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TECHNICAL THEATRE PD 08/09 ∑ LOS ANGELES UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT

meet the professionals We will be inviting experts, manufacturers and retailers to answer your questions. Angstrom Lighting Make Believe, Inc (Costumes) Acme Display (Portable Storage) Ben Nye Co. (Make Up) Rosalie & Alva School (Flooring, Mirrors, Bars) LA Propoint (Stage Rigging and Drapery) LA Trade & Technical College (Cosmetology) Passado (Stage Combat) Shaffner/Stewart (Production Design) South Bay Sound & Light (Audio) The Scenic Route (Customized Steel Decking) Palco Specialties (Reconfigurable Unit Sets) Through the lens of CTE, build cooperative feeder school groups and develop strategies to share rentals, props, lighting & audio equipment. Develop marketing tools, while inspiring students to become technical mentors earning service-learning credits.

partnerships We are very proud to have 24th Street Theatre partner with us. 24th Street Theatre is a leader in Arts Education, providing world class Arts Ed for ten thousand students and teachers each year! Award-winning teaching artists Debbie Devine and Jay McAdams have been creating rejuvenating professional development workshops for educators for more than two decades. Thousands of teachers nationwide have experienced their Teaching As A Performing Art PD workshops. Based in New York City, Scott C. Parker and Sonny Sonnenfeld bring their all day Stage Lighting Super Saturday seminar to Los Angeles for the first time. The event will take place in February 2009 at a local high school. Industry specialists will demonstrate: stage lighting, lighting fixtures, colors & scrollers, gobo’s & rotators, projections and effects, consoles, programming, wireless DMX, maintenance, automated lights and more. For more information please visit www.stageseminars.com.

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† OVERVIEW ¢ FINDING A BALANCE BETWEEN THE ARTISTIC AND TECHNICAL ELEMENTS OF OUR CRAFT IS OFTEN A VERY CHALLENGING TASK FOR THEATRE AND DANCE INSTRUCTORS. WE HOPE THAT YOU WILL JOIN US IN OUR 2008/09 INTERACTIVE TECHNICAL THEATRE WORKSHOPS. LEARN FROM PROFESSIONAL EXPERTS, STUDENTS, VENDORS AND TEACHERS.

Behind the Scenes

PROGRAM AT A GLANCE OCTOBER 14

expanding your knowledge and skills We invite you to come and explore the possibilities in technical theatre. The goal is to engage with professionals who can train visual and performing arts educators with hands on skills development in planning, designing, budgeting, practical applications and instructional models. We will encourage participants to go back to their schools and develop any tech project with their students to be presented at any one of the six Saturday workshops.

secondary theatre only

NOVEMBER 15

technical theatre for dummies

24TH ST THEATRE

set design

SUTTER MS

publicity

LD1

mask making 1 DECEMBER 13

stage combat

WILSON HS

hairstyling

LD5

paint effects

WORKS IN PROGRESS

salary point opportunity Participants will be eligible to earn up to three salary points if they attend all scheduled Saturday workshops and complete all required homework. The homework can include a combination of: written lesson plans or units of study; a comprehensive action plan for technical theatre; facilitation of workshops; and presentations of student works in progress. One salary point can be earned for attending two Saturday workshops and completion of assigned homework. If teachers prefer, they can be paid training rate (approx. $27.50 p/ hr) through their own school’s SB1131 funds. Teachers who actively participate as presenters and/or hosts in the series of workshops will be paid training rate or earn salary points for their contributions. Please contact us if you have a particular technical skill that you could teach your peers. DISCLAIMER

This brochure is purely a DRAFT version. TBA are exact dates, venues, presenters and budgets. 9/21/08.

Exhibits can include media presentations, light plots, scenic constructions, props, costumes, flow charts, models, tool use demonstrations, as well as portfolio presentations. All levels of technical expertise are appreciated. Our intention is to create a dialogue between novices and experts with a common emphasis on safety and innovation.

FEBRUARY 28

portable lighting

IVANHOE ES LD4

puppetry MARCH 7

stage rigging make up design

ASSESSMENT Selected high school teachers will be invited to enroll their students in a no cost nationwide pilot of the Technical Theatre HS Exit Exam. The test is the first of its kind developed by the New York City Dept. of Ed. in collaboration with the National Occupational Competency Testing Institute. It involves a multiple choice test and optional practical performance tasks in Stage Management, Lighting & Sound, Costuming, Hair & Make Design, Running Crews, and stage design related Carpentry.

fabric flats

EAGLE ROCK HS LD4

sewing lab costume design MARCH 28

lighting instrument repair masks 2

CARSON HS LD8

building flats APRIL 18

FOR MORE INFORMATION

RUSSELL COPLEY , NBCT SECONDARY THEATRE EXPERT

audio for concerts

MARSHALL HS

lighting design

LD4

projections

213-241-3574 STEVEN MCCARTHY, PHD. ELEMENTARY THEATRE SPECIALIST 213-241-0512

JUNE 9 secondary theatre only

backstage pass a reflective study

24TH ST THEATRE