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JOB NOTICE - ASSISTANT/FIGHT DIRECTOR - CANADIAN BADLANDS PASSION PLAY -
DRUMHELLER, AB
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Production name: Canadian Badlands Passion Play
Date production rehearsal/job starts: 05/14/2013
Deadline to submit: 12/05/2012
Email applications to: pplayproduction at me.com
Contact name: Ailsa Birnie - Company manager
Contact email: pplayproduction at me.com
Contact phone: 403-875-4112
Engager Website: www.canadianpassionplay.com

Ethno-cultural mandate or ethno-cultural casting statement:
The Canadian Badlands Passion Play is one of Canada's largest outdoor
theatrical events. Now in its 20th season, the company annually depicts
the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ in dramatic form. An
epic story told on an epic scale, this year's production features a
creative retelling of the Gospel of John by a mixed
professional/volunteer cast of approximately 200 actors in a 2700-seat
outdoor amphitheatre. 

Additional information:
The Canadian Badlands Passion Play is currently accepting applications
for an Assistant/Fight Director for the summer of 2013. The contract
will run from May 14-July 21 with a 4-day pre-rehearsal directors'
retreat March 29-April 1. There is a post mortem meeting on Tuesday,
July 23.
Assistant/Fight Director's responsibilities include the following:
* Assisting the director with background research for the show.
* Taking notes during rehearsal - usually on such elements as specific
problem areas, character and relationship problems, actor-related
blocking and acting problems, line notes, and so on.
* Working with leads and principles on their blocking, scene work or
character development as approved or designated by the Lead Director/s.
* Directing specific scenes or components of scenes as designated by the
Lead Director/s.
* Ensuring the safety of the cast, crew, and audience in any sequences
requiring aggressive physical contact.
* Recommending to the Director the number and type of fighters needed
for casting, conducting fight auditions and advising the director on
casting of fighters.
* Designing, creating, and implementing fight/action sequences that
fulfill the story ideas and vision of the directing team.
* Rehearsing everyone who fights and assisting in additional
combat/movement staging at the director's discretion.
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