So the theatre company is no longer in existance. But thanks to all of you who donated your time and money to help us get it off the ground. Rest assured that Kate and I will be paying back the remaining debt ourselves (no thanks to Lara) and we've learned our lesson.
Introducing....
LANDSCAPE THEATRE ENSEMBLE!
My two lovely friends, Lara Tibble and Kate Garassino, and I are embarking on a new and exciting venture! I am the Executive Director, with Kate as our Business Manager and Lara as our guiding Artistic Director. The response we've been getting from fellow artists, businesspeople, family and friends has been overwhelming and we are thrilled that so many people believe in our vision and want to help out. See our mission statement and season description below!
Through dynamic theatrical productions, workshops and educational programs, Landscape Theatre Ensemble connects the relationship between the seasons and the human spirit.
Spring ~ Emerge
� Workshops, staged readings and productions to develop and showcase new works
� Plays and Musicals with themes of Personal Awakening, Youth and Coming of Age
Summer ~ Adventure
� Theatre-Hikes Productions; taking audiences on Journeys of Adventure, Romance and Freedom. A Theatre-Hike combines the typically passive activity of watching a play or musical with the dynamic element of taking the audience on a journey from one location to the next for each scene along a one to three mile hiking route, creating an innovative new form of �human-powered recreation.�
� Training workshops or educational programs that are active and health related in nature
Autumn ~ Prepare: A Celebration of �Harvest Time�
� Theatre-Hikes Productions celebrating classic legends and folk tales of the season
� Educational and Young Audience productions and interactive workshops for schools and scouting groups
� Actor Training workshops, specifically geared toward audition and monologue preparation
Winter ~ Reflect
� Thought provoking holiday shows that are not typically seen and new adaptations of holiday classics
� Darker, more dramatic indoor productions, with a focus on plays and musicals that require a deeper level of introspection
The Parade Has Passed By
July 28, 2004
Thanks to everyone who made it out to see PARADE at the Bailiwick! Your support and praise of the show, even with that now infamous helmet-wig, made it a huge success. With our extension to the Mercury Theater I was invited to move up into the role of Iola Stover!
Life & Stuff
May 21, 2004
Well, friends, my time at Great Lakes Camps has come to an end. But with that end comes a wonderful beginning! I will soon be taking over the irreverent Molly Faithe Gasbarinni's position at Pivot Point International as Corporate Receptionist. Yay! This hopefully will be the start of a wonderful and lucrative future! Thanks to all that helped me out in my job search.
Parade, the show I'm in at the Bailiwick Repertory, is extending at the Mercury Theater on Southport and Waveland after our Bailiwick closing on May 29, 2004. We will be at the Mercury until people stop buying tickets, so come on down!
BAILIWICK, TIMELINE LEAD IN JEFF NOMINATIONS
May 3, 2004
By Hedy Weiss, Chicago Sun-Times
Bailiwick Repertory's production of "Dr. Sex," a new (and possibly Broadway-bound) musical about Dr. Alfred Kinsey, the godfather of sex research, and TimeLine Theatre's production of "Hannah and Martin," a new play (recently mounted Off-Broadway) about the relationship between philosophers Hannah Arendt and Martin Heidegger, were among the shows that helped put those two theaters at the top of the Jeff Citations nominations list for the season running April 1, 2003-March 31, 2004.
Bailiwick scored a total of 17 nominations, including those for such shows as "Dr. Sex," "Pinafore!" and "Sex: A Cardinal Deposed," while TimeLine racked up 15 nominations for "Hannah," "The Lion in Winter" and "Paragon Springs."
The Citations honor outstanding achievement in professional productions of Chicago-area theaters not operating under union contracts. In a strong season for the these small but bold companies, Circle Theatre and the Griffin Theatre Company also made impressive showings with nine nominations apiece.
The awards presentation, which is open to the public, will be held on June 7 at Park West, 322 W. Armitage, with actor-director David Cromer and Famous Door Artistic Director Marc Grapey serving as masters of ceremonies. A reception with light buffet supper and cash bar precedes the ceremony from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Tickets (general seating only) are $25 in advance, $30 at the door. Call (847) 724-8468 for more information.
Following is a complete list of the 2003-2004 Citations nominees:
PRODUCTION, PLAY: "Broadway Bound" (Pegasus Players); "Detective Story" (Strawdog Theatre Company); "Hannah and Martin" (TimeLine Theatre Company); "In the Blood" (Circle Theatre); "The Lion in Winter" (TimeLine Theatre Company); "Lost in Yonkers" (Eclipse Theatre Company).
PRODUCTION, MUSICAL OR REVUE: "Dr. Sex" (Bailiwick Repertory); "A Kurt Weill Review: Songs of Darkness and Light" (Theo Ubique Theatre Company in association with Michael James); "Pinafore!" (Bailiwick Repertory).
ENSEMBLE: "Angus, Thongs and Full Frontal Snogging" (Griffin Theatre Company); "Balm in Gilead" (The Hypocrites); "Detective Story"; "In the Blood"; "A Kurt Weill Review: Songs of Darkness and Light"; "The Shadow" (Lifeline Theatre); "Steel Magnolias" (Circle Theatre).
DIRECTOR, PLAY: Richard Barletta and Jennie Cleghorn, "Angus, Thongs and Full Frontal Snogging"; Nick Bowling, "The Lion in Winter"; Jeremy B. Cohen, "Hannah and Martin"; Michael Matthews, "In the Blood"; Shade Murray, "Detective Story."
DIRECTOR, MUSICAL OR REVUE: Fred Anzevino, "A Kurt Weill Review: Songs of Darkness and Light"; David Zak, "Dr. Sex."
NEW WORK: Shepsu Aakhu, "Kiwi Black" (MPAACT); Larry Bortniker and Sally Deering, "Dr. Sex"; Sharon Evans, "Blind Tasting" (Live Bait Theater); Kate Fodor, "Hannah and Martin"; Brett Neveu, "the go" (Terrapin Theatre).
NEW ADAPTATION: Christina Calvit, "Angus, Thongs and Full Frontal Snogging"; Sean Graney, "Camille/La Traviata" (The Hypocrites); John Hildreth and the cast of "The Shadow"; Michael Murphy, "Sin: A Cardinal Deposed" (Bailiwick Repertory).
PRINCIPAL ACTRESS, PLAY: Inda Craig-Galvan, "In the Blood"; Lindsay Gould, "Blackbird" (Profiles Theatre); Kate Harris, "Misery" (Pyewacket in association with Scott Dray Productions, LLC); CeCe Klinger, "Lost in Yonkers"; Joan McClive, "Sylvia" (TinFish Productions); Donna McGough, "Happy Days" (The Hypocrites); Katherine Nawrocki, "Angus, Thongs and Full Frontal Snogging"; Elizabeth Rich, "Hannah and Martin."
PRINCIPAL ACTRESS, MUSICAL: Sarah Laue, "Dr. Sex."
PRINCIPAL ACTOR, PLAY: Darrell W. Cox, "Blackbird"; Brendon DeMay, "Amadeus" (Porchlight Music Theatre Chicago); David Parkes, "Hannah and Martin"; David Parkes, "The Lion in Winter"; Jim Sherman, "Sin: A Cardinal Deposed."
PRINCIPAL ACTOR, MUSICAL: Jamie Axtell, "Dr. Sex"; Gerald Kelel, "Pinafore!"
SUPPORTING ACTRESS, PLAY: Mary Jo Bolduc, "The Shadow"; Dina Connolly, "Picnic" (Griffin Theatre Company); Jenni Fontana, "Blind Tasting"; Danica Ivancevic, "Hannah and Martin"; Kelly Schumann, "Steel Magnolias"; Penny Slusher, "Picnic."
SUPPORTING ACTRESS, MUSICAL OR REVUE: Rebecca Finnegan, "A Kurt Weill Review: Songs of Darkness and Light"; Naomi Landman, "Pinafore!"
SUPPORTING ACTOR, PLAY: Scott Aiello, "Broadway Bound"; William Bannon, "Lost in Yonkers"; Zach Gray, "Lost in Yonkers"; Michael Stahl-David, "Lost in Yonkers"; James Tellier, "Broadway Bound"; Marco Verna, "Blind Tasting."
SUPPORTING ACTOR, MUSICAL OR REVUE: Jamie Axtell, "Pinafore!"; Joshua Campbell, "Dr. Sex"; David Heimann, "A Kurt Weill Review: Songs of Darkness and Light"; Scott O'Brien, "Pinafore!"
SCENIC DESIGN: Tom Burch, "Misery"; Nathan Combs, "Fifth of July" (Griffin Theatre Company); Alan Donahue, "Angus, Thongs and Full Frontal Snogging"; Robert A. Knuth, "Steel Magnolias"; Jack Magaw, "Broadway Bound"; Michael Menendian and Leif Olsen, "Social Security"; Ray Vlcek, "Detective Story" ; Mike Winkelman, "Lost in Yonkers."
COSTUME DESIGN: Carol J. Blanchard, "Amadeus"; Nicole Rene Burchfield, "The Lion in Winter"; Jennifer Grace, "Balm in Gilead"; Jeff Jones, "Dr. Sex"; Elizabeth Shaffer, "Angus, Thongs and Full Frontal Snogging"; Allison Siple, "Camille/La Traviata."
LIGHTING DESIGN: Brian Sidney Bembridge, "Hannah and Martin"; Charles Cooper, "Paragon Springs" (TimeLine Theatre Company); Kevin Hagan, "The Lion in Winter"; Jared Moore, "Misery"; Kurt Ottinger, "Fool for Love" (Circle Theatre).
SOUND DESIGN: Victoria DeIorio, "The Shadow"; Andrew Hansen, "Paragon Springs"; Chris J. Johnson, "The Lion in Winter"; Peter Storms, "Fool for Love."
CHOREOGRAPHY: Brigitte Ditmar, "Pinafore!"; Kristen Folzenlogen, "Dr. Sex."
ORIGINAL MUSIC: Kevin O'Donnell, "Camille/La Traviata"; Poh'ro, "Kiwi Black"; Bob Rokos, "True Crimes" (Boxer Rebellion Ensemble).
MUSICAL DIRECTION: Alan Bukowiecki, "Dr. Sex"; Eugene Dizon, "Amadeus"; Sarah Renberg, "A Kurt Weill Review: Songs of Darkness and Light."
