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AVT April 2010 Update

Monthly PODCAST sent to our Facebook Fan Page and the Patron/Fan Email List.

Podcast #9: April 2010 Update [ 11:25 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (986)

In this issue:

• Almond Blossom Festival went great! There is a previous podcast on the blog with clips from the two-day event. Thanks to the whole production team for a fantastic job at our first festival.
• Auditions for “Beyond a Reasonable Doubt” were March 20th. Congratulations to Courtney Marietta, Derric Neal, and Joe Gruca. There will be six performances of BaRD, June 4-6 and 11-13 (first two weekends in March).
• Local musicians night coming up April 24th at 8pm. We are hosting award-winning local artists in our garage theatre space for a unique fundraiser event. Check out www.avthespians.org/appearinglive for details and to reserve tickets.
• Updates for playwrights – $300 bounty continues, three playwrights are wrighting furiously as we speak. AVT is supporting ScriptFrenzy in the month of April! Next playwrights expo sometime in late July / early August. AVT willing to talk about paying for original work at any time.
• Changes to the Operational Plan. Positions of Dramaturg and Associate Director created. Welcome Anna Delrosario to the Strategic Team as she transitions to the role of Dramaturg.
• We have completed and submitted our first grant application. More on the way. Thanks to the QHCC for their support.
• We depend on your support – make a tax-deductible donation easily by credit card on our website today.

Direct link to this issue:

http://www.avthespians.org/productions/2010/04/podcast-9-april-update/

That’s all for this month… Thanks for your support.

AVT Artistic Director Nalin Ratnayake in his makeup and costume for a speech from Shakespeare's "Henry V". (Photo credit: Tom Bunce).

On March 13 and 14, AVT participated in the 61st annual Quartz Hill Almond Blossom Festival. It being our first festival of any kind ever, we had some adventures.  Like being up until 12:30am the night before building our set.  Or being relegated to a mysteriously ill-defined, narrow corner.  Or not knowing where the parade assembly point was and completely missing it.

But hey!  We totally had our own parade on Avenue L-14, unfurling our sign and waving in costume to incredibly confused local citizens looking for parking.  AND we got the word out about AVT to hundreds while entertaining many an attendee of the festival at our booth with sonnets, speeches, and professional face painting by our resident makeup designer, Kara McCollum!

All in all, we had a great time.  Check out the podcast below for some sound clips from the festival fun!

Podcast #8: Almond Blossom Festival [ 6:14 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (1003)

More photos are on our Facebook Page.

Monthly podcast for our fans and the local community. A text summary will be posted a few days after the podcast goes live.

In this episode:

*Social events from last month – Moving Arts’ production of “Blood and Thunder”, makeup tradeshow.

*Almond Blossom Festival this month! Preview of our booth and what we will have available. Box seat ticket giveaway. New AVT merchandise… you know you want some.

*Auditions for “Beyond a Reasonable Doubt” are March 20th.

*Updates for playwrights – $300 bounty continues, three playwrights are wrighting furiously as we speak. AVT is supporting ScriptFrenzy in the month of April! Next playwrights expo sometime in August. AVT willing to talk about paying for original work at any time.

*Local musicians night coming up in April.

*We depend on your support – make a tax-deductible donation easily by credit card on our website today.

Podcast #7: AVT March 2010 Update [ 14:04 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (1400)

AVT is on an ongoing mission to post spontaneous interviews with cast, crew, fans, and innocent bystanders.  This episode continues our series of (what we hope are) interesting podcasts, focused on personal experiences with the project.

Want to hear more? View all posts with embedded podcasts, or search for “Antelope Valley Thespians” on the iTunes podcast directory to subscribe for automatic updates.  Enjoy!

It is in AVT’s charter to publish a final report, open to all, at the end of each production.  The report includes a summary of the production run, personnel involved, detailed financials, and a compilation of lessons learned.

You can download the Crime and Punishment Production Final Report in pdf form for your reading pleasure.  The production’s close-out blog post also contains basic show information and a link to photos on our Facebook Page.

And if THAT weren’t enough for you, then we have an additional offering: thanks to Cam, we have a podcast recording of some closing thoughts and future speculations by the AVT Strategic Team.  Listen below as the Producer/Director, Stage Manager, Technical Director, and Operations Director interview each other after the “Crime and Punishment” post-production meeting.

Podcast #6: The Strategic Team discusses "Crime and Punishment" and what lies ahead. [ 15:37 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (1258)

AVT is on an ongoing mission to post spontaneous interviews with cast, crew, fans, and innocent bystanders.  This episode continues our series of (what we hope are) interesting podcasts, focused on personal experiences with the project.

Want to hear more? View all posts with embedded podcasts, or search for “Antelope Valley Thespians” on the iTunes podcast directory to subscribe for automatic updates.  Enjoy!

AVT is trying something new and podcasting the monthly newsletter we send out to our Facebook Page fans and our Patrons email list.  Producer and Artistic Director Nalin A. Ratnayake gets you the low down on what’s going on this month with AVT.

In this podcast:

1. Concluding remarks from the Producer regarding “Crime and Punishment”.
2. Discussion of the ongoing solicitation for local, original scripts.
3. What’s coming up for AVT: Quartz Hill Almond Blossom Festival in March and “Beyond a Reasonable Doubt” in June.
4. A thank you to our Patrons.

Podcast #5: AVT February Update [ 10:09 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (1008)

AVT is on an ongoing mission to post spontaneous interviews with cast, crew, fans, and innocent bystanders.  This episode continues our series of (what we hope are) interesting podcasts, focused on personal experiences with the project.

Want to hear more? View all posts with embedded podcasts, or search for “Antelope Valley Thespians” on the iTunes podcast directory to subscribe for automatic updates.  Enjoy!

Kara McCollum is a mother of three and a graduate of Eastern Washington University’s theatre program, from which she holds a B.A.E.  She has a variety of production and performance experience in Washington and California.  Kara is an accomplished actress, and also brings to the table her professional talents in wig design and stage/screen makeup.

Kara sat down with us recently after a rehearsal to discuss her perspective on AVT’s production style and her upcoming roles in “Crime and Punishment”.

Podcast #4: An Interview With Kara McCollum [ 8:54 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (324)

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AVT is on an ongoing mission to post spontaneous interviews with cast, crew, fans, and innocent bystanders.  This episode continues our series of (what we hope are) interesting podcasts, focused on personal experiences with the project.

Want to hear more?  View all posts with embedded podcasts, or search for “Antelope Valley Thespians” on the iTunes podcast directory to subscribe for automatic updates.  Enjoy!

Ticketing for “Crime and Punishment” is now open! Check out what’s On Stage for show information and ticketing.

AVT's Technical Director, Jeremy Gruca, at Sagebrush Cafe for this interview.

Jeremy Gruca sat down at Sagebrush Cafe one afternoon to talk about the many challenges and unique aspects of staging plays for a garage theater.  As AVT’s Technical Director, Jeremy is responsible for integrating the overall technical effort and interfacing with the Artistic Director on how best to support the actors and the overall artistic vision for the production.  Jeremy also has complete purchasing authority for technical materials and infrastructure upgrades once the Producer has approved an overall budget for a particular production.

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Podcast #3: A Conversation with the Technical Director [ 24:28 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (83)

AVT is on an ongoing mission to post spontaneous interviews with cast, crew, fans, and innocent bystanders.  This is the third in our series of (what I hope are) interesting podcasts, focused on personal experiences with the project.

Want to hear more?  View all posts with embedded podcasts, or search for “Antelope Valley Thespians” on the iTunes podcast directory to subscribe for automatic updates.  Enjoy!