Mission Statement
The Tisch East Alumni Council exists to support the unique needs of Tisch Alumni in the arts and entertainment community, creating interdisciplinary and cross-generational relationships, and increasing alumni visibility by coordinating the talent, expertise, time and financial resources of East Coast alumni. To do this, the Council (1) provides a link between the various artistic disciplines through events and programming; (2) fosters a spirit of loyalty and fellowship among alumni; and (3) recruits and inspires alumni to work in support of each other and the School.
How to Get Involved
1. Send an email to lyris@lists.nyu.edu to join our listserve, and in the body of the message type: join tsoa-east-alumni YourFirstName YourLastName.
Send your email in plain text (NOT HTML -formatted or template-based) and remove any signature files.
2. Find "Tisch East" on Facebook.
Upcoming Programming
1. Exclusive Pre-Release Screening of: AMERICAN TEEN
July 14th, 6:30 PM
HBO SCREENING ROOM (1100 Avenue of the Americas)
Admission is free. Reservations are mandatory – contact 212-654-1001 with your name and guest’s name.
Film running time: 1 hr. 40 min. MPAA Rating: PG-13
Watch the trailer at http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809963980/trailer
Directed by Tisch alumna Nanette Burstein ’94/’04; Burstein received the 2008 Sundance Film Festival Directing Award for Documentary.
Please leave your cameras, cell phones and laptops at home!
This screening is made possible by the Tisch East Alumni Council, Andrew Goldman ’92 of HBO, and Paramount Vantage.
American Teen is the touching and hilarious Sundance hit that follows the lives of five teenagers - a jock, a popular girl, a heartthrob, an artsy girl and a geek – in one small town in Indiana through their senior year of high school. We see the insecurities, the cliques, the jealousies, the first loves and heartbreaks, and the struggle to make profound decisions about the future. Filming daily for ten months, filmmaker Nanette Burstein (On the Ropes, The Kid Stays in the Picture) developed a deep understanding of her subjects. The result is a film that goes beyond the enduring stereotypes of high school to render complex young people trying to find their way into adulthood. Hannah Bailey is smart and beautiful, but a misfit in her high school. She is a liberal, atheist living in a traditional, Christian, conservative town and dreams of moving to California after graduation. Colin Clemens is the star of the high school basketball team - and in Indiana, basketball is everything. Colin is under enormous pressure this year playing not only to make his town, his school, and his father proud, but for a college scholarship. Jake Tusing is considered to be a nerd in high school. Though quite funny and charming one-on-one, he is painfully shy in group situations and crushed with self-doubt. In his senior year he vows that nothing will stand in the way of him finding a girlfriend. Megan Krizmanich is the student council Vice President and the youngest daughter of a prominent local surgeon, anxiously awaiting word from Notre Dame University admissions. Wealthy, pretty, smart and popular, she rules her high school - just don’t get on her bad side. When Megan’s peers challenge her authority, she can’t help but take action, even if it means risking her future. Mitch Reinholdt is an attractive and charming Varsity basketball jock with a soft side. When he puts his social status on the line, avoiding his popular friends for dates with artsy Hannah Bailey, he strains to maintain his reputation while discovering a new side of himself. With extraordinary intimacy and a great deal of humor, American Teen captures the pressures of growing up – pressures that come from one’s peers, one’s parents, and not least, oneself.
2. Behind the Scenes@Tisch
September 8, 15, 22, 29 and October 13
RSVPs accepted starting August 15th
Cherry Lane Theatre, 38 Commerce Street, New York NY, 10014
Contact: tsoa.east@nyu.edu.
A five part festival featuring the selected works of Tisch alumni playwrights, producers, directors and actors. Works have been chosen through a competitive submission process by an alumni panel under the mentorship of Tisch Dramatic Writing faculty Eduardo Machado and benefactor Elizabeth Hemmerdinger '03. The featured works are being showcased for the first time to assist and promote Tisch alumni and their craft. A limited number of seats are available to alumni, University and industry communities. This program is brought to you by the Tisch East Alumni Council and benefactors of First Look@New Plays.
3. Intimate Conversations
Featuring Michael Ian Black and David Wain September 25 Tickets on sale starting September 2
Location: on the NYU campus, exact location announced prior to event with paid reservation
Contact: tsoa.east@nyu.edu.
Promising to be an evening of hilarity, Tisch alumni Michael Ian Black and David Wain will participate in this Tisch East Alumni Council cornerstone series.
First Drop
First Drop is a blogging project following a group of dancers and choreographers as they prepare for the SummerDANZ Festival at Dance Theater Workshop in July. The choreographers, dancers, videographers and photographers of First Drop are all affiliated with NYU Tisch School of the Arts, and will share their process from the studio to the stage. The Tisch East Alumni Council has provided funding for the marketing of this alumni initiative.
