<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'courier new',monospace"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:13.3333339691162px">Dear friends and colleagues,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:13.3333339691162px"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:13.3333339691162px">I've known OYL for nearly fifteen years, and they are a remarkable ensemble that has always created highly provocative and engaging work. I highly recommend this program to students -- undergraduate and graduate. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:13.3333339691162px"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:13.3333339691162px">Warmly,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:13.3333339691162px">Nikki Cesare Schotzko</div><div class="gmail_quote" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333339691162px"><div dir="ltr"></div></div></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:13px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font color="#000000"><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:13px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font color="#000000"><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:13px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font color="#000000">One Year Lease Theater Company (OYL)’s Apprentice Program in northern Greece is a four-week long immersive experience, designed to inspire the individual theater artist.  The program, now entering its ninth year, takes place from <span><span>July 16th to August 16th</span></span> and culminates in performances in four villages in the region.</font></p><div style="font-size:13px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font color="#000000"> <br></font></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:13px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font color="#000000">Applications are accepted online between <span><span>Dec 1, 2014 and March 1, 2015</span></span>.<b> </b> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:13px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font color="#000000">You are strongly encouraged to begin your application early.</font></p><div style="font-size:13px;color:rgb(80,0,80);background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"> <br></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:13px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><b><font color="#000000">Applications and more information available</font><font color="#500050"> </font><span style="color:windowtext"><a href="http://www.oneyearlease.org/The-Program" target="_blank">HERE</a></span></b></p><div style="font-size:13px;color:rgb(80,0,80);background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"> <br></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:13px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font color="#000000">Please email Jackie Kristel at</font><font color="#500050"> </font><a href="mailto:Jackie@oneyearlease.org" style="color:rgb(80,0,80)" target="_blank">Jackie@oneyearlease.org</a><font color="#500050"> </font><font color="#000000">with any questions.</font></p><p style="font-size:13px"><font color="#000000"><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">The program investigates the possibilities of the theatrical experience, explores various techniques, and strengthens the artist’s understanding of ensemble-driven theater. OYL’s Apprentice Program is designed for college-level actors and theater artists and occurs each summer in Northern Greece, in the remote mountain village of Papingo. The month-long program is lead by the OYL artistic ensemble, two college professors and additional professional theater practitioners.</span> </font></p><p style="font-size:13px"><font color="#000000"><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Apprentices create devised works, take acting masterclasses, train with OYL’s acting ensemble, participate in daily yoga sessions, sit in on OYL workshops and rehearsals, and learn basic Greek. </span>Concurrently, the Apprentice Company builds and rehearses an outdoor production that tours to four villages during the last week of the program. </font></p><p style="font-size:13px"><font color="#000000">To date 65 students have participated from<span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"> </span><span style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">Arizona State, CalArts, Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, Columbia, Connecticut College, Harvard, Ithaca, Muhlenberg,  Northwestern, NYU, Oberlin, Princeton, Reed, Rice, Southern Methodist University, University of Michigan, USC and Vassar.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:13px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font color="#000000">OYL is a professional theater company based in NYC.  The company is in<i> </i>residency alongside the Apprentice Program, developing new work and training, which affords participants the invaluable opportunity to witness and learn about the inner workings of our company.</font></p><div style="font-size:13px;color:rgb(80,0,80);background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"> <br></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:13px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><b><font color="#000000">For more information on OYL visit</font><font color="#500050"> </font><a href="http://www.oneyearlease.org/" style="color:rgb(80,0,80)" target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext">www.oneyearlease.org</span></a></b></p><span class=""><font color="#888888"><div><br></div>-- <br><div>...dramaturgy is always concerned with the <i>conversion</i> of feeling into knowledge, and vice versa. - Marianne Van Kerkhoven<br><br><br></div>
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</div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><font face="courier new, monospace">T. Nikki Cesare Schotzko</font><div><font face="courier new, monospace">Assistant Professor</font><div><div><div><font face="courier new, monospace">Centre for Drama, Theatre, and Performance Studies</font></div><div><font face="courier new, monospace">University of Toronto</font></div></div><div><font face="courier new, monospace"><a href="http://cesareschotzko.com" target="_blank">cesareschotzko.com</a></font></div><div><font face="courier new, monospace"><a href="http://dramacentre.utoronto.ca/" target="_blank">http://dramacentre.utoronto.ca/</a></font></div></div><div><br></div></div></div></div>
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