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Stage Combat Workshop with Maggie
McGee Moralez
Date: Saturday, March 29
Location: Central College Kruidenier Bldg.
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Section A, for adults 16 years of age or
older, will be held from 10 am- noon
Section B, for those
between 10-15 years of age, will be held from 1-2 pm
Cost is $5 with
prepaid registration or $10 at the door.
Space is limited to 12
participants per section.
Workshop Attire: Loose comfy clothes and
lace up tennis shoes. No jewlery!
Maggie is Certified Actor/Combatant
member of the Society of American Fight Directors. She is a 2000 graduate of
Pella Community High School and a 2005 graduate of Columbia College Chicago
where she studied stage combat and was a Teacher's Assistant for Fight Masters
David Woolley and John McFarland. Since graduating from Columbia with a
Bachelor of Arts in Theater, Maggie has been working in Chicago as a Production
Manager, Stage Manager, Director, Fight Director, and Combat Workshop
Instructor at various theaters in the city.
Click here for the registration
form
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Meet Brandon
Bruce!
Director of the 2008 PSC Festival production of
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Visit his web site at
www.brandon-bruce.com.
Auditions will take place
in April – so stay tuned! |
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The Pella Shakespeare Company
PSF 2008 Youth Troupe
Now
accepting applications for Director
The job description: To work with the PSC
Artistic Director and Board in selecting appropriate material, casting,
directing and setting up and supervising Youth Troupe performances. You will
also be expected to be involved with the Adult Troupe as either a performer or
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Material Selection: To be
finalized by April 15, 2008.
Auditions: Dates TBA and are open to community
actors between the ages of 10 and 18. Our policy has always been to use
everyone who auditions (crowd scenes are always good).
Rehearsals:
Schedule TBA, held during after school hours Monday, May 12 - 30, 2008.
Beginning June 6 rehearsals begin to take place between 1:00 and 4:00 pm. TBD
Performances: Wed.-Sat June 18-21.
Four performances of an abridged Shakespearian comedy or selection of appropriate scenes to
be presented June 18-21, 2008 in two locations: June 18, 19, 20 in West Market
Park and Saturday, June 21 at Lake Red Rock (followed by a cast party at the
lake.)
Director's salary: $400 flat
fee inclusive of rehearsal and performance weeks. We will also ATTEMPT to help
you with SOME housing costs. (no guarantees, we are fund raising as we speak)
Under the close supervision of the Artistic Director, the director will be
responsible for all aspects of production, including gathering costumes, props,
set, advertising, etc. You can arrange to receive 1 to 4 hours of credit
through Central College. Ask for details.
· Please send us a
letter of interest, including a resume of past directing, acting and production
experience. Include the following items:
· A one page summary
with your suggestions for a show or scene selections; outlining a potential
directorial approach for said show; and some of your ideas for educational and
fun activities for your audience members. This must be an ABRIDGED version of
the play ( 30- 40 minutes long).
· 3 References and their phone
numbers.
· Deadline for submission is Friday, March 14
2008.
· Please email these materials to
pellashakespeare@aol.com If you
prefer, you may send your materials to Pella Shakespeare Company, 1105 Hazel
Street; Pella, IA 50219. To ensure consideration, we must receive your
submission no later than Friday, March 14.
· Selection of
Director will be announced by April 1, 2008. We look forward to receiving your
submission! Questions to ask? Need more info? Call Ann Wilkinson at
641.628.5234 |
PSC News
PSC News The Pella
Shakespeare Company is now officially a nonprofit corporation in it’s own
right. Our thanks to Wesley Chaplin of Kreykes Law Office. James Bruxvoort of
H&R Block has also been donating time his expertise to help with filing the
paperwork necessary to receive our 501 (c) 3 status.
PSC 2006 is
sponsored by the Iowa Arts Council, Marion County Community Foundation, Friends
of Central Arts, Union Street Players, Vermeer Manufacturing, the Central
College Theatre Department, Iowa Motion Picture Association and the Pella
Department of Recreation. To support PSC, click here to make a donation. |
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The cast of The Comedy of Errors had the great fun
of adapting to five rehearsal spaces, multiple
“preview” spaces and three performance spaces! They fought the
noise of mowers and kids in cars “scooping the loop”; hordes of
mosquitoes; tremendous heat; transportations challenges; and misbehaving
costumes and props. Yet everyone of them claims to have enjoyed the challenge
and look forward to the next season. We hope you do too!
The Queen
strolled the grounds knighting worthy patrons, punishing disobedient
groundlings and encouraging her knights to battle. Her minstrels and jugglers
entertained the crowds while pages distributed programs. Booksellers to the
Queen sold books about Shakespeare; Hy Vee (Her Majesty’s purveyor)
roasted turkey legs; audience members picnicked while enjoying Conversations
on the Lawn. |
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A Midsummer Night's
Dream
for kids and by kids ....
Fairies slipped down slides,
royalty rode invisible horses, peace signs and tie dye abounded and a good time
was had by all. |
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Attended by over 1200 people, the 2005 Pella
Shakespeare Festival offered free performances by the adult troupe of “The
Comedy of Errors”, and by the kid’s troupe of “A Midsummer
Night’s Dream.”
All performances of the plays were held
outdoors in the local parks (including 2 locations in West Market Park, Central
Park and the Howell Station Campground) between June 18 and June 21-June 25,
2005.
Conversations on the Lawn, as sponsored by
an Iowa Arts Council mini-grant, were held prior to 5 evening performances. The
talks were held to enhance audience appreciation and understanding of
Shakespeare by offering illuminating historical information. In the weeks
preceding the production, several of the speakers also gave talks at
“Brown Bag Lunches” at the Pella Public Library. |
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