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PROJECT: TRANSFORM Application Packet Please return all application materials to Krista DeVellis. Online: http://hartfordstage.org/project_transform Email: [email protected] Fax: (860) 244-0183 Mail: Krista DeVellis, Hartford Stage Education, 50 Church St., Hartford, CT 06103 All application materials must be received by Friday February 24, 2017. Finalists will be contacted for a phone interview during the week of March 28. Questions? Email [email protected] or call 860-520-7264. Initial Application Checklist € Student Information Form € Writing Sample € Educator Endorsement (may be sent separately but must be received by Friday February 24, 2017) Project: Transform 2017 PROJECT DESCRIPTION Project: Transform will bring together approximately 15-20 high school students from school districts throughout Connecticut to create and perform a devised piece of theatre under the guidance of guest artist, Kaneza Schaal, and Hartford Stage teaching artist Krista DeVellis. Students will create their own piece of performance art, a collage of voices representing themselves, their families, neighborhoods, and communities, with the purpose of celebrating cultures and inspiring transformation and change. The project will incorporate theatre, music, dance, spoken word and other art forms, drawing upon the creative interests of the group. The performance piece will explore the idea of transformation of minds, neighborhoods, and communities. The program will conclude in a public performance open to families, friends, and the entire community. Participation in this program is free and open to all high school students in Connecticut. PROJECT DATES Participants must make any conflicts clear before program begins. Program Dates: (The following rehearsals are from 12pm-5pm unless otherwise noted) Thursday April 6: 6:30-7:30 Meet & Greet before Hartford Stage Show at 7:30pm Saturday, April 8 Saturday, April 15 Saturday, April 22 Saturday, April 29 Saturday, May 6 Saturday, May 13 Friday, May 19: 4pm-8pm Saturday, May 20: 1pm-8pm Rehearsal & Performance Sunday, May 21: 12pm-3pm Performance & Reception Schedule is subject to change. Cast members will see the Hartford Stage production of The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey on 4/6 About the piece: ‘Absolute Brightness’ is about the disappearance of Leonard Pelkey, a flamboyant 14-year-old who has been bullied by his peers. Critically-acclaimed actor and writer James Lecesne (I Am My Own Wife at Hartford Stage, the writer of the Academy Award-winning Trevor) portrays a tough New Jersey detective, a withdrawn teenage girl, a brusque yet gentle hairdresser and a dozen other intriguing characters as they join forces to solve a mystery that will forever change their lives. The New Yorker called it, "A whodunit with a heart of gold.” ARTISTS 2 Project: Transform 2017 Kaneza Schaal Kaneza Schaal is a New York City based artist. She came up in the downtown experimental theater community, first working with The Wooster Group, then with other companies and artists including Elevator Repair Service, Richard Maxwell/New York City Players, Claude Wampler, Jay Scheib, New York City Opera, and National Public Radio. Her practice is propelled by collaboration-based process and experimentation. Her work uses text as a jumping off point to create visual, physical, sonic, narrative and abstract expression. Schaal received a 2016 Creative Capital Award for her new work JACK& JILL, a multimedia comedy of errors that uses the writings of Psychiatrist R.D. Laing to create a play about social codes and training: from prison re-entry programs to debutante balls. Her recent work, GO FORTH was commissioned by Performance Space 122 with support from the Jerome Foundation 50th Anniversary Grant. Schaal was an Artist in Residence at the Baryshnikov Arts Center and received a 2014 Princess Grace Award grant, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Process Space residency, Bogliasco Fellowship, Nathan Cummings Foundation grant, Foundation for Contemporary Art Emergency Grant, and Princess Grace George C. Wolfe Award. She was a member of Kara Walker’s 6-8 Months Space and her video work appeared in Visionaire. Schaal is an Arts-in-Education advocate and believes that creativity and learning are inextricably linked. Her education work has spanned from universities to community centers to public high schools, from workshops for professional artists, to professional development training for teachers, to intergenerational collaborations between elders and teens. She developed The Arthur Miller Foundation’s in-schools curriculum with Institute of Play. This fall Schaal began a new project with young Syrian and Eritrean refugees through the International Children’s Book Library in Munich, Germany. This work addresses migration and storytelling through micro-plays. Schaal taught an Atelier course at Princeton University with Elevator Repair Service and has lectured at Yale University, Lincoln Center, BAM, the Brooklyn Book Festival, and her alma mater Wesleyan University, CT. This work brought her to over 18 countries and venues including Centre Pompidou, Royal Lyceum Theater Edinburgh, REDCAT, The Whitney Museum, BAM, The Kitchen, St. Ann’s Warehouse, and MoMA. Krista DeVellis Krista DeVellis has been with Hartford Stage Company since 2014, beginning as an Education Apprentice in 2014, and moving into the position of Resident Teaching Artist in 2015. She is proud to cultivate students’ understanding and love of theatre through in-school programs, after-school classes, and outreach initiatives in Connecticut. With Hartford Stage’s diverse programming, Krista works with a variety of students from kindergarten through high school. Outside of teaching, Krista works with other local Nonprofit arts groups. Most recently, she has been the props master for Bated Breath’s new play Beneath the Gavel. For the past two years she has also assisted with props and costumes for Night Fall, an annual community event in Hartford that features storytelling, puppetry, and dance. In the Boston area, Krista has worked with both the Puppet Showplace Theater and Wellesley Theatre Project. She is a graduate of Skidmore College and holds a Bachelor of Science in Theater. While abroad, she studied physical theatre at the Accademia Dell’Arte in Arezzo, Italy focusing on improvisation, movement, Commedia dell’Arte, maskmaking, and puppetry. 3 Project: Transform 2017 STUDENT INFORMATION FORM Name: _________________________________________________________________ Phone number: (home) _________________ (cell) _________________ (circle preferred) Email: ___________________________________________________________________ Nominating Educator: ________________________________________________________ School: __________________________________________________________________ Grade: 9th 10th 11th 12th Please tell us about your experience with writing, acting, singing, dancing, rap, or any other skills you would bring to the ensemble? (You may include additional sheets.): ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ Why did you choose to apply for this project? ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ Do you have any conflicts with any of the project dates? If yes, please explain. _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ WRITING SAMPLE: Please include a writing sample, less than 500 words. Sample may be in any form (poem, narrative, spoken word, rap, blog, etc.) and should demonstrate your best work. VERY IMPORTANT — PLEASE READ! REHEARSALS: Rehearsals will be mostly on Saturdays (4/8-5/120), with additional meetings on Thursday 4/6 and Friday 5/19. Rehearsals are at Hartford Stage rehearsal studios located at 942 Main Street in Downtown Hartford in the Residence Inn building. PERFORMANCES: The dates for the final performances of PROJECT: TRANSFORM are set for Saturday, May 20 (evening) and Sunday, May 21 (afternoon). Time and location TBA. TRANSPORTATION: Families will be responsible for student transportation to rehearsals and performances. 4 Project: Transform 2017 EDUCATOR ENDORSEMENT Due by Friday, February 24, 2017 Project: Transform will bring together approximately 15-20 high school students from school districts throughout Connecticut to create and perform a devised piece of theatre under the guidance of guest artist Kaneza Schaal and Hartford Stage teaching artist Krista DeVellis. Students will create their own piece of performance art, a collage of voices representing themselves, their families, neighborhoods, and communities, with the purpose of celebrating cultures and inspiring transformation and change. The project will incorporate theatre, music, dance, spoken word and other art forms, drawing upon the creative interests of the group. The performance piece will explore the idea of transformation of minds, neighborhoods, and communities. The program will conclude in a public performance open to families, friends, and the entire community. Participation in this program is free and open to all high school students in Connecticut. Educator Name: ________________________________________________________ School: _______________________________________________________________ Phone Number: ________________________________________________________ Email: _______________________________________________________________ Name of the student you are nominating: _______________________________________ Why do you believe that this student would be well suited for PROJECT: TRANSFORM? Please include ways in which the student has demonstrated the capacity for collaboration and creative artistic thought. (You may include additional sheets.): Educator Signature Please return to Krista DeVellis: Website: http://hartfordstage.org/project_transform Phone: 860-520-7264 Email: [email protected] Fax: (860) 244-0183 Mail: Krista DeVellis, Hartford Stage Education, 50 Church Street, Hartford, CT 06103 5