Graduate Study in London x2!

Here's one more; King's College.
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Dear all,

Please forward to any interested students.
The School of Arts and Humanities at King’s College London is pleased to offer one full studentship to a candidate entering the MA Theatre and Performance Studies in 2011-2012. Applications are due June 15th. For information on the program and how to apply, please see
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/prospectus/graduate/theatre_and_performance_studies .

Dr. Kélina A. Gotman
Lecturer, Theatre and Performance Studies
Department of English
King's College London
Strand WC2R 2LS
kelina.gotman@kcl.ac.uk
Tel: + 44 (0) 20 7848 1773

MA Theatre and Performance Studies
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/prospectus/graduate/theatre_and_performance_studies

Graduate Study in London

Ghostlighters,

A new program at RADA, where Matt Gray studied, for scholars. Those of you newly graduated or looking to graduate - have a looksie.

-Doc



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From: Juri Nael
Reply-To: "Theatre History Discussion List - Amer. Soc. for Theatre Research"
Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2011 08:57:04 -0500
To:
Subject: NEW!!! MA Theatre Lab at RADA

September 2011 will see the introduction of a pioneering new postgraduate course at the Royal
Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) - MA Theatre Lab.

After three years of development RADA has initiated this MA that is aimed at training performers
who wish to extend their craft, help sustain the sector, and have a desire to experiment with the
concepts and theories at the basis of performance practice in the western hemisphere.

MA Theatre Lab will base its training on the work of practitioners in the post-Stanislavski era. It
will offer an arena for both the improvement and attainment of skills and for the development of
new ways of working, especially within the context of a group.  It is aimed particularly at those
actors and performers who are involved in ensemble, collective and/or physically-based work but
who also want to hone and develop their skills.

This is a time when theatre, along with other art forms, is faced with the threat of cuts that may
lead practitioners to resort to more conservative content or ways of working and be discouraged
from experimentation and new work.  The ambition of MA Theatre Lab is to use the present
conditions to encourage the formation of new working practices and groups that will reinvigorate
the profession and practitioners with energy, ideas and thought-provoking work.

MA Theatre Lab will be a full-time intensive one-year course validated by King‚s College London. 
The course timetable is structured so that it will offer the opportunity for students to continue
working in order to support their studies.  There will be an emphasis on practical learning with
time given for students to reflect critically upon their work, as well as acting and performance
generally.  Students will gain new insights as well as developing a wide range of skills to generate
valuable, innovative and collaborative contributions for the sector.

For more information on the entry requirements for this course and to apply, please visit the RADA
website, www.rada.ac.uk


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Etinoff to Intern with Gavin Witt

Alesia Etinoff, a mid-year transfer to the program, apparently cold-called Centerstage in Baltimore and landed a summer internship with uber-dramaturg Gavin Witt. Congrats, Alesia, and thanks, Gavin, for your continued support of our students.

-Doc

Nazi Persecution in the Theatre

Discussion of an in-depth look at the persecution of artists, musicians and actors that is now on display in Dresden.

Mo' Money For Rodriguez!

As some of you may know, the School of Drama junior Catherine Rodriguez has been awarded an extremely prestigious "Gold Standard" scholarship, sponsored by the Hispanic Scholarship Fund, Bacardi Gold, and the National Basketball Association. The award is for an astonishing $10,000, and Catherine is very deserving of this honor, but she is eligible for a further $30,000 scholarship awarded to four of the scholars, as determined by online public voting on the NBA website.

Voting will take place May 16-30, 2011, at http://www.nba.com/goldstandard/video.html.


If only this award were determined by merit, Catherine would be a shoe-in, but it is a popularity contest, which I suppose is how the corporations make up their back-end on something like this. That said, I think this is a good cause, and I want to urge everyone who receives this letter to spend a couple of seconds casting a ballot for Catherine.

Thanks for your time on this!

Gender Politics and the Tony Awards

Just ran across this post questioning the gender divide of the acting categories of the Tony Awards in a year when two nominees were named as such for roles opposite their gender.

http://www.crazytownblog.com/crazytown/2011/05/tonyandtoni.html#more

Of course these are the awards named for Antoinette Perry which nevertheless use the masculine "Tony" as the universally recognized name for the awards as opposed to "Toni," presumably the nickname that Ms. Perry would have used.

This Year's Awards and Exciting Things

CORINNA ARCHER (11) Graduating with University and College Honors, Andrew Carnegie
     Scholar, Mary Margaret Gifford Award
          
            ANTHEA CARNS (11) Graduating with University and College Honors, Commencement CFA Banner Carrier, Winner of the Valdez Frontier Theatre Festival with her play BAD HAMLET, West Coast Alumni Clan Award.

             ALIA POONAWALLA (11, BxA) Commencement Valedictorian

             KATE GOLDSTEIN (11), Literary Manager at Creed Theatre, Colorado

             KENDRA CHAPMAN (11) Professional Internship with Odd Lot Entertainment, Hollywood

            NICK MUDD (11) Professional Internship with Cami Patton Casting, Hollywood

            MICHAEL CHRISTIE (12) Accepted into the Accelerated Master in Arts Management Program at the Heinz School, Carnegie Mellon