Monday, February 8, 2010

Consistency



This season Open Dream Ensemble will have an almost entirely new cast. Luckily, with the changes comes great consistency. Ren LaDassor will be returning to create and tweak costumes and Travis McHale will be returning to create and tweak the set.

The challenges remain the same:
Create costumes and set elements that look great, are durable, and cant be set up, torn down and taken care of solely by the cast (we have no crew). Happily, I know Ren and Travis are up to the challenge and look forward to their creative ideas!


Thursday, February 4, 2010

Return Booking


This post is from the intrepid Joshua Morgan who agreed to return to work with Open Dream Ensemble for Season Six. We are happy to have him and Brian Sutow on board as directors this coming season!



Aaaaaaaaand we're back! You never know what's going to pop up as an actor, writer, director, etc. but our careers are usually relatively random. For example, Brian (the other ODE Season Six director) and I run a theatre company (No Rules Theatre Company) in Washington, DC and Winston-Salem, NC and have built a 3 year plan for ourselves knowing full well that things will come up monthly, weekly and even daily that can change the course of everything. Last year when we auditioned for the Open Dream Ensemble, it was relatively spur of the moment as we (graduating Drama class of '09) all had plans of moving to NY or LA to be the next Shia LaBeouf (we trade AB workouts). However, we were then handed this pretty fantastic, difficult, life changing opportunity that we realized was exactly what we wanted to do. We rehearsed and toured both of last years shows for 6 months and left ODE expecting to be back for occasional visits. We knew we wanted to keep up some sort of relationship with Kenan and ODE but had no idea we'd be back in the saddle 8 months later, remounting Peril on the Red Planet. Having toured with the show for such a long time, we have so much more insight than we started that project and are excited to see what we can bring to this already successful show a second time. Winston-Salem is a special town with a strong undercurrent of artistic passion and I'm so looking forward to being able to develop the theatre company and play with "Open Dream" for a second season!

Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Cast Call

One of the joys of every Open Dream Ensemble season is discovering our new cast. For Season Six, we are looking for a mix of people with complementary skills, abilities, and interests. Everyone will need to be a graduate of UNCSA by June 2010 and be top-notch artists of professional standing.

Check out the Open Dream Ensemble site for more information about our company and a complete job announcement.

Here are the basics:
Plans for the season include remounting Peril on the Red Planet by Mollye Maxner, Shona Simpson, and James Stewart, teaching artist training, performances and school residencies. We are in the initial stages of planning an original web series of youth. Joshua Morgan and Brian Sutow will direct this season.

Email Rebecca Nussbaum, General Manager, to arrange an audition time. Be sure to include your major at UNCSA and year of graduation. Rebecca@opendreamensemble.com

All applications must be received by: Monday, February 15, 2010
Audition Date and Location: Sunday, February 21, 2010 in Winston-Salem, NC, 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.