[Peace] Re: [IMC-Shows] space rental / presentation of our work

[Danielle Chynoweth]

Heather, Sara, Mark, and Aware -

This touring theater group looks fabulous.  Anyone want to book them for an
upcoming show at the IMC?  If you are interested, Jason, our intern can help
you with the IMC process for booking: jkeist2 at gmail.com and feel free to
contact Trina directly.

- Danielle

On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 4:27 PM, Trina Fischer
<trina at lookingforlilith.org>wrote:

> Dear UCIMC Shows Group,
>
> I wanted to write to introduce my theatre company, Looking for Lilith.  We
> are dedicated to re-examining history through women's
> perspectives and collaboratively creating original plays based on our
> research. Much of our work is interview-based.  For example,
> "Women Speak: IRAQ", based on over 40 interviews with some connection to
> the current war in Iraq, was brought to the UIUC campus
> September 2007.  (We have long-time colleagues in the theatre department
> there as well as one company member who moved to
> Urbana-Champaign in 2008.)  Originally founded in NYC, we are happy to have
> re-located to the hometown of many of our members -
> Louisville, KY.
>
> At this time, I have no proposal for renting the space, but just wanted to
> get on your radar.  Generally when we travel with our shows, we
> seek to be booked and presented by the venue.  I know UCIMC is more set up
> for rentals.  However, I would love for you to keep us in
> mind if you do consider producing/presenting outside shows in the future.
>  We are on a few tour rosters and regularly apply for grants
> and sponsorships, so might be able to work with you to set up a plan to
> fund the collaborative presentation of our work.  The next two
> original plays by us available for touring will be "The Triangle Project",
> based on the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire of 1911 in NYC - the
> lives lost, the ensuing trial and its impact on the labor rights movement -
> and "Stranger/Extranjeras", this bilingual play about a
> friendship between an optimistic young volunteer from the U.S. and her
> generous Mayan hostmother is based on the experiences of
> company members who lived and worked as volunteers in rural Guatemala for a
> year.  The first is great for Labor Day celebrations and
> Women's HIstory Month and the second could fit for HIspanic Heritage Month
> or Women's History Month or any events promoting
> intercultural dialogue and/or the exploration of issues of gender relations
> and women's issues.  We would love it if you could check out
> our website and myspace page and see what you think.
>
> Thanks so much, take care and congratulations for all the important work
> you do!
>
> Trina Fischer
> PR and Marketing Director, CFO
> Looking for Lilith Theatre Company
> -revealing the stories of women-
> 347-228-6438
> http://www.lookingforlilith.org/
> http://myspace.com/lookingforlilith
> http://www.squidworks.org/
>
>
>
>
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