Co-Op Updates – March 2010

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March 29th, 2010

Co-op: Producer (and actor) Jake Arnette tells us that auditions will be held for How I Learned to Drive on Wednesday, March 31st, at 6PM in 703. The characters are: L’il Bit: a woman who ages from forty something to eleven years old. There is a great deal of flexibility in age when casting L’il Bit. Male Greek Chorus :The actor will play The Grandfather, Waiter, High School Boys, and characters in their thirties-forties. There is a great deal of flexibility in age when casting him. Female Greek Chorus: The actress will play the mother, Aunt Mary, High school girls, and characters in their thirties-forties. There is a great deal of flexibility in age when casting her. Teenage Greek Chorus The actress will play the grandmother, High School girls, and the voice of 11 year old L’il Bit. Paula Vogel, the playwright, recommends hiring an actress who is of legal age, 21 to 25, but can also play 11 years old.

If you are interested in auditioning, e mail Jess Baird at jessbard@gmail.com or call her at 310 403 5426 or email Penny Safranek at penelopechalence@gmail.com.

March 22, 2010

Co-op: Producer (and actor) Jake Arnette tells us that Jess Bard will be directing How I Learned to Drive in the co-op. Auditions are to be held in 707 on Saturday March 27th from 11AM. to 3PM in half hour blocks.

The characters are: L’il Bit: a woman who ages from forty something to eleven years old. There is a great deal of flexibility in age when casting L’il Bit. Male Greek Chorus :The actor will play The Grandfather, Waiter, High School Boys, and characters in their thirties-forties. There is a great deal of flexibility in age when casting him. Female Greek Chorus: The actress will play the mother, Aunt Mary, High school girls, and characters in their thirties-forties. There is a great deal of flexibility in age when casting her. Teenage Greek Chorus The actress will play the grandmother, High School girls, and the voice of 11 year old L’il Bit. Paula Vogel, the playwright, recommends hiring an actress who is of legal age, 21 to 25, but can also play 11 years old.

If you are interested in auditioning, e mail Jess Baird at jessbard@gmail.com or call her at 310 403 5426 or email Penny Safranek at penelopechalence@gmail.com. Auditions are to be held in 707 on Saturday March 27th from 11AM. to 3PM in half hour blocks.

Members: Clarinda Ross is offering members, journeymen, and associates comp tickets to the opening night of her play, Spit Like a Big Girl, on Tuesday March 23rd at 8PM. The venue will be the Hermosa Beach Playhouse at Pier and PCH in Hermosa Beach. If you’d like to come, e mail Clarinda at clarinda3@aol.com to reserve.

March 16th, 2010

Co-op: Terry Davis tells us that the April 16th to May 29th co-op slot will be filled by How I Learned to Drive produced by Jake Arnette, Penny Safranak, and Susan Monaster. Bill Lithgow will direct. Terry asks members to “confirm your interest and availability for the May 27th to June 13th slot.” Tom Beyer with Rachel Ray and Tracie Lockwood with A Cry of Players are pencilled.Any other interested parties for that slot should contact Terry at tjd723@pacbell.net as soon as possible.

LADCC Awards: Jennifer Lonsway offers “a reminder that the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards are on Monday March 22nd, at The Colony Theatre in Burbank (near Ikea).The tickets are $40 and can be purchased through their website at http://www.ladramacriticscircle.com The theater only seats around 260 so I suggest you reserve now. All info about the event is explained on their website. If you’ve been nominated for an award you get one comp ticket but you don’t get it unless you call in to claim it. The Browing Version is up for four awards: Best Revival; Best Direction; Best Lead Performance – Bruce French and Best Featured Performance – Sally Smythe.

Website: Jen Lonsway, officially announcing the launch of the newly designed PRT website, says you can access it via www.PacificResidentTheatre.com, our old website address. “The roster and all members only information is also accessible now through this main site.On the far right of the menu bar click on ‘Company Access’ and the little box pops up into which you type ‘prt’, then ‘members.’ You’ll be at the place that has the roster, the production handbook, and sides.”

Jennifer wants “everyone to help thank Ed Stapleton for the amazing job he’s done in redesigning the site. It’s absolutely gorgeous and he was able to incorporate many, many of the suggestions that company members wanted to see in our website. Don’t forget that you can have your video clips posted along with your headshot on the members page. Ed designed the whole thing for free and now he’s turned the reins back over completely to Judy Trest who will continue to maintain it as she has for these many, many years and she’s doing a great job. Judy is also revamping the archives..” You can thank Ed at ej@ejstapleton.com; you can update and thank Judy Trest at JudithL@trest.com, and Jen says any complaints should be sent to her at prtjennifer@earthlink.net . Jen also requests digital photos from productions you have done at PRT; she also requests scanning photos “taken before the dawn of digital photos” and e mailing them to her as well. The goal is to have pictures posted in the archives for each co-op and mainstage show we have done. The files you send should be no larger than 4 or 5 pixels per email. You can also put them on a DVD and send them to Jen.

March 2nd, 2010

Co-op: Sarah’s War by longtime PRT member Valerie Dillman will open in the co-op this weekend. The play,directed by Matt McKenzie, will run from March 4th till March 21st. Since there are thirteen people in the cast, it might be advisable to make reservations soon: the reservation number is 323 460 2508.

Members: Anna Garduno will be in LA for four to six weeks as of March 20th and will be offering two commercial/animation voice over classes. The weekend class will start on Sunday, March 21st, and then run for the next three Saturdays, ending April 10th. The class will start at 10AM and end at 12:30PM. The evening class, starting at 7:15 PM and ending at 9:45PM, will meet on Wednesday nights. The class will run from Wednesday, March 24th, till Wednesday, April 14th. Tuition will be $225 with a $100 deposit required; private sessions are also available for $90 an hour. Anna’s engineer Mike Datz and she are also offering complete demo packages for $1250 all in (which include group class as a bonus). Anna is glad to answer any questions; e mail her at annagarduno@gmail.com .