E-DRIVE [WORKSHOP DIGEST FOR THE WEEK OF MAY 23]

[CAEA e-drive]

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WORKSHOP DIGEST FOR THE WEEK OF MAY 23
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1. STAND UP DANCE - TORONTO, ON
2. THEATRE ONTARIO - TORONTO, ON
3. THEATRE ONTARIO - TORONTO, ON
4. TRUTH IN TEXT WORKSHOP - PLAYHOUSE NORTH ACTING STUDIOS - TORONTO, ON
5. DROP IN VOICE CLASS - TORONTO, ON


1. STAND UP DANCE - TORONTO, ON
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Production name: Full Extension: Physical Workshop for Solo and Societal Awakening
Deadline to submit: 06/09/2014
Email applications to: info at standupdance.com
Contact name: Clare Preuss
Contact email: claremartina at hotmail.com
Contact phone: 416 799 3101
Engager Website: www.standupdance.com

Additional information:
JUNE 9-13, 2014
1-5pm at Dovercourt House, Toronto

Fee: $280
Professional Artists: $220

In this dynamic workshop, Meagan O'Shea and Clare Preuss will lead participants through investigations into extremes in sound and movement. Over the week we will move from play and embodied research into collaborative creation.  Devising contagious movement and infectious sound we’ll create calls to arms, love cries, devotional chants: rituals that celebrate victory, mourn loss, comfort the soul and search for peace.

www.standupdance.com and pay through PAYPAL

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2. THEATRE ONTARIO - TORONTO, ON
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Production name: Crazy Canucks: Building Good Character
Date production rehearsal/job starts: 05/31/2014
Deadline to submit: 05/27/2014
Email applications to: Info at theatreontario.org
Contact name: Cornelia
Contact email: info at theatreontario.org
Contact phone: 416-408-4556
Engager Website: www.theatreontario.org

Additional information:
Building Good Canadian Character with Ken Gass
10am-5pm May 31 & June 1
Helen Gardiner Phelan Playhouse
79 St. George Street

Regular: $275.00 (+HST)
Equity: $225.00 (+HST)

Explore the complexity of characters from the Canadian dramatic canon. Renowned director Ken Gass will lead this workshop. This is ideal for actors/directors who are interested in studying characters from multiple perspectives; actors looking to more deeply embody their characters; and directors looking to free their actors to make bolder choices.

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3. THEATRE ONTARIO - TORONTO, ON
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Production name: Overcoming the Starving Artist Syndrome
Date production rehearsal/job starts: 05/21/2014
Deadline to submit: 05/21/2014
Email applications to: info at theatreontario.org
Contact name: Cornelia
Contact email: info at theatreontario.org
Contact phone: 416-408-4556
Engager Website: www.theatreontario.org

Additional information:
Overcoming the Starving Artists Syndrome with Lisa Phillips
How to Create the Life You Deserve
6pm-9pm
Theatre Ontario Boardroom
401 Richmond Street West, Suite 350
Equity Members $53.60

Join Lisa Phillips, author of The Artistic Edge, arts & leadership educator and entrepreneur, for a seminar that will dispel the money myth and show you things that you can implement today to ramp up your success and get you out of waiting tables or that crummy retail job you hate!

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4. TRUTH IN TEXT WORKSHOP - PLAYHOUSE NORTH ACTING STUDIOS - TORONTO, ON
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Production name: Playhouse North Acting Studios
Date production rehearsal/job starts: 06/13/2014
Deadline to submit: 06/06/2014
Email applications to: playhousenorthstudios at yahoo.com
Contact name: Cindy Christensen
Contact email: playhousenorthstudios at yahoo.com
Contact phone: 647-231-2547
Engager Website: http://cindychristensen.wix.com/webpage#!

Additional information:
We at Playhouse North Acting Studios have offered this great weekend boot camp, with Truth In Text, and have found great success with various students in each session.  Methodically pulling apart monologues and other pieces to find each individual student`s "moments", and help hone the skills necessary to bring each moment to life!

Friday, June 13th (7:00pm-10:00pm) and Saturday June 14th (10:00am-6:00pm).
Tuition has been reduced for THIS SESSION ONLY - 11 hours - $120.00 (Regular: $150.00)

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5. DROP IN VOICE CLASS - TORONTO, ON
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Production name: Monthly Drop In Voice Class led by Designated Linklater Voice Teacher Sarah Weatherwax
Deadline to submit: Not Applicable
Email applications to: Not Applicable
Contact name: Sarah Weatherwax
Contact email: sweatherwax at rogers.com
Contact phone: 416-466-5710
Engager Website: www.sarahweatherwax.com

Additional information:

Gently address habitual physical tension to free your voice.  Each class offers a full warm-up with a different focus.
This month: Stamina through relaxation.

Cahoots Theatre Company, 388 Queen Street East. (Enter from Trefann St.)

4th Monday of each month, Jan. to June, 2014.  6:30PM-9PM.

NEXT CLASS: May 26.

$25 non-union. $20 CAEA/ACTRA. HST incl.

Bring water, yoga mat or blanket. Please, no heels or restrictive clothing.

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