| Job
Expo Planned in New England |
The fifth annual New England Regional
Section's Regional Entertainment, Production
and Administration Job Expo '05 (REPA '05)
will be held from noon to 4 p.m. on February 5,
2005 at 88 Tremont Street, 6th Floor, downtown
Boston. Employers in areas of entertainment, theatre,
film, television, industrial suppliers, and related
industries will be seeking employees to fill job
openings in design, technical production, consulting,
management, marketing and administration. Job
seekers are admitted free to the Job Expo.
Upon
arrival, applicants are provided with a list
of attending employers with their corresponding
job openings. Candidates can visit each employer
at the assigned table. Employers may conduct interviews
and review portfolios on the spot or take resumes
and business cards for follow-up interviews.
It is a great way to get to know employers face-to-face
in the New England region. Applicants of all
ages are encouraged to attend.
The REPA Job Expo '05
is sponsored by New England Theatre Conference,
StageSource, United States Institute for Theater
Technology New England, and The Dance Alliance.
For
additional information call StageSource at:
(617) 720-6066.
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| Theatre
Festival Slated in Rhode Island |
The New England
Regional Section is sponsoring several events
as part of the American College Theater Festival.
ACTF will be held at the Rhode Island College
and Crowne Plaza Hotel January 26 to 30, 2005.
New
England is sponsoring a Technology Innovation & Craftsmanship
Award, as well a design display with prizes at both
the national and regional level. The section is
also sponsoring the Tech Olympics competition at
ACTF and collaborating to present programming on
technical theatre. See www.usittne.org
for further information on events, design competitions,
and registration..
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| Student
Info Night in Toronto |
The Ontario
Section will hold its annual Student Info Night
from 7:30 to 10 p.m. Friday, January 14 at the
Abrams Studio Theatre of the Ryerson Theatre School
in Toronto.
The event provides an opportunity
for graduating students to meet with potential
employers and union representatives plus make
contact with other resource people within the
industry. Anyone interested in attending should
contact Jeff Cummings at jeffcummings@shawfest.com
by January 10, 2005.
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| Desert State Annual
Meeting |
James Moody
will present the keynote when the Desert State
Regional Section holds its Annual Meeting Saturday,
January 29, 2005 at Mesa Community College. Participants
are urged to arrive around 9 a.m.
Mr. Moody, who
has thousands of hours of network and syndicated
television credits as either director of photography or lighting director, is also the author
of The
Business of Theatrical Design. Mr.
Moody may be best known for his work on Wheel
of Fortune and Jeopardy!
A special
seminar, Cover Your Behind, will be held Saturday,
March 5, 2005 at Scottsdale Center for the Arts.
The event will run from 9 a.m. to noon, sponsored
by the Desert State Section.
For more details
on either event, visit the section's new website www.desertstate.org.
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| Ohio Valley Announces
Ezekiel Award Winners |
Each fall,
the Ohio Valley Regional Section sponsors a design
exhibition of work done in and by Ohio Valley
designers and theatre companies. As part of the
exhibition the section awards two categories of
awards to the participants. This year's
award recipients for Outstanding Achievement are:
- Ursula Belden - Professional Scenic Design:
The Drawer Boy
- Amanda Hart - Graduate Student Scenic Design:
Pentecost
- Kristine Kearney - Academic Costume Design:
Candide
- Ryan McKinty-Trupp - Graduate Student Scenic
Design: A View From The Bridge
- Renae Pederson - Graduate Student Costume
Design: The Gods Are Not To Blame
- Mary Tarantino - Academic Lighting Design:
Candide
- Natalie Taylor - Graduate Student Scenic Design:
The Gods Are Not To Blame
- Liza Kindl - UG Student Scenic Craft: The
Gods Are Not To Blame
This year's award recipients for Distinction
are:
- Adam Altman - UG Student Lighting Design:
Proof
- Betsy Cutler - Graduate Student Scenic Design:
The Rimers Of Eldritch
- Dan Matthews - Graduate Student Scenic Design:
Rashomon
- Ryan McKinty-Trupp - Graduate Student Lighting
Design: Edward II
- John Murphy - Academic Scenic & Lighting
Design: Zastrozzi
- Cynthia Turnbull - Academic Costume Design:
The Death Of Ivan Ilych
Additionally, the Ohio Valley Regional Section honored
Dennis Parker, professor emeritus, Ohio State University, and Charles Williams, professor emeritus, The
University of Toledo, with Lifetime Achievement
Awards.
For photos of the fall conference
and plans for spring activities, refer to the
Ohio Valley website: www.usittohiovalley.org/
Below: Charles Williams, left, and Dennis
Parker, right, receive Ezekiel Awards for Lifetime
Achievement from the Ohio Valley Regional Section.
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