http://www.kawaguchitakao.com/works/ddd.html
http://www.uninvited-guests.net/aftermath/aftermath.htm
http://www.neofuturists.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=20&Itemid=45
http://www.pigiron.org/productions/pay-up
Program of Study:
The primary focus of PATP training is to provide our actors with the practical tools and sensibilities to become effective, outstanding performers. Every student appears in at least five productions, a self written solo show and an original, small, ensemble production. Recognizing the challenges and opportunities of acting in film, television and digital media, we provide our students with screen acting, voice over and audition technique to prepare our graduates for work in all venues. We provide the means, equipment and professional expertise to make professional quality videos to showcase our students' talents. During the third year, classes and projects focusing on career and business are part of the curriculum. At the end of the third year we prepare a professional showcase for Seattle, Los Angeles and New York. Also, each actor in the program leaves with a professional quality audition “reel”.
Fun Fact: Seattle is #1 for the most arts-related businesses per capita in the U.S., and 21,025 residents work in arts-related businesses, ranking Seattle #3 in the nation.
3. University of Iowa / Iowa Summer Repertory
MFA Program
The MFA in acting at The University of Iowa is unique because of our emphasis on new work. Our mission is to train the actor of the future: an artist who understands and promotes the development of new theatre, and actively seeks opportunities to collaborate with other artists. Iowa is also recognized as a developing center for creative collaboration and is home to the premiere playwriting program in the United States. As such, our actors actively and consistently participate in the creation of original works. In addition to a rigorous training program in voice, movement, acting, and theatrical analysis; a wealth of performance opportunities; an outstanding faculty; and world class guest artists, our students are trained in methods of theatrical collaboration. The aim is to nurture the visionary actor-not a prop or a pawn, but a participant in the creation of a living event. In pursuit of this aim, we seek individuals who are socially conscious, personally disciplined, and hungry for new experience.
OPTION #2
1. Pre-1993 Productions (Los Angeles, San Francisco, London)
"In the middle of it all is an AIDS patient who has a droll angel crashing into his bedroom, commencing a spiritual odyssey with the cheerful air of The Wizard of Oz."
Objective Summary: Tony Kushner's Angels In America is being produced at many locations on the west coast and many more are already set to come in the future. Kushner's work, to an extent, is being molded and tested in productions while showing potential to have a seismic effect on 20th century theatre. The plot consists of events having to do with themes of AIDs, homosexuality and the shift to the new order from the old.
http://www.lexisnexis.com/us/lnacademic/results/docview/docview.do?docLinkInd=true&risb=21_T5780010117&format=GNBFI&sort=DATE,A,H&startDocNo=126&resultsUrlKey=29_T5780002799&cisb=22_T5780010162&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&csi=8213&docNo=130
"Tony Kushner's play Angels in America has always been devilishly difficult to produce because of its size and scope."
Objective Summary: Angels in America's opening in New York was delayed a week because of all the technical obstacles in the show. This includes the wings for the angel as well as the set and it's "dancing" within the show to change locations throughout the show. This is unlike the Los Angeles production, where the actors created and shifted the props and set in transitions themselves, as it did not have computer engineering for scene changes. Concerns for the amount of money that the show will make are present as the theater is donating one dollar for every ticket to non-profit organization called Broadway Cares. Actors feel that the show is more important in the big picture, as they have rehearsed for free in lobbies in order to be apart of this experience.
Objective Summary: The critic had expectations for this Cleveland production of Angels In America that were not met, however his reservations of the show were focused more on the design elements and it's practicality in execution. The critic states that he felt removed from the actors more than he would have liked. The show was missing a sexual element as the director staged the park scene and hospital scene without sex or nudity. Casting choices come into question but overall he feels that the script still resonates with today's audience.
4. College production
http://blog.mlive.com/kzgazette/2008/05/kcollege_theater_hits_most_not.htmlObjective Summary: The production hit most of the notes essential for the 3 hour piece. An artistic director from a New York Company comes in to guest direct this production. Plot summary is given as the critic describes the show as more of an soap opera. The cast had mute chorus members to change the scenes which were comprised of little to no set and props as well as deceased AIDs victims. The critic coments on many of the actors and their standout performance qualities.
5. HBO mini-series (2003)
http://www.movie-gazette.com/cinereviews/1022