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A rare behind-the-scenes look at the rehearsal sessions of
acclaimed directors and actors. Cole offers a view of what is often
hidden from the public eye: what actors and directors do when they
prepare a dramatic text for performance.
"Seventy-five percent of what we do at rehearsal does not enter the performance." - Constantin Stanislavski Susan Letzler Cole's firsthand account of the rehearsal sessions of acclaimed directors and actors offers a view of what is often hidden from the public eye: what actors and directors do when they prepare a dramatic text for performance. Directors in Rehearsal is based on hundreds of hours observing and recording the directorial work process. The author has closely observed prominent directors working with texts ranging from Shakespeare and Chekhov to the Wooster Group's recent experiments. The result of her extensive research is a rare behind-the scenes look at 10 theatre directors rehearsing actual productions - Broadway and off-Broadway, political and experimental, text-centered and company created.
In resource-challenged Athens County, Ohio, staff and volunteers at
the nonprofit Athens County Foundation came up with a daring idea:
to host a locally sourced, gourmet dinner for four hundred people.
The meal would be held on the brick-paved main street of the city
of Athens, to raise funds for the food bank, and increase awareness
of the persistent local struggle with food insecurity, as well as
raise the visibility of the foundation. The logistical challenges
were daunting, but the plan would unite the community around the
common theme of providing for its own. Since then, Bounty on the
Bricks has become a touchstone event that raises close to one
hundred thousand dollars for the food bank. In The Community Table,
Athens County Foundation executive director Susan Urano translates
her years of nonprofit experience with large-scale annual
fundraisers into a step-by-step guide for development
professionals, community leaders, and volunteers. Urano guides
readers to consider when to mount a fundraiser, who the
stakeholders are, what social and financial value the event will
bring to the community, and how partnerships might augment the
payoff. Using real-life examples, she explains how organizers can
learn from mistakes and illustrates methods of team building,
conflict resolution, and problem solving. Sample ideas, timelines,
budgets, publicity plans, and committee structures round out The
Community Table.
After laboring as a Doctors Without Borders physician in the
teeming refugee camps and minefields of South Asia, Dr. Ann Donovan
thought she'd seen Hell as close up as you can get. And as a fifth
generation CIA brat, she thought she knew all there was to know
about corruption and betrayal. But then her father - a legendary
spymaster - shows up, with a ten-year-old boy in tow. A brother she
never knew existed. Then in a few violent hours, her whole world is
shattered, her father killed and she and her kid brother are on the
run with hell hounds on their heels. They finally corner her in a
clinic in Hawaii and then all the lies and treachery are revealed
on one terrible, bloody storm ravaged night.
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