We’re looking for dancers, actors, rappers, musicians, poets, writers and artists to perform in an exciting new theatre piece!
Project Transform will give you the opportunity to speak your mind about the change you would like to see in your neighborhood, community and world. You will work closely with Hartford Stage staff and special guest artists to create and perform an original theatre piece. Come learn about the transformative power of the theatre in your own community, and let your voice be heard!
Now accepting applications from all Connecticut high school students!
Application Deadline: March 11, 2011
Performance Dates: June 4 & 5, 2011
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE APPLICATION (MS WORD)
Please return all application materials to Nina Pinchin, Associate Director of Education, via:
Email: ninapinchin@hartfordstage.org
Fax: (860) 244-0183
Mail: Nina Pinchin, Hartford Stage Education, 50 Church St., Hartford, CT 01063
Questions? Call 860-520-7206.
About the Artists
Will Power is an award-winning playwright, performer and educator. As one of the theatre world’s shining stars, Power has been called an “electrifying” (Newsday) and “dynamic performer” (Variety). Among his numerous awards, Will Power has received a United States Artists Fellowship, the prestigious TCG Peter Zeisler Memorial Award, a Lucille Lortel Award (Best Musical), a Joyce Award, a NYFA Fellowship, a Jury Award for Best Theatre Performance at the HBO US Comedy Arts Festival, and a Drama Desk nomination. Known as a pioneer in the genre of Hip Hop Theatre, Power’s adaptation of the Greek tragedy “Seven Against Thebes,” re-titled “The Seven,” completed a successful Off-Broadway run at the New York Theater Workshop, before transferring to The La Jolla Playhouse. The play was hailed as both an audience favorite and a critical success, and called everything from “brilliant” (The Village Voice), to “exhilarating” (USA Today), to “a spectacular offering to the theater Gods” (Time Out New York). Will Power’s nationally and internationally acclaimed solo show FLOW has been described as “astounding” (CurtainUp) and “theater with the refreshing aroma of originality” (New York Times). As a writer, Power’s recent plays include Fetch Clay, Make Man (McCarter Theatre, Directed by Des McAnuff, starring Ben Vereen), and Five Fingers of Funk (Children’s Theatre Company, Directed by Derrick Sanders). Will Power’s skills have also been captured on television and film. He was a featured guest on The Colbert Report (Comedy Central), Bill Moyers on Faith and Reason (PBS), Last Call with Carson Daly (NBC) and Russell Simmon’s Def Poetry Jam (HBO). He was the lead male in the film, Drylongso (Sundance Film Festival), and was also featured in the documentary, All Fathers are Sons (PBS). In addition, Power has composed lyrics and music heard on MTV, UPN’s Moesha, and Kingpin on NBC. Will Power’s varied skills as playwright/performer are matched only by his remarkable teaching ability, providing communities across the globe with tools of self-expression.
Justin Ellington is a composer/producer/music director based in New York by way of Atlanta, Georgia.Throughout his career he has worked with stellar artists in both theater and the recording industry. His life in theater began as musical director of the Freddie Hendricks Youth Ensemble of Atlanta where he shared the stage with the likes of broadway stars Sahr Ngaujah(Fela), Saycon Sengbloh(Wicked, Hair, Fela), and actor Kenan Thompson(Saturday Night Live, Fat Albert). Mr. Ellington most recently worked as a composer on the Lincoln Center Theater's production of Jon Robin Baitz's Other Desert Cities, directed by Tony Award winner Joe Mantello (Assasins, Wicked); Neil Labute's The Break of Noon, directed by Jo Bonney; Stratford Shakespeare Festival’s As You Like It, directed by Tony Award winner Des Macnuff(Jersey Boys); and playwright Will Power’s Fetch Clay Make Man at the McCarter Theater, also directed by Des Macnuff. Other theater credits include: The Seven (New York Theatre Workshop – director Jo Bonney); Five Fingers of Funk (Children’s Theatre Company – director Derrick Sanders); Conversations with Ice (Cosmic Theatre, Amsterdam); Soweto! Soweto! A Township Is Calling (Freddie Hendricks YEA); Top Dog Underdog, King Hedley II, Shakespeare’s R&J, Ferdinand the Bull (Alliance Theater); Class of 3000 Live! (Alliance Theatre/Cartoon Network). Ellington is also a part of the Grammy award winning production company Bangladesh, which has produced hit records for artists Beyonce, Usher, Ludacris, Ciara, Lil, Wayne, Nicki Minaj and many others.