E-DRIVE [WORKSHOP DIGEST FOR THE WEEK OF APRIL 1 ]

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WORKSHOP DIGEST FOR THE WEEK OF APRIL 1 
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1. CONSCIOUS LIVING NETWORK - VANCOUVER, BC
2. STUDIO ON THE DRIVE - VANCOUVER, BC
3. SHAKESPEARE & COMPANY - TORONTO, ON
4. MEISNER TORONTO - TORONTO, ON
5. EQUITY SHOWCASE THEATRE - TORONTO, ON
6. CLASSICAL THEATRE LAB - TORONTO, ON

1. CONSCIOUS LIVING NETWORK - VANCOUVER, BC
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Production name: Art of Communication for the Creative Soul
Deadline to submit: 04/08/2011
Email applications to: Ashley at ConsciousLivingRadio.Org
Contact name: Ashley Rose
Contact email: Ashley at ConsciousLivingRadio.Org
Contact phone: 604-644-4447
Engager Website: www.ConsciousLivingRadio.Org "Our Events" Page

Friday, April 8th 7:30-10:00PM

Integrative Medical Center 601 W Broadway Mezzanine 11

20$ in Advance, 25$ at the door 15$ Equity Members

Barbara Deutsch understands that CREATIVE PEOPLE in the arts or in
business have a need to create, to express. Barbara helps you move it
all forward. She not only fuels that fire, she is like lighter fluid
burning through the barriers. With quick results she uncovers fears,
removes blocks, and opens closed doors.
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2. STUDIO ON THE DRIVE - VANCOUVER, BC
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Production name: Two Week On-Camera Intensive
Deadline to submit: 04/30/2011
Email applications to: studioonthedrive at shaw.ca
Contact name: Aaron Craven
Contact email: studioonthedrive at shaw.ca
Contact phone: 604 872 0075
Engager Website: www.studioonthedrive.com

Additional information:
Transition from Theatre to Film!  Two Week On-Camera Acting Intensive at
The Studio on the Drive

With Coaches AARON CRAVEN and INGRID TORRANCE

and:
Casting Director LYNNE CARROW
Agent LES BLACKMORE from MUSE ARTISTS
Voice and Improv coach ALAN MARRIOTT

May 2nd - 13th,  Monday - Friday 10am - 4pm
$760 plus GST. 20% discount for Equity Members
Call 604 872 0075 to register
Maximum 12 spots.
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3. SHAKESPEARE & COMPANY - TORONTO, ON
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Production name: Rise to New Heights - Weekend Shakespeare Intensive
Date production rehearsal/job starts: 05/06/2011 Deadline to submit:
04/29/2011 Email applications to: TrainingAssistant at shakespeare.org
Contact name: Heather Dick Contact email: info at siriustheatrical.com
Contact phone: 416-236-9011  Ext. 1 Engager Website: www.shakespeare.org

Ethno-cultural mandate or ethno-cultural casting statement: This
workshop is open to all actors.

Additional information:
WEEKEND  SHAKESPEARE  INTENSIVE
May 6 - 8, 2011
$280 for CAEA Members (reg $350)

An ideal introduction to SHAKESPEARE & COMPANY's renowned actor training
methods, this workshop integrates voice, movement, and monologue work
exploring ways to unlock the emotional and intellectual content inherent
in Shakespeare's language, revealing the direct relationship between the
actor and the text. Twenty hours of intense focus on the actor's
personal connection to the text.

TrainingAssistant at shakespeare.org  
or 413-637-1199  Ext. 114. 
www.shakespeare.org
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4. MEISNER TORONTO - TORONTO, ON
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Production name: MEISNER TORONTO WORKSHOPS
Date production rehearsal/job starts: 04/03/2011
Deadline to submit: 04/03/2011
Email applications to: meisnertoronto at gmail.com
Contact name: Ted Hallett
Contact email: meisnertoronto at gmail.com
Contact phone: 416 879 8632
Engager Website: www.meisnertoronto.com

Ethno-cultural mandate or ethno-cultural casting statement:
ALL ARE WELCOME

Additional information:
An introduction to the Meisner technique, and a focus on the first two
exercises: The repetition exercise and independent activities. Actors
will learn to become spontaneous responders and to live truthfully from
moment to unanticipated moment with their partners. The course will end
with partnered scene work with these first two principles applied.

Sunday afternoons 2PM to 6PM
$350 for the 8 week session  
ACTRA/EQUITY DISCOUNT 20% Thats only $280
Fraser Studio's 115 Danforth Ave, Toronto
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5. EQUITY SHOWCASE THEATRE - TORONTO, ON
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Production name: Linda Griffiths A Theatre Creation: A Collective
Creation 
Deadline to submit: 04/01/2011 
Email applications to: mail at equityshowcase.ca 
Contact name: Zoe Carter 
Contact email: zoe at equityshowcase.ca 
Contact phone: 416-346-0467 
Engager Website: www.equityshowcase.ca

Additional information:
Theatre Creation: A Collective Creation 
April 18th to June 3rd 2011

This workshop is part of Equity Showcase Theatre's 50th Anniversary
initiative called the Writers Laboratory, a new ongoing program that is
now part of the EST mandate to serve artists who are writers.
20% Discount for all CAEA members.  Sign up now online as there are
limited spaces available.  Go to www.equityshowcase.ca and fill out the
registration form. Please email zoe at equityshowcase.ca with any
questions.
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6. CLASSICAL THEATRE LAB - TORONTO, ON
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Date production rehearsal/job starts: 04/11/2011
Deadline to submit: 04/09/2011
Email applications to: www.equityshowcase.ca
Contact name: Peter Van Wart
Contact email: petervanwart at mac.com
Engager Website: www.equityshowcase.ca

Additional information:
The LAB is an excellent workout with classical texts.

Each evening features a different facilitator. Participants choose the
material they wish to work on each night; be it an audition piece or a
scene.

Facilitators include:Rick Roberts, Kate Lynch,Rod Ceballos,Peter Van
Wart and Jeannette Lambermont-Morey.

Randolph Academy, Bathurst St.Theatre 730 Bathurst St. Toronto

Monday nights 7:00pm-10:00pm April 11-May 16, 2011
Reg $188
Equity $150

Apply  www.equityshowcase.ca
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