Hi all -
Guess what I have? That's right: Show Swag!
If you put an order in for a show shirt and poster from the spring show, you can come by IBWHS weekday mornings before 1200pm to pick it up. Just email or text me (Miller) to let me know you're on your way, remind me of the size you requested, and I'll have it ready for you.
They're pretty dope! Let me know when you'd like to come by!
- j.
Due to power outages / internet issues, the deadline for Intent Forms has been extended.
They must now be in:
TH 2/18 at 10:00p
You will be notified of your auditions / appointment time sometime on F 2/19.
TW9 INTENT FORM EXPECTATIONS (updated 2/18, for outages)
There are multiple options for participating in this production:
1. As a writer, partnering with an actor to write for them.
2. As an actor, partnering with a writer to perform their work.
3. As a writer / actor, performing their own work.
4. As a designer / design assistant (making props, scenic & costume pieces).
5. As a member of the filming / editing crew.
6. As a member of the production management team.
The “TW9 Intent Form” is available now. Click HERE. This form must be downloaded and filled out, then emailed to Matthew B. Zrebski by 10:00p on Thursday, 2/18. This form will declare your interests and commit you to the next part of the process. The intent form will include instructions/options for submitting writing, live auditioning via Zoom, and live interviewing via Zoom during appointments W 2/24 – SA 2/27. For anyone with technical challenges / limitations, a video submission process will be available on a case-by-case basis. The full company will be announced Sunday 2/28 by 8:00p.
This is your friendly reminder that tomorrow afternoon at 330pm is our kickoff meeting for Teen West Project: Year 9 - Impact!
Again, for those of you who don't know, the Teen West Project is SouthWest StageWorks' signature project. We collaborate with local theatre company Playwrights West to debut brand new pieces of theatre each year, including pieces that have been nationally published and performed off-Broadway. It's a powerful theatre experience, and for those of you who were involved with or saw last year's edition, You Cannot Undo This Action, you can speak directly to this powerful work.
This year's edition will take our distance learning situation into account and use this unique situation to create a powerful set of tales based on our experiences in this void. Impact will be a true collaboration between student artists and theatre professionals to create high level work.
Join us for that kickoff meeting with Matt and Miller tomorrow, Monday, 2/8 at 330pm at this Zoom Link to know more.
See you there!
j.
SouthWest StageWorks
in association with
Playwrights West
presents
Teen West Project Year 9: Impact
OVERVIEW
Inspired by the need to allow individualistic expression by student artists during this unprecedented and historic time, Impact will feature 10-12 solo pieces, written and performed by students at Ida B. Wells-Barnett High School. Each piece will feature a teenaged character in a solo-show microwork (monologue), inspired by the myriad challenges (personal, financial, educational, sociopolitical, etc.) seen in our country over the past many months – and represent many styles and genres…naturalism, drama, comedy, surrealism, speculative fiction, musical, thrillers, and more! The current plan is that this will be presented as a pre-recorded, streamed event. This will be the first time that Teen West Project will be an all “solo show” offering; this is the ideal time for such a unique format.
INCLUSION
We honor all identities – all races, ethnicities, sexual orientations, genders, abilities, body types, faiths, and sociopolitical views are respected. You are welcome here. The more diverse a society is and the more that diversity is celebrated, the richer a community will be. Making art, especially in a lab filled with peers, can be very personal. We demand a space that is respectful and develops trust. We develop art within an apolitical space that uses storytelling and questions as the tools for thematic investigation. We commit to not viewing others as sociopolitical abstractions, but as full human beings. We commit to constructively criticize – never to tear down, but only to lift up. We commit to coming from a place of kindness and love, not judgment.
TW9 INTENT FORM
There are multiple options for participating in this production:
1. As a writer, partnering with an actor to write for them.
2. As an actor, partnering with a writer to perform their work.
3. As a writer / actor, performing their own work.
4. As a designer / design assistant (making props, scenic & costume pieces).
5. As a member of the filming / editing crew.
6. As a member of the production management team.
The “TW9 Intent Form” is available now. Click HERE. This form must be downloaded and filled out, then emailed to Matthew B. Zrebski by 5:00p on Tuesday 2/16. This form will declare your interests and commit you to the next part of the process. The intent form will include instructions/options for submitting writing, live auditioning via Zoom, and live interviewing via Zoom during appointments W 2/24 – SA 2/27. For anyone with technical challenges / limitations, a video submission process will be available on a case-by-case basis. The full company will be announced Sunday 2/28 by 8:00p.
INFO SESSION
An Info Session will be held on Monday 2/8, 3:30p – 5:00p (video link TBA) to allow interested students to ask questions and receive tips on writing solo pieces.
REHEARSALS
This process will be largely driven by the students with rehearsal / mentorship sessions with director Matthew B. Zrebski 1 to 3 times per week, typically for 45 – 90 minutes at a time.
The rehearsal windows (all via Zoom) are as follows:
3/1 – 4/17 (none during spring break)
M: 6:00p – 8:00p
W: 6:00p – 8:00p
TH: 5:00p – 6:30p
F: 3:30p – 5:30p
SA: 3:30p – 7:00p
Appointments will be scheduled during the above times, based on availability of the student artists.
4/19 – 4/30
TBD – these two weeks will be determined as soon as possible for potential additional online rehearsals as well as for video coordination and filming.
PUBLIC STREAMING
Impact will stream sometime between May 19 - 23. There are multiple options for audience delivery being considered – more on that as final decisions are made.
QUESTIONS
Email matthew.b.zrebski@gmail.com with any questions.
