HEADLINES THEATRE CALLOUT TO PARTICIPANTS: Job offer for homeless people in Metro Vancouver

Filed under: Themes, Bum Deal, Campaign Watch

It isn’t often that a distinguished (and paying!) job opportunity comes along specifically targeting “people who have been touched by homelessness.”

Quoting HeadlinesTheatre.com:

Headlines Theatre, the producer of the 2004 award winning community project Practicing Democracy, as well as our recent projects Here and Now and SHATTERING, (formerly known as METH—which Irked profiled in June ‘07) is working in collaboration with numerous grassroots organizations on our 2009 main stage project. “After homelessness…” will be created and performed by people who have been touched by homelessness and its connections to mental health, whether it is through their own lives or the lives of loved ones. The play will perform for the general public and be a way for diverse audiences in Metro Vancouver to create a vehicle for people living the issues to help develop policy and plans to ensure that housing that is created is safe, appropriately supported and affordable. We are looking for up to twenty people to participate in a 6-day Theatre for Living Workshop. No acting experience is necessary. Just a willingness to be honest about your experiences and a desire to play! Participants should have a connection to homelessness and accompanying issues of mental health and want to use the theatre to do something about it. We need a diversity of perspectives from within the community to enrich this work.

ALL PARTICIPANTS WILL BE PAID

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“Being in the play is not a healing opportunity—it is employment in a project the purpose of which is to create an artistic focal point for community discussion and transformation.”

Pertinent details:

• The workshop will take place from October 17 to 22, 2009, at Russian Hall, 600 Campbell Avenue, in Vancouver.
• It is very important that you are able to commit to coming to every day all day of the workshop. Each workshop participant will be paid $600.00 for the week and lunch will be provided each day.
• Headlines Theatre will be able to provide accommodation for up to 2 workshop participants (1 month) and 2 cast members (3 months) who are not currently in housing.
• Headlines doesn’t want the community workshop to be an audition so, if you want to be considered for the cast, you will be asked to do some improvisation work with Artistic Director David Diamond during the participant interview.
• Cast will be paid $650 per week from October 17, 2009 to December 06, 2009. Housing will be provided for up to 2 cast members for the duration of the project. Cast members will sign contracts stating they are available for the full time period and all performances.
• TO SIGN UP: Send a letter/email/fax to Headlines Theatre indicating that you are available to commit to the dates and times of the workshop (Oct 17 to 22, 2009, from 9am to 5pm each day). If you are interested in creating the public main-stage show and being a cast member, please indicate that you are available to do so (Oct 17 to Dec 06, 2009). Please, also state why you want to be part of this project and how it is relevant to you. And be sure to let them know how they can find you again (a phone number, email, mailing address, a contact person…). If you have any questions, feel free to give Headlines Theatre a call at (604) 871-0508.

Other contact info:

323-350 East 2nd Ave. Vancouver, BC • V5T 4R8
fax: 604.871.0209 email: info@headlinestheatre.com

FACT:

Headlines has written agreements from the Mental Health Commission of Canada, the Metro Vancouver Homelessness Secretariat, Raincity Housing and Coast Mental Health to use the after homelessness… project and the resulting Community Action Report as part of their respective research for National and Regional Strategies on mental health and homelessness.

Learn more at headlinestheatre.com

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