Re: RAT CONFERENCE 99 INFO

[leewochner@movingarts.org (Lee Wochner)]

Rats:

The correct contact number for me is 323-665-8961 at Moving Arts. Thanks.

Lee




At 2:14 PM 6/23/99, Btmsdream@aol.com wrote:
>Hail Fellow Rats,
>LOS ANGELES  RAT CONFERENCE 99 - BEACH BLANKET BINGO
>July 22-25 (Thurs-Sunday)
>LA RATS are scurrying around putting the event together. Here is some info.
>Here are locations and tentative plan: events and discussions are able to be
>changed and added to.
>
>THURSDAY JULY 22
>VENUE:  THE IVY SUBSTATION  (Home to Bottom's Dream)
>9070 Venice Blvd.  events inlcude meet and greet, "RAT- who we are and what
>do we want"  playwright workshop with Caridad Svich, playwright in residence
>at the Mark Taper Forum. Playwright Suzanne Maynard, a RAT FEAST at The Ivy
>Sub(pot luck brought to you by the Los Angeles Theatre Community) a reading
>or performance of some kind around the feast, and ratsass beer and Sloppy
>Joes( bar across the street where Bottom's Dream brings all their visiting
>playwrights)until whenever.(The Ivy Substation is a historical building.
>Built in 1907, renovated 5 years ago, it is a lovely 5,500 square foot space
>with 75 foot ceiliings. adjacent to Media Park, easy free parking and Sloppy
>Joes. ) more ideas welcome. the day will be filled with topics, discussion,
>greetings, food and plays.
>FRIDAY AND SATURDAY  JULY 23 AND 24.
>VENUE: THE LOS ANGELES THEATRE CENTER  Downtown Los Angeles
>514 Spring St. One of LA's theatre landmarks. 4 Theatres, rehearsal rooms,
>big lobby, and all for RATS.  Panel discussions include: Self Publishing-
>what have we here. led by Douglas Messerli, Editor Sun and Moon Press, LA,
>and others including Jason Neulander(Salvage Vanguard Press, Austin) Karl
>Gadjusek(Big Sun),Encyclopedia of High Cheeze(Cunning cheap solutions to
>theatrical notions)
>"Got Milk"- Language in American Theatre today led by Los Angeles based
>playwright Kelly Stuart (who is working with our brothers at Sledgehammer
>Theatre in SD) and James Martin(Artistic Director, Bottom's Dream)
>"Alternative doesn't have to mean disorganized" led by Lee Wochner, Moving
>Arts, LA,
>PERFORMANCE: PECULIAR WORKS PROJECT , NEW YORK, "Privileged and Confidential"
>Internet simulcast live performance between LA and NY.
>THE NIGHT OF 1,000 PLAYWRIGHTS, Bring lots of work to read in snippets we
>want to cover the ground with playwrights' words,thousand of em. and then
>ratsass. ratsass. ratsass.
>SATURDAY: (LATC)  Meet and greets, panel discussion: "alternative Non
>Traditional Organization" (or something like that) led by Erik
>Ehn(Playwright, ethicist) Ben Cameron( head of TCG), Lars Hansen(CEO, Theatre
>LA) and Nick Fracaro, (Thieves Theatre, Brooklyn), Electronic RAT, the web
>questions, National co productions,playwright Chris Jeffries, operetta
>trends, Failures discussion,
>Saturday Night we wnat to get you to LA Theatres and see our work.
>PERFORMANCE: MOVING ARTS, Los Angeles@Los Angeles Theatre Center. staged
>reading of "Lawyers" directed by Julie Briggs. ratsass. ratsass. ratsass.
>SUNDAY JULY 25
>SANTA MONICA:  BEACH FEST WEST
>Site specific conference.  PERFORMANCE; THIEVES THEATRE (from Coney Island to
>Santa Monica. about as far as you can go without drowning. site TBD.  Beach
>Blanket Bingo. Late afternoon  CHILI COOKOFF. Arkansas vs. Circle X.
>Conference Participants include)besides the above) YOU, CIRCLE X THEATRE,
>ALISON NARVER, OASIS THEATRE COMAPANY(LA)THE ACTORS GANG, ZOO DISTRICT,
>GABRIELE SCHAFER, SLEDGEHAMMER, ANNEX,GHOST ROAD,EST WEST,SACRED FOOLS,WERNER
>T., JEFF JONES, ANNIE WEISSMAN,ASK THEATRE PROJECTS,PLAYWRIGHTS ARENA, THERE
>ARE OVER 150 THEATRES IN LA,BRAD ROTHBART,RUTH MARGRAFF,UNDERMAIN, AND MANY
>OTHERS WHO I FORGOT.OH, SUBTERRANEAN THEATRE CO. OLIVER MAYER,... and so many
>others that are just now getting on board.
>conference will conclude at a cool house in Santa Monica for the chili cookoff
>and sunset.
>housing is free. please get us your requests. you'll have a lot more freedom
>with a car. But we will arrange car pooling and mass transit info.
>SEE YA THE BEACH!
>Your LA RAT HOST TEAM.
>we'll be providing information as things keep moving forward. let us know
>your thoughts. Remember, This is LA. hype and cell phones live here in
>corners.
>phone calls to Mitchell Gossett/ Bottom's Dream 310 231 0446
>Lee Wochner  Moving Arts 818 566 8818
>Matthew Bretz Circle X  e mail    mabretz@cbomedia.com
>John Sylvain  Sacred Fools  just look to the sky

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