Monday, April 13, 2009
WINTER/SPRING, 2009
4/13 Geneva High School, Geneva, IL
4/14 INDIANA / ILLINOIS / IOWA / WISCONSIN
4/15 University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN
4/16-17 NORTH/SOUTH DAKOTA
4/19 IDAHO / MONTANA
4/20 U of Idaho; Moscow, ID
4/21-23 WASHINGTON / OREGON
4/23 Mount Saint Mary’s College, Los Angeles, CA
4/24-27 CALIFORNIA / NEVADA
4/27 University of Colorado-Boulder, Boulder, CO
4/28-30 UTAH / COLORADO
5/1-2 KANSAS / NEBRASKA
5/3 MISSOURI / IOWA / ILLINOIS
5/4 Crown Point High School, Crown Point, IN
5/5 Romulus High School, Romulus, MI
5/5-8 INDIANA / ILLINOIS / WISCONSIN
SUMMER, 09
5/14-25 Orlando Fringe; Orlando, FL
7/2-5 American Association of Teachers of French, San Jose, CA
7/9-19 Skokie Theatre; Skokie, IL (Moliere, Criteria and Karaoke Knights)
7/19-26 Kansas City Fringe Festival
FALL, ‘09
9/8-25 ILLINOIS (Guest Artist Availability)
9/28 ILLINOIS / IOWA / MISSOURI
9/29 NEBRASKA
9/30 COLORADO
10/1 COLORADO / NEW MEXICO
10/2 NEW MEXICO
10/3-6 TEXAS / LOUISIANA
10/7 OKLAHOMA
10/8-10 KANSAS / OKLAHOMA
10/11-12 MISSOURI / ARKANSAS
10/13 ARKANSAS / TENNESSEE
10/14 LOUISIANA / TENNESSEE / MISSISSIPPI
10/15 ALABAMA / TENNESSEE
10/16 TENNESSEE / GEORGIA
10/17-18 GEORGIA / FLORIDA
10/19 FLORIDA
10/20 FLORIDA / SOUTH CAROLINA
10/21 SOUTH/NORTH CAROLINA
10/22 NORTH CAROLINA / VIRGINIA
10/23 VIRGINIA / D.C. / MARYLAND / DELAWARE
10/24-25 MARYLAND
10/26 DELAWARE / NEW JERSEY / PENNSYLVANIA
10/27 NEW JERSEY / NEW ENGLAND / NEW YORK
10/28 NEW ENGLAND
10/29 NEW YORK / PENNSYLVANIA / WEST VIRGINIA
10/30 OHIO / KENTUCKY / MICHIGAN
10/31-11/1 MICHIGAN
11/2 MICHIGAN / INDIANA
11/3 INDIANA / ILLINOIS
11/4-5 Private Party (Tim Turns 50)
11/6 Libertyville High School, Libertyville, IL
11/7-8 Lake Forest College, Lake Forest, IL (Auditions for “Tartuffe”)
11/9 College of Lake County, Grayslake, IL
11/10 WISCONSIN / MINNESOTA
11/11 SOUTH/NORTH DAKOTA / IOWA / NEBRASKA
11/12 COLORADO / WYOMING
11/13 COLORADO / UTAH
11/14-15 IDAHO / MONTANA
11/16 IDAHO / WASHINGTON
11/17 OREGON
11/18 OREGON / CALIFORNIA
11/19 California Lutheran University, Thousand Oaks, CA
11/20 CALIFORNIA / ARIZONA / NEW MEXICO
11/20-22 ACTFL, San Diego, CA
11/21-24 ARIZONA / NEW MEXICO / NEVADA
11/25-28 Thanksgiving Break
11/28-12/8 Lake Forest College; Lake Forest, IL (Rehearsals for Tartuffe)
WINTER/SPRING 2010
1/7-10 ACTF Region III
1/11-2/13 Lake Forest College, Lake Forest, IL (Directing “Tartuffe”)
1/14-17 TETA, Dallas, TX
2/14 IOWA / NEBRASKA
2/15-16 COLORADO / UTAH / NEVADA
2/17-18 IDAHO / OREGON / WASHINGTON
2/19-22 CALIFORNIA
2/23 NEVADA / ARIZONA
2/24 ARIZONA / NEW MEXICO
2/25-28 TEXAS / OKLAHOMA
3/1 ARKANSAS / LOUISIANA
3/2 MISSISSIPPI / ALABAMA / TENNESSEE
3/3 KENTUCKY / OHIO
3/4-7 SETC, Lexington, KY
3/5-8 MATC, Cleveland, OH
3/7-8 TENNESSEE / GEORGIA
3/9 GEORGIA / FLORIDA
3/10-11 FLORIDA
3/12-14 SOUTH / NORTH CAROLINA
3/15-16 VIRGINIA / D.C. / MARYLAND
3/18 DELAWARE / PENNSYLVANIA / NEW JERSEY / NEW YORK
3/19-20 NEW ENGLAND / NEW YORK
3/21 NEW YORK / PENNSYLVANIA
3/22-26 Guest Artist Residency
3/27-29 OHIO / KENTUCKY
3/30-31 INDIANA / MICHIGAN
4/1-2 ILLINOIS / IOWA
4/3-5 MISSOURI / KANSAS / COLORADO / NEBRASKA
4/6-7 COLORADO / UTAH / NEVADA / WYOMING
4/8-9 N CALIFORNIA / OREGON / WASHINGTON
4/10-12 IDAHO / MONTANA / NORTH/SOUTH DAKOTA
4/13-14 MINNESOTA / WISCONSIN / ILLINOIS
4/16-5/15 GUEST ARTIST AVAILABILITY
4/13 Geneva High School, Geneva, IL
4/14 INDIANA / ILLINOIS / IOWA / WISCONSIN
4/15 University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN
4/16-17 NORTH/SOUTH DAKOTA
4/19 IDAHO / MONTANA
4/20 U of Idaho; Moscow, ID
4/21-23 WASHINGTON / OREGON
4/23 Mount Saint Mary’s College, Los Angeles, CA
4/24-27 CALIFORNIA / NEVADA
4/27 University of Colorado-Boulder, Boulder, CO
4/28-30 UTAH / COLORADO
5/1-2 KANSAS / NEBRASKA
5/3 MISSOURI / IOWA / ILLINOIS
5/4 Crown Point High School, Crown Point, IN
5/5 Romulus High School, Romulus, MI
5/5-8 INDIANA / ILLINOIS / WISCONSIN
SUMMER, 09
5/14-25 Orlando Fringe; Orlando, FL
7/2-5 American Association of Teachers of French, San Jose, CA
7/9-19 Skokie Theatre; Skokie, IL (Moliere, Criteria and Karaoke Knights)
7/19-26 Kansas City Fringe Festival
FALL, ‘09
9/8-25 ILLINOIS (Guest Artist Availability)
9/28 ILLINOIS / IOWA / MISSOURI
9/29 NEBRASKA
9/30 COLORADO
10/1 COLORADO / NEW MEXICO
10/2 NEW MEXICO
10/3-6 TEXAS / LOUISIANA
10/7 OKLAHOMA
10/8-10 KANSAS / OKLAHOMA
10/11-12 MISSOURI / ARKANSAS
10/13 ARKANSAS / TENNESSEE
10/14 LOUISIANA / TENNESSEE / MISSISSIPPI
10/15 ALABAMA / TENNESSEE
10/16 TENNESSEE / GEORGIA
10/17-18 GEORGIA / FLORIDA
10/19 FLORIDA
10/20 FLORIDA / SOUTH CAROLINA
10/21 SOUTH/NORTH CAROLINA
10/22 NORTH CAROLINA / VIRGINIA
10/23 VIRGINIA / D.C. / MARYLAND / DELAWARE
10/24-25 MARYLAND
10/26 DELAWARE / NEW JERSEY / PENNSYLVANIA
10/27 NEW JERSEY / NEW ENGLAND / NEW YORK
10/28 NEW ENGLAND
10/29 NEW YORK / PENNSYLVANIA / WEST VIRGINIA
10/30 OHIO / KENTUCKY / MICHIGAN
10/31-11/1 MICHIGAN
11/2 MICHIGAN / INDIANA
11/3 INDIANA / ILLINOIS
11/4-5 Private Party (Tim Turns 50)
11/6 Libertyville High School, Libertyville, IL
11/7-8 Lake Forest College, Lake Forest, IL (Auditions for “Tartuffe”)
11/9 College of Lake County, Grayslake, IL
11/10 WISCONSIN / MINNESOTA
11/11 SOUTH/NORTH DAKOTA / IOWA / NEBRASKA
11/12 COLORADO / WYOMING
11/13 COLORADO / UTAH
11/14-15 IDAHO / MONTANA
11/16 IDAHO / WASHINGTON
11/17 OREGON
11/18 OREGON / CALIFORNIA
11/19 California Lutheran University, Thousand Oaks, CA
11/20 CALIFORNIA / ARIZONA / NEW MEXICO
11/20-22 ACTFL, San Diego, CA
11/21-24 ARIZONA / NEW MEXICO / NEVADA
11/25-28 Thanksgiving Break
11/28-12/8 Lake Forest College; Lake Forest, IL (Rehearsals for Tartuffe)
WINTER/SPRING 2010
1/7-10 ACTF Region III
1/11-2/13 Lake Forest College, Lake Forest, IL (Directing “Tartuffe”)
1/14-17 TETA, Dallas, TX
2/14 IOWA / NEBRASKA
2/15-16 COLORADO / UTAH / NEVADA
2/17-18 IDAHO / OREGON / WASHINGTON
2/19-22 CALIFORNIA
2/23 NEVADA / ARIZONA
2/24 ARIZONA / NEW MEXICO
2/25-28 TEXAS / OKLAHOMA
3/1 ARKANSAS / LOUISIANA
3/2 MISSISSIPPI / ALABAMA / TENNESSEE
3/3 KENTUCKY / OHIO
3/4-7 SETC, Lexington, KY
3/5-8 MATC, Cleveland, OH
3/7-8 TENNESSEE / GEORGIA
3/9 GEORGIA / FLORIDA
3/10-11 FLORIDA
3/12-14 SOUTH / NORTH CAROLINA
3/15-16 VIRGINIA / D.C. / MARYLAND
3/18 DELAWARE / PENNSYLVANIA / NEW JERSEY / NEW YORK
3/19-20 NEW ENGLAND / NEW YORK
3/21 NEW YORK / PENNSYLVANIA
3/22-26 Guest Artist Residency
3/27-29 OHIO / KENTUCKY
3/30-31 INDIANA / MICHIGAN
4/1-2 ILLINOIS / IOWA
4/3-5 MISSOURI / KANSAS / COLORADO / NEBRASKA
4/6-7 COLORADO / UTAH / NEVADA / WYOMING
4/8-9 N CALIFORNIA / OREGON / WASHINGTON
4/10-12 IDAHO / MONTANA / NORTH/SOUTH DAKOTA
4/13-14 MINNESOTA / WISCONSIN / ILLINOIS
4/16-5/15 GUEST ARTIST AVAILABILITY
Saturday, December 27, 2003
"Netflix"
A Valuable Resource for Filmmakers and Their Audiences
by Bruce Cantwell
Home video has become the most powerful force in the movie industry. The once ancillary business has moved front and center. According to Adams Media Research, home video has already grown to a whopping 59 percent of studio revenues and looks poised to grow even bigger. Widespread consumer adoption of DVDs has led this growth. DVD sales continue to increase but Netflix, the leading online DVD subscription rental service, with over 1,400,000 subscribers and over 15,000 titles, offers some compelling services for subscribers and filmmakers alike.
Thanks to competition from Wal-Mart and Blockbuster, Netflix has made significant efforts in the past year to improve delivery speed, selection, DVDs in stock, and recommendations to keep its subscribers coming back for more.
Here's how the Netflix subscription model works.
Subscribers pay a flat monthly fee, much like an ISP or cable TV subscription, of $19.95 to $39.95 a month. For this fee, subscribers gain access to an unlimited number of DVD rentals by mail. They can have three to eight DVDs out at a time (depending on their subscription level) and receive a new DVD every time they send one back. This allows serious movie buffs and film students the opportunity to keep DVDs long enough to enjoy the commentary and special features without incurring late fees. There's also a 13.95 a month subscription with a 4 DVD per month limit. When I test drove the two-week free trial in November, I discovered that when I began the cancellation process, Netflix offered unlimited rentals for three months at 15.95 or six months at 14.95 to induce me to stay. It's a little game of chicken that helps them build subscriber addiction.
Sign up and choose your movies.
It's a lot easier to find a DVD that you'll like at Netflix than in your local video store. Netflix has taken a page from the Amazon book by personalizing your visits based on past rentals and movies you've rated.
"Add to Profile" is similar to Amazon's list feature. If you like an actor or director, you can see what else they've done. You can also watch a trailer for the film.
"Members who rented this" lets you compare your taste to others who have rented the movie. I know that I see far too many movies but I actually have seen all four of these films, two on DVD and two in theaters.
This screen also shows you how lists are used to give you further recommendations.
Another page from the Amazon book is user reviews. This can prove extremely useful in helping lesser known films gain a grass roots audience.
Get them in the mail. Free shipping!
Netflix has been busy opening regional shipping centers to compete with the immediate gratification of stopping in at the local Blockbuster. To test the speed of their new shipping center, I sent a DVD back on Saturday and put a DVD that released on Tuesday at the top of my queue. It was in my mailbox on Tuesday.
Return them and we'll send you more.
Netflix had to sell a whole new idea of renting DVDs to Internet customers and has utilized many of Amazon's best practices, both in designing its service, and in promoting it. Like Amazon, it built its subscriber base through pay-for-performance advertising. When new subscribers sign up for a trial membership at Netflix, the referring website receives a commission. By using this advertising model and similar commission strategies with DVD retailers like Best Buy, Netflix was able to keep its customer acquisition costs at predictable levels.
Their success is built upon a two-week free trial, which allows prospective subscribers the chance to look under the hood and kick the tires before committing themselves to their first month's subscription fee.
If you're a film maker or a film buff, you should definitely give Netflix a trial run. If you don't like it, you can cancel after watching a few DVDs and if you do like it, you can begin cancellation to see what incentives they'll offer you to stay.
A Valuable Resource for Filmmakers and Their Audiences
by Bruce Cantwell
Home video has become the most powerful force in the movie industry. The once ancillary business has moved front and center. According to Adams Media Research, home video has already grown to a whopping 59 percent of studio revenues and looks poised to grow even bigger. Widespread consumer adoption of DVDs has led this growth. DVD sales continue to increase but Netflix, the leading online DVD subscription rental service, with over 1,400,000 subscribers and over 15,000 titles, offers some compelling services for subscribers and filmmakers alike.
Thanks to competition from Wal-Mart and Blockbuster, Netflix has made significant efforts in the past year to improve delivery speed, selection, DVDs in stock, and recommendations to keep its subscribers coming back for more.
Here's how the Netflix subscription model works.
Subscribers pay a flat monthly fee, much like an ISP or cable TV subscription, of $19.95 to $39.95 a month. For this fee, subscribers gain access to an unlimited number of DVD rentals by mail. They can have three to eight DVDs out at a time (depending on their subscription level) and receive a new DVD every time they send one back. This allows serious movie buffs and film students the opportunity to keep DVDs long enough to enjoy the commentary and special features without incurring late fees. There's also a 13.95 a month subscription with a 4 DVD per month limit. When I test drove the two-week free trial in November, I discovered that when I began the cancellation process, Netflix offered unlimited rentals for three months at 15.95 or six months at 14.95 to induce me to stay. It's a little game of chicken that helps them build subscriber addiction.
Sign up and choose your movies.
It's a lot easier to find a DVD that you'll like at Netflix than in your local video store. Netflix has taken a page from the Amazon book by personalizing your visits based on past rentals and movies you've rated.
"Add to Profile" is similar to Amazon's list feature. If you like an actor or director, you can see what else they've done. You can also watch a trailer for the film.
"Members who rented this" lets you compare your taste to others who have rented the movie. I know that I see far too many movies but I actually have seen all four of these films, two on DVD and two in theaters.
This screen also shows you how lists are used to give you further recommendations.
Another page from the Amazon book is user reviews. This can prove extremely useful in helping lesser known films gain a grass roots audience.
Get them in the mail. Free shipping!
Netflix has been busy opening regional shipping centers to compete with the immediate gratification of stopping in at the local Blockbuster. To test the speed of their new shipping center, I sent a DVD back on Saturday and put a DVD that released on Tuesday at the top of my queue. It was in my mailbox on Tuesday.
Return them and we'll send you more.
Netflix had to sell a whole new idea of renting DVDs to Internet customers and has utilized many of Amazon's best practices, both in designing its service, and in promoting it. Like Amazon, it built its subscriber base through pay-for-performance advertising. When new subscribers sign up for a trial membership at Netflix, the referring website receives a commission. By using this advertising model and similar commission strategies with DVD retailers like Best Buy, Netflix was able to keep its customer acquisition costs at predictable levels.
Their success is built upon a two-week free trial, which allows prospective subscribers the chance to look under the hood and kick the tires before committing themselves to their first month's subscription fee.
If you're a film maker or a film buff, you should definitely give Netflix a trial run. If you don't like it, you can cancel after watching a few DVDs and if you do like it, you can begin cancellation to see what incentives they'll offer you to stay.
