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Complete genius

If you haven't seen this yet, do yourself a favor and watch it NOW.

Stage Manager for the 2019 New Works Festival

San Diego City College 

is looking for a stage manager and assistant stage manager to work the 2019 New Works Festival this Spring Semester.

The commitment would be from Jan 28-March 24, 2019.

If you are in need of DR 242-A,B,C,D this is an excellent opportunity to learn about the craftsmanship of stage managing a production. It's a lot of work but a lot of fun.

If you have never stage managed a production before this is your opportunity to learn!

Students will need to enroll in DR 242 for the Spring 2019 semester.

If you are interested and/or more information please contact Professor Matthew Salazar-Thompson at mthompso@Sdccd.edu

Check out Vanessa!

Check out the City College Legend for a huge story and spread on City College drama student Vanessa Flores!

Finals week!

Happy Holidays from City College drama students Carly Stacey, Vanessa Flores, Devin McKenna, and Josue Mares!

Rent: Plan B

Hello, and happy Friday.

I was hoping not to have to write this message, but I think I can’t put it off any longer.

As you probably know, we applied for the rights to produce Rent in Spring 2019. (We are legally unable to produce any show without obtaining the rights and paying the royalties.) We applied in early October, and we learned a few weeks ago that Rent is a “restricted title,” due to the fact that the 20^th Anniversary Tour is starting in 2019. The rights holders don’t want for any local productions anywhere to compete with the tour. In other words, they did not say yes.

As soon as I got the news I wrote an appeal letter. The tour will be on the East Coast in mid-late April, and the closest that it’s going to get to San Diego is to Palm Desert (February) and Riverside (June), so we really won’t be in conflict. As of last week, even though my letter had been received and was under consideration, I was told it could be a few more weeks until a final decision is made. I was advised to come up with an alternate selection, in case we don’t get the green light.

This is obviously not the news we wanted to hear. I will continue to be persistent, and I will let you all know immediately what the final verdict is.

In the meantime, I’m asking for your input. What musicals would you like to see produced in the spring? Bear in mind that we need to have a big cast, and there needs to be good roles for men and women. I personally lean more toward contemporary-ish musicals, although I’m completely open at this time.

We audition in less than two months, and production meetings will start soon, so time is of the essence. I’m sorry, guys—I wish I had more promising news. Let’s keep our fingers crossed that they will give us the rights to Rent.

--Katie Rodda

Discount tickets to the Improvised Shakespeare Company

This is a forward from a professor at the University of San Diego:

The Improvised Shakespeare Company will perform at USD's IPJ Theatre on SAT 1 DEC, at 8PM.

If you've never seen an ISC show, believe me: there's nothing like it. I've seen them perform many times (in NYC, LA, San Francisco, Chicago) and I marvel every single time. Their improvisation form is one of the most impressive things you'll ever witness onstage: they ask the audience to make up a title (I once saw an uproariously funny tragedy called "The Jersey Shire") and then the five performers improvise an entire Elizabethan-style play, in iambic pentameter, on the spot – complete with rhymed couplets, sonnets, song, dance, revenge, romance, fairies, star-crossed lovers, tyrannical kings, and other Shakespearean tropes. I don't know if it's going to be a comedy, a tragedy, or a history...I just know it's both the opening night and the closing night. 

One more thing: I guarantee it will be hilarious, from start to finish. 

To book tickets, go to the Eventbrite page...

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-improvised-shakespeare-company-tickets-48401425968?aff=ebapi

...click on "Tickets," click on "Enter Promotional Code," and then enter this code: CityCollege.

Looking for someone to work with shadow puppets

Free tickets to Cygnet Theatre!

Music, ghosts, and a little redemption.

A

CHRISTMAS

CAROL

Adaptation & Lyrics by Sean Murray

Original Score by Billy Thompson

FREE

STUDENT NIGHT OUT!

Wed., Nov. 28 @ 7:30PM

Mix and mingle, enjoy a show,

and get festive!

HOW: Visit the box office in person (4040 Twiggs St.)

or call 619-337-1525 to reserve up to two seats.

Bring a valid middle school ID, high school ID,

college ID, or proof of age to the

Box Office when you pick up

your ticket.

Tickets: 619.337.1525 www.cygnettheatre.org

Film audition

“DANCING WITH LIONS”

CASTING CALL NOTICE

Production title: “Dancing With Lions”

Union / Non-Union: Non-Union

Compensation: Reel, IMDB Credit, Meals and Refreshments

Production Type: Independent

Project length: 10-12 Mins Short (4 Day Shoot)

Schedule: Late Jan/early Feb 2019

Project format: 4k

Production location: San Diego/SoCa

Character BIOS:

[DANIEL] [GENDER: MALE] [ETHNICITY: ANY] [AGE: 18-mid 20s] 

Daniel is young male dancer in his late teens/early 20s who struggles through life to achieve his ultimate goal.

[OCEAN] [GENDER: MALE] [ETHNICITY: ANY] [AGE: 18-mid 20s]

Ocean is Daniel’s lover and finds himself in a very difficult position in life. 

[SOLDIERS] [GENDER: MALE] [ETHNICITY: OPEN] [20s – 30s]

 3 tough strong soldiers

[SOLDIER’S CAPTAIN] [GENDER: MALE] [ETHNICITY: OPEN] [40s]

[JUDGES] [GENDER: FEMALE, MALE] [ETHNICITY: MULTIPLE] [LATE 30s to Mid 50s] [1 day shoot]

A-AFRICAN AMERICAN FEMALE in her mid 50s

B-ASIAN FEMALE in her mid 40s

C- CAUCASIAN MALE in his late 30s.

[REFUGEES] [GENDER: FEMALE, MALE] [ETHNICITY: ANY] [ANY AGE] [1 day shoot]

2 – 3 Refugees needed AGE? Ethnicity: Any?

Please send us any reels, links of your work that you have to  be considered: dancingwithlionsproductions@gmail.com.  We will hold casting auditions on Nov 18, 2018.

Thank you

DANCING WITH LIONS TEAM