ticket availability as of 2/9/10 at 3:53 PM
February 9, 2010
As of 2/9/10 at 3:53 PM, here’s what’s left for tickets to SELF (THE REMIX)
Total capacity = 2,140 seats
1,151 remaining to be sold
989 sold = 46%
Wed, Feb 24 Invited Dress, 7:30 PM By invitation only
Thursday, February 25, 2010 7:30 PM Preview 58 seats left
Friday, February 26, 7:30 PM Preview 30 seats left
Saturday, February 27, 7:30 PM SOLD OUT
Sunday, February 28, 2:00 PM Preview 22 seats left
Wed, March 3, Student Matinee at 10 AM SOLD OUT
Thursday, March 4, 7:30 PM Preview 12 seats left
Fri, March 5 OPENING 7:30 PM 50 seats left
Saturday, March 6, 7:30 PM 72 seats left
Sunday, March 7, 2:00 PM 32 seats left
Wed, March 10, Student Matinee at 10 AM SOLD OUT
Thursday, March 11, 7:30 PM 99 seats left
Friday, March 12, 7:30 PM 102 seats left
Saturday, March 13, 7:30 PM 104 seats left
Sunday, March 14, 2:00 PM 102 seats left
Wed March 17 student matinee at 10 AM SOLD OUT
Thursday, March 18, 7:30 PM 103 seats left
Friday, March 19, 7:30 PM 90 seats left
Saturday, March 20, 7:30 PM 102 seats left
Sunday, March 21, 2:00 PM 104 seats left
Get your tix at www.moolelo.net or 619-342-7395
rocco
February 9, 2010
Curious about the new Chair of the National Endowment for the Arts? You can find an interview of Rocco Landesman on Barry’s Blog.
ticket availability as of 2/5/10 10:03 AM
February 5, 2010
The ticket availability for self (the remix) changes daily, but here’s where we’re at at this very second:
As of 2/5/10 (3 weeks to 1st preview)
Total capacity = 2,140 seats
1,235 remaining to be sold
905 sold = 42%
Wed, Feb 24 Invited Dress, 7:30 PM 69 seats left
Thursday, February 25, 2010 7:30 PM Preview 63 seats left
Friday, February 26, 7:30 PM Preview 45 seats left
Saturday, February 27, 7:30 PM SOLD OUT
Sunday, February 28, 2:00 PM Preview 26 seats left
Wed, March 3, Student Matinee at 10 AM SOLD OUT
Thursday, March 4, 7:30 PM Preview 12 seats left
Fri, March 5 OPENING 7:30 PM 53 seats left
Saturday, March 6, 7:30 PM 94 seats left
Sunday, March 7, 2:00 PM 52 seats left
Wed, March 10, Student Matinee at 10 AM SOLD OUT
Thursday, March 11, 7:30 PM 101 seats left
Friday, March 12, 7:30 PM 104 seats left
Saturday, March 13, 7:30 PM 104 seats left
Sunday, March 14, 2:00 PM 102 seats left
Wed March 17 student matinee at 10 AM SOLD OUT
Thursday, March 18, 7:30 PM 104 seats left
Friday, March 19, 7:30 PM 100 seats left
Saturday, March 20, 7:30 PM 102 seats left
Sunday, March 21, 2:00 PM 104 seats left
Get your tix at www.moolelo.net or 619-342-7395
Karimi Sneak Peek!
February 3, 2010
Who is Robert Farid Karimi, the writer and performer behind self (the remix)?
He is an uber-talented, rubber-face poet/actor/artist and Iranian/Guatemalan humorist. He was featured on HBO’s Def Poetry Jam, Season 4, Episode 6, and you can catch a sneak peek of his work on this YouTube video titled “Get Down with you Muslim Catholic Self” here:
Understanding FSC
February 2, 2010
As part of Mo`olelo’s greening initiative, we print all of our materials on FSC Certified papers (FSC is the Forest Stewardship Council) and at FSC certified print houses. Curious about FSC? Neenah Papers will be hosting a free webinar titled “Understanding FSC: What it means to you and your clients” on February 23 at 11 AM PST / 2 PM EDT. Here’s the link for more information and to register:
http://www.neenahpaper.com/webinar/index.asp?sr=PAPERSPECSFSC
Check it out.
mahalo, Jake!
February 1, 2010
Jake Freifeld with Clifford Sweet (and Sara-the-dog eyeing Jake’s brunch)
The Mo`olelo Board of Trustees celebrated Jake Freifeld today as he termed off the Board and transitioned onto the Advisory Board. One of the original members from the 2004 start-up board, Jake completed three 2-year terms as Treasurer and saw the Company move from a shop operating out of Seema’s home to where we are today.
Mahalo, Jake, for all the time, energy and expertise you shared with Mo`olelo!
wine, cheese & rosenberg
January 27, 2010
The charismatic Managing Director of La Jolla Playhouse, Michael Rosenberg, captivated audiences tonight at Mo`olelo’s Wine, Cheese & Wisdom at The 10th Avenue Theatre. He spoke candidly about his career path to La Jolla Playhouse, year one as their new Managing Director, season selection, engaging new audiences and much more. Part of the Tuesdays at The 10th series, Mo`olelo’s Wine, Cheese & Wisdoms are intended to break the barriers between audience and artists and between local and national. To be notified of future Wine, Cheese & Wisdom events, sign up for Mo`olelo’s E-News at www.moolelo.net – input your email address at the bottom of our home page.
Mahalo to Michael!
Speaking Shakespeare Class
January 20, 2010
Mo`olelo is pleased to team up with Jan Gist, professor of voice, speech and dialects for the USD/The Old Globe Graduate Theatre Program to offer “Speaking Shakespeare with Skill and Power.”
Class Details:
Instructor: Jan Gist
Dates: March 6, 7, 13, 14, 10:00 AM to 12:00 Noon
Location: The 10th Avenue Theatre, 930 10th Avenue, San Diego, CA 92101
Fee: $250 / $200 for members of AASD, AEA, AFTRA, SAG or TCG
Registration & Information: 619-342-7395 or classes@moolelo.net
Maximum 14 students
Registration closes Feb 19
Class #1) Saturday, March 6: 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon
Verse:
~Finding Shakespeare’s heartbeat and heartbreak through scansion.
~Learning how rhythm informs meaning and meaning guides rhythm.
Prose:
~Finding freedom and variety in different sorts of structures.
Emphasis:
~Exploring how key words carry the ideas, images, and opinions.
Class #2) Sunday, March 7: 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon
Rhetoric Shapes:
~Learning how the writing guides you to speak specifically and distinctly.
Skills:
~Contrasts and Comparisons
~If—Then
~Questions, Commands, Statements
~Exclaims
~Lists
~Addressing
Class #3) Saturday, March 13: 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon
More Skills with Rhetoric Shapes:
~Long Sentences
~Vows, Curses, Prophecies, Promises, and Plans
~Repetition and Banter
~Introduction – Development – Conclusion
Class #4) Sunday, March 14: 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon
Putting it all together:
~Practice with speeches and scenes, especially useful for developing audition pieces.
About the Instructor:
Jan Gist is professor of voice, speech and dialects for the USD/Old Globe Graduate Theatre Program. She is also known nationally for her professional coaching, especially of Shakespeare productions. She has vocal coached for The Old Globe, La Jolla Playhouse, Ahmanson Theatre (L.A. Music Center), Oregon Shakespeare Festival, The Shakespeare Theatre (D.C.), American Shakespeare Center (Staunton, Virginia) Utah Shakespearean Festival, and Alabama Shakespeare Festival where she coached 140 shows and was head of voice for their MFA Actor Training Program. Other professional theatres include American Players Theatre (Wisconsin), Arena Stage (D.C.), Milwaukee Rep, Indiana Rep, and PlayMakers Rep (Chapel Hill, North Carolina). She is a founder and published member of the Voice And Speech Trainers Association, leading national and international workshops on Shakespeare, vocal variety and many other issues in the field. Recently she gave workshops at Russia’s Moscow Art Theatre in an international teacher exchange, and taught Shakespeare text workshops in London’s Central School of Speech and Drama. Her poetry has been published in VASTA’s annual journals, and articles are included in The Complete Voice and Speech Workout, and More Stage Dialects.
Ready or Not…
January 20, 2010
self (the remix) is coming!
Beginning on February 24, 2010 and running through March 21, the award-winning, rubber-face, uber-talented Robert Farid Karimi will descend on The 10th Avenue Theatre in Mo`olelo’s production of his semi-autobiographical, spoken word, hip hop play self (the remix). Accompanied by DJ D Double and directed by Ellen Sebastian Chang, Mr. Karimi weaves a tale of words, music and movement about an American child of Iranian and Guatemalan immigrants growing up in 1970s and 1980s California in the shadow of the Iranian crisis and Reganomics. It’s a story about a boy learning about manhood, nationhood and neighborhood.
self (the remix) is a departure from “the norm” for Mo`olelo. It marks our first time working with the hip hop, spoken word form, and the first time we’ll be presenting rather than producing.
”When Kim Palma and I co-founded Mo`olelo, Kim insisted that the words ‘performing arts’ be in our name rather than ‘theater company’,” recalled Artistic Director Seema Sueko. “She had worked extensively in dance, and she wanted to be sure that Mo`olelo never limited ourselves by only presenting traditional forms of theater.
We can see how wise she was. The landscape of theater, arts, and audience is always transforming, and Mo`olelo Performing Arts Company has the room to be able to embrace new forms. Ms. Sueko saw an excerpt of Robert’s one-man-and-DJ show at the Asian American Theatre Festival in LA a few years ago, and was captivated by his poetry, humor, and storytelling. His tale of being mixed race and his search for identity resonates strongly with Mo`olelo’s mission to present diverse voices and our history of telling ‘outsider stories’.
Robert Karimi and DJ D Double have been performing self (the remix) since 2001, from Anchorage to San Antonio, and Los Angeles to Chicago. They change up the script a bit for each locale. They’ve also taught poetry, play creation, and hip hop turntable workshops. You can expect that this production will be like no other that you’ve seen at Mo`olelo, and yet speak directly to so many of the themes we’ve explored in past productions.
Details
self (the remix)
February 24 – March 21, 2010
The 10th Avenue Theatre, 930 10th Avenue, San Diego, CA 92101
Tickets & Information: www.moolelo.net or 619-342-7395
[Karimi's] poetry is structurally complex and elegant in style
- Namak Magazine
The only drawback… is that it only played two nights…[Karimi] tells his stories with great wit and snap, leaving the audience wanting more and eagerly awating his next visit.
- Deborah Martin, San Antonio EXPRESS-NEWS
High Touch
January 13, 2010
It’s written on our website and you’ve probably heard us say it: Mo`olelo Performing Arts Company is a community-focused, socially-conscious, Equity theater company. But what you may not know is how seriously we take each of those descriptors of Mo`olelo. Being community-focused means that we pay careful attention to truly represent and serve the San Diego community with particular attention paid to those communities that are traditionally underserved by the arts. Indeed, cultivating relationships with underrepresented audiences is central to our mission and over the years we have developed a high-touch, community-focused strategy that has proven successful over the years.
Step One: Play Selection Process – At the very root of Mo`olelo’s operations is our commitment to selecting plays with the diversity of our community in mind. As Mo`olelo staff reads scripts, in addition to evaluating the artistic merits of the play, we ask ourselves two important questions: Can we outreach to non-traditional audiences with this play? Does the play offer opportunities for actors of color? Only if the answer is yes to both questions will a play be considered for production by Mo`olelo.
Step Two: Outreach List – Once a play has been selected for Mo`olelo production, we compile a comprehensive list of community groups, leaders and members from our target non-traditional audience identified in the play selection process. We cast the net wide and make sure we create this list at least six to 18 months prior to the start of rehearsals.
Step Three: Meetings, Listening & Learning – We then immediately begin contacting everyone on the Outreach List and request a meeting with our Artistic Director – we find that the earlier we can meet, the more successful we’ll be at cultivating the relationship. At these meetings we try to learn more about the community, their needs and objectives. We share information about Mo`olelo’s mission and philosophy and we share the selected script. We listen to their feedback on the script and we listen to their personal stories as they relate to the themes in the play.
Step Four: Brainstorming & Consensus Organizing – We then brainstorm with these individuals to discover if and how our production might serve their community. Over the years, these brainstorming sessions have led to the development of education programs that surround the production, dramaturgical research for the artists, post-show discussions, and the community groups using our productions as fundraisers for their organizations.
Step Five: Community Stakeholders – We spend the months leading up the production deepening the relationship with these community groups, inviting them to observe rehearsals, seeking their dramaturgical advice, and supporting their community events. By the time the production opens they have become major stakeholders in Mo`olelo and the project and they spread the word among their community to support the play. Further, our relationship with the community doesn’t end at the close of production, but rather we continue to invite them to our shows and seek their guidance and feedback on future productions in order to cultivate a long-term connection that outlives the original production.
We measure the success of this strategy through our box office reports, and the result has been that our past three productions achieved 90-95% overall capacity with, on average, 15% of the audience for each production coming from the targeted underserved population. Over the years, the plays we have selected and our concurrent community outreach work have engaged a diversity of communities, including San Diego’s Arab American, Israeli, military and veteran, refugee, African American, Asian American, Filipino, disability, adoption, and under-35 communities.
Many of our peer theater companies marvel at Mo`olelo’s “marketing.” We always correct them. What we do isn’t marketing, it’s relationship building.
