PREVIEW OF THE SOME OF THE WORKS INSIDE

BOOKING NINJAS TAG LINE FROM A MARKETING CAMPAIGN

"Your business works because Booking Ninjas is on the case."

CORRESPONDENCE WRITTEN ON BEHALF OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE LEAGUE OF PROFESSIONAL THEATRE WOMEN

On behalf of the League of Professional Theatre Women, please accept our profound condolences on the passing of your wife, the legendary Dina Merrill.

It has been said that to whom much is given, much is expected, and Ms. Merrill, with all of her gifts and graces, shared herself unstintingly with the world around her. We, at the League, are so grateful for her work on Broadway, in television and on film, but the country as a whole is better off because of her tireless efforts with the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation, the Paley Media Center, the New York City Mission Society, the Kennedy Center and so many other organizations.

She embodied the spirit of the League as someone who broke with convention to create a longstanding career for herself in a male dominated industry. And we love her for always honoring her roots in the theatre. Her leadership at the Eugene O’Neill Theatre Center, Guild Hall (now the Dina Merrill Pavilion), and the Kennedy Center means that these great venues will exist for American theatre artists for generations to come.

Your loss of Ms. Merrill must feel tremendous, but we hope you are able to take pride in the legacy she leaves behind. Theatre women everywhere have a larger stage to work with because Dina Merrill was here first.

EXCERPT FROM AN EDUCATIONAL GRANT WRITTEN FOR THE WOOSTER GROUP

"TWG’s layered performance style incorporates several artistic mediums, and is guided by a collaborative aesthetic. Our work with the students of M.S. 131 focuses on the same fundamental ideas of sharing and cooperation. Rapport between our company and the students is built through improvisational theater games that allow each child an opportunity for individual expression while feeling the support of a group dynamic. Students are encouraged to explore all components of production (video, writing, directing and performing), and are provided a model with which to create their own performance material. At the end of the term, each class that works with The Wooster Group gives a final presentation of their work for other teachers and students and invited parents.

In the Spring session, The Wooster Group worked with eighth grade English as a Second Language classes on creating haikus that were accompanied by gestural movement sequences. These gestures were generated out of a grammar game the students played which asked them to apply adverbs to basic physical movement.

Under The Wooster Group’s guidance, the students in the seventh grade social studies class wrote and produced “Instant T.V.” a television game show they developed and performed on video that was based on the American Gold Rush of the Nineteenth Century, which the students were studying at that time."