Bulletin 6: Early Edition

Happy Halloween/All Hallows Eve/All Saints' Eve/Samhain!!

Hope everyone had a great October. Don't forget, you can still check out the Post's Fall Art Preview for a thorough look at everything going on in the DC area.

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Arts Advocacy Day

The 21st annual Arts Advocacy Day is the only national event that brings together a broad cross section of Americaís cultural and civic organizations, along with hundreds of grassroots advocates from across the country, to underscore the importance of developing strong public policies and appropriating increased public funding for the arts.

LEARN how to lobby congress.

NETWORK with other attendees from your state and across the country.

BE HEARD by your members of Congress when you visit them to make the case for the arts and arts education.

Advocacy Day Highlights

March 31: 21st Annual Nancy Hanks Lecture on Arts and Public Policy

Daniel Pink is a best-selling author and an expert on innovation, competition, and the changing world of work.

March 31: Emerging Arts Leaders Networking Reception

April 1: Congressional Arts Breakfast

Hear from members of Congress and celebrity guests.

View the schedule for all the activities.

Register and book your hotel today!

This past year, the first hearing in 12 years dedicated to the importance of investing in the arts was held on Arts Advocacy Day including testimony by Wynton Marsalis. Your involvement does make an impact.

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Members' Current Events/Performances/Productions:

Nobody's Perfect (The Kennedy Center & VSA Arts) - Oct 19 to Nov 3 / involved DC PAL: Florrie Bagel

The Jungle Book (Imagination Stage) - Sep 22 to Nov 4 / involved DC PALs: Nadya Chacon, Chris Wilson

Nothing Sacred (Firebelly Productions @ Theatre on the Run) - Oct 11 to Nov 4 / involved DC PAL: Craig Lawrence Sussman

Titanic: the Musical (Toby's Dinner Theatre) - Aug 24 to Nov 11 / involved DC PAL: John Dellaporta, Ben Gibson, Rosie Sowa

As You Like It (Folger Theatre) - Oct 17 to Nov 25 / involved DC PAL: Michael Grew

Clara Barton: The Courage Within (Adventure Theatre) - Oct 23 to June 14 / involved DC PALs: Roberta Gasbarre, Danny Pushkin, JR Russ

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Members' One-Day Events/Performances/Productions Coming in November:

Pirates of Penzance (The Holton-Arms School) - Nov 2 / involved DC PAL: Alyssa Gagarin

Echo Park Contemporary Ballet - Nov 17 / involved DC PAL: Kelly Mayfield

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Members' Upcoming Events/Performances/Productions Coming in November:

Into the Woods (Rockville Musical Theatre) - Nov 2 to 17 / involved DC PALs: Patrick Murphy Doneghy, Danny Park

The Merry Widow (James Madison University) - Nov 2 to 4 / involved DC PAL: Lauren McDonald

The Great American Song book (GMCW) - Nov 3 to 18 / involved DC PAL: Matt Gillette

JOM's Youth Company Concert (Joy of Motion @ American University) - Nov 10 to 11 / involved DC PAL: Emma Whitty

Secret Garden (Adventure Theatre) - Nov 10 to Dec 16 / involved DC PALs: Jose Abraham, Stacie Hering, JR Russ, Andrew Seaman

Fiddler on the Roof (Olney Theatre Center) - Nov 14 to Dec 30 / involved DC PAL: Kyle Schliefer

Aida (Walt Whitman High School) - Nov 15 to 17 / invovled DC PAL: Jesse Lazarus, Clayton Smith

Babes in Toyland (Washington Savoyards) - Nov 23 to Dec 9 / involved DC PALs: Carolyn Agan, Elizabeth Jenkins McFadden, Danny Pushkin

Seasons of Light (Discovery Theater) - Nov 28 to Dec 21 / involved DC PAls: Roberta Gasbarre, Danny Pushkin

New Works Reading: Dysfunction Spelled Backward (American University) - Nov 29 to Dec 1 / involved DC PAL: Tessa Raden

Maryland Dance Ensemble (Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center) - Nov 30 to Dec 1 / involved DC PAL: Valerie Branch

American Carols (GMCW) - Nov 30 to Dec 2 / involved DC PALs: Darrin Bodner, Matt Gillette, Jay Gilliam, Jared B. Harrison, John-Paul Hayworth, JR Russ

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So just note with the DC PAL movie nights, those take place wherever you are. If you happen to be in DC, great!! But if not, then it might be a chance to meet up with people in your area.

Happy trick-or-treating!!

Until next time,

JR

Bulletin 5

"Wake me up, when September ends"

So September was action packed :-)

Beginning with the Kennedy Center's Page to Stage Festival, ending with the DC XIII International Improvisation Festival and a lotta stuff in between. And now, college is definitely back in gear, as you'll see by the number of shows coming up on area campuses.

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October is National Arts & Humanities Month:

"Held every October, National Arts and Humanities Month (NAHM) is a coast-to-coast collective celebration of culture in America. Coordinated by Americans for the Arts, it is the largest annual celebration of the arts and humanities in the nation. From arts center open houses to mayoral proclamations to storefront banners and newspaper articles, thousands of communities across the United States are recognizing the cultural gems all around them."

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Thanks to Freater Gratis for posting the link for Free Night of Theater 2007 -

Free Night of Theater is Theatre Communications Group's exciting national audience development program designed to attract new audiences to America's not-for-profit theatres. Since the pilot program, which debuted in three cities in 2005, Free Night has expanded across the country and is being presented in over 70 cities this year.

As the Free Night program rolls out over an ever expanding national stage, we are thrilled to offer this unique opportunity to provide access to thousands of new audience members to experience the joy of theatre for the first time -- absolutely free of charge!

The 2007 campaign debuts on October 18, 2007 and is being produced in Atlanta, Austin, Boise, Cincinnati, Cleveland, the state of Connecticut, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Lexington, Los Angeles, the state of New Jersey, the state of North Carolina, Oregon (in Ashland and Eugene), Philadelphia, Sacramento, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle/Greater Puget Sound, South Carolina/Charleston, states represented by Southeastern Theatre Conference (including Alabama, Louisiana, Florida, Virginia and West Virginia), Washington D.C. and the state of Wisconsin.

To learn more about the 2007 program, including details on participating communities, theatres and performances, please check out the Find a Show and Locations pages on this site.

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There's also the Post's Fall arts preview in the Posted Items Section, which features an article on the brand new Harman Hall.

Please feel free to post any Performing Arts related links that you'd like to share.

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Members' Current Events/Performances/Productions:

Cita a Ciegas/Blind Date (GALA Hispanic Theatre) - Sept 20 to Oct 14

Bat Boy: The Musical (Landless Theatre Company) - Sept 21 to Oct 14

Merrily We Roll Along (Signature Theatre) - Sep 4 to Oct 14

The Jungle Book (Imagination Stage) - Sep 22 to Nov 4

Titanic: the Musical (Toby's Dinner Theatre) - Aug 24 to Nov 11

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Members' Upcoming Events/Performances/Productions Coming in October:

Little Shop of Horrors (Montgomery College) - Oct 10 to 14

Urinetown the Musical (University of Maryland) - Oct 11 to 19

Dracula...The Musical? (Montgomery Playhouse) - Oct 12 to 28

As You Like It (Folger Theatre) - Oct 17 to Nov 25

As Bees In Honey Drown (George Mason University) - Oct 18 to 28

Urinetown, the Musical (American University) - Oct 19 to 27

Evita (Catholic University) - Oct 26 to 28

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I'm going to try adding an events section for everything members are doing outside of the area, organized by state/country. Let me know what you're up to!!

Not much else to say this time. However, I was just thinking about the possibility of a DC PAL movie night in December.

"What movie?" you might ask...

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Sorry for the delay with the Bulletin...something funky was going on everytime I tried to send it, yesterday.

Until next time,

JR