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  1. An Update (And A Deal) on MIXED MEDIA Tuesday, April 13, 2010

    Garry Posey, founder and producing artistic director for The Ensemble Theatre of Chattanooga brings us this letter, with an update (and a deal!) on MIXED MEDIA.

    Dear CreateHere Friends and Family,

    I wanted to personally invite you out to see the final performance of our current production MIXED MEDIA. We commissioned a local artist (Tommy Spake) to create a sculpture which was split into four conceptual models (a sketch, a statement about the piece, the process for constructing it, and the inspiration). Four playwrights each received one of those conceptual models and used what they were given to create original short pieces of theatre. Four more local visual artists were then commissioned to create an art piece based on one of the scripts chosen at random. All four plays and all five pieces of art were then incorporated into one two hour production, which we called MIXED MEDIA because it crosses the barriers of artistic disciplines, something very important to the Ensemble Theatre of Chattanooga (as we are partnering with local poet Laurie Perry Vaughen and local dancer Anne Law on projects later this season). Though none of the visual artists or playwrights communicated with each other during the process, the cohesiveness of the four plays and the similarities between scripts and paintings is unbelievable.

    Anyone who mentions this blog post will be able to receive a 50% discount off our current admission prices.

    In the 18 months we have been in residence at the St Andrews Center, we have produced 21 productions (6 staged readings of new playwrights, 15 full productions ranging from Shakespeare to Theatre for Young Audiences). We are happy to be a part of the revitalization of Chattanooga and happy to also be a part of the CreateHere community.

    Best,

    Garry

    MIXED MEDIA will have its final performance this Saturday, April 17 at 2 pm. The performance will be held at the St. Andrews Center, 1918 Union Avenue in Highland Park.

    Cost:
    General Admission $10.00 ($5.00 CreateHere discount); Student/Child $8.00 ($4.00 CreateHere discount)
    Artists involved:
    Joe Helseth, Cat Collier, Thomas Spake, Matthew Dutton, Chandra Morgan
    Playwrights involved:
    Rob Smith, Peter Macklin, Anthony Garcia-Copian, Derek Van Barham
    Actors Involved:
    John Thomas Cecil, Christy Gallo, Ryan Laskowski, Mark Edward Murray

    Posted by Administrator in Arts