green update
July 3, 2009
Back in the fall 2008, Mo`olelo received an “A-ha Think it! Do it!” grant from TCG/MetLife to research and develop a green theater choices toolkit. We have a prototype of the toolkit up on the TCG Think it, Do it Blog. The project isn’t finalized yet, but this provides a bit of a sneak peek into the work.
grant from The James Irvine Foundation
June 19, 2009
Mo`olelo received word that we’re being awarded grant from the Creative Connections Fund of The James Irvine Foundation! The monies will support the commissioning of a new play by Chantal Bilodeau that addresses the intersection of race, class and the environment. You can read about the grant here.
announcing new class at mo`olelo
June 19, 2009
From Audition to Rehearsal Room – Acting Class
Instructor: Seema Sueko, Artistic Director, Mo`olelo Performing Arts Company
Dates: Mondays, 6:00 – 9:00 p.m., July 27 – August 31, 2009
Location: NTC Dance Place San Diego (Point Loma)
Fee: $200 / $175 for AASD or AEA Members
From Audition to Rehearsal Room is an acting class that addresses the actor’s job from general audition, to callback, to table work, to blocking, to performance. In each session, students will work on audition monologues, callback sides or scenes and explore what the actor’s job is at each of these phases of their work in theater. How to strategize an audition? How to mine the script during table work? How to be open and contribute to the collaboration in the rehearsal room? We’ll explore these questions and more on our feet with text. Admission into the class is by approval of the instructor. Please email your headshot and resume to classes@moolelo.net to be considered. Space is limited.
matching challenge met and increased
June 18, 2009
We are so pleased to announce that thanks to your support, we have met the $10,000 anonymous donor matching challenge, with $10,165 raised!
And…
The challenge has been increased! Please see Elaine Hiel’s note below:
From Board Member Elaine Hiel:
On June 14, Mo`olelo completed a successful run of GOOD BOYS, a play that dealt with the aftermath of a school shooting and addressed issues of grief, responsibility, and forgiveness.
June 14 was also my husband Joe Hiel’s birthday. To celebrate both his memory and the completion of Mo`olelo’s residency at the La Jolla Playhouse, I decided to up the current $10,000 matching challenge that an anonymous donor offered Mo`olelo in April. Their having already raised $10,165 to date, I am increasing that challenge by $1500, meaning $11,500 raised from individuals, will be matched dollar for dollar, bringing in a total of $23,000. This gesture supports what would have been Joe’s pride in the Company’s commitment to their mission in the future.
Thank you again from the bottom of my heart to so many of you who contributed in Joe’s name last year. Now I invite you to consider helping in what ever way possible to meet this current challenge. You may donate online here, over the phone by calling us at 619-342-7395, or you may donate by mail by sending a check payable to “Mo`olelo” to:
Mo`olelo Performing Arts Company
PO Box 710564
San Diego, CA 92171-0564.
You will be mailed a donation receipt for your records and we will recognize your gift online and in our next playbill.
Mahalo,
Elaine Hiel
striiiiike!
June 15, 2009
Board members Kay Chandler and Desiree Bruce-Lyle with Patricia Prather
Today was the closing performance of Good Boys. La Jolla Playhouse’s Michael Rosenberg, Shirley Fishman, Dana Harrel, Stephen McCormick, and Rick VanNoy toasted the Company with champagne and strawberries to celebrate the completion of Mo`olelo’s residency at La Jolla Playhouse and the inaugural year of their Resident Theatre Program.
Then we proceeded to strike and load out of the theater:
Costume Designer Jeannie Galioto swinging by the dressing room before heading to the donor opening of Unusual Acts of Devotion at La Jolla Playhouse
The walls come down.
Ticket availability for Good Boys
June 12, 2009
As of 11:00 AM on Sunday, June 14, here’s the Good Boys ticket availability for the weekend….
Saturday, June 13, 7:30 PM - SOLD OUT!
Sunday, June 14, 2:30 PM - SOLD OUT
www.moolelo.net or 619-342-7395 for tickets
Good Boys Company BBQ
June 12, 2009
Thank you to Stage Manager Lurie Pfeffer who hosted a Good Boys Company BBQ at her home after today’s high school matinee. It was great to relax and socialize with each other as we gear up for the last three performnaces of the show.
social networking experiment
June 10, 2009
If you’re on Facebook or Twitter, find us for special discounts to GOOD BOYS. Seach for Seema Sueko on FB and Seemasue on Twitter….. Let’s see how good these social networking tools are!
Mahalo, Charlene!
June 9, 2009
Charlene Baldridge’s review of GOOD BOYS in La Jolla Village News:
Tillman and Good Boys
June 7, 2009
We wondered whether anyone would notice that actor Sacha Allen is wearing a Pat Tillman jersey as Marcus Thurman in Good Boys. San Diego Union-Tribune Theater Critic James Hebert did! Check out what he wrote on his blog.
