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FREEHOLD FACULTY NEWS
Geof Alm is in the last week of his work at Shakespeare Santa Cruz, where he has been directing fights for Romeo and Juliet, Bach at Leipzig,
and Burn This. Geof will be teaching at the Young Actor Institute for Seattle Children's Theatre, and this fall will be directing the
Zombie violence for Night of the Living Dead at SCT, Elektra at Seattle Opera, and will performing in The Three Muskateers
as D'artagnons Father and Treville at Seattle Rep.
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.
Elizabeth Heffron will be participating in 14/48 - The World's Quickest Theatre
Festival, July 19/20th. The venue has moved to the Center Stage at Seattle Center. For more information,
www.1448fest.com. Elizabeth's new short play, Slumber, will be produced as part of The Next
Stage's NEXUS Project this coming Aug/Sept, at Richard Hugo House.
Tim Hyland is performing in A Streetcar Named Desire at Intiman opening July 9. For more information:
www.intiman.org.
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.
Marya Sea Kaminski will be performing in the following:
THE DOOM SERIES: A Collection of Three New Works by Marya Sea Kaminski
HAND2MOUTH'S RISK/REWARD PERFORMANCE FESTIVAL
How I Became Such A Quitter (A Tap Dance Part One)
Someday Lounge, 9pm; Portland, OR
June 27 & 28
-STRIKETHROUGH-
Four Letter Words (My Tap Dance Part Two)
Do not come to the Jewel Box Theater at the Rendezvous.
Not in Seattle, WA
Anytime except June 30
NEXT STAGE'S NEW PLAY FESTIVAL
The Last in the Doom Series
written and directed by Marya Sea Kaminski
Hugo House; Seattle, WA
August 15 - September 15 2008
BUMBERSHOOT
Unicycle Collective at the Centerhouse Theatre
Saturday August 30, 2:45 - 3:45 & Monday September 1, 3 - 4pm
Cheap Wine and Poetry on the Leo K Stage at the Seattle Rep
Monday September 1st, 5:15pm (Labor Day)
Darragh Kennan will be doing a season with American Players Theatre in Spring Green, Wisconsin, appearing in
A Midsummer Night's Dream, Henry IV Parts One and Two, and The Belle's Strategem.
Cyrus Khambatta, Artistic Director of Phffft! Phffft! will be rolling, sliding, bouncing and dancing around the sound
(WA and OR) with several new pieces - Body of Water, a commission using HUGE rubber balls for the Bellevue Crossroads
Waterpark Opening - Mass Movement which will take over Kent Station Mall by surprise (you have to be there to find out)
as well as for the 2nd edition of Artopia in Georgetown, and much more. June 2, Performance, Body of Water, Crossroads Water Park Opening
Ceremony, 16000 NE 10th St., Bellevue, WA, Admission is Free, info: 425-452-6881. For more information about the other
performances around town, go to: www.PHFFFT.org.
Shelley Reynolds is performing in A Streetcar Named Desire at Intiman Theatre. For more information, go to,
www.intiman.org.
Gary Schwartz is producing the Ha-Ha Sisterhood - Stand-up Comedy with Amy Alpine,
Bryley Hull, Robin Fairbanks, and Jeanann O'Brien at Valley Center Stage in
North Bend, www.valleycenterstage.org and will be a presenter at the
Applied Improv Network conference in Trondheim, Norway June 5-8.
Matt Smith can be seen in the nationally released feature film "Outsourced" produced by local film company Shadowcatcher.
For more information, go to www.outsourcedthemovie.com.
Amy Thone is performing in Strawberry Theatre Workshop's production of Leni. It opens July 10th, and plays through August 19th. Leni
is a two-person piece (Amy Thone and Alex Tavares) by Sarah Greenman about the Nazi cinematographer, Leni Riefenstahl . . . .
Fascinating subject matter, plus the "play" is multi-media, . . . Directed by Rhonda Soikowski. For more information, go to:
www.strawshop.org
Annette Toutonghi will be performing in 14/48 Theatre Festival this July. For more information, go to: www.1448fest.com.
FREEHOLD STUDENT/ALUM NEWS
Liza Comtois. The Tania is BACK!
Come see the comedy about Family, Boobs and most importantly ... Love.
Join us for a FREE preview of this freshly revised production of Tania Katan's one woman comedy Saving Tania's Privates
(formerly known as My One Night Stand with Cancer) as we prepare to take the show across the pond for its UK premier at the
Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
Wednesday, July 23 at 7:30 PM @ The Ethereal Mutt Limited (1617 8th Ave N)
Thursday, July 24 at 7:30 PM @ Freehold Theatre at their new Belltown Location (2222 2nd Ave N, Second Floor, between Blanchard and Bell)
Tickets are FREE but seating is LIMITED. Please RSVP to liza@emutt.com or call 206.352.1777.
Tell us how many tickets you would like and to which performance.
Michelle Flowers will be in Mother Courage and her
Children, produced by The Edge Theatre Ensemble, playing July 5,
6, 11, 12, 13, 18, 19, and 20, 2008, at Youngstown Cultural Arts
Center. For more info, go to www.edgetheatre.org.
Irwin Galan just completed a TV commercial for Credit Union of Washington and will be playing Eilif in Mother Courage
with EDGE Theatre Ensemble in July and in September will be in LA MAriposa with Book-It All Over.
Kate Parker will be in Wooden O's production of Romeo and Juliet playing Benvolio.
The show is free and runs from July 10 - August 3rd in parks all around the greater Seattle area. For more information, go to,
www.seattleshakespeare.org. Note that Wooden O and Seattle Shakespeare have merged organizations.
Louise Penberthy will be seen in Angels in
America: Millennium Approaches with Absurd Reality Theatre. It
opens July 24th and runs through August 9th, at the Poncho Forum at
the Seattle Rep. For more info, go to www.absurdreality.com.
Stephanie Rouge is performing in The Rocky Horror Show playing in Olympia at Harlequin Productions-State Theater,
opening June 5th. Here is the link, www.harlequinproductions.org.
Jenni Taggert will be in Godspell. The Pay-What-You-Can Preview is Thursday, July 31. The show runs for three weekends
(August 1-16, Thursdays through Saturdays at 7:30
p.m. and one matinee on Saturday, August 9). The performance space
is in the Crown Hill neighborhood of Seattle, at the United
Evangelical Free Church, 1420 NW 80th Street.
Tickets are on sale now at www.brownpapertickets.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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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 located in Belltown comprises of three rehearsal and
performance studios, including a fully equipped 49-seat black box theatre.
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, 2222 2nd Floor, Suite 200, Seattle, WA 98121.
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"Nailed" - On Set by Simon Hamlin
I've worked as an actor on at least a dozen low-budget independent films. Working on a $27 million film like "Nailed" was an entirely
different beast. Things moved so much more quickly. Coming from a theatre background, I'm used to lots of rehearsal. I love the rehearsal
process. In this particular film it was one quick walk-through - more for blocking than anything else - then an hour or two later after
lighting was set up, we did the scene.
The potential distractions on set were endless. One minute, I'm seeing crew members run around frantically. The next minute, I'm watching
Tracy Morgan (Saturday Night Live alum and one of the characters in the film) tell stories and do his stand-up comedy routine for anyone in
earshot. Huge tubes are pumping cool air into the room between takes. Right before one take, a PA is asking me for my social security number
so she can complete some paperwork. Hundreds of extras are standing around and getting antsy because we've been on set all day.
There's delicious food to over-eat on.
The experience re-affirmed what I had heard often at Freehold and what I experienced on a much smaller scale on the indie films I had worked on.
Great acting demands incredible concentration. Also, it became painfully clear how critical it was to take care of myself on set - both physically
and emotionally. Between the temperature changes in the room, the long shooting day and the aforementioned distractions, I had to learn to pace
myself and create my own space. Otherwise I would have burned out too quickly (which I ended up doing on my first day of shooting).
Experiencing all these aspects of a film left me with one lingering question - "How do these things ever get made?" So many moving parts.
So many challenges. I'm amazed that out of all that chaos, we get this final moving picture that once in a while reaches the level of true art.
"Grand Sacajawea Marsha Webber, are you here to put a military base on the moon?" I stumbled over that line many times on my first day of shooting.
I won't forget it again for the rest of my life.
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Amy Thone is an actor, director, dramaturge and teacher. She is an Artistic Associate of Seattle Shakespeare Company, a faculty member of
Cornish College of the Arts and at Freehold Theatre and a new faculty member at the University of Washington. Amy won the 2007 Stranger Genius Award for Theatre. She is currently
being seen in Strawberry Theatre Workshop's production of Leni based on the life of Leni Riefenstahl, the German filmmaker who vividly documented the rise of Adolf Hitler and his Third Reich in her film "Triumph of the Will."
