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VIDEO INTERVIEW: PRODUCTION PROGRAM
Jacynthe Lalonde is in her 3rd and final year at the NTS. She has much to say about her training in the Production program where she touched upon everything from welding to text analysis to lighting design to production management. But hear about it in her own words. (+) Watch Jacynthe's video clip |
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VIDEO INTERVIEWS: SET AND COSTUME DESIGN
Evita Karasek will graduate from the Set and Costume Design program in May 2012; Odile Gamache is in her 2nd year at the School's only colingual program. Both share their learning curves, thoughts and experiences in two, 2-minute videos – Evita's in English and Odile's in French. You can find both videos on the Set and Costume Design page. (+) Watch Evita Karasek's video clip (in English) (+) Watch Odile Gamache's video clip (in French) |
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APPLY TO THE NTS ON-LINE
Registrations to all NTS programs: Acting, Playwriting, Directing, Set and Costume Design, and Production are moving along smoothly since on-line registration began in mid-November. Reminder: Deadline for registrations – January 31, 2012. Nothing compares to our small, intimate classes (2 to 12 students max., depending on the program), inspired coaches, teachers actively working in the profession, 3 performance spaces in the main St-Denis Street campus and a professional theatre – the Monument-National – with 2 state of the art performance spaces used by the NTS – the Ludger-Duvernay Theatre and the Studio Hydro-Québec, a rehearsal hall, sewing, accessories, and set construction workshops, as well as a costume shop. (+) Register on-line or by mail |
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EVERYTHING IN THE GARDEN MAD MEN ERA COMES TO THE NTS Edward Albee's Everything in the Garden is set in 1960s suburbia and offers a Mad Men-like aesthetic. Do the young actors of the NTS 2012 English graduating class like dressing the part? "They love it!" admitted director Jennifer Tarver in a recent interview on CKUT's Upstage. Tarver, who co-directs this production of Everything in the Garden with choreographer Susanna Hood, goes on: "A few days ago, we had the hair day: someone came in and taught the [women] to do the "up-dos"[...]. The men had their hair cut, which was great because now you can actually see everybody's faces!" The 2012 English graduating class of the NTS will present Everything in the Garden by Edward Albee, from December 13 to 17 at the Monument-National's Studio Hydro-Québec. Tickets: 514 871-2224 Toll Free: 1-866-844-2172 or (Admission) 1 800 361-4595 (+) Read the press release (+) Listen to the interview with Jennifer Tarver on CKUT 90.3 FM's Upstage |
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THEATRE ENGAGING COMMUNITIES FIRST EDITION Five projects conceived by graduates of the School have been selected for the first edition of Theatre Engaging Communities (TEC) and will receive funding from this new program. Succeeding the CALP (Cultural and Artistic Leadership Program), TEC was created by the NTS in 2011 and aims to provide support for socially relevant artistic projects initiated by the School's students or recent graduates. All projects were evaluated by artistic directors Sherry Bie and Denise Guilbault and 2 external assessors: Ker Wells (Acting,1988 ) for the English projects and Sylvain Bélanger (Interprétaton,1997), Artistic Director of TGJ, for the French projects. Here is the list of projects chosen in 2011: - The Fabric of the Street, submitted by Ishan Davé (Acting, 2011 and our photo); - Trou noir, submitted by Marie-Anne Dubé (Interprétation, 2010); - Les Abeilles, submitted by Olivier Sylvestre (Écriture dramatique, 2011) - The Campbell House Story, submitted by Brandon Crone (Acting, 2010); - Eight Expanding Moments or The Abortion, submitted by Jill Connell (Playwriting, 2011). (+) Read more (+) Details for the next deadline for submitting projects to TEC (April 1, 2012) |
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INTERNSHIPS: PRODUCTION PROGRAM STUDENTS
Elizabeth Kantor, 2nd year Production program student, interned as Assistant Stage Manager on ANA, the bilingual co-production between Quebec's Imago Theatre and Scotland's Stellar Quines Theatre Company, which played at Montreal's Espace Go until December 10. 2012 Production program graduating student Angeline St. Amour's (our photo) internship will be with Toronto's Crow's Theatre and Montreal's Porte Parole from mid-January to mid-February 2012 as a video manager. |
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PLAYWRITING PROGRAM NEWS
At the half way point in the school year, in addition to their regular classes, the six Playwriting program students, under the direction of Brian Drader (our photo), are working on over 20 stories and projects: 1st years are working on 1st year plays and adaptations; 2nd years are working on television projects, their Solo Shows, Theatre For Young Audience projects, their 2nd year plays, and have already begun seeding projects for next year; and the 3rd years are deep in development on their plays for the 2012 New Words Festival. With the generous support of Astral, the 2nd and 3rd year students have just finished workshopping and recording their radio projects with Vancouver's CBC radio producer, Kathleen Flaherty. Next up: Television Bootcamp! (+) Read about the Playwriting program |
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ALUMNI NEWS
The following is a brief sampling of the news you can find in the ALUMNI NEWS section of our website. For more news on NTS alumni, their performances, projects, awards, etc., please click here. Jill Connell's play (Playwriting, 2011), HROSES: An Affront to Reason, directed by Vanessa Sabourin, is premiering at the TransAlta Arts Barns PCL Studio, from December 8 to 18, 2011, as part of the Edmonton Fringe Theatre Adventures' Arts At The Barns Series. Jill wrote this play during her first year at NTS, with dramaturgy by Brian Drader (Director of the NTS Playwriting Program). Thomas Olajide (Acting, 2010) plays the lead role in the NAC production of Lionel Bart's Oliver!, directed by Dayna Tekatch, musical direction by Allen Cole, from December 6 to 31, 2011. The production also features Dennis Fitzgerald (Acting, 1986). Also involved in the production are designer Eo Sharp (Set and Costume Design, 1989) and dramaturg Paula Danckert (Directing, 1987). Sarah Yaffe (Production, 2006 and our photo) and Trent Pardy (Acting, 2004) are part of the creative team behind SideMart Theatrical Grocery's Whiteman's Whiskey Comedy Revue: One of Everything for the Boys!, which marks the company's 5th birthday. At Mainline Theatre, from December 7 to 18, 2011. David Storch (Acting, 1987) directs Robin Hood, adapted by Ruth Smillie, at the Globe Theatre, from November 23, 2011 to January 3, 2012. Louise Guinand (Production, 1980) designed the lighting for Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella, at the Grand Theatre (London), from November 23 to December 31, 2011. To submit information for the ALUMNI NEWS section, kindly contact Andrée McNamara Tait at the NTS Alumni Office: alumninews@ent-nts.ca. |
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MONUMENT-NATIONAL
Cirque Eloize's internationally acclaimed RAIN has toured extensively since its creation in 2004. Visiting family in Montreal over the holidays? Catch RAIN in December with your children and relatives at the Monument-National. |
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CLOSED FOR THE HOLIDAYS !
The National Theatre School, including the Bleviss Family Library, will be closed for the holidays from December 19, 2011 to January 2, 2012 inclusively. HAPPY HOLIDAYS! |
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Next e-bulletin :: mid-January 2012
PHOTO CREDITS Maxime Côté (Evita Karasek, Jacynthe Lalonde, Angeline St. Amour, Brian Drader, En français comme en anglais, it's easy to criticize) SideMart Theatrical Grocery (Sarah Yaffe) Joëlle Péloquin (Set and Costume Design graduating student – Costume designs for Everything in the Garden by 2012) Tim Leyes (Ishan Davé) |
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