RE: RAT CONFERENCE 99 INFO

[leewochner@movingarts.org (Lee Wochner)]

Housing is being coordinated by Frankie Cohen and Lisa Payne, associate
producers of this conference. People who need housing should email Frankie
at frankiecohen@loop.com. Yet another service lots of people are
volunteering to fellow theatre artists, much to the consternation of
everybody's pal Paul Mackley.




At 4:33 PM 6/23/99, Sylvain, John wrote:
>Past and future friends.
>
>Sacred Fools have a number of beds and guestrooms available for Ratty
>visitors. Email me (jsylvain@station.sony.com) asap if you're looking for a
>temporary home and we'll see what we can do.
>
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Btmsdream@aol.com [SMTP:Btmsdream@aol.com]
>> Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 1999 11:15 AM
>> To:   rat-list@whirl-i-gig.com
>> Subject:      RAT CONFERENCE 99 INFO
>>
>> 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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