Re: RAT yer thoughts?

[leewochner@movingarts.org (Lee Wochner)]

I love the Maynard workshop idea. Sounds great. LATC has asked to have all
scheduling coordinated through Frankie -- we had a meeting with them
yesterday and booked all of the available space for Friday and Saturday, as
well as Sunday as a backup (in case the beach locations fall through).
Frankie's coordinating what goes into where, and basically it looks like we
can have 6-8 workshop/roundtables a day (figuring there are always two
booked at the same time). Does Suzanne have a preferred timeslot? These run
Friday and Saturday 10a-6p (thereabouts), unless she wants really late
night. The late-night sessions in NYC were wild. Give us a title and a
preferred time slot and we'll ink her in.

OR, would she like to do it at the Ivy Sub? Mitchell would know more about
that. We're doing the feast that night; I'm not sure yet what follows it.
(If I recall, it's a Bottom's Dream reading.)

I don't think the scavenger hunt is a good idea. It involves lots of
driving around instead of lots of idea sharing.

Lee


At 2:53 PM 6/24/99, Matt Bretz wrote:
>some info and ideas:
>
>suzanne maynard would like to teach a workshop in what she calls "shape
>scenes."  she appliees geometric shapes to scenes.  the writer is forced
>to write a "square scene" or a "tringular scene" and the differing power
>dynamics which occur organically shape character and dialogue.  she used
>the technique extensively in Beatrice.  she would need no more than 3
>hrs, no less than 2 and she would like to limit the size to 15 persons.
>suzanne is reachable at 'suzannemaynard@hotmail.com'
>
>gary smoot can't be here but thinks the design challenge is a great
>idea.  perhaps we pick a moment in a play which calls for high cheese.
>we offer the challenge to everyone in attendance.  post it even through
>the weekend.  you may only use found objects in creating the effect
>(i.e. you have no budget)  sunday night at the chilicook off we showcase
>the results.
>
>michael kaliski will host the chili cookoff  shall we say 5 PM on
>sunday?
>
>do we wanna do some sorta scavenger hunt that takes folks through a
>variety of RATty LA theatres?
>
>shall we have an evening of bizarre bar jokes/circus tricks/auditory
>impressions -- everyone must come up with one theatrical thing that they
>do and we string them together into a show.
>
>how could we shape a workshop around the opera/theatre fusion thang?
>i'll ask chris jeffries, too.
>
>matthew




At 3:22 PM 6/24/99, Matt Bretz wrote:
>some info and ideas:
>
>suzanne maynard would like to teach a workshop in what she calls "shape
>scenes."  she appliees geometric shapes to scenes.  the writer is forced
>to write a "square scene" or a "tringular scene" and the differing power
>dynamics which occur organically shape character and dialogue.  she used
>the technique extensively in Beatrice, which we are world premiereing in
>LA the weekend after the conference..
>
>
>gary smoot can't be here but thinks the design challenge is a great
>idea.  perhaps we pick a moment in a play which calls for high cheese.
>we offer the challenge to everyone in attendance.  post it even through
>the weekend.  you may only use found objects in creating the effect
>(i.e. you have no budget)  sunday night at the chilicook off we showcase
>the results.
>
>michael kaliski, tabboo theatre will host the chili cookoff from his
>beautiful hillside home.  shall we say 5 PM on sunday and catch the
>sunset?
>
>do we wanna do some sorta scavenger hunt that takes folks through a
>variety of RATty LA theatres?
>
>shall we have an evening of bizarre bar jokes/circus tricks/auditory
>impressions -- everyone must come up with one theatrical thing that they
>"do" and we string them together into a show.
>
>i am more and more interested in the matthew bourne, robert wilson, ruth
>margraff mixed genre performance.  i wanna make a contemporary operetta
>about white supremacist encampments and the wackie hippies who keep em
>honest (with all non singers of course)  how could we shape a workshop
>around the art/dance/opera/theatre fusion thang?
>
>chris jeffries, would you be into that?
>
>matthew

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