LAWTF Empowerment Day Facilitator Spotlight #4

 The Los Angeles Women's Theatre Festival

In Association

with

The Fremont Centre Theatre

is proud to present

The 2nd Annual Solo Performer

EMPOWERMENT DAY!

  

Saturday, August 23, 2014

 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

(On-sight Registration 9:00 a.m.)

  

LAWTF will be highlighting all of its workshops and panels as we get closer to our exciting educational event and is kicking off LAWTF's  third spotlight with our workshop below:

  

NUTS AND BOLTS OF THE BUSINESS

11:05 a.m. - 12:35 p.m.

(Panel)

This panel focuses on how to negotiate fees and contracts for your show, how to rent theatre space and work with presenters. You will also learn to research appropriate theatre venues for your work, as well learn to barter or co-produce your show, and learn to market your show for free.

 

Moderator: Barbara Roberts- union activist/director/vocalist/actor

Panelists: Roz Browne- CPA

Sloan Robinson- dancer/actor/instructor/producer

Clarinda Ross- actor/writer/union activist

Sky Palkowitz- performance artist/actor/producer/instructor

Barbara Roberts is an actor, singer, writer, director and educator who has penned and performed over 5 Solo Plays including Ain't Nobody's Blues But Mine, Juke Joint Jammin, The Politics of Me, Ms. O, and Body Words and Eloquent Thunder.Barbara has developed various workshops and panels for Actors Equity, SAG,AFTRA, SAG-AFTRA and NAACP which focused on Equal Access to Casting, for actors of color, women, seniors and actors with disabilities as well as is the Founder/Director of The Institute of Real Images, Inc. 

Roz Browne has kept audiences laughing since 1992 when she first began to pursue her dream. Taught by Gary Austin, founder of The Groundlings, Browne has excellent improv abilities and has been steadily making her presence known in Hollywood ever since. A graduate of the University of Southern California, Browne is a former Certified Public Accountant who was a Tax Specialist for the now defunct Arthur Andersen & Company, she also managed the books for such well known celebrities like Peter Guber, John Peters, Lou Rawls and Natalie Cole before embarking on her own Hollywood career. Browne's acclaimed one-woman show "Fried Clams with Bellies" directed by Adilah Barnes, was performed in front of sold out audiences in Hollywood in 2003. Browne then took her show to  Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts and also performed it for The Los Angeles Women's Theater Festival. In 2007 Browne launched "The Merry Wives Of Comedy", a Stand Up Comedy Show, featuring some of the Nation's Talented Female Comedians. The successful co-production of "28 Very Funny Females" and her many other production and hosting activities was a great jumping point for this adventure. Browne's film credits include Danny Devito's Blockbuster film How High, Sunset Park,  Deirdra's Party and a new short film "The Garage Sale".

Sloan Robinson is multiple NAACP Theatre Award-winning actor, dancer, playwright and producer, best known for her roles in films including A Christmas Wedding, Fine Things and Nancy Drew.  

 Robinson's solo show credits also include "Yesterday Came Too Soon...The Dorothy Dandridge Story," "Its A Good Thing I Knew How To Dance" along with her portrayal of the legendary Josephine Baker, "BANANAS! A Day In The Life of Josephine Baker."

Sloan Robinson has performed at countless venues including during the Los Angeles Women's Theatre Festival's 21st Annual Festival, "Giving Voice" at the Electric Lodge in Venice, CA.

  

Clarinda Ross authored and tours two plays, From My Grandmother's Grandmother Unto Me and Spit Like A Big Girl.  She won the Tennessee Williams scholarship to the Sewanee Writer's Conference at University of the South and was one of the youngest ever recipients of the NEA's individual artist grant.  She made her film debut in Blue Sky (last film by Sir Tony Richardson) with Jessica Lange and Tommy Lee Jones.  Her episodic television credits include: The United States of Tara, Medium, The District, The Drew Carey Show, Judging Amy, E.R., The Client, NewsRadio, Days of Our Lives, In The Heat of The Night, and I'll Fly Away. Ross has appeared at many leading regional theatres. She was on the council of Actor's Equity for many years and is currently a delegate for SAG.AFTRA. She is married to the actor Googy Gress. 

 

Sky Palkowitz, known as "The Delusional Diva", is an Avant-Garde Multimedia Performance Artist and Character Illusionist from New York. She's performed around the country and all over Los Angeles, can be seen on TV, internet and film, and recently toured Southern CA playing Nurse in Romeo and Juliet with Shakespeare by the Sea in parks to over 25,000 people. Palkowitz just returned from the off-Broadway Premier of her solo show Calling America: Don't Hang Up!!

EMPOWERMENT DAY offers a day full of information, training, and career advice from industry professionals for anyone seeking a career as a solo performer or contemplating theatrical production in Los Angeles. The day is designed to uplift, inspire, and educate local solo artists.

 

 Participants of EMPOWERMENT DAY 2013 during the closing of the Creating A Solo Show Workshop.

The 2nd Annual Solo Performer EMPOWERMENT DAY is happening again at the Fremont Centre Theatre on Saturday, August 23rd, 2014 located at 1000 Fremont Avenue, South Pasadena 91030.

We assure you, you won't want to miss this opportunity!

Register Now!

EARLY BIRD DEADLINE: JULY 31st

EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION FEE: $75.00

For more information visit our website at www.lawtf.org or email us at lawtfspotlight@yahoo.com 

We look forward to seeing you there!