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Amy Thone and Hans Altwies performing a scene from Macbeth
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BENEFIT FOR FREEHOLD THEATRE THANKS!
Thank you to all who turned out to support Freehold at our Benefit.
The sold-out event was a huge success and lived up to its promise
that it was a night you didn't want to miss! Whether it was being amused by Matt Smith's improv asides,
watching Robin Lynn Smith, George Lewis and Annette Toutonghi's hilarious scene,
Gin Hammond's stunning performance,
Daemond Arrindell's powerful spoken word poems, Geof Alm's and Brynna Jourdan's funny and masterful stage combat wizardry, Amy Thone and Hans Altwies'
sensational showstopping Shakespeare brilliance or Lauren Weedman's moving and hilarious reading of her work (who can forget her comical comment as she
was about to read from her book ... "It's great to follow the Shakespeare piece ... now you can see what great writing is
REALLY like."), the evening performances reminded us all how lucky we all are to have such talented artists as part of our
community.
Robin Lynn Smith and George Lewis at George's Bon Voyage Party
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Bon Voyage George
Thanks also to those who came out to wish George Lewis Bon Voyage as he heads off on his adventure to Buenos Aires. A huge thanks to George for the over
16 years of dedicated service, hard work and inspiration at Freehold.
Annual Fund For Freehold
Thank you also to all who have been contributing to Freehold's Annual Fund. Your donations are very much valued and will be of great assistance to
Freehold as we head into the coming year. As a reminder, your donations are eligible for tax deductable!
Any questions, call us at Freehold, (206) 323-7499.
Winter Quarter at Freehold is soon to begin!
Want to work on your accents? Improve your singing? Hone your acting, playwriting, or directing skills?
Whether it is Singing and the Alexander Technique, Accent Study or Spoken Word and Performance Poetry,
winter is the perfect time to invest in a class and yourself! Go to www.freeholdtheatre.org
to look at a listing for all of our acting, directing, playwriting, singing, spoken word classes.
Sign up now to ensure you have a space!
Performance and Rehearsal Spaces Available at Freehold
Freehold has two spectacular performance spaces: The East Hall Theatre and The Ground Floor Studio Theatre and two additional rooms,
Walt and Workspace, for rent. The East Hall Theatre is a 92 seat
theatre and is a popular performance space for long and short runs and also good for large group rehearsals and photo shoots. The Ground Floor
Studio Theatre is an inviting and spacious venue with 16 foot ceilings and a 49-seat Black Box theatre. It has everything you will need
for your upcoming production ... a new sound system,
new seats, and new design for a price beyond affordable! Rental rates include an additional roomy dressing room. For more information,
contact Jason Gorgen at Freehold: (206) 323-7499 x13 or email at rentals@freeholdtheatre.org.
Odd Fellows' Hall Update
Freehold does not have any additional news to report regarding the sale of Odd Fellows' Hall and our location plans for the future.
We are still checking out lots of options and weighing our choices. We hope to have something new to report in the February Newsletter.
Thank you for your continued interest and support of Freehold!
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My Voice Discoveries by Sara Lerner
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Sara Lerner works at KUOW, www.kuow.org, as an announcer, newscaster and producer. She produces Speaker's Forum, a weekly local lecture series,
and works with the news staff producing spot news reports and occasional feature
stories as well as filling in for Morning Edition and All Things Considered. In 2007, she received a regional award from
the Society of Professional Journalists for her report on bicycle pie jousting. Sara continues to produce stories
for national programs such as Day to Day, Weekend America, Studio 360, Voice of America and Justice Talking. Sara took
Gin Hammond's Voice Class at Freehold this past summer which Gin will be teaching again this winter quarter.
I'm sitting in the classroom. It's the first day. We brought our yoga mats. The teacher is perky. But this is the great kind of perky.
There is nothing remotely annoying about her. No, she's perky like you just want her to keep talking. And you'd like to maybe give her a hug, too.
I'm comfortable. I'm not questioning the yoga mat factor. I mean, I have no idea what kind of weird movements we're going to do but I suppose
voice is attached to the body. So ... this is going to make sense soon. Plus - I'm into yoga.
more ...
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Pepper Shaker by Norman Bell
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Norman Bell generated the following poem in Freehold's Spoken Word and Performance Poetry class this
past summer. Norman took his first class at Freehold a dozen years ago. Since then, he has gone on to act, write, and direct and perform
on stage and in film. To see some great local spoken word, Seattle Poetry Slam produces a slam every Wednesday night at 8:00 p.m. at TOST in Fremont.
To listen to some spoken word on the web, go to the
Seattle Poetry Slam website, www.seattlepoetryslam.org, or to www.spokenwordart.com.
Freehold is offering a Spoken Word and Performance Poetry class this winter with Daemond Arrindell,
Seattle Slammaster and producer of the Seattle Poetry Slam, the longest running weekly show in Seattle.
Pepper Shaker
Mom is a flowery porcelain pepper shaker
On the front, green stem, green leaves,
Blossoming, red tulip petals
There's some grace, some beauty,
some sweetness there.
Some colorful conversation
Peppered with bursts of loud laughter
Some long, involved, heartfelt, flavorful stories
About the neighbor's beautiful flower gardens
About a great bargain she got through her mail-order catalog
About the family.
At her best, she flavors bland meals,
Spices up bland moments.
But then, without warning,
In the middle of it all, sometimes,
She shakes pepper in your eyes
And you're caught squinting, reeling
Blind, blinded, blind-sided
And then, with little warning,
The little plastic pour hold
on the bottom falls out of the pepper shaker
And pepper pours out
All over everything
Spills out into every nook and cranny
Until all you can taste is pepper.
Pepper like sand coats the tongue
Pepper like dust storms the eyes
Pepper you find under your finger nails
For days and days after.
But
I have to admit
when the plastic plug is in,
and she sprinkles her pepper in moderation,
life can sometimes be more colorful
with a little pepper.
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Freehold Faculty/Alum Shows and News
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FREEHOLD FACULTY NEWS
Geof Alm is doing fights for The Breach at Seattle Rep www.seattlerep.org,
Hamlet at SCT, Info: www.sct.org
at Seattle Children's Theatre, and Pagliacci at Seattle Opera www.seattleopera.org.
Daemond Arrindell. Every Wednesday night at ToST in Fremont, The Seattle Poetry Slam hosts a spoken word extravaganza. 8 p.m.,
$5 cover, 21 & over IC required, go to www.seattlepoetryslam.org.
Gin Hammond will be directing The Westerbork Serenade at Odd Duck Studio running January 13, 14, 20, 21, 27, 28 at 7:30 pm with a free
performance Monday, January 7th at 7:30 p.m. For tickets, www.brownpapertickets.com.
Elizabeth Heffron wrote the play Foxy Populi which will be part of Annex Theatre's next mainstage show called "Keep The Light On" which
includes three short plays set in the future, after an apocalypse and all energy
needed to power the show (lights/sound/etc) will be generated by a
couple actors on bicycles. It will be playing at Annex Theatre, for more information,
www.annextheatre.org. It opens February 8th and runs through March 8th.
Tim Hyland will be appearing in The Neverending Story at Seattle Children's Theatre, www.sct.org,
opening December 7 and running through January 29th.
John Jacobsen just completed his screenplay adaptation of E. Nesbitt's
"House of Arden" for a Los Angeles production company and is starting
research for a studio feature, a film based on the infamous WWII battle in
Huertgen Forest. He is also scheduled to start production in '08 on
"Sweat", a PBS documentary on the history of the famous saunas and spas
around the world.
Paul Mullin will be doing a reading of his play The Ten Thousand Things in Hollywood on January 21 at the Theatre inside the
Ford Amphitheatre at 7:30 on Monday, Jan. 21. His play, The Don Juan Cult Concertos will have its
world premier at North Seattle Community College on Feb. 22. Paul's
latest play The Ten Thousand Things will be playing at WET running May 23 - June 16, directed by
Braden Abraham My Name is Rachel Corrie. For more information,
www.washingtonensemble.org.
Matt Smith can be seen in the recently nationally released feature film "Outsourced" produced by local film company Shadowcatcher.
For more information, go to www.outsourcedthemovie.com.
Amy Thone will be seen in Hamlet at the Seattle Children's Theatre running January 25th through February 24th, for information go to
www.sct.org.
FREEHOLD STUDENT/ALUM NEWS
Evan Gackstatter is part of Dr. G and the funky recovery. For more information about the band, go to
www.famecast.com/drgandthefunkyrecovery.
Colby Bradley, Lori Stein, Andy Clawson, Ben Cournoyer, Trina Harris, Timmi Harrop, Kirsten McCory and Robert Walker will be starring in a
staged reading of All About Eve, script by Joseph L. Mankiewicz. Directed by Precious Butiu. Rendezvous' Jewel Box Theatre,
2320 2nd Avenue, Monday, February 4th at 6:30 pm. One Night Only. Donation only, please.
Sachie Mikawa will be performing Birthday Surprise on March 7th at Spin the Bottle at Annex Theatre,
www.annextheatre.org.
Kate Parker will be performing January 4th and 5th at CHAC, 8:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. as part of 14/48 The World's Quickest Theater Festival,
www.capitolhillarts.com.
Louise Penberthy will be playing Mildred Peake in Spider's Web by Agatha Christie with
Valley Community Players. It plays February 1 - 17, www.valleycommunityplayers.org and has
a staged reading of her play Just That One Nice Evening at Freehold, January 11 & 12.
Scenes from the first act of this play were workshopped in the Studio Series last January.
www.wonderworks.com/newplay/.
Andy Peters will be performing for his first stand-up dvd taping on Wednesday, January 9th at Chop Suey in Capitol Hill at 9:30 p.m.
For more information, www.chopsuey.com.
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Freehold Theatre Guild
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Freehold Theatre Guild
The Theatre Guild is composed of a group of Freehold students and alumni who have shared in the unique Freehold experience.
Freehold Theatre Guild's (FTG's) stated mission is "To help members of the Freehold Theatre Guild make the transition from student
to active participant in the greater theater community". For those interested in joining Freehold's Theatre Guild, email Andy Tribolini
at atribolini@hotmail.com with your desire to join. You will receive confirmation of membership
by receiving notices about monthly
meetings and activities in which you are strongly encouraged to participate. The Theatre Guild would love to have you be a part of the group!
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Yahoo Your Way to Help Freehold Using www.goodsearch.com!
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Here is a free, quick and painless way to contribute financially to Freehold using Goodsearch.com!
GoodSearch is a search engine (www.goodsearch.com) which donates 50-percent of its revenue
to the charities and schools designated by its users. It's a simple and compelling concept. You use
GoodSearch exactly as you would any other search engine. Because it's powered by Yahoo!, you get proven
search results. The money GoodSearch donates to your cause comes from its advertisers - the users and
the organizations do not spend a dime! To support Freehold, on the "Who do you search the web for?"
type in Freehold and search away! Every time you do a search, money gets added to Freehold's account.
Make "goodsearch.com" your home page and encourage your friends to do the same by going to: http://www.goodsearch.com/MakeHomepage.aspx.
Thank you for your continued support!
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About Freehold
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A group of artists, who after years of professional work felt that the full potential of the theatrical event
had yet to be realized, founded Freehold Theatre in the summer of 1991 when two prominent actor studios-the
Pasqualini-Smith Studio (est. 1985) and the Mark Jenkins Actors' Workshop (est. 1985) joined forces. The
founders, Robin Lynn Smith, Mark Jenkins and George Lewis, among others, are professional actors and directors
whose credentials include recognized work on and off Broadway, as well as in major films, television, and regional
theatre. They formulated the following mission: Freehold engages artists of all levels in training and experimentation
so that they may become more innovative and heartfelt in generating theatre that has a lasting impact on the community we serve.
As a center for the development and practice of theatre, Freehold Theatre is committed to art that embraces the full
range of human experience and that inspires performers and audience to connect more deeply to themselves and to each other.
We move toward this goal in four ways:
- Our Studio provides a place for actors, from inspired novices to working professionals, to train.
- Our Theatre Lab provides a forum for mature artists to research and develop new work and to re-interpret classics.
- Our Engaged Theatre Program reaches out to culturally under-served communities.
- Our rehearsal and performance facilities in the Oddfellows Bulding on Capitol Hill comprises of four rehearsal and
performance studios, including a fully equipped 92-seat black box theatre. The facilities and equipment are available
for rent at very reasonable rates.
Here we strive to provide our artists with the tools necessary to make a deep and lasting impact on the community based on
organic esthetics. Freehold has become an integral part of Seattle's thriving theatre community, having gained a reputation
as the place for serious young artists to train and take the leap into performing and creating original work.
In 2003 we developed an Engaged Theatre program in which we reach out to culturally under-served communities. The program
comprises an annual tour to organizations that represent culturally under-served populations and a four-month residency at
Washington Corrections Center for Women, in which the women create, rehearse and perform a theatre production. This year
for the first time, George Lewis has developed a similar pilot program at the Monroe Correctional Center for Men.
For more information about our programs and services see our website: www.freeholdtheatre.org.
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What is the Freehold Forum?
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The Freehold Forum E-Newsletter was born out of our desire to respond to requests from you, our Freehold community,
to hear about the innovative and powerful work being done at Freehold Theatre by our incredibly talented and diverse
faculty and alumni. The Forum will provide you with a wealth of information that will serve you in your work as an artist.
The monthly Freehold Forum will include insightful interviews with talented actors, directors and playwrights, compelling
articles on a wide array of topics to assist you in your artistic growth, cutting edge news on upcoming Freehold Faculty and
alumni performances, highly newsworthy articles by Freehold's Theatre Guild and Freehold Calendar Highlights showcasing
upcoming must-see Freehold Calendar events.
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Become A Part of the Freehold Community!
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Freehold is always looking for people interested in joining our team of committed and enthusiastic volunteers.
Whether you have time, wisdom, strength, money, a desire to be involved in your community, or any combination thereof,
we would love to have you join in our efforts. Here are some ways you can participate in our work at Freehold:
Volunteer Opportunities
Volunteers are highly treasured at Freehold!! We rely on and appreciate the invaluable and diverse skills
our volunteers contribute which enable us to further our mission. We are currently seeking volunteers to help
us with our administrative functions, staff performances and fundraising events!! If you have the desire to be
part of a committed group of staff and other volunteers, please give us a call at 206-323-7499.
Donations
Freehold is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. We rely on philanthropic donations from the community to help us
continue to be a part of the theatre community and to keep the cost of our classes affordable. Donations may be
sent to: Freehold Theatre, 1525 10th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98122.
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