Rogue Artists Ensemble seeking Video, Scenic and Puppet Designers for their newest project

Posted February 5, 2010 | No Comments | Print This Post

Rogue Artists Ensemble is seeking out a Conceptual Artist, Video Designer, Puppet Designer and Scenic Designer to take part in developing the world premier of HYPERBOLE: origins.

The show will be a music, movement, and mask-based exploration into the origin of all things (creation stories, invented mythology, and natural world phenomena).  Shows created by Rogue Artists Ensemble strive to expand the boundaries of theater by integrating traditional theater disciplines with modern technology including sophisticated performance and audience integration systems, digital projections and effects.

The approach to creating this new work will be highly collaborative and challenge artists to think outside the box. HYPERBOLE: origins will workshop at the University of California, Irvine in May before moving on to preview as part of the Hollywood Fringe Festival in June with a full production slated to begin in the fall. Designers should be available to begin collaborating immediately and be available for the production during those months.  Time commitment will vary greatly throughout the production process.  This project will be a wonderful opportunity to create a truly spectacular piece of original theater and will be a showcase for design driven story-telling.

Ideal Video Designer:

Excels in working in a highly collaborative approach to creating new works

Has experience incorporating live video feeds into a production

Is fluent in the computer software Q-Lab

Has experience in collage-based media creation/ work

Has explored stop motion or object based animation or other stylized animation styles

Ideal Puppet Designer:

Excels in working in a highly collaborative approach to creating new works

Has experience creating many different puppet forms including mechanized, hand/rod, sculptural, foam/latex

Has a distinct aesthetic

Can build puppets that are easy to operate when needed, light weight and durable

Ideal Scenic Designer /Conceptual Artist:

Excels in working in a highly collaborative approach to creating new works

Strong vision and ability to draw quickly

Unique aesthetic that may incorporate non-traditional materials

Has found object/ assemblage approach

Able to incorporate video displays and is interested in multi-media storytelling approach

Has experience building a tour-able, minimalist scenic design relying on soft goods to define a space

All material costs will be paid for and a small stipend is offered. However, the real reward will be creating a truly astonishing piece of theater.

Interested parties please send resume any relevant examples of other work to:

rogue@rogueartistsensemble.org or call 213.596.9468

Additional information about Rogue Artists Ensemble

Rogue Artists Ensemble differs from many theater companies; it is a collective of multi-disciplinary artists and designers rather than by actors, writers or directors runs it.  The Rogues are known for creating their own brand of “Hyper-theater,” an innovative hybrid of theater traditions, puppetry, mask work, dance, music, and modern technology.

The Rogues Hyper-theatrically adapted Neil Gaiman’s graphic novel, The Tragical Comedy of Mr. Punch, promising to “make audience members feel as though they had opened up the graphic novel and wound up trapped deep inside” – and they delivered on their promise, earning rave reviews for the company and garnering three Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards for adaptation and design.  Now, the Rogues will be prominently featured in a new book entitled “Prince of Stories: The Many Worlds of Neil Gaiman“: an entire chapter is dedicated to interviews with ensemble members.

The Rogue’s recent adaptation of three Nicolai Gogol tales entitled, Gogol Project received critical and audience praise being nominated for six Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards.

More information available at www.rogueartists.org or via e-mail at rogue@rogueartists.org



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