Collin Schreiber, a local actor, director and writer, passed away suddenly over the weekend. He was seen in Pickman’s Model at Open Circle Theater in 2010 and recently wrote and directed The Thrilling Adventures of the Famous Lewis & Clark! at Annex. A memorial celebration in honor of his life is scheduled for tomorrow, Tuesday May 7th. at the Ballroom in Fremont: 456 N 36th Street, Seattle, from 9 to close.
This position has been filled. Thank you.
Position Description The Development Manager is responsible for all contributed Income operations of Theatre Puget Sound. This includes but is not limited to writing and submitting grants, maintaining a Development Calendar; management of donation information (currently using Exceed! software), coordinating donor events, developing new and maintaining current individual donor contacts; and generally collecting funds to reach the company’s budget goals for contributed income, and all other duties as assigned. Organization Founded in 1998, the mission of Theatre Puget Sound is to promote the spiritual and economic necessity of theatre to the public and to strengthen and unify the theatre community through programs, resources, and services.
A service organization with both individual members and organizational members, TPS will look to the Development Manager to maintain previous funding relationships as well as create and cultivate new ones. Position In partnership with the Executive Director (ED), the Development Manager will spearhead development efforts as Theatre Puget Sound continues to grow. A new position at this time, the Manager will have the opportunity to strengthen current efforts and identify and build new development opportunities. This position will work closely with the Director of Programming and the Board of Directors, as well as the ED and staff. This is a .5 – .8 FTE position Responsibilities
Qualifications
Send resume, cover letter and 3 professional references to Karen Lane at karen@tpsonline.org Position open until filled with priority given to applications received by 5pm March 28.
Seattle, WA– Theatre Puget Sound, the Seattle area’s leading arts service organization for performing arts organizations, artists and audiences, today announced the hiring of Andy Jensen into the newly created position of  Andy Jensen Director of Programming, replacing Sam Read, who has accepted a position at Theatre Bay Area in San Francisco. Jensen will join Theatre Puget Sound full-time on April 1. Jensen, who currently serves as the Education Administrative Manager at Seattle Children’s Theatre, brings a solid track record of program management and community engagement experience to Theatre Puget Sound. He has been deeply involved with the Seattle theatre community for many years. He is currently on the Steering Committee for 14/48: The World’s Quickest Theater Festival. Previously, he served as Studio Director at On the Boards and PR / Marketing Manager for Book-It Repertory Theatre. He has worked as an actor, director and teacher in Seattle for Seattle Children’s Theatre, ACT Theatre, and 5th Avenue Theatre, among others. His direction of the plays Piledriver and The True History of Coca-Cola in Mexico won a Seattle Times Footlight Award and a “Top Ten of the 90s” from The Stranger, respectively. “I am thrilled to welcome Andy as our new Director of Programming,” said Theatre Puget Sound Executive Director Karen Lane. “His knowledge of our community as an active artistic participant, as well as his years of service in many aspects of programming and communications makes him an ideal addition to the TPS staff. I look forward to his contribution to our team.” “I am very excited to sustain and build on the existing programs that have meant so much to so many in the region,” said Jensen. “I am looking forward to working with our members and the rest of the theatre professionals and audience in the region to make TPS the best arts support organization in the country.” In his new role at Theatre Puget Sound, Jensen will assume leadership of the organization’s successful Arts Crush program, a month-long, multi-disciplinary festival that serves as a collaborative marketing and community engagement tool for the regional arts community. About Theatre Puget Sound Theatre Puget Sound (TPS) is a leadership and service organization founded in 1997 to advocate for the region’s growing theatre community’s causes and administer much-needed services. TPS is now one of the Northwest’s leading arts advocacy and leadership organizations, providing programming and services that benefit both the theatre community and the larger regional arts community. TPS has a two-fold mission: To promote the spiritual and economic necessity of theatre to the public, and to unify and strengthen the theatre community through programs, resources, and services. TPS membership includes more than 1,700 individual artists and 140 performing arts organizations. Furthermore, their Space for the Arts program, Arts Crush and educational programming serves more than 200 non-theatre arts organizations and innumerable individual artists annually. The Unified General Auditions are coming soon, and we need your help! Theatre Puget Sound prides itself on making each day run smoothly for both actors and auditors, and we can’t do it without you. Volunteers are needed per shift to assist in setup, assisting terrified actors and serving snacks and coffee for auditors. Please remember that while there may be opportunity to view some auditions, volunteers are first and foremost needed to perform the duties of the jobs at hand and ensure the smooth functioning of the event and positive experience for actors and auditors.
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Feb 18-21 9am-1:30pm 12:45pm-5:15pm Priority will be given to TPS Members and those who have volunteered with Theatre Puget Sound in the past. To volunteer, email shane@tpsonline.org with your specific availability, as well as how many shifts you are willing to take (if more than one). And, let us know if you’ve done this for us before (and in what capacity—for example, “runner,” “timer,” etc.) Also expect a delayed response from me.. it’s a little busy! But you will receive a response. Please don’t volunteer for the shift that contains your own audition appointment time; it’s awkward. Volunteering for the other shift that day is fine! FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT:
Read to Become Director of Advancement and Communications at Theatre Bay AreaSeattle, WA– Theatre Puget Sound, the Seattle area’s leading arts service organization for performing arts organizations, artists and audiences, announces the departure of Deputy Director Sam Read. Read has accepted the position of Director of Advancement and Communications at Theatre Bay Area in San Francisco. After nearly nine years of service, Read will depart Theatre Puget Sound effective March 13. “Sam has been an invaluable partner in the development of Theatre Puget Sound and it is a great credit to his commitment to the arts and work in the field of audience development that this opportunity has been offered to him,” said Theatre Puget Sound Executive Director Karen Lane. “Thankfully, we will continue to be able to work with and learn from Sam as he joins one of our most highly regarded sister organizations, Theatre Bay Area. However, his presence in our community will be deeply missed.” Read has been heavily involved with the Seattle arts community, both as an artist and an administrator, for more than fifteen years. In addition to his work at Theatre Puget Sound, Read also worked with the Washington State Arts Alliance as well as co-founded and served as Artistic Director of Seattle’s Burnt Studio Productions. During his time at Theatre Puget Sound, Read oversaw various areas within the organization including membership, programming, and fundraising. In recent years, his work in the arena of audience engagement led to the creation of several of the organization’s most successful and innovative programs. Most recently, he spearheaded the creation and management of Arts Crush, a month-long, multi-disciplinary festival that serves as a collaborative marketing and community engagement tool for the regional arts community. “This decision is, without a doubt, bittersweet,” said Read. “Theatre Puget Sound has been my community for nearly 15 years. Prior to being on staff, I was an active individual/organizational member managing my own small theatre company. The nine years I have spent on staff at Theatre Puget Sound have been invaluable to me, both personally and professionally. It has been such an honor to work with the artists, administrators, and audiences that make up this amazing arts community.” Theatre Puget Sound leadership is currently taking this opportunity to evaluate organizational structure and staff roles and will issue a job announcement within the next few weeks. About Theatre Puget Sound Theatre Puget Sound (TPS) is a leadership and service organization founded in 1997 to advocate for the region’s growing theatre community’s causes and administer much-needed services. TPS is now one of the Northwest’s leading arts advocacy and leadership organizations, providing programming and services that benefit both the theatre community and the larger regional arts community. TPS has a two-fold mission: To promote the spiritual and economic necessity of theatre to the public, and to unify and strengthen the theatre community through programs, resources, and services. TPS membership includes more than 1,700 individual artists and 140 performing arts organizations. Furthermore, their Space for the Arts program, Arts Crush and educational programming serves more than 200 non-theatre arts organizations and innumerable individual artists annually.
# # # Theatre Puget Sound is proud to announce the next dates for Headshot Days, a chance for TPS members to have their headshots taken by industry professionals at a fraction of the cost. Just in time for Unified General Auditions! TPS Members: $150 gets you a 20-25 minute photo session with one of our photographers. The photographer will contact you to schedule a mutually agreed date between January 16 – Feb 3. Reservations and payments must be made in advance.
To reserve with Paypal, please click the link below. To reserve via card, check or cash, please email Marianna with your request or call (206) 770-0370.
VENUE CHANGE NOTICE. This event has had a venue change. It was originally planned for the Center Theatre at The Seattle Center Armory but has since been changed to the Falls Stage at ACT Theatre. The Dramatists Guild of America, the national organization of playwrights, composers and lyricists, is presenting a special program for Seattle’s theatre community to which you are invited. Famed composer and longtime Dramatists Guild member Alan Menken, who has been honored with four Tony Awards, eight Oscars, and eleven Grammy Awards, will discuss his stage and film career and creative process. A piano will be at hand. Moderating will be Robb Hunt, Executive Producer of Village Theatre. Also on the program will be Ralph Sevush, the Guild’s Executive Director visiting from the New York headquarters. This exciting program is free to all theatre artists. Meeting details: 7:00 – 9:00 pm, Monday, November 12, 2012 Falls Stage, ACT Theatre No registration required. Theatre Puget Sound, in partnership with Theatre Communications Group (TCG) and the Association of Performing Arts Service Organizations (APASO), is conducting another very short snapshot survey to get an up-to-the-minute sense of how your arts organization is faring. The information gathered in this survey will contribute to a regional and national picture of the fiscal health of the arts, so we urge you to complete it! Even if you don’t think all of the questions are relevant to your organization, we do ask that you participate as long as you are a not-for-profit arts organization. THE RULES OF ENGAGEMENT:1) This survey will not require you to crunch any numbers and should only take 5-10 minutes. You must begin and submit it during the same session; you cannot save your answers and submit them later. 2) If you receive this survey from more than one service organization, PLEASE ONLY FILL IT OUT ONCE, but do select ALL service organizations with which you are affiliated on the preliminary information page. 3) If your fiscal year 2012 is not yet over, please estimate where you will be. 4) In order to provide an accurate analysis of the data, THIS SURVEY IS INTENDED ONLY FOR NOT-FOR-PROFIT ARTS ORGANIZATIONS. Those who should NOT fill this survey out include arts service organizations, individual artists or teachers, commercial producers or companies and for-profit theatre camps or studios. 5) If you have any questions about the survey, please email: Ilana Rose at irose@tcg.org. The link to the survey is: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/B6NW82J
THE SURVEY DEADLINE IS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5.
Free Shakespeare’s First Folio Master Class with LAMDA’s Rodney Cottier Co-hosted by Seattle Shakespeare Company and Theatre Puget Sound Rodney Cottier, Head of the Drama School at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art will be in Seattle to give a once in-a-lifetime FREE Master Class on Shakespeare’s First Folio. This practical, interactive workshop covers the history of Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre; explores questions of Elizabethan staging in contemporary performance; delves into Shakespeare’s First Folio; and uses these discussions to approach Shakespeare’s text by working select scenes from the complete plays, with special attention to the opening of King Lear. As a fight director, Rodney has worked at Shakespeare’s Globe as Master-of-Fight, choreographing several productions including Mark Rylance’s Hamlet, as well as at the Royal Opera House, English and Welsh National Opera, the National Theatre Studio and many regional theatres. REGISTRATION REQUIRED When: Date: Thursday, October 18, 2012 Where: Black Box (On the ground floor in the Armory at Seattle Center-enter through the Center Theater lobby) 305 Harrison Street Price: Free! Come Prepared: No special preparation is required, but if they can, participants should please bring copies of Shakespeare’s complete works, any edition. THIS EVENT IS ALREADY FULL. PLEASE KEEP POSTED FOR WAITING-LIST DETAILS. Co-hosted by Seattle Shakespeare Company and Theatre Puget Sound Rodney Cottier, Head of the Drama School at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art will be in Seattle to give a once in-a-lifetime FREE Master Class on Shakespeare’s First Folio. This practical, interactive workshop covers the history of Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre; explores questions of Elizabethan staging in contemporary performance; delves into Shakespeare’s First Folio; and uses these discussions to approach Shakespeare’s text by working select scenes from the complete plays, with special attention to the opening of King Lear. Interactive, stimulating, and a great deal of fun, this class runs 3 hours and is geared to all levels of experience, with something in it for everyone – from those just starting out, to old pros. About Rodney Cottier: As a fight director, Rodney has worked at Shakespeare’s Globe as Master-of-Fight, choreographing several productions including Mark Rylance’s Hamlet, as well as at the Royal Opera House, English and Welsh National Opera, the National Theatre Studio and many regional theatres. REGISTRATION REQUIRED As space is limited to 75 participants, please do not register for this event if there is a chance you won’t be able to attend. Register Here: http://www.seattleshakespeare.org/free-first-folio-master-class/ When: Date: October 17, 2012 Start Time: 7:00 pm Where: Theatre4 (4th Floor of Armory at Seattle Center) Price: Free! Come Prepared: No special preparation is required, but if they can, participants should please bring copies of Shakespeare’s complete works, any edition. |
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