Section 98 - Open Source Theatre - Work in Progress Presentation

[Aislinn Rose]

Hi Everyone,

I wanted to send the below information along to you, not necessarily as an
invitation to the Workshop Presentation (unless of course, you're
interested), but more as an invitation to look in on our process.  We have
been experimenting with an idea we're calling "Open Source Theatre", whereby
we have been posting our research methodologies and our materials online as
they have developed.  Most recently, we offered our readers a piece by
Vancouver Poet Laureate, Brad Cran, and asked them to submit artistic works
based on that piece for possible inclusion in our presentation... in true
open source fashion.

Given that *Section 98* looks at the history of Civil Rights issues in
Canada, and is experimenting with a whole new way of creating theatre, I
thought it might be of particular interest to those of you on this list.

Here's what some educators have said:

"As a writer, actor, and supply teacher (hoping to have my own class soon!),
I think this process is extraordinarily valuable, with respect to the arts,
cultural and political communities, and students of all ages. I would love
to integrate this process and blog into my future high school history
classes–or drama classes. The cross-curricular potential is limitless."

" Just keep me in the loop because I find this process fascinating &
informative."

Here <http://praxistheatre.com/upcoming-shows/> is a link to our Open Source
page for *Section 98 *with links to all of our Open Source postings.

Here<http://praxistheatre.com/2010/03/section-98-open-source-entry-5-i-believe-in-the-power-of-you-and-i/>is
a link to our most recent post featuring Brad Cran's "2010 Handbook
for
Entering Canada.

I look forward to questions, and/or comments of all kinds.  I can be reached
at aislinnrose at gmail.com, or (please) feel free to comment on the Open
Source entries themselves as we want to encourage as much dialogue as
possible.

More about *Section 98* itself can be found in the invitation below.

Warm Regards to you all,

Aislinn Rose,
Open Source Project Leader &
Script Supervisor

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From: Praxis Theatre <michaelwheeler at praxistheatre.com>
Date: Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 2:42 PM
Subject: Section 98 - 1-Night Only Workshop Presentation - March 13th @
Harbourfront
To: Aislinn <aislinnrose at gmail.com>



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A work-in-progress presentation of Section 98 will occur at Harbourfront's
Studio Theatre on Saturday March 13 @ 8pm as part of HATCH
*You're Invited!!* *TO A SPECIAL WORK IN PROGRESS PRESENTATION OF* *Section
98*

Part of Harbourfront Centre's HATCH: emerging performance projects.

*Praxis Theatre presents an open-sourced, interactive,
work-in-progress*that uses performance and technology to explore and
debate individual and
civil rights in Canada. The production invites you to participate with your
cell phone or PDA during the presentation, and online before or after the
performance at praxistheatre.com.

*Section 98 seeks an immediate relationship with the here and now* by
drawing inspiration from forms of political theatre of the past and
juxtaposing them with the present day. The production focuses on 1930s
Communist theatre artists in Toronto, 1970s FLQ activists in Montreal, and
reserves a portion of the performance to concern contemporary civil rights
issues.

In this workshop Praxis Theatre will be exploring the testimony given to the
*Special Committee on the Canadian Mission in Afghanistan* November 25th,
2010 as well as civil rights issues that come to light following the
exhaustion of a billion dollar security budget for the *2010 Olympic
Games*in Vancouver.
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