<div dir="ltr">Cornerstone Theater Co. does excellent community-based theater work (which I got to experience firsthand this past summer). This sounds like a great opportunity to learn how they do what they do & apply it to your own theater work.<br>
<br>Ching-In<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Cornerstone Institute</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:institute@cornerstonetheater.org">institute@cornerstonetheater.org</a>></span><br>
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<p style="text-align: left;" align="center"><b>Cornerstone Theater Company Institute Intensives in Los Angeles</b></p><p style="text-align: left;" align="center">Cornerstone Institute offers multidisciplinary professional training in community-based theater using Cornerstone's unique collaborative methodology.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;" align="center">Last February's Intensive for individuals at Cornerstone's home in Los Angeles was a blast with a remarkable group of artists, administrators and educators coming together from all over the country.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;" align="center"><i>"great experience, dialogue, and ways of applying what I learned. This experience will help my teaching, modeling and work I do with youth and women. Thanks for the new tools!" - R. Salinas, Artist/Teacher/Actor</i></p>
<p style="text-align: left;" align="center"><i>"Relived, satisfied, turned on and heard" - M. DeBerry, Writer/Actor/Photographer </i></p> <div style="text-align: left;"><span><b>Saturday & Sunday, December 13 & 14, 2008</b><span> </span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span>9:30am – 6:30pm on Saturday</span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"><span>10:00am – 3:00pm on Sunday<span> </span></span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"><span>13 hours of instruction and hands-on activities in the following topics:</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span><span> </span><span> </span>Cornerstone's history, evolution and case studies,</span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"><span><span> </span>Theater and social change, Identifying & Engaging Community,</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span><span> </span>Turning community stories into art (writing & design),</span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"><span><span> </span>Rehearsal and performance:<span> </span>tools & challenges,</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span><span> </span>Collaborative composition & performance.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span>Facilitated by Artistic Director Michael John Garcés & Institute Director Paula Donnelly.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><br></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>It's all happening at </b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Cornerstone Theater Company</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>in the downtown Los Angeles Arts District</b></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><b>708 Traction Avenue, 90013</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">Dates not good for you? Maybe you can make the next one:</div> <div style="text-align: left;">
<span><b>Saturday & Sunday, February 21 & 22, 2009</b><span><b> </b> </span><span> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-variant: small-caps;"><br></span></div> <div style="text-align: left;">
Tuition is $300. </div><div style="text-align: left;">$25 off tuition if reserved 2 weeks or more before the workshop date.</div><div style="text-align: left;">Discount rates available for students and Network of Ensemble Theaters members.</div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span>Limited Enrollment<span> </span>- Reserve your participation early!</span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: black;"><b>Reservation/Enrollment & Inquiries:</b></span><span style="color: black;"><b> </b><span><b> </b></span><span><b> </b></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: black;"><b>213-613-1700 x34, or</b><a href="mailto:Institute@CornerstoneTheater.org" target="_blank"><b><span></span></b></a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Institute[at]CornerstoneTheater.org</b></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><b>or visit our website: <a href="http://www.CornerstoneTheater.org" target="_blank">www.CornerstoneTheater.org</a></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br></div><p style="text-align: left;" align="center">
<span>2-Day Intensives are also available for booking at your university or organization-- 2 Cornerstone artists travel to you and lead a 13 hour workshop for up to 40 participants. We excel at tailoring the hands-on exercises and discussions to your unique community projects.</span></p>
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~~~~~~~~</div><div><span style="color: rgb(255, 90, 35);">Cornerstone Theater Company</span></div><div><font color="#ff5a23"><font size="2" color="#000000"><span style="font-size: 10px;"><i style="font-size: 10px; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size: 10px; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size: 10px; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size: 10px; font-style: italic;">Cornerstone is a multi-ethnic, ensemble-based theater company. We commission and produce new plays, both original works and contemporary adaptations of classics, which combine the artistry of professional and community collaborators. By making theater with and for people of many ages, cultures and levels of theatrical experience, Cornerstone builds bridges between and within diverse communities in our home city of Los Angeles and nationwide.</span></span></span></i></span></font></font></div>
<p style="text-align: left;" align="left"><span style="text-align: left;"><font size="2"><span style="font-size: 10px; text-align: left;"><i style="font-size: 10px; font-style: italic; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 10px; font-style: italic; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 10px; font-style: italic; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 10px; font-style: italic; text-align: left;">We believe society can flourish only when its members know and respect one another, and we value theater made in that spirit. We value art that is contemporary, community-specific, responsive, multilingual, innovative, challenging, and joyful. We value theater that directly reflects the audience. We value the artist in everyone.</span></span></span></i></span></font></span></p>
<div><font color="#ff3818"><span style="color: rgb(255, 56, 24);"><a href="http://www.CornerstoneTheater.org" target="_blank">www.CornerstoneTheater.org</a></span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-size: 10px;"><i style="font-size: 10px; font-style: italic;"></i></span></font></div>
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