Course Dates: July 16 to July 29, 2012
Application Deadline:May 18, 2012 The deadline has passed.
Undergraduate: DRAMA 422, 3 units
Graduate: DRAMA 622, 3 units
$0
Anyone can apply – you don’t need to be a theatre major! Students should feel comfortable on stage and comfortable writing and performing their own work. Actors are welcome and so is anyone who has a desire to make performance.
Professor Kimberly Dark
kimberly@kimberlydark.com
619-708-8115
www.kimberlydark.com
Join the Solo Performance Group on Facebook
Heather Raffo www.heatherraffo.com
Heather Raffo’s award-winning show, 9 Parts of Desire, is a portrait of the extraordinary (and ordinary) lives of a whole cross-section of Iraqi women: a sexy painter, a radical Communist, doctors, exiles, wives, and lovers. This work delves into the many conflicting aspects of what it means to be a woman in the age-old war zone that is Iraq. It is an unusually timely meditation on the ancient, the modern and the feminine in a country overshadowed by war. The New Yorker says 9 Parts of Desire is “an example of how art can remake the world! A triumph! Thrilling!” The New York Times calls it “Powerful! Impassioned! Vivid! Memorable!”
Sharon Bridgforth www.sharonbridgforth.com
Sharon Bridgforth is a poet and playwright who works in the theatrical jazz aesthetic. She has been a resident playwright at New Dramatists since 2009 and is currently Visiting Multicultural Faculty at the Theatre School at DePaul University. Sharon is the Lambda Award-winning author of two performance/poetry/novels published by RedBone Press. She is co-editor of Experiments in a Jazz Aesthetic: Art, Activism, Academia, and the Austin Project, published in 2010. She has been a touring artist since 1993, doing both solo and ensemble work. Jewelle Gomez said of her first book, “the bull-jean stories are a tantalizing blend of poetry and performance art that sings and dances across the page. The oral tradition that has kept Black culture alive informs the phrasing, melody and rhythms of each of these pieces and invites the reader to listen as well as read. Surrender to the jazzy/bluesy riffs here and you’ll come away singing…”
Bill Bowers www.bill-bowers.com
As an actor and a mime, Bill Bowers has performed throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe. His solo shows include, It Goes Without Saying, ‘Night Sweetheart, ‘Night Buttercup, and Under a Montana Moon. The New York Times writes: “To watch Bill Bowers’ collection of silent stories, Under a Montana Moon, was to see the technical elements of a European style that probably still brings Marcel Marceau to mind, joined to the American West. Mime can be wonderful - the air between him and us was his palette.” The New York Times called It Goes Without Saying “Zestful and endearing. Full of life!” Bill holds an MFA from Rutgers University's Mason Gross School of the Arts, and an Honorary PhD from Rocky Mountain College. He studied mime with the legendary Marcel Marceau.
Jude Narita www.judenarita.com
Jude Narita has performed her one-woman plays nationally and internationally since writing her first play, the award-winning Coming into Passion/Song for Sansei which was her artist response to the demeaning and one-dimensional stereotypes of Asian women in films, theatre, and on television. For more than two decades, she has continued to create and perform her plays, bringing Asian and Asian American women to the front of the stage with humor, courage, and fearless celebration. Jude explores then transcends Asian issues—celebrating our differences, while illuminating the universal humanity of us all. "In an astonishing solo performance, Jude Narita, a versatile actress and fearless writer, sheds an authentic, humorous and deeply moving light on the dilemma of the Asian American woman." – Critic's Choice / L.A. Reader
Application Deadline:
- Receive small group and individual mentoring with successful touring artists.
- Experience writing and devising solo performance pieces.
- Actors, dancers, performance poets, storytellers, circus artists – all forms of solo performance are welcome. You will focus on working in the medium you choose.
- Work with guest artists with a range of experience from character-driven theatre and performance poetry to mime and storytelling.
- Learn real world practical information on marketing and touring a solo performance – and making a living as a performance artist.
- This workshop will culminate in a public performance of student work.
Undergraduate: DRAMA 422, 3 units
Graduate: DRAMA 622, 3 units
$0
Anyone can apply – you don’t need to be a theatre major! Students should feel comfortable on stage and comfortable writing and performing their own work. Actors are welcome and so is anyone who has a desire to make performance.
- Submit an essay describing your interest in the course (one page maximum). Also, attach either a resume describing your performance work, or a description of skills and experiences that might lead you to compel an audience. Really, it’s okay to be creative here – performance art does not always equate “acting.”
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Send the materials listed in step one with your completed Registration Form to the Summer Arts office by
May 18, 2012.The deadline has passed.
Professor Kimberly Dark
kimberly@kimberlydark.com
619-708-8115
www.kimberlydark.com
Join the Solo Performance Group on Facebook
Heather Raffo www.heatherraffo.com
Heather Raffo’s award-winning show, 9 Parts of Desire, is a portrait of the extraordinary (and ordinary) lives of a whole cross-section of Iraqi women: a sexy painter, a radical Communist, doctors, exiles, wives, and lovers. This work delves into the many conflicting aspects of what it means to be a woman in the age-old war zone that is Iraq. It is an unusually timely meditation on the ancient, the modern and the feminine in a country overshadowed by war. The New Yorker says 9 Parts of Desire is “an example of how art can remake the world! A triumph! Thrilling!” The New York Times calls it “Powerful! Impassioned! Vivid! Memorable!”
Sharon Bridgforth www.sharonbridgforth.com
Sharon Bridgforth is a poet and playwright who works in the theatrical jazz aesthetic. She has been a resident playwright at New Dramatists since 2009 and is currently Visiting Multicultural Faculty at the Theatre School at DePaul University. Sharon is the Lambda Award-winning author of two performance/poetry/novels published by RedBone Press. She is co-editor of Experiments in a Jazz Aesthetic: Art, Activism, Academia, and the Austin Project, published in 2010. She has been a touring artist since 1993, doing both solo and ensemble work. Jewelle Gomez said of her first book, “the bull-jean stories are a tantalizing blend of poetry and performance art that sings and dances across the page. The oral tradition that has kept Black culture alive informs the phrasing, melody and rhythms of each of these pieces and invites the reader to listen as well as read. Surrender to the jazzy/bluesy riffs here and you’ll come away singing…”
Bill Bowers www.bill-bowers.com
As an actor and a mime, Bill Bowers has performed throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe. His solo shows include, It Goes Without Saying, ‘Night Sweetheart, ‘Night Buttercup, and Under a Montana Moon. The New York Times writes: “To watch Bill Bowers’ collection of silent stories, Under a Montana Moon, was to see the technical elements of a European style that probably still brings Marcel Marceau to mind, joined to the American West. Mime can be wonderful - the air between him and us was his palette.” The New York Times called It Goes Without Saying “Zestful and endearing. Full of life!” Bill holds an MFA from Rutgers University's Mason Gross School of the Arts, and an Honorary PhD from Rocky Mountain College. He studied mime with the legendary Marcel Marceau.
Jude Narita www.judenarita.com
Jude Narita has performed her one-woman plays nationally and internationally since writing her first play, the award-winning Coming into Passion/Song for Sansei which was her artist response to the demeaning and one-dimensional stereotypes of Asian women in films, theatre, and on television. For more than two decades, she has continued to create and perform her plays, bringing Asian and Asian American women to the front of the stage with humor, courage, and fearless celebration. Jude explores then transcends Asian issues—celebrating our differences, while illuminating the universal humanity of us all. "In an astonishing solo performance, Jude Narita, a versatile actress and fearless writer, sheds an authentic, humorous and deeply moving light on the dilemma of the Asian American woman." – Critic's Choice / L.A. Reader
Check out our other theatre and performance courses:
- Chicago-Style Comedy
- Stage Combat: Armed and Unarmed Theatrical Violence
- The Actors' Gang Style and Commedia dell’Arte
Remember, California residents can take two courses (up to six units) for the same tuition dollars!