Fund your arts career throught grants! Learn the ins and outs of the application process from those well-versed in the process: Hillary Plate & Rita Cohen.

Time to care for yourself! As artists we are especially vulnerable and need to carve out time for our emotional and mental well being. Join us as Lynn Gilbert, creator of Sounds of Evensong, an immersive sound and vibration healing practice, leads a healing vibration session for us to experience together. Then learn about the programs and resources supporting mental health available through NAMI Coastal Virginia (National Alliance on Mental Illness).

Join accomplished actress, published playwright and ODU Assistant Theater Professor, Brittney Harris, as she shares her insights and expertise about Devised Theater and all the ways it can help us talk about the important issues of our time. Devised Theater: A method of theater-making in which the script originates from collaborative, often improvisatory work by a performing ensemble.

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Taking Measure fuses the world and characters of Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure into a young woman’s struggle through contemporary academia to explore today’s Me Too movement and Cancel Culture in a surprisingly nuanced way.

Recording Yourself at Home: From starting your own podcast to recording your own music, learn the art of recording and editing professional audio from home with this new workshop from Theatre Sound Designer and Mixing/Mastering Engineer, Steven Allegretto.

About the Artist: Steven Allegretto

Steven Allegretto wears many hats when it comes to dealing with sound and audio production. He began his career producing music at home, which led to him being formally trained in the art of recording at Full Sail University. After graduating school, Steven became a Recording, Mixing, and Mastering Engineer at a local recording studio. He was then introduced to the world of the performing arts where he developed several skills including micing a wide array of instruments, creating sound effects, and mixing sound for live concerts and events. This led to Steven eventually becoming a Theatre Sound Designer for large-scale musicals and stage plays. Throughout all of this, he has had a passion for teaching, and sharing his knowledge with all who will receive it. Having developed and taught courses with the Governor’s School for the Arts and the College of William & Mary, Steven’s plan is to make his classes more accessible to the world by doing workshops, and developing an online curriculum focusing on theatre sound.

Steven greatly appreciates you for being in attendance at the Recording at Home workshop, and he hopes it will benefit you in your quest of achieving your own sound. Steven would also like to especially thank Zeiders American Dream Theater for giving him the platform and opportunity to be here with you all.

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On Oct. 7: “Likker Outta Control, Busting Arlena Cartwright” by Clyde Santana, and “No One Knows Her Song” by P.A. Wray

The 2022 Proteus New Plays Festival features four new works written in our American Dreamwrights Workshop. Join us for performances in repertory during Proteus and vote for your favorite ” show. Winner of the Audience Favorite will get an extended run in November.

2022 Selected Plays are: “A Cut Above” by Zachary and Christen Davis, “The Blood Cycle” by Benita Alane, “Likker Outta Control, Busting Arlena Cartwright” Story by Clyde Santana, Stage Play By Clyde Santana and Buddy White, and “No One Knows Her Song” by P.A. Wray

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NEW PLAYS FESTIVAL SPONSORED BY

David R. Goode Charitable Lead Annuity Trust
The Shubert Foundation
Clyde Santana and Valli Meeks
City of Virginia Beach Arts and Humanities Commission

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