night by performing a Harold just for you. The Harold is a fun and slightly complex improv format that will leave you wondering, "How did they do that?"

This show is for all ages.
Show Details
Show run: July 12, 2008 - July 26, 2008
Time: 8:00 pm - Saturdays
Tickets: $10
Reservations: 303-758-4722 or reservations@BovineMetroplolis.com
Web site: www.BovineMetropolis.com

SUMMER IMPROV WORKSHOPS: The Bovine Metropolis

Discovering the Moment
Instructor: Brian McManus
6 Hour Workshop
June 28, 10:00am – 5:00pm
$75

----- This workshop will explore the art of ‘jumping’--stepping into the light with absolutely nothing in your mind but readiness. We’ll examine this as a method for moving scenes forward organically, without planning or writing out the scene in your head beforehand. You’ll leave with a greater trust in yourself and some techniques to expand this unnerving moment into a comfortable working space. We’ll celebrate our experimental ponderings with a show! Don’t think about it. Jump.

Chick It!
Instructor: Sarah Kirwin
6 Hour Workshop
July 12, 10:00pm – 5:00pm
$75
----- We are women, hear us Moo! ...wait that didn't come out right. Ladies of Improv! Come and delve into the wonders of being a spontaneous chick. Work on being more bold and daring with your scenes and shed the age-old standard roles of the Mother, the Wife, the Witch and the Lover. Play, commit and jump bravely into the moment with confidence. Explore the dynamics of the "all girl" scenes and groups.

Intro to the HAROLD
Instructor: Michael Traylor
2-Day Workshop and Show
July 19, 10:00am – 5:00pm (with an hour for lunch)
July 20, 2:00pm – 5:00pm; Show at 6:30pm
$99
----- Learn why Harold is the most famous improv form. This workshop will introduce you to Harold’s structure and movements, focusing on understanding group mind, supporting your partner and developing & recognizing patterns and connections. The workshop will cover callbacks, theme, edits and how to make scene work smarter, emotional and easier. Come learn what makes Harold a signature form and how to apply its lessons to all improv forms.

Go Long!
Instructor: Ben Reed
High School Long Form Workshop (Ages 14-19)
2-Day Workshop and Show
July 26, 10:00am – 5:00pm (with an hour for lunch)
July 27, 2:00pm – 5:00pm; show at 6:30pm
$99
----- Looking to make the leap into long form? Want to learn new tools & techniques to bring back to your school improv troupe in the fall? This workshop is designed specifically for the intermediate to advanced high school improviser to help sculpt those after-school skills into long form knowledge. You’ll learn techniques that will make relationships go deeper, characters richer, audiences laugh harder and improv more fun...ner. The class will culminate in the production of a full-blown long form show at the theater for your friends and family!

Tips and Tricks to Making Long Form Fly
Instructor: Matthew Taylor
3 Hour Workshop
August 2, 10:00pm – 1:00pm
$49
----- Take this chance to workshop your improv skills with Matthew Taylor. During this playful session, Matthew will be downloading all the tips and tricks he’s learned over the last 15 years to stimulate scenework and increase your overall success rate. He’ll offer his unique perspective on long form involving everything from characters and relationships to creating sound structure within scenes. Come make your long form fly!

Up Next: You!
Instructor: Jake Sharon
2-Day Workshop and Show
August 9, 10:00am – 5:00pm (with an hour for lunch)
August 17, 2:00pm – 5:00pm; show at 6:30pm
$99
----- Come learn to draw upon your personal experiences to create funny, stage-ready material in this two-part stand-up workshop. The first class will help new comedians write fresh material based on personal experiences and/or workshop material that’s already been written. Returning for Part 2 a week later, you’ll workshop material developed during the week and finish with a show to test the goods! As a bonus, we’ll bring in two guest comedians to offer additional perspective.

For more information and to register:

http://www.bovinemetropolis.com/ or call 303-758-4722.

OPEN AUDITION: OpenStage Theatre, Fort Collins"Little Shop of Horrors"

OpenStage Theatre will hold auditions for the musical Little Shop of Horrors on Monday and Tuesday, June 23 and 24, from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

Audition appointments are required and should be made by calling OpenStage Theatre at 970-484-5237 or emailing denisef@openstage.com.

Auditioners will be required to present a maximum 2-minute monologue and sing 16 bars of music. An accompanist will be available.

Little Shop of Horrors will perform from August 30 to September 27, 2008 in the Fort Collins Lincoln Center.

For more information, visit OpenStage’s website at www.openstage.com or call 970-484-5237.

Founded in 1973, OpenStage Theatre is a recipient of the Governor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts and a member of Theatre Communications Group, the national organization for not-for-profit professional theatres.

OPEN AUDITION: The Vintage Theatre"Barefoot In The Park"

“Barefoot in the Park” by Neil Simon, directed by Sarah Roshan

WHEN: Auditions are Saturday, June 21 , 10 AM - 1 PM, Call-backs 2- 5 PM

WHAT: Prepare a contemporary, comedic monologue not to exceed 2 minutes. Photo/headshot and resume required.

WHERE:Vintage Theatre 2119 E 17th Ave, Denver 80206

CASTING: 4 Males:Telephone Repair Man – Mid Thirties, heavy setDelivery Man – Early 60’sPaul – Mid to Late TwentiesVelasco – late 50’s
The roles of Corie and Mrs. Banks have been pre cast.

BRIEF DESCRIPTIONS:

Paul Bratter: 26, Corie’s husband. Paul and Corie just finished their honeymoon at the plaza. Just got his first case as a lawer, very conservative, logical, and always wants order.
Victor Velasco: 50’s, Corie and Paul’s Neighbor. Eccentric, Carefree, over the top
Telephone Repair Man: Mid 30’s – 40’s, heavy set.
Delivery Man: teens/early twenties, Delivery man for Lord and Taylor/ understudy for Paul Bratter

ABOUT THE SHOW: This classic romantic comedy follows Corie and Paul fresh off their honeymoon at the Plaza as they begin married life in a tiny 5th floor walkup. Throw in her meddling mother, an eccentric neighbor, a sequence of misunderstandings and you’ve got the perfect recipe for laughter!

SHOW DATES: Tour: September 28th – Late October and January 9th – February 15th

Cast must be available for both runs.

SHOW SCHEDULE: Friday, Saturday evenings at 7:30 pm, Sunday matinee at 2:00 pm

CONTACT: Call 303-905-9740 or email sarah.b.roshan@gmail.com

for an appointment

OPEN AUDITION: Mizel Arts and Cultural Center"Show Up For Democracy"Touring Production

Men and women of all ages and cultural backgrounds who have physical and/or developmental disabilities are needed for PHAMALY’s Fall 2008 Touring Production, Show Up for Democracy.

PHAMALY will hold auditions and call backs Monday, June 23, 2008 from 5:30-9:30 pm at the Mizel Arts and Culture Center. Performers new to the company and those who have not been in a PHAMALY production in the past four years must schedule an audition between 5:30 and 6:30 pm. Call backs will run from 6:30 to 9:30 pm. If you have performed in a PHAMALY production in the last four years (from Joseph… on), you do not need to audition but must sign up for the call back. The Mizel Arts and Culture Center is located at 350 S. Dahlia St. in Denver.

Auditioners need to prepare one short musical number minimum 16 bars or up to one minute in length and one contemporary (dramatic or musical) monologue up to one minute in length.

Accompaniment will be provided and a cassette/CD player will be available. Resume and headshot are requested. All roles are currently available.

Show Up for Democracy is an original nonpartisan one-act musical that dramatizes the importance of inclusion to the future of democracy. It follows a theatre ensemble, founded in 1776, as it struggles to keep the ‘Show of Democracy’ going. A new member from the next generation challenges the troupe with fresh ideas for the next act. Will the democratic ensemble be able to work together to keep the show going, or will their differences drive them apart? What should our next act be?

To sign up for an audition or call back, call the PHAMALY Hotline at 303.575.0005 or e-mail your request to SUFD@phamaly.org.

NAT'L PERFORMING ARTS CONVENTION PACKED WITH SIGHTS, SOUNDS, AND OPPORTUNITIES!Open to Denver Performing Arts public- Friday and Saturday!

The National Performing Arts Convention has opened its doors to anyone who is seriously interested in any of the performing arts, and those who go to this free event at the convention center will find a lot there to see!

Want to see the original Wicked costumes (Amazing work!) up close and in person? There're there- in the premier exhibit of the convention, which was designed and built as a two-year long project of the United States Institute of Theatre Technology. Want to see incredibly detailed mock-ups and working plans of some of the most famous plays, operas, and other world renowned performances in the world? There're there! Visit with some of the most creative professionals in the industry. Some of the nation's top sound designers, scenic designers, costume designers, lighting designers, writers, producers, theatrical wig vendors, stage make-up specialists a showing off their wares and skills, and even a custom corset company is there ready to measure you top to bottom- and the list goes on and on. How does 'The Stage Channel' sound to you? Go by their booth and ask them what they're up to! There are more performances than you can shake a stick at, there are fascinating people, educational and entertaining experiences, and more. Bottom line- a lot of very interesting people with a lot of information and even some pretty amazing opportunities for those who are pursuing a profession in the performing arts.

The National Performing Arts Convention is only held every four years, and the next one won't be in Denver.

You can see all there is to see by simply going to the convention center on Friday or Saturday. There are lots of very friendly people there to tell you what's happening and to show you where to go.

For schedule and details go to: http://www.performingartsconvention.com/.

When you go, just tell anyone who asks, what your involvement in the performing arts is, and you will be welcomed.

UNIQUE WORKSHOPS HELP ACTORS LOOK INWARD- WAY INWARD!At Eliot Street Collective

Body as Resourse:

Three Workshops to Connect and Discover

Sat. June 14th 2-5pm:
Focus on CELLULAR and SKELETAL systems

Sat. July 12th 2-5pm:
Focus on the HEART and LUNGS

Sat. July 26th 2-5pr
Focus on the LOWER ORGAN system

One class: $50 Two classes: $90 All Three: $130

In a safe, playful and rejuvenating series of workshops, students will study the systems of the body based on the techniques of Body Mind Centering® and Contemplative Movement Practice.

Through discussion, image work and movement, students will improve body awareness and make connections into the emotional resources of the body. They will learn to trust the body's impulse as information for making strong choices for the stage and in life.

Class is open to all, Some acting/ dance experience is helpful but not necessary in this experiential class. Each class will focus on a different body system. Students may take a workshop individually or all three!

Course instructor, Janna Meiring, has an MFA in contemporary Performance from Naropa University where she studied Body Mind Centering, Contemplative Movement, and rotowski Physical Acting. Janna is an Interdiciplinary Theatre Artist, Actor, and Teacher. She creates, performs, and directs new work for the stage that focuses on community and social justice issues.

Contact Information :

.....Email: JannaMeiring@mac.com
.....Phone: 303-818-2597