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Big Cheap Theater, a term coined by now Dean of the CalArts School of Theater, Erik Ehn, was used to describe the way in which the small fringe type theaters, which LA is home to many, created. Since the Radical Alternative Theater (RAT) conference it has been used in various contexts and various cities and [...]

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Click here to download a PDF of the Dec 18 - 21 edition of the LA Stage Times

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Son of Semele Ensemble is accepting proposals from performing artists and theater companies for productions at their Silver Lake theater. There is no rental fee, however all box office revenue will be split 50/50. SOSE will provide a box office representative at each performance. All other staffing will be provided by the producing company. Most [...]

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Arts Endowment to invest more than $23 million to support arts and arts education projects nationwide
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) today announced its first round of funding for fiscal year 2009, including Access to Artistic Excellence, Challenge America Reaching Every Community Fast Track, and Creativing and Aging in America grants, and Creative Writing [...]

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Oh, those wacky “Best Of” lists. How they compel and yet repulse simultaneously.Travel + Leisure has a whole slew of top 25 lists for best cities, categories include: nightlife, smarts, best views, best coffee houses, culture, peace and quiet, etc…
The one that most intrigued me, of course, is where Los Angeles ranked in the “Top [...]

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By Kim Zanti
Originally Appeared at The Center for Sustainable Practice in the Arts
The best way to curb planetary debasement? Conserve resources. Use less, think differently and, most importantly, don’t depend on recycling to protect humanity from becoming an endangered species.
This simple but habit busting truth was the main theme in the conversation among panelists [...]

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Click Here to Download the Dec 8 - 11 Edition of the LA Stage Times

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How do I get to your theater using transit?
Internet driving directions have been available for over a decade now. MapQuest is a bit old school and Yahoo Maps picked it up a bit, but it seems Google Maps are everywhere now. They are in our browsers, in stand alone programs, embedded on everyone’s website and [...]

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Click here to download a PDF of the LA Stage Times for Dec 4 - Dec 7

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The LSU Department of Theatre presents Outworks 2009, a festival of LGBTQ themed one-act plays.
Deadline for Submission: January 21, 2009
Award: $250 and production videotape
After a successful Outworks 2006, 2007 and 2008, The Louisiana State University Department of Theatre in Baton Rouge is pleased to announce that we are now accepting submissions for Outworks 2009, a festival of [...]

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