 |
|
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Home |
| Joining NET |
| HISTORY |
| MEMBERS |
| NET GATHERING |
| Opportunities |
|
REGIONAL MEETINGS |
|
Copyright © 2004 Network of Ensemble Theaters |
|
NET HISTORY |
1993 -
Jerry Stropnicky, (Bloomsburg Ensemble) leads initiative to use Internet as
means of developing dialogue among artist-driven ensembles.
1995 - As a result of a chance meeting at the biennial TCG conference the dialogue becomes more formal among the ensemble theaters. Mark McKenna (Touchstone Theater) creates a pilot project at Towson State College in Maryland under the guidance of Philip Arnoult and Juanita Rockwell, to develop professional training for ensemble actors as part of the Towson MFA program.
1996 - Arnoult gathers eight ensembles for a preliminary planning process at Towson, funded by TCG, identified at the TCG Ensembles Work Group. NET is officially formed by A Traveling Jewish Theatre, Bloomsburg Theater Ensemble, Cornerstone, Dell'Arte International, Independent Eye, Irondale Ensemble Project, The Road Company, and Touchstone Theater.
1997 - TCG funds a gathering of ensemble theater makers in Holland in partnership with the International Theater Institute.
1998 - Department of Theater Arts at Virginia Tech hosts a gathering of community-based art-makers under the working title "A Consortium for the Study of Theater and Community." Participants include the TCG Ensembles Workgroup. A Traveling Jewish Theatre partnered with seven other ensembles in a two-year exchange project called the Network of Ensemble Theaters (NET) funded by the NEA. NET sponsored numerous exchanges and gatherings that culminated in…
June 21-23 1999 - NET Produces First Festival and Conference at Golden Gate University and the Yerba Buena Center in San Francisco hosted by A Traveling Jewish Theatre. The festival was combined with a conference of the participant ensembles which enabled the NET to further define itself, and to continue in the effort organize themselves at the national level. Six of the country's leading ensemble companies presented work that was created through ensemble processes out of the unique and specific communities in which these artists live and work. The Festival enabled NET participants to gain specific knowledge of each other's work and to bring six of the nations oldest permanent companies to general audiences in the Bay Area. Evening performances were given by Dell'Arte, Irondale, Bloomsburg, Touchstone, A Traveling Jewish Theatre and Independent Eye. The Conference attracted more than two dozen artist-run ensembles from across the country. Some 35 participants engaged in discussions on topics ranging from "The Paths to New Work" to "Striving for Sanity Balance and Grace"-- the exchange of strategies for organizational structure and avoiding burnout.
November 1999 - Ensembles Gathering of seven companies in Blue Lake California hosted by Dell Arte to develop short term goals to achieve and long term objectives that will expand NET membership and capabilities.
June 2000 - American Theater Magazine published a feature on the NET.
August/September, 2000 - a second festival and conference takes place in San Francisco. 40 members from 20 ensembles meet in San Francisco to plan the 2001 festival and to continue a broader discussion about how the NET will grow as an organization. Consortium leadership passed to Irondale Ensemble. Committees formed.
August/September 2001 - "The Gathering in the Woods." 60 ensemble members from 22 companies gather at Camp Winnebago on Echo Lake, in Fayette, Maine for a week-long conference/festival. Consensus to become an independent not-for-profit, dues paying organization is achieved.
July 2003 - National Conference of the Network of Ensemble Theaters
August 2003 - The Ford Foundation awards the NET a $100,000 planning grant in support of a national ensemble theater festival celebrating the diversity of the ensemble movement.
1995 - As a result of a chance meeting at the biennial TCG conference the dialogue becomes more formal among the ensemble theaters. Mark McKenna (Touchstone Theater) creates a pilot project at Towson State College in Maryland under the guidance of Philip Arnoult and Juanita Rockwell, to develop professional training for ensemble actors as part of the Towson MFA program.
1996 - Arnoult gathers eight ensembles for a preliminary planning process at Towson, funded by TCG, identified at the TCG Ensembles Work Group. NET is officially formed by A Traveling Jewish Theatre, Bloomsburg Theater Ensemble, Cornerstone, Dell'Arte International, Independent Eye, Irondale Ensemble Project, The Road Company, and Touchstone Theater.
1997 - TCG funds a gathering of ensemble theater makers in Holland in partnership with the International Theater Institute.
1998 - Department of Theater Arts at Virginia Tech hosts a gathering of community-based art-makers under the working title "A Consortium for the Study of Theater and Community." Participants include the TCG Ensembles Workgroup. A Traveling Jewish Theatre partnered with seven other ensembles in a two-year exchange project called the Network of Ensemble Theaters (NET) funded by the NEA. NET sponsored numerous exchanges and gatherings that culminated in…
June 21-23 1999 - NET Produces First Festival and Conference at Golden Gate University and the Yerba Buena Center in San Francisco hosted by A Traveling Jewish Theatre. The festival was combined with a conference of the participant ensembles which enabled the NET to further define itself, and to continue in the effort organize themselves at the national level. Six of the country's leading ensemble companies presented work that was created through ensemble processes out of the unique and specific communities in which these artists live and work. The Festival enabled NET participants to gain specific knowledge of each other's work and to bring six of the nations oldest permanent companies to general audiences in the Bay Area. Evening performances were given by Dell'Arte, Irondale, Bloomsburg, Touchstone, A Traveling Jewish Theatre and Independent Eye. The Conference attracted more than two dozen artist-run ensembles from across the country. Some 35 participants engaged in discussions on topics ranging from "The Paths to New Work" to "Striving for Sanity Balance and Grace"-- the exchange of strategies for organizational structure and avoiding burnout.
November 1999 - Ensembles Gathering of seven companies in Blue Lake California hosted by Dell Arte to develop short term goals to achieve and long term objectives that will expand NET membership and capabilities.
June 2000 - American Theater Magazine published a feature on the NET.
August/September, 2000 - a second festival and conference takes place in San Francisco. 40 members from 20 ensembles meet in San Francisco to plan the 2001 festival and to continue a broader discussion about how the NET will grow as an organization. Consortium leadership passed to Irondale Ensemble. Committees formed.
August/September 2001 - "The Gathering in the Woods." 60 ensemble members from 22 companies gather at Camp Winnebago on Echo Lake, in Fayette, Maine for a week-long conference/festival. Consensus to become an independent not-for-profit, dues paying organization is achieved.
July 2003 - National Conference of the Network of Ensemble Theaters
August 2003 - The Ford Foundation awards the NET a $100,000 planning grant in support of a national ensemble theater festival celebrating the diversity of the ensemble movement.
April 2004 - The Flintridge Foundation awards a $30,000 grant to the NET to support the presentation of Flintridge supported ensemble theater artists at the NET Ensemble Theater Festival. In addition, Flintridge makes $15,000 available through small grants to Flintridge supported ensemble theater artists seeking financial assistance to attend the Festival.
June 2005 - Dell'Arte International presents a national NET Festival.
May 2005 - The Flintridge Foundation and the Ford Foundation award substantial grants to the Network of Ensemble Theaters for Strategic Planning.
August 2006 - A National Gathering is held in Asheville, NC to create a strategic plan for the growth of NET.