EQUIFLASH [LAST CALL FOR MASTERCLASS FOR DIRECTORS APPLICATIONS]

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LAST CALL FOR MASTERCLASS FOR DIRECTORS APPLICATIONS
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The Masterclass for Directors application deadline has been EXTENDED to November 19, 2009. Application and travel and accommodation subsidy forms are available at http://www.caea.com.

Canadian Actors' Equity Association is pleased to announce that Josette Bushell-Mingo and Martha Henry will join National Arts Centre Artistic Director Peter Hinton for nine days of mentoring and instruction, June 9 - 19, 2010. 

Martha Henry has directed across Canada, including seven years at London's Grand Theatre, where she was artistic director from 1987 to 1994. Ms Henry holds seven honorary doctorates, a Governor General's Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Performing Arts, the Order of Ontario and is a Companion of the Order of Canada. She is the director of Stratford's Birmingham Conservatory for Classical Theatre.

Josette Bushell-Mingo is currently Artistic Director of The Silent Theatre in Stockholm, Sweden. She is also Artistic Director of PUSH, and is an Associate Artist of The Almeida Theatre, London. Josette was awarded an O.B.E. in the Queen's Birthday Honours List in 2006. Ms Bushell-Mingo was the director of the 2007 National Arts Centre/Royal Shakespeare Company production of "The Penelopiad."

Complete biographies of Ms Henry and Ms Bushell-Mingo are available on Equity's website at http://www.caea.com.

The 2010 Masterclass for Directors, is open to both mid-career directors and established theatre artists making a transition to directing. There will be 16 participants, with no auditors. The Masterclass is open to Equity members in good standing only. 

A selection committee, headed by Peter Hinton together with representatives from Equity and the Magnetic North Festival, will adjudicate the applications. Strong preference will be given to applicants with professional directing experience. Successful applicants will be representative of the diverse Canadian population and reflect a diversity of regional representation within Equity's membership. Members who have participated in a previous Equity Directors Masterclass are eligible to apply again in 2010.

Each participant's tuition is subsidized as part of the Equity's professional development funding mandate to support high-quality professional development opportunities available to Equity members. Participants will also be provided with artists' passes to 2010 Magnetic North Theatre Festival events.

Cost for the 10 day Masterclass to Equity Members in good standing is $750. Additionally applicants are encouraged to apply for a travel subsidy of up to $600 (relative to the artist's place of residence and travel distance) and a $250 expense allowance (see subsidy form).

Please contact Masterclass Coordinator Kathryn MacKay at masterclass at caea.com with any questions, or call Lynn McQueen, Communications Director, at the phone numbers provided below.
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