Archive for February, 2009

Seeking Managing Director

February 17, 2009 at 9:34 pm · Filed under Job Posting

At Hand Theatre Company is seeking a bright and energetic person to play a vital role in helping to establish and shape the future of this exciting, emerging company. The Managing Director position is a new role we are looking to co-create with a resourceful, motivated, and organized individual, who is passionate and excited about theatre. Our Managing Director will work closely with our Executive Director on a variety of projects such as: grant research, tracking and maintaining the finances and expenses of the company, and developing marketing initiatives for up-coming productions, as well as serving as Production Manager for our productions, readings, benefits, and fundraising projects. Applicants need to be strong communicators and pro-active, self-motivated types who can devote approximately ten hours a week to this volunteer position. (If you’d like to do more – we won’t stop you!) As our company grows, we hope to make this a paid position.

Please send a resume and short description about what interests you about this job posting to justin@athandtheatre.com.

To learn more about At Hand, check out www.athandtheatre.com…

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Looking for West African/Modern Dancers

February 10, 2009 at 10:08 am · Filed under Audition, Trickster

DANCE AUDITION NOTICE

Friday, Feb. 13th, 2009; 12:30pm – 1:30 pm.

New Dance Group (305 W. 38th Street at 8th Avenue) – Studio #4

Please arrive early to fill out our audition form and meet choreographer Sarita Louise Moore.

At Hand Theatre Company is seeking African-American male/female dancers, aged 18-45, for an original play, “Trickster at the Gate,” performing March 13-29, Fri-Sun at 8pm, in midtown Manhattan. Rehearsals will be March 1-12. Looking for dancers with some dance/technique training in one or more of these dance forms: West African, Afro-Brazilian, Afro-Carribbean, Haitian Folklore, Modern, and/or Jazz TRICKSTER AT THE GATE is a new drama by up and coming playwright, John Patrick Bray. The play tells the story of an African God who has been sentenced to live the life of a mortal African-American woman throughout the 20th Century. Inspired by the life and works of Zora Neal Hurston and infusing the tradition of live African dance and drumming, Trickster at the Gate tells a story of faith, acceptance and love.

This bold and mutli-disciplinary new play ushers in a new beginning for At Hand Theatre as they set forth to uphold greener and more sustainable theatre practices. While incorporating minimal design elements, dance, and sound, At Hand Theatre intends to present work that is intensely rehearsed, visually emblematic, yet totally vivid. “Trickster is an excellent play for us to do with our new green mission,” says Artistic Director Daniel Horrigan, “It’s a play filled with oral history, stories and wonderful words. That combined with sound, dance and spare visual elements I’m really excited to create this rich landscape for the play and for our audience. To do that without building a set that will get tossed in three weeks is really wonderful.” If you have specific questions regarding the “Trickster at the Gate”, contact choreographer Sarita Louise Moore @ saritalou@bust.com or Managing Director, Justin Scribner @ justin@athandtheatre.com.

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