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What's
going on this month
1. Popular Saturday Explorer Series Returns
2. Circle X Theatre Co. returns to 24th St,
3. LAUSD Teacher Workshop
4. LA Co. Arts Ed. RESOURCE DIRECTORY
5. Gallery Two Four
6. Welcomes and Awards
1.
Saturday Explorer Seris is back!
YES, the Most Sophisticated Family Series in Los Angeles has
returned! Since 1997 we’ve presented 36 different theatre
companies and performance artists in this standing-room-only
series for audiences of all ages. Now, here’s nine more...And
this year were expanding to span the entire Spring with Explorer
shows in March, April, May, and June! These are FREE shows,
thanks to our generous sponsors (Belkin Components, California
Arts Council, Caplin Foundation, City of Los Angeles’
Cultural Affairs Dept., Entertainment Industry Foundation,
Kenneth T. and Eileen L. Norris Foundation, KTLA 5 Charities
Fund, Los Angeles, County Arts Commission, and the Roth Family
Foundation), BUT reservations are a MUST, so make your reservation
early!
*SATURDAY MARCH 13TH AT 1PM, Mark Taper Forum’s P.L.A.Y.
presents, Lily Plants a Garden, written by our friend José
Cruz Gonzáles and directed by Eric Johnson. For ages
7 and up.
*SATURDAY, MARCH 20TH, AT 1PM, Boxtales Theatre Co. presents
Jambo Watoto, Tales And Rhythms of Africa, with choreography
by world-renowned director Eva Magyar. For ages 7 and up.
FOR
RESERVATIONS: Call 213 745 6516 or e-mail THEATRE@24THSTREET.ORG
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2.
Also Onstage - Circle X Theatre Co.
24th Street welcomes back Circle X Theatre Co. with its world
premiere play, SPERM, written by Tom Jacobson (TAINTED BLOOD,
CYBERQUEER), adapted from Jacques Miroir's 18th century play,
CACHALOT, and co-directed by Circle X Artistic Directors Tara
Flynn and Tim Wright. In the days leading up to the French
revolution, an American whaler captivates the minds of the
king and queen with fantastical stories of ghosts, monsters
of the deep and democracy Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and
Sundays.
For ticket reservations please call 323 461 6069 or visit
the Circle
X website
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3. Teacher Workshop March 27, 2004
24th Street Theatre presents another of our successful Teaching
As a Performing Art professional Development Workshops for
LAUSD Teachers. We’re very proud of these as they are
wonderfully creative and renewing, as hundreds of teachers
have told us over the years! The workshop is already full
and has a waiting list of teachers! Sponsored by Washington
Mutual and LAUSD Arts Education Branch.
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4. LA CO Arts Ed. RESOURCE DIRECTORY website
24th Street Theatre is proud to be one of the few Arts Organizations
listed on the New L.A. County Arts Commission’s Arts
Education Resource Directory
Website.
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5. Gallery Two Four presents Janie
Meine
Gallery Two Four curator Norma C.
Smith presents a photographic exhibit, "Stoned in the
Highlands", by Janie Meine. The show is a beautiful series
of huge B&W photographs of the Neolithic stone works from
the highlands of Great Britain and the Hebrides Islands. Thanks
as always to David Smith of Electromechanical Services for
his laser-perfect installation of this gorgeous exhibit.
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6. Bienvenedos & Kudos
...to Chaz McEwan, 24th Street Theatre’s new Board President.
Outgoing Board President Steve Markus remains on our Board
and will now serve as Chair of our Finance committee. On March
7th, fresh from the Oscars, actor Jack Black presented 24th
Street Theatre a Beautiful People Award for our work with
the community. In his introduction speech, Jack credited 24th
Street’s Debbie Devine as his inspiration for the hit
movie School of Rock. Devine was Jack’s first
Drama teacher more than 20 years ago at Poseidon School. And
Kudos to our own Joshua Wolf Coleman, from this season’s
Kate Crackernuts, for his role in the new movie "Hidalgo." |
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DONOR THANKS
Thanks
to all of you who responded to our year-end fund-raising letter!
You know who you are! If you didn’t get our year-end
letter begging for funds, well it’s not too late to send
us a check for whatever you think we’re worth (no pennies
please). Thanks also to Dwight Stuart Youth Foundation and
BC McCabe Foundation for joining the 24th Street Family to
fund our school residencies.
Send
your tax-deductible donation to:
24th
Street Theatre
1117 West 24th Street
Los Angeles, CA 90007
THANK YOU!
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THANKS
TO OUR FUNDERS!
24th Street Theatre programs are supported by Ahmanson Foundation,
City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department, Los Angeles
County Arts Commission, Staples Foundation for Learning, USC,
California Community Foundation, National Endowment for the
Arts, Ralph M. Parsons Foundation, California Arts Council,
Kenneth T. and Eileen Norris Foundation, Entertainment Industry
Foundation, KTLA-TV 5 Charities, Washington Mutual, Staples
Center, Belkin Components and Target. |
