Mission


A LABORATORY FOR ACTOR TRAINING Experimental Theater Company (ALATetc) is a Brooklyn-based organization committed to creating and curating bold works for the stage, socially conscious performance projects and community-building events. ALATetc engages a fluid collective of artists and activists dedicated to developing young theater artists and new audiences by making theater that provokes dialogue and heightens our awareness of personal ethics.

Saturday, October 24, 2009

Roberti Carreri Workshop in the New Year! Register Now!





We are officially launching the New Year and a new era with…

IN THE THROES OF THE THAW
“Rivers in extremely cold climates freeze over in winter. In the spring when they thaw the sound of ice cracking is an incredibly violent sound. The more extensive and severe the freeze, the more thunderous the thaw. Yet, at the end of the cracking, breaking, violent period, the river is open, life-giving, life-carrying. No one says, ‘let’s not suffer the thaw…’”
– Mary E. Membane

Two explosive weeks of theater

in New York City

with world renowned performer & teacher
Roberta Carreri
of Odin Teatret, Denmark

Traces in the Snow
January 9th
Ms. Carreri’s Performance demonstration

&
Dance of Intentions
Intensive master workshop with Ms. Carreri
Jan 4th- 8th

Plus…

Nightly Laboratories
Jan 4th- 8th
Seminars in directing, vocal improvisation, emotions training, and montage.

RED TENT FABRIK
January 3rd
A work-in-process performance piece exploring the common roots and rituals of the three Abrahamic religions: Judaism, Islam, and Christianity.

Start the New Year with Presence!

  • Full Fee $1625, register by December 1st
  • Reduced Fee $1500, register by November 30th, 2009
  • Scholarships Available
  • Space is limited to 14 actors and 10 observers
  • Observers are directors, choreographers, dramaturges, pedagogues, actors, etc.

Included in this package are:

~Five intensive days of workshop
with Roberta Carreri
~Five nightly laboratories
in directing, vocal improvisation, emotions training, and montage
led by ALATetc’s
Joann Maria Yarrow
Neil David Seibel
Audrey Pernell
Ursula Neuerburg-Denzer
Seth Baumrin
Vernice P. Miller
plus
~Cabaret Debauché & Cabaret Dénouement
Two performance opportunities for workshop participants
~Rare film presentations from Odin’s archive
~Tickets to the presentations:
Traces in the Snow Roberta Carreri’s performance demonstration
Red Tent Fabrik ALATetc’s work-in-process
and
~Soiree Debauché our New Years Eve celebration

~Additional packages are available for those only interested in attending the nightly laboratories and performances.

Week Two Jan 11TH – 15TH by invitation only.


See Our Website for FULL DETAILS: www.ALATetc.org



Wednesday, August 5, 2009

ALATetc end of Summer Fundraiser Soiree!

ALATetc A Laboratory for Actor Training experimental theater company




What's your idea of A perfect date?



Plan A: Movies, drinks and late night out

price of a movie ticket for 2 = $25.00

small popcorn for 2 = $10.00

small soda for 2 = $10.00

after movie drinks = $25.00

taxi home (1 stop if you get lucky) = $15.00

TOTAL = $85.00



Plan B:



ALATetc end of Summer Fundraiser Soiree!

suggested donation entrance fee = $12.50 (each)

suggested donation to Broadway Cares Equity Fights Aids = $7.50 (each)

TOTAL = $20

networking/entertainment/dancing/drinks &

an incredible evening with unforgettable people



PRICELESS!



Please join us...



Saturday, August 22nd 2009

beginning at 8pm

425 East 58th Street

Apt 36H

(between First and York Aves.)




RSVP sorayabnyc@gmail.com



Soraya Broukhim.Ralph Denzer.Kimberly Guzowski.Omotayo Jolaosho.Berette Maculay.Ursula Neuerburg-Denzer.Katya Schapiro.Joann Maria Yarrowfounder/co-artistic director. Neil David Seibel co-artistic director.Audrey Pernell co-artistic director.Vernice Miller founder/artistic director.

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Activities for the New Season!

Happy Spring!

We here at ALATetc are bursting with new life and find ourselves at the beginning of all things; there is so much for us to do and so much for us to learn.

This Summer amongst various activities we will be conducting our Performer Training Workshop, led by artistic directors Vernice Miller and Audrey Pernell with core member Soraya Broukhim on select Sundays this summer, beginning June 14th. The Training will consist of a series of rigorous physical and vocal exercises, rooted in the work of The Odin Teatret, The Roy Hart Theatre, Stemwerk/The Primitive Voice, as well as the practice of Yoga; and an in depth analysis of Don Miguel Ruiz’s The Four Agreements & their practical application to our daily performance practice.

June 14th, 21st, 28th & July 12th, 19th, 26th from 11am-7pm / Location TBA
Fees: $400 paid in full by day one; otherwise $450, payment plans available

In January 2010, we will be hosting an intensive workshop with our mentor Roberta Carreri, world-renowned performer and master teacher of the Odin Teatret. The workshop will take place in conjunction with a presentation of Red Tent Fabrik – our original performance piece based on Anita Diamant’s The Red Tent, which tells the biblical story of the wives and only daughter of Jacob. In our piece, we aim to explore the common roots and rituals of the three Abrahamic religions (Judaism, Islam, and Christianity) by weaving together different artistic and musical elements from these traditions. The project will be developed largely through ensemble-based physical and vocal improvisation and guided playwrighting, and will feature dynamic movement, polyphonic vocal music, and nonlinear storytelling.

The first phase of Red Tent Fabrik rehearsals for ALATetc core members & associate artists will begin in September, and will continue through January 2010. For outside artists, we are offering our exploratory summer training in lieu of a formal audition, with the intention of creating a space for us to get to know each other a bit better before we begin casting for the first phase of rehearsals this fall. We hope you will join us!

Bring comfortable clothing, some bottled water, a journal and writing utensils…. be prepared to move and to voice and to write! RSVP by Monday June 8th. Please direct all workshop questions to Vernice Miller.

Write us: vernice@alatetc.org Call us: 718-773-6803 Visit us: www.ALATetc.org

Friday, May 8, 2009

HAPPY BIRTHDAY AUDREY!!!!!








Wishing you peace, light, love, freedom, blessings, prosperity, and joy all the day long, and all the year long.