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Tuesday, February 05, 2008
weimar new york
One of the most exciting things to hit this town in a while is Weimar New York, a group of performance artists doing two evenings at the SFMOMA on February 13 and 14. The event is being MCed by Justin Bond (of Kiki and Herb fame) and Ana Matronic (of the Scissors Sisters.) The event promises to be truly memorable. There are also a bunch of parties around the event. More info sfmoma.org/weimar .
xoxox
A
Friday, January 11, 2008
Wendy Tremont King gets cast in Sean Penn film
I am very please to announce the 4-time MoI veteran Wendy Tremont King has been cast in a speaking role in the Harvey Milk film, being directed by Gus Van Sant, and will have dialogue in a scene with Sean Penn. She will play Carol Ruth Silver, a San Francisco Supervisor at the time Harvey Milk was also a Supervisor, a lesbian and civil rights attorney.
Local girl makes good! Right on Wendy!
Cheers,
Andrew
Thursday, December 13, 2007
TJ on TV
This news from TJ Metz, from the first three cycles of Mother of Invention. Congrats TJ:
"I am on the tele...cable actually...tomorrow night, Friday 12.14.07 at 8 PM.
The show is a reality show. It's like dinner and a movie. The movie is Return to me with David Duchovny and Minnie Driver. During the commercials, 3 other actors and myself, pretend like we're on a date. It was filmed in beautiful Half Moon Bay - one very chilly afternoon - last month. I'm guy number 3. I was hired to be goofy and sarcastic...I hope I delivered. You tell me. =)"
Take care!
TJ METZ
415.608.8825
tjmetz@gmail.com
Sunday, November 25, 2007
catch her on the way up
Forgive the long hiatus. I can only invoke Abraham Lincoln's observation that it is better to keep silent and be thought a fool than to open one's mouth and leave no doubt.
A friend of mine, Elif Batuman, has a star that is rising quickly: she has had at least one piece published in the New Yorker, and was recently awarded something like twenty-five grand for being a promising woman writer. Anyway, she will be reading at three bay area locations this week, as she reports, with scintillating wit, in her blog:
http://www.elifbatuman.net
It won't suck, believe me.
Anyway, cheers, here comes Xmas, hold on tight,
A
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Sunday, October 07, 2007
the new dynamic duo
I am VERY pleased to announce that I will have a partner in crime for the cycle of the
Advanced Class beginning in January (will meet on Wednesday nights): Denmo Ibrahim, the
co-founder of the acclaimed San Francisco theater ensemble Mugwumpin. She will be
teaching one component of the class, in which she will bring her extensive background in various physical theater disciplines to bear in way that will support us in our ongoing work to cultivate a
free and animated physical instrument capable of directed powerful interventions in the
worlds we are living in, and will help equip us for the physical boldness asked of us in our
preliminary steps into the world of Shakespeare.
I have included Denmo's bio below. It speaks for itself!
For those of you who have only done one cycle of the Essentials class but would like to get
in on this, let me remind you that there is a Tuesday night cycle of the Essentials class
starting October 16.
Cheers, be well,
Andrew
Denmo Ibrahim is a founder and co-Artistic Director of mugwumpin, San Francisco's
award winning performance company. Locally, she has been commissioned to create new
ensemble-built performances for Theatre of Yugen, foolsFURY, Shotgun Players, Golden
Thread, Root Division, and EXIT Theatre. In May, she was awarded the TBA New Work
Fund for emerging playwrights for a world premiere produced by Golden Thread
scheduled for 2008. As a performer, she has been nominated for the "Irene Ryan Acting
Award" (Boston) and a "Joseph Jefferson Award "(Chicago) for Best Actress in a Lead Role.
In San Francisco, Denmo has served on the selection committee for the Playwrights
Foundation and was a member of The Gym at The Magic for the development of
experimental work. She has studied commedia dell'arte with Antonio Fava at the
International Stage in Italy, acrobatics with Mirco Ferri, and intensive training with Giovanni
Fusetti `s clown pedagogy: The Red Nose. Denmo is a graduate of Boston University and
holds an M.F.A. in Lecoq-Based: Actor Created Physical Theatre from Naropa University.
She offers private workshops for theatre companies and public programs for youth and
adults in ensemble creation. This fall she will be teaching a Neutral Mask intensive
sponsored by The Exploratorium.
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