Savage Tree Arts Project

Applications are now being accepted for the 2012 Roger Sturtevant Musical Theatre Award for Equity Membership Candidates (EMC). You could be the lucky recipient of the Award and $1,000 if you are selected by the panel of judges, but just having your work seen by them is a great opportunity. The application deadline is March 15, 2012.

The award is named in honor of noted casting director Roger Sturtevant, who died in 2003. It is available to current EMCs who have demonstrated outstanding abilities in the musical theatre field and consists of a $1,000 check and a certificate presented to one male and one female applicant.

Selection is based on a videotaped audition, written recommendations and a completed application form. The judging panel, including actor/members of the Actors’ Equity Foundation and members of the Casting Society of America, select the winners. The panel adheres strictly to the principles of non-traditional casting and actively encourages actors of all cultural backgrounds to apply.

For a downloadable application form, visit AEA’s Document Library at this link: http://actorsequity.org/library/library.asp?cat=32

For more information about the application or award, contact Anne Fortuno at afortuno@actorsequity.org or 212-869-8530 x 409. 

They will take place April 2 & 3 next year and they’re the best way to go if you like doing theater. Applications are due in a couple of weeks (mid-Jan.). If you’re accepted you better be serious about keeping in the 2.5-minute time limit because they will stop you. Details are here.

Are you a filmmaker ready to screen your work in front of new audiences? If so, apply today to be a part of the 2012 - 2013 Southern Circuit Tour of Independent Filmmakers.

Southern Circuit is the nation’s first regional tour of independent filmmakers, providing communities in a nine-state region in the South with an interactive way to experience independent film and engage with indie filmmakers. The tour utilizes an intimate context to connect audiences with filmmakers and films they might not otherwise have the opportunity to see. Films, including animation, documentaries, experimental and narrative work, can be submitted for consideration for the Circuit through an annual nationwide open call for submissions. 

Southern Circuit is open to any filmmaker living in the United States with a valid driver’s license. Filmmakers may submit a feature-length work or a group of short films whose combined time reaches feature length - at least 45 minutes with a maximum of 120 minutes. 

Apply here! The application deadline is Wednesday February 15, 2012. Early Bird Registration ends Tuesday January 31, 2012.

For more information about Southern Circuit, visit the Southern Circuit website or contact Teresa Hollingsworth at thollingsworth@southarts.org.

South Arts is now accepting applications for partner venues for the 2012-2013 Southern Circuit Tour of Independent Filmmakers! 

The Southern Circuit Tour of Independent Filmmakers provides Southern communities with an interactive way of experiencing film. Audiences view the best of new independent film and meet the filmmakers behind the camera lens.

Launched in 1975, the Tour has visited over 50 communities across the Southern United States. Southern Circuit audiences have viewed over 200 films and have engaged filmmakers in post-screening discussions about the art of filmmaking and themes portrayed in the works. 


 If you are interested in being a 2012-2013 Southern Circuit Partner Venue APPLY TODAY!  Please review the Guidelines for Partner Venues on the South Arts website. The application deadline is 5:00 p.m. ET on January 16, 2012.

Selected 2012-2013 Southern Circuit Partner Venues will be announced January 31, 2012.

Non-profit applicant organizations must be located in one of the following states: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, or Tennessee.  

For information about Southern Circuit and additional information on how to apply to be a Southern Circuit partner venue, visit the Southern Circuit website  or contact Teresa Hollingsworth at thollingsworth@southarts.org.

Alice Teeter and Kathie deNobriga are making a little movie of one of Alice’s poems, “The 103rd Birthday of Emma Regina DeGraffenreid Smith.”  (read it at http://www.percontra.net/13teeter.htm). The poem (a double sestina, for those in the know) was published by StarCloud Press in When It Happens to You…. by Ms Teeter, adjunct professor of poetry at Emory University.

Now it’s soon to be a Major Motion Picture, if by “major” you mean 20 minutes long and shot with one camera in one location with local (that means Atlanta) talent.

They need 4 adults (ages 30-55); 1 senior (70+); and 8 youth (ages 6-18).  People will have to memorize ONE stanza (six lines, mostly).  We plan on filming at the Clubhouse on Saturday, January 28 (also doubling as Alice’s birthday party).  There will be one rehearsal earlier that day, with a few short rehearsals throughout January. (Schedule will be negotiable.)

Auditions will be held at the BeachHouse (call Kathie at 678-427-9673 for info and directions): you only need to come to one audition, and you don’t need to prepare anything.

• Saturday, Dec. 3 from 12:30-1:30pm
• Monday, Dec. 5 from 7:30-8:30pm
• Tuesday, Dec. 6 from 4:30-5:30pm

Costumers and other assistants also needed.

They are encouraging actors with children to audition as a family!

Are you a filmmaker ready to screen your work in front of new audiences? If so, apply today to be a part of the 2012 - 2013 Southern Circuit Tour of Independent Filmmakers.

Southern Circuit is the nation’s first regional tour of independent filmmakers, providing communities in a nine-state region in the South with an interactive way to experience independent film and engage with indie filmmakers. The tour utilizes an intimate context to connect audiences with filmmakers and films they might not otherwise have the opportunity to see. Films, including animation, documentaries, experimental and narrative work, can be submitted for consideration for the Circuit through an annual nationwide open call for submissions. 

Southern Circuit is open to any filmmaker living in the United States with a valid driver’s license. Filmmakers may submit a feature-length work or a group of short films whose combined time reaches feature length - at least 45 minutes with a maximum of 120 minutes. 

Apply here! The application deadline is Wednesday February 15, 2012. Early Bird Registration ends Tuesday January 31, 2012.

For more information about Southern Circuit, visit the Southern Circuit website or contact Teresa Hollingsworth at thollingsworth@southarts.org.

Hey #Atlanta friends (and starving artists): If you love margaritas and want to win a chance to get $100 of free food, “Like” El Taco and post “Art sent me” on their wall. (I think there may be a couple of MammaMia! tickets in the mix too) Winner will be announced Friday at noon.