61: A Talent show, Festival & Workshop (Jun '12)

Hey DC PALs,

This is the beginning of the 6^th year of the group and these bulletins. Looking forward to seeing what we’re all up to over the next 5 years, and what’s happening now is an awesome start!

*Source Festival Talent Show

*Intersections Festival Applications

*Sojurn Theatre Summer Workshop

*Potential Happenings

*Present Happenings

*Ephemeral Happenings

*Future Happening

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*Source Festival 3^rd Annual Talent Show

“Please fill this form out to be considered for the 3rd Annual Source Festival Talent Show! Remember - first prize is $100.00! Please also post any clips, recordings, or videos that showcase your talent. If these links are not available on the internet please e-mail them to SourceFestivalTalentShow@gmail.com. All performance applications must be submitted by June 13th @ Midnight. Performers chosen to participate will be contacted by email.”

https://spreadsheets0.google.com/spreadsheet/embeddedform?formkey=dFlFT3phczZrYmJaMzVKaHppV0ZST0E6MQ

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*Intersections Festival Applications

“The Atlas Performing Arts Center announces INTERSECTIONS: A New America Arts Festival, February 22 - March 9, 2013, its fourth annual all-arts festival celebrating the artistic and cultural connections of our community and world.   Through innovative intersections of theater, dance, music, film & video, opera, visual art and spoken word, INTERSECTIONS brings together diverse artists and audiences from DC and beyond to break boundaries, deepen dialogue and create connections in the Atlas' intimate performance spaces, festive lobby and café.”

https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http%3A%2F%2Fintersectionsdc.org%2FINTERSECTIONS2013Proposal.pdf

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*Sojurn Theatre Summer Workshop

“This two-and-a-half-day workshop/training offers participants an opportunity to explore the techniques and strategies Sojourn Theatre Artistic Director Michael Rohd uses in collaborative work with groups in a variety of settings.”

http://forum-theatre.org/sojourn-theatre-summer-workshop

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Potential Happenings:

Volunteers (Capital Fringe)

http://us2.campaign-archive2.com/?u=92800cff966af5182179bcc2d&id=ea1bdbc5ed

Theatre Tent (Prince George's Arts Council @ C Street Arts Festival) - Jun 9

email deb@venustheatre.org

Auditions (Capitol Movement) - Jun 10

Call for submissions (Pinky Swear Productions) - Jun 11

https://www.facebook.com/events/151253298333328/

Kickstarter for A is for Artist (AWoL Productions @ Capital Fringe) - Jun 14

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/282071744/a-is-for-artist-an-original-play-this-year-capital/

Applications (Intersections Festival @ Atlas) - Jun 15

https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http%3A%2F%2Fintersectionsdc.org%2FINTERSECTIONS2013Proposal.pdf

Audition (Revision @ Dance Place) - Jun 15

http://www.danceplace.org/news/audition-revision-dance-collaborative/

Fundraiser (DancEthos) - Jun 20

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/801926875/part-and-parcel-dancethos-performs-at-dance-place

Auditions for actors of color (Young Playwrights' Theater) - Jun 21 & 22

http://www.youngplaywrightstheater.org/About/Jobs/

The Illusion (Forum Theatre) - May 24 to Jun 16 / DC PAL: Mandy Yu

https://www.facebook.com/events/103320426470415/

Summer Institute (Dance Exchange) - Jul 6 to 15 / Culminates in performance during the Capital Fringe Festival

http://danceexchange.org/dance-with-dx/institutes/

On-Camera Acting Technique (@ Shakespeare Theatre Company) - Jul 14 to 21

http://www.shakespearetheatre.org/info/education/expand-your-knowledge/classes/adult-classes

Auditions (DCypher Dance & Joy of Motion) - Jul 15

https://www.facebook.com/events/395417693834979/

Smart Mouth A Cappella Camp (Snowday) - Jul 20 to 21

http://www.iwantasnowday.com/#!smart-mouth

Sojurn Theatre Summer Workshop (Forum Theatre @ Round House SS) - Aug 4 to 6

http://forum-theatre.org/sojourn-theatre-summer-workshop

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Present Happenings:

Well (Strand Theater Company) - Jun 1 to 16 / DC PAL: Alexandra Linn Desaulniers

https://www.facebook.com/events/420940687923595/

Flora the Red Menace (1st Stage) - May 18 to Jun 17 / DC PAL: Jane Margulies Kalbfeld

The Bacchae (WSC Avant Bard @ Artisphere) - May 10 to Jul 1 / DC PALs: Anna Brungardt, Heather Haney, James Finley, Jeremy Pace, Jon Jon Johnson, JR Russ, Kari Ginsburg

https://www.facebook.com/events/262756640487075/

Home of the Soldier (Synetic Theater) - May 31 to Jul 1 / DC PALs: Paata Tsikurishvilli, Pasquale Grubs Guiducci

https://www.facebook.com/events/442758702407611/

Servant of Two Masters (Shakespeare Theatre Company) - May 15 to Jul 8 / DC PAL: Tyler Herman

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Ephemeral Happenings:

An Evening of Roses (18th St Singers) - Jun 9 / DC PAL: Mike Rowan

https://www.facebook.com/events/206227882829880/

Standing on the Edge (Black Theater Festival @ Joe's Movement Emporium) - Jun 23 / DC PAL: Ayesis Clay

Part & Parcel (DanceEhtos & Word Dance Theater @ Dance Place) - Jun 23 & 24 / DC PAL: Carolyn Kamrath

Colored Lives (Diversity Theatre Co. @ Black Theater Festival @ Joe's Movement Emporium) - Jun 24 & 27 / DC PAL: Egunkola Focused Oga

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That’s it, hope everyone’s having an awesome weekend. And to any other LGBT DC PALs and allies, happy Pride!! If you’re at the street festival tomorrow, stop by the Arena Stage table and say hey. I’ll be there helping promote The Normal Heart

Either way, keep letting me and other DC PALs know what’s happening with you and your work,

JR

60.5 Grant writing, social media, & marketing

Hey everyone,

So wrapping up year 5 with a bang. Check out the three highlights and everything that's happening with DC PALs for the rest of the month!!

*DCCAH Grant Writing Assistance

*Social Media Club DC

*Nonprofit Marketing Bank

*Potential Happenings

*Present Happenings

*Ephemeral Happenings

*Future Happening

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*DCCAH Grant Writing Assistance

"DCCAH staff conduct general workshops where you learn everything you need to know about DCCAH and the steps to take to submit a grant application. At these workshops, staff and applicants discuss each opportunity that DCCAH offers to assist DC artists and arts organizations in sharing their creativity. To assist grant recipients, workshops will also include detailed instruction on how to properly complete final reports due at the end of each fiscal year."

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*Social Media Club DC

"Social Media Club's primary mission is to expand digital media literacy, promote standard technologies, encourage ethical behavior and share best practices. We bring together journalists, publishers, communications professionals, artists, amateur media creators, citizen journalists, teachers, students, tool makers, and other interested collaborators.

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*Nonprofit Marketing Bank

"A Marketing Bank is a a single location where you store all of the stuff that you need, and that you are often asked to provide to others. Building your marketing bank will save you tons of time, because you’ll always know where to look for that logo, program description, color palette, etc. And you can also send staff and volunteers right to it, so you aren’t constantly forwarding files to others, saving even more time. You can store your bank on a shared drive, ideally where others can access it remotely."

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Potential Happenings:

Music Man Master Class w/ Parker Esse (@ Joy of Motion) - May 20

Auditions for The Comedy Pigs (Maryland Ensemble Theatre) - May 23

Student Auditions (Adventure Theatre MTC Ensembles) - Jun 2

http://www.adventuretheatre-mtc.org/academy/studentauditions.html

Theatre Tent (Prince George's Arts Council @ C Street Arts Festival) - Jun 9

email deb@venustheatre.org

Call for submissions (Pinky Swear Productions) - Jun 11

https://www.facebook.com/events/151253298333328/

Kickstarter for A is for Artist (AWoL Productions @ Capital Fringe) - Jun 14

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/282071744/a-is-for-artist-an-original-play-this-year-capital/

Audition (Revision @ Dance Place) - Jun 15

http://www.danceplace.org/news/audition-revision-dance-collaborative/

Summer Institute (Dance Exchange) - Jul 6 to 15 / Culminates in performance during the Capital Fringe Festival

http://danceexchange.org/dance-with-dx/institutes/

On-Camera Acting Technique (@ Shakespeare Theatre Company) - Jul 14 to 21

http://www.shakespearetheatre.org/info/education/expand-your-knowledge/classes/adult-classes

Smart Mouth A Cappella Camp (Snowday) - Jul 20 to 21

http://www.iwantasnowday.com/#!smart-mouth

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Present Happenings:

Hamlecchino, Clown Prince of Denmark (Faction of Fools @ Gallaudet University) - Apr 26 to May 19 / DC PAL: Matthew R. Wilson

Six Degrees of Separation (Vpstart Crow Productions) - May 11 to 20 / DC PAL: Geoffrey Baskir

Metamorphoses (Constellation Theatre Company @ Source) - May 2 to Jun 3 / DC PAL: Gwen Grastorf

The Bacchae (WSC Avant Bard @ Artisphere) - May 10 to Jul 1 / DC PALs: Anna Brungardt, Heather Haney, James Finley, Jeremy Pace, Jon Jon Johnson, JR Russ, Kari Ginsburg

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Ephemeral Happenings:

PWYC Previews for The Illusion (Forum Theatre) - May 24 & 25 / DC PAL: Brynn Tucker, Mandy Yu, Mark Halpern

Galactica Special-Agent Happy Hour *Free* (@ Black Fox Lounge) - May 25 / DC PAL: Jeffrey Johnson

The Greatest Songs You've Never Heard (Doug Bowles & the SingCo. Orchestra @ the Arts Club of DC) - May 25 / DC PAL: Doug Bowles

An Evening of Roses (18th St Singers) - Jun 9 / DC PAL: Mike Rowan

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Future Happenings:

The Illusion (Forum Theatre) - May 24 to Jun 16 / DC PAL: Mandy Yu

Home of the Soldier (Synetic Theater) - May 31 to Jul 1 / DC PAL: Pasquale Grubs Guiducci

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And that's it for year 5. Thank you for an awesome half-decade (yikes!!) of spreading the word on what's happening with all you DC PALs.

Keep it up, and I look forward to another awesome 5 years :-)

JR

59.5 Helen Hayes Awards, Grantseeking, and FB Insights

Hey everyone,

Here's the mid-month bulletin, short and sweet, as April wraps up. Hope everyone's been having a great weekend, so far!!

*Helen Hayes Awards/Theatre Prom

*Grantseeking for Individual Artists

*FB Real-time insights

*Potential Happenings

*Present Happenings

*Ephemeral Happenings

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*Helen Hayes Awards/Theatre Prom

It's that time of year!!

"One of the country’s most prestigious cultural honors, The Helen Hayes Awards recognize and celebrate artistic achievement, and bring significant local, national, and international recognition to the remarkable artistry on Washington area stages"

And if you're on twitter, the official hashtag is #HHAwards. I'm personally a fan of #theatrepromDC :-)

http://theatrewashington.org/content/helen-hayes-awards-events

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*Grantseeking Basics for Individuals in the Arts

I'll be going to this as well!!

"If you are an individual involved in the creative arts and looking for funding to complete a project, mount an exhibition, put on a performance, or anything else arts-related, Grantseeking Basics for Individuals in the Arts will show you how"

http://grantspace.org/Classroom/Training-Calendar/Washington-DC/Grantseeking-Basics-for-Individuals-in-the-Arts-2012-04-27-Washington-DC

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*FB Real-time Insights

So you may or may not have noticed it, but real-time insights just got a whole lot more "real" this past week. Check out the link below, and if you manage a FB page, if you don't already, I recommend picking one day each week to export your page's insights (both page & post). You may already know what to do with the data in terms of evaluating your social media strategies and goals, but even if you don't, either you or someone else will, soon :-)

http://argylesocial.com/blog/2012/04/18/facebook-releases-real-time-insights-for-real.html

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Potential Happenings:

Auditions for Auditions for George Tabori's Mein Kampf (Scena Theatre) - Apr 25 & 26

When requesting an appointment, please put Your Name: Role(s) that you would like to read for in the subject line. Contact scenacasting@yahoo.com

Auditions for Mercy Seat (The Capital City Players of DC @ CHAW) - Apr 28 & May 4

https://www.facebook.com/events/291105487631473/

Summer Dinner Theatre Student Auditions and Tech Interviews (Montgomery College) - May 4 to 6

http://cms.montgomerycollege.edu/edu/department2.aspx?id=5103

Auditions for 13: The Musical *youth* (Metropolitan Performing Arts Theatre) - May 6 to 8

https://www.facebook.com/events/392390957459592/

Audition (Revision @ Dance Place) - Jun 15

http://www.danceplace.org/news/audition-revision-dance-collaborative/

Summer Institute (Dance Exchange) - Jul 6-15 / Culminates in performance during the Capital Fringe Festival

http://danceexchange.org/dance-with-dx/institutes/

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Present Happenings:

Cab Calloway's Minnie the Moocher (Pointless Theatre Company @ Flashpoint's Mead Theatre Lab) - Apr 13 to 29 / DC PAL: Scott Whalen

https://www.facebook.com/events/294218657311286/

Spidermusical (Landless Theatre Company @ DCAC) - Apr 5 to 29 / DC PAL: Ally Jenkins

Home (Studio 3) - Apr 14 to May 5 / DC PAL: Caren Hearne

Killing Women (Pinky Swear @ Spooky Action Theatre) - Apr 18 to May 12 / DC PAL: Chris Holland

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Ephemeral Happenings:

Electro Shutdown and the Pea (Dance Place) - Apr 21 & 22 / DC PAL: Rick Westerkamp

The Goat, or who is Sylvia (@ - Apr 21 & 22 / DC PAL: Ricardo Frederick Evans

https://www.facebook.com/events/269300689819602/

Puppetry Slam (Puppet Playhouse in Glen Echo) - Apr 28 / DC PAL: Eric Brooks

The Nautical Yards (force/collision) - Apr 26 to 29 / DC PAL: Lew Feem

Galactica Happy Hour w/ special Guest: Olney Theatre *Free* (@ Black Fox Lounge) - Apr 27 / Jeffrey Johnson

https://www.facebook.com/events/371598699527103/

Tonya Tomkins: Bach Cello Suites *Free* (@ the Library of Congress) - Apr 28 / DC PAL: Solomon HaileSelassie

Katzen Jammers: A Cabaret (AU's Katzen Arts Center) - Apr 30 / DC PAL: Catherine Starek

https://www.facebook.com/events/261408803938616/

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That's it for April. Keep sharing what's happening, and looking forward to wrapping up year 5 of DC PAL with May's bulletins!!

I can't believe it's coming up on 5 years…

JR