Below is a comprehensive listing of events hosted by Tisch alumni, as well as programs sponsored by the Graduate Acting Association, Tisch East and Tisch West Alumni Councils. To request a posting, complete the online form at Request an Event or Competition Posting.
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Now through December 7, Creative Vado HD Momentum Film Contest, http://www.vadofilmcontest.com: The Vado HD Momentum Film Contest, www.vadofilmcontest.com, officially begins, September 10, 2009. Audience voting begins October 5, 2009. Winner Selection will be announced on December 7, 2009. In short, Creative Labs, Inc., is looking for the next generation of great filmmakers and challenging them to make a short film exclusively with the Vado HD Pocket Video Cam, the best rated and reviewed HD Pocket Cam on the market today. Creative Labs, Inc. (vadofilmcontest@inertiaim.com).
November 5, 7:00 PM, SkillsNYC Website Workshop for Actors, 200 Varick St, Room 507B (New York, NY): SkillsNYC.org is hosting an online portfolio workshop that teaches the basics of creating a Web site that showcases work and leverages the latest social tools. No experience or coding necessary! This workshop includes the process from start to finish: buying a domain and hosting, installing a content management framework, uploading and displaying your work, optimizing your site for search engines, plus many tips and tricks. Participants will learn the basic framework of a working, good-looking Web site, the skills and knowledge needed to maintain and update your site, plus have access to all workshop materials via our Web site, and access to the workshop's instructors for questions after the class. $75 for a 2 hour workshop. RSVP: www.SkillsNYC.org. Erin Timony Bump '08 (BFA, Drama).
November 7, 5:00 PM AFI FEST 2009, in collaboration with the Tisch West Alumni Council presents After.Life, Laemmle Monica 4, 1332 2nd St. (Santa Monica, CA): Directed by Agnieszka Wojtowicz-Vosloo '01 (BFA, F&TV); CAST: Liam Neeson, Christina Ricci, Justin Long, Josh Charles, Celia Weston. When are the dead in fact dead? In its pleasure at simultaneously embracing and sending up horror genre conventions, AFTER.LIFE suggests that the line between the living and the dead is thin indeed. Christina Ricci and Justin Long (fast earning a reputation as the busiest man in American movies) play a sophisticated couple on the emotional razor’s edge: Paul wants to tie the knot, while Anna is hardly ready for the leap. What neither count on is the sudden presence in their lives of Liam Neeson’s undertaker, Eliot, who claims to have a gift of talking with the dead. The truth of the matter is something that first-time feature director Agnieska Wojtowicz-Vosloo—fresh off her acclaimed short, PATE—enjoys toying with. But the most fun is watching Neeson discovering fresh variations on a ghoulish role of the kind that was once the province of Vincent Price. ALL REGULAR SCREENINGS AT AFI FEST 2009 ARE FREE! Go to AFI.COM/AFIFEST or to call 1-866-AFI-FEST beginning October 16th to secure tickets to ANY regular screening they would like to attend!
November 13, 8:00 PM, Darrah Carr Dance Season with Choreographer Sean Curran, Irish Arts Center, 553 W 51st St., between 10th and 11th Aves. (New York, NY): Irish Arts Center Presents ModERIN: Darrah Carr Dance & guest choreographer Seán Curran Featuring a unique blend of traditional Irish step and contemporary modern dance. Tickets: www.smarttix.com or 212-868-4444. Darrah Carr '00 (MFA, Dance).
November 14, 11:00 AM and 8:00 PM, Darrah Carr Dance Season with Choreographer Sean Curran, Irish Arts Center, 553 W 51st St., between 10th and 11th Aves. (New York, NY): Irish Arts Center Presents ModERIN: Darrah Carr Dance & guest choreographer Seán Curran Featuring a unique blend of traditional Irish step and contemporary modern dance. Tickets: www.smarttix.com or 212-868-4444. Darrah Carr '00 (MFA, Dance).
November 15, 3:00 PM, Darrah Carr Dance Season with Choreographer Sean Curran, Irish Arts Center, 553 W 51st St., between 10th and 11th Aves. (New York, NY): Irish Arts Center Presents ModERIN: Darrah Carr Dance & guest choreographer Seán Curran Featuring a unique blend of traditional Irish step and contemporary modern dance. Tickets: www.smarttix.com or 212-868-4444. Darrah Carr '00 (MFA, Dance).
November 19, 6:00 PM, Screening of I Remember Andrea, Cantor Film Center, 36 East 8th St. (New York, NY): A 40-minute documentary by Andrea Wachner '00 (BFA, DDW) about her 10-year High School Reunion. She really did not want to go, so she hired a stripper to go and pretend to be her instead.
November 27, 8:00 PM, Performance of The Past Is Still Ahead, The Millennium Theatre, 10-29 Brighton Beach Ave. (Brooklyn NY): The Mayakovsky Academic Art Theater and the Theater Millennium request the pleasure of your company for the sole performance of The Past Is Still Ahead, a new play by Sophia Murashkovsky '95/'97 (BFA/MFA, DDW) sole performance of The Past Is Still Ahead, a new play by Sophia Murashkovsky '95/'97 (BFA/MFA, DDW). The play covers the life of Marina Tsvetaeva, one of the greatest Russian poets of the 20th century. A reception with light refreshments following the performance. $10 dollars per ticket for students and professors.
November 28 through January 3, 8:30 PM, Absinthe, Opium & Magic: 1920s Shanghai, ArtWorks Theatre, 6569 Santa Monica Blvd. (Los Angeles, CA): Grand Guignolers present Absinthe, Opium & Magic: 1920s Shanghai, created and directed by Debbie McMahon '99 (MA, Performance Studies). Join the Grand Guignolers on a 1920s luxury cruise to Shanghai, the most decadent city in the 1920s with Sing Song Girls (Chinese geishas), brawling gangsters, opium dens, a dummy, blood and magic. Come early (8:00 PM) for the pre-show on-board festivities include absinthe & tea tasting, Charleston lessons, photo booth, dancing, live travelogue and more. www.grandguignolers.com Tickets: www.brownpapertickets.com,(800) 838-3006; $25-30. Vintage/cocktail attire encouraged. Cash only for drinks, treats & souvenirs.
DECEMBER 2009
December 4-6, 12:00 PM , CAMBOFEST: Film and Video Festival of Cambodia, (Kampot, Cambodi): CAMBOFEST: Film and Video Festival of Cambodia is Cambodia's only independent movie festival, founded by Tisch alumnus Jason Rosette '91 (BFA, F&TV). Now in its third year, CamboFest screens new independent movies from around the world, including Cambodia; our aim is to help re-establish a viable film and media sector in Cambodia following its destruction during the Khmer Rouge regime. Cambofest takes place in Kampot, Cambodia at the vintage Royale Cinema. For schedules & venue info, visit www.cambofest.com.
JANUARY 2010
January 21 - 31 (Park City, UT): Sundance Film Festival. Register online for festival passes and tickets.
January 23, 3:00 - 5:00 PM, Tisch@Sundance Reception, Riverhorse on Main, 540 Main St. (Park City, UT): Join us for our annual reception celebrating Tisch filmmakers at the Sundance Film Festival. RSVP ONLINE.
