[e-drive][WORKSHOP: EDMONTON]

[Patricia Joyce]

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WORKSHOP OPPORTUNITY  Feature Film ³Fossil² 
WHEN:   Saturday September 7 2002   930-630PM 
WHERE:  Citadel Theatre (Specific location to be confirmed) 
LUNCH:  Catered  ³Upper Crust² 

BBC Arts and Drama Producer, and former Edmontonian, Nicholas E Copus, is in town and has invited local ACTRA/EQUITY members to participate in a workshop of the first draft of his 110 minute comedy/drama set in the Canadian Prairies, entitled ³Fossil² 

The Workshop will also include: 

-         the audition  the directors view 
-         cold reading and characterization  an actors interpretation and choices                             
-         discussion about character and characterization and non physical performance       
-         on set direction and performance 
-         analyze and viewing of the scene  what is working  what is not   
-         a discussion about script, dialogue and performance 

There is no fee for this workshop, nor will participants be paid. ACTRA Edmonton has agreed to allow members to waive fees should they wish to participate.  Please note this workshop will be recorded for critique/workshop purposes only. 

Please contact Nicholas Copus at 433 0531 between the hours of 10  7PM 
DEADLINE:     Friday September 6th Noon 

(Note: there are currently 37 roles (only 5 of which are female)  tentative production dates  - Summer 2004) 

This is a Caper about the clandestine discovery of a particularly valuable dead dinosaur, unearthed just outside Drumheller in the Alberta badlands.  And the helter-skelter chain of events that stretch across two oceans, four countries, seven provinces, four cities, a large field, an unfortunate bridge, and an angry town, all leading to a sandy mesa and some interesting stalagmites. 

Participating parties:  an actor with an attitude problem, a baseball mascot, an unemployed wedding videographer, three American perps tucked away in the international witness protection programme who now run an Edmonton based singing telegram company, a perfectionist Hispanic chef turned part time hit man etc etc.   As plans go haywire and temperatures boil the participants converge in a free for all of cars, cartridges and chaos that culminates in a climax that can only be described as almost unique.    The epic backdrop of the Alberta prairies in the height of summer sets the scene for the first Canadian gangster, road movie.