ADVANCED
CABARET WORKSHOP "SUMMER IN THE CITY"
4-day Intensive Limited
to 16 Attendees - Some Events Open to the Public
Lennie
Watts' on going CABLAB and Lina Koutrakos' weekly ADVANCED
PERFORMANCE WORKSHOP are merging to do the first of what they hope
will be an annual 4-day cabaret performance intensive. This year's
Advanced Cabaret Workshop/Summer in the City will have Directors
Lennie Watts and Lina Koutrakos at the helm. Workshop size is limited
to 16 attendees. These performers) will be working from Thursday evening
July 18th through to Sunday July 21st.
Interspersed
throughout four days will be open seminars and/or shows. These will
be advertised and open to the public and will feature people (both
performers and the folks behind the scenes) who have gained notoriety
in the various fields that will greatly benefit performers by both
hearing and seeing them again or for the first time. The workshop
will feature 2 musical directors and 2 guest teachers joining at scheduled
times throughout the weekend.
All course work will be
done in actual cabaret rooms and on the cabaret stages. This year
the cabaret intensive will be housed at both JUDY'S CHELSEA
(169 Eighth Avenue, NYC - 212-929-5410 - http://www.judyschelsea.com/)
and DON'T TELL MAMA (343 West 46th Street, NYC - 212-757-0788
- http://www.donttellmama.com/).
The group will be ending the weekend with a cocktail party to honor
the completion by the attendees.
Lennie Watts is now the
newest "Board Member at Large" for the MAC (Manhattan Association
of Cabarets & Clubs - http://www.macnyc.com/),
and is an award winning (both MAC & BISTRO) performer and cabaret
director. Lina Koutrakos is also a renowned performer and director,
and has also had the experience of teaching the last 2 years at the
now defunct Eugene O'Neill Cabaret Symposium. Both Lennie and Lina
have worked many years as part of the staff in the cabaret rooms of
DON'T TELL MAMA and EIGHTY EIGHTS, seeing well over 1000 shows. Lina
was at one time the booking manager at DON'T TELL MAMA and the assistant
booking manager at EIGHTY EIGHTS.
A full description, including
fees and schedule, can be found on the special web page located at
http://www.wsc-ny.com/SC/.
Events open to the
public are:
Thursday, July 18th -
SONGWRITERS SHOWCASE - 8:30 pm at JUDY'S CHELSEA (169 Eighth Avenue,
NYC - 212-929-5410 - http://www.judyschelsea.com/)
- $20 cover, $10 minimum. Dinner served at 7:15 pm - phone the club
after 4:00 pm for reservations.
Friday, June 19th - FUNNY
FOLK (HOW TO GET THE HUMOR INTO THE ACT) - 8:00 pm at JUDY'S CHELSEA
(169 Eighth Avenue, NYC - 212-929-5410 - http://www.judyschelsea.com/)
- $20 cover, $10 minimum. Dinner served at 7:15 pm - phone the club
after 4:00 pm for reservations.
Saturday,
June 20th - "THE ARRANGEMENT" - 7:30 pm at DON'T TELL MAMA (343 West
46th Street, NYC - 212-757-0788 - http://www.donttellmama.com/)
- $20 cover - 2-drink minimum - phone the club after 4:00 pm for reservations.
Sunday, June 21st - BUSINESS
(reviewers, booking agents, PR, flyer and website designers, image
workers, vocal coaches etc.) - 2:30 to 4:00 pm at DON'T TELL MAMA
(343 West 46th Street, NYC - 212-757-0788 - http://www.donttellmama.com/)
- $20 cover - (Seminar Only - No Performances) - phone the club after
4:00 pm for reservations.
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