Spacetaker and Nova host NYC Casting Director for workshop

Spacetaker, in collaboration with Culture 365 member company Nova Arts Project, hosts NY casting director Julie Schubert in a casting workshop benefiting local professional actors.

When: Saturday September 6, 2008 9:30-12:30

Where: Spacetaker Artist Resource Center
2101 Winter Street, Studio B11
Houston, TX    77007

Class size: Maximum of 20 people

Cost: $75 per person for a minimum 3-hour session

To Register: http://spacetakercastingworkshop.eventbrite.com/

Class Description: Professional and aspiring actors will have the opportunity to meet with New York Casting Director, Julie Schubert. The event will begin with a brief introduction to the casting process and a Q&A (approx. 20 minutes) where actors may pose questions regarding the business of acting in film and television.  Following the talkback, each actor will workshop actual film or television material with Ms. Schubert, getting constructive feedback on their technique and the audition process. Ms. Schubert will provide these scenes for the actors in advance*, matching the actors with material suited specifically to them. Each workshop will be videotaped and following the event (within 24 hours), actors will receive a Quicktime file of their work.  Finally, each actor will have a private 3-5 minute interview with Ms. Schubert, where they will have the opportunity to ask questions regarding their career, headshot, resume, etc.  The workshop is limited to the first 20 registrants.  (Depending on availability, a second workshop may be held later the same day.)

*All actors will need to submit one copy of their picture and resume prior to the workshop in order for Ms. Schubert to properly assign their workshop scenes.  Please either email materials to julie.schubert@gmail.com or drop off at Spacetaker’s offices at 2101 Winter Street.  (Call ahead 713-868-1839 to schedule a drop-off time.)

Biography for Julie Schubert:
Ms. Schubert has been working in the casting industry in New York for quite some time. She has had the good fortune to work with many esteemed directors and casting directors: with Ellen Lewis on “The Devil Wears Prada” and on Martin Scorsese’s “The Departed,” and with Juliet Taylor on Sydney Pollack’s “The Interpreter” and a number of Woody Allen films. Ms. Schubert recently wrapped casting on the film adaptation of the best selling novel “Confessions of a Shopaholic”, as well as “The Taking of Pelham 1:23,” starring Denzel Washington and John Travolta.  Ms. Schubert is a graduate of NYU Tisch School of the Arts.

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We would like to thank Clinton, Brian, & Sarah along with the entire cast and crew for their hard work and dedication!

The Bacchae opens tonight!

Euripedes’ tragic play tells the story of Dionysus, the god of
wine, fertility and prophecy, who was the son of Zeus and the
mortal woman, Semele.  Semele died before Dionysus was born
when Zeus appeared to her in his true form and she was
burned to ash.  Subsequently, her family rejected Dionysus,
claiming that Semele was pregnant by another man, instead
of Zeus, and was killed for her promiscuity.  Dionysus, all
grown up, travels to his mother’s home, the city of Thebes,
with his followers, the Bacchants, and proceeds to wreak
his terrible vengeance on his family and the city.

With updated, but still heightened language, much of the
story will be told through dance. The ensemble cast spent
the first weeks of rehearsals in intense ballroom dance
training, learning everything from tango to waltz and
foxtrot to paso doble.  As shown in his critically acclaimed
recreation of Oedipus at Colonus, during Nova Arts Project’s
first season, the blending of contemporary dance, ancient
text and relevant theme is something Nova Arts Project’s
Artistic Director Clinton Hopper does very well, and he’s
thrilled to have the chance to do it on a larger scale, with
a cast of over 15 actors and dancers.

Performances are August 7th-11th & 14th-16t
All performances are at 8:00 pm
Performaces will be held at The Jose Quintero Theatre
(at the University of Houston inside the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts)
Entrance 16 at Cullen Blvd. (map)
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For more information visit NovaArtsProject.com

Opens next week! “The Bacchae” directed by Clinton Hopper

Come see the story of the god Dionysus, son of Zeus and mortal woman, Semele….

Semele died before Dionysus was born because Zeus appeared to her in his true form and burned her to ash. Subsequently, his mortal family rejected Dionysus and claimed that Semele was pregnant by another man instead of Zeus and was killed for her promiscuity.

Dionysus, the god of wine, fertility and prophecy, travels to his mother’s home, the city of Thebes, with his followers, the Bacchants, and proceeds to wreak his terrible vengeance on his family and the city.

With updated, but still heightened language, much of the story will be told through dance. The ensemble cast spent the first weeks of rehearsal undergoing intense ballroom dance training – learning everything from tango to waltz and foxtrot to paso doble.

All performances are at 8:00 p.m, from August 7th – 16th at the Jose Quintero Theatre at the University of Houston, Main Campus, Entrance #16 off of Cullen, Houston, TX

Tickets are $10 for students and on a sliding scale of $17-$30 for general admission.

Tickets can be purchased in advance online at http://www.novaartsproject.com or at the door.

Reservations can be made by calling the Nova Arts Project office at 713-623-4033.

Nova Arts Project is a Houston-based, not-for-profit performing arts organization that seeks to recreate classics and inspire new works in a fearlessly theatrical way.

For more information about Nova Arts Project, please visit http://www.novaartsproject.com.