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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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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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Network of Ensemble Theater (NET) will be presenting Tour Training Workshops in Los Angeles and San Francisco led by Llysa Holland from theater simple. The workshop is a part of NETʼs California Ensemble Touring Initiative with support from The James Irvine Foundation.
Workshop #1: (Los Angeles, CA)
Sunday, December 7, 2008 from 1:00pm-5:00pm at ARTEL located at [...]

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FREE ARTS ADVICE FOR INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS AND ARTS ORGANIZATIONS AT “ARTS TUNE-UP”
DECEMBER 6 AT POMONA COLLEGE MUSEUM OF ART IN CLAREMONT
Individual artists and small budget organizations can benefit from free expert advice and information on various aspects of arts management on Saturday, December 6 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at an “Arts Tune-Up”
at the [...]

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THE LA STAGE ALLIANCE OVATION REVIEW COMMITTEE IS
RECRUITING TWO NEW MEMBERS, TO BEGIN IN JANUARY 2009!
Click Here to Download the Request for Nominations for the Ovation Review Committee
CURRENT OVATION REVIEW COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Chair, Dennis Martinez (LASA Board Member)
Emilie Beck, Playwright/Director
Julie Briggs, Director/Producer, Accounts Manager, LA Stage Alliance
Kevin Cochran, Artistic Director, Grove Theatre Center
Jeanie Hackett, Co-Artistic Director, [...]

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On Monday, November 17th
LA Stage Alliance announced the recipients of the
2008 Ovation Awards!
Neil Patrick Harris hosted an exciting, visually stimulating, and quick paced ceremony
(clocking in at under 90 minutes).

Presenters included
Edward Asner
Sharon Lawrence
Russell Hornsby
Sandra Tsing Loh
Matt McGrath
Jimmy Smits
Tonya Pinkins
Hamish Linklater
Tracie Thoms
Jennifer Paz
John Glover
Joe Spano
Brooke Adams
Tony Shalhoub
John Cho
&
Zachary Quinto

And the 2008 Ovation Awards go [...]

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NYU Diversity Fellowship Opportunity:
Diversity: Applications for the New York University Postdoctoral and Transition Program for Academic Diversity fellowship program.
Visit: http://www.nyu.edu/info/provost/ms0877
Deadline: Materials must be received by January 15, 2009.
Details:

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Starting with the October 16th issue, Back Stage East and Back Stage West combine to form one national edition.
Read more: http://www.backstage.com/bso/community/bulletins/bulletins_display.jsp?vnu_c
ontent_id=1003873071
www.BackStage.com.

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A middle-schooler downloads YouTube videos and suggests favorites to a friend. A family shares its heritage through a holiday skit for neighbors. A baby boomer starts a garage band to relive musical memories of the 60s. Today, many forms of cultural engagement take place off the radar of the traditional infrastructure of nonprofit arts organizations [...]

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