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SDC Officially Becomes SDC (2009)

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SDC Officially becomes SDC (2009)

<h1>SSDC Union Renamed as Stage Directors and Choreographers Society</h1> <p><span class="portus-main-article-meta"><span style="color: black;"><a class="item-meta-i" href="https://www.broadwayworld.com/author/BWW-News-Desk" rel="author">by BWW News Desk</a> <a title="10:52 PM" href="https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/SSDC-Union-Renamed-as-Stage-Directors-and-Choreographers-Society-20090521#">May. 21, 2009 </a> </span></span></p> <p>Variety reports that the legit director’s union has a new name, with the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers now rechristened the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society.</p> <p>It has also shortened the org’s acronym from SSDC into SDC according to the trade paper.</p> <p>Timed to the union’s 50th anniversary, they have also revamped the official website with an online member forum. You can visit by going to <a href="http://sdcweb.org/">www.sdcweb.org</a>.</p> <p>SDC is the theatrical union that unites, empowers and protects professional stage Directors and Choreographers throughout the United States.</p> <p>SDC fearlessly protects the rights of directors and choreographers. Over fifty years ago, under the helm of Director <a href="https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Shepard-Traube/">Shepard Traube</a>, the founding Members of SDC united to create a theatrical labor union devoted to empowering the stage director and choreographer. When <a href="https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Bob-Fosse/">Bob Fosse</a> withheld his services on a production of Little Me, Broadway producers were forced to recognize the Union, and in the case against producer <a href="https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Jay-Julien/">Jay Julien</a>, SDC won the important distinction of employee for its Membership. In addition to tackling the complex issue of intellectual property rights with such cases as <a href="https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Gerald-Gutierrez/">Gerald Gutierrez</a>‘s Most Happy Fella, <a href="https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Joe-Mantello/">Joe Mantello</a>‘s Love! Valour! Compassion! and <a href="https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/John-Rando/">John Rando</a>‘s and <a href="https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/John-Carr/">John Carr</a>afa’s Urinetown, SDC has repeatedly achieved equitable fees and contracts for its Members. Today the Union is stronger than ever, celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2009 with a rebranding initiative – striving to raise the profile of directors’ and choreographers’ work, and reconnect with its mission to unite, empower and protect professional directors and choreographers across the nation.</p> <p>The SDC mission is to foster a national community of professional stage Directors and Choreographers by protecting the rights, health and livelihoods of all our Members. To facilitate the exchange of ideas, information and opportunities, while educating the current and future generations about the role of Directors and Choreographers and providing effective administration, negotiations and contractual support.</p> <p>https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/SSDC-Union-Renamed-as-Stage-Directors-and-Choreographers-Society-20090521</p>2018-05-182018-05-19YEARLY5en-USToday in Historyhttps://www.broadwayworld.com/article/SSDC-Union-Renamed-as-Stage-Directors-and-Choreographers-Society-200905210https://sdcweb.org/event/sdc-officially-becomes-sdc-2009-2/freeai1ec-1060376@sdcweb.org2021-05-15T13:20:04Z

TCG 2018 National Conference

<p><em>New York, NY </em>– Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national organization for theatre, proudly announces that the 28th annual TCG National Conference will take place in St. Louis, MO from June 14 to 16, 2018. The TCG National Conference provides the largest forum for the national theatre community to assemble for artistic and intellectual exchange.The multi-day event draws hundreds of theatre professionals from around the world for meetings, speeches, performances, and opportunities to explore the local theatre community.</p>2018-06-142018-06-17en-USIndustry EventGus Schulenburg; gschulenburg@tcg.org; http://www.tcg.org/Events/NationalConference/News/2018ConferenceLocationAnnouncement.aspx+38.627003-90.199404St. Louis, MO, USA0https://sdcweb.org/event/tcg-2018-national-conference/free5s503e5gq28avfb9aip0shhuqt@google.com2021-05-15T13:20:04Z

Deadline for Annual Dues Payments and April Billing Payments

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Deadline for April Billing Payments

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SDC Offices Closed

<p>SDC Offices closed for the Annual Staff Outing. </p>2018-07-182018-07-19en-USSpecial Event0https://sdcweb.org/event/sdc-offices-closed-16/free6mvrg85l9jeet581en5lukppv8@google.com2021-05-15T13:20:04Z

Shepard Traube Dies (1983)

2018-07-232018-07-24YEARLYen-USSDC Event0https://sdcweb.org/event/shepard-traube-dies-1983-3/freeai1ec-1060366@sdcweb.org2021-05-15T13:20:04Z

Shepard Traube Dies (1983)

<h1 class="articleHeadline">SHEPARD TRAUBE, 76, IS DEAD; STAGE PRODUCER AND DIRECTOR</h1> <h6 class="byline">By C. GERALD FRASER</h6> <h6 class="dateline">Published: July 25, 1983 NY Times</h6> <div class="articleBody"> <p>Shepard Traube, a theatrical director and producer for more than 40 years and a founder and first president of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, died of cancer Saturday at his home in Manhattan. He was 76 years old.</p> <p>Mr. Traube’s theatrical career included producing and directing ”Angel Street,” one of Broadway’s longest running plays, in the early 1940’s. In 1931 he directed and produced ”No More Frontiers” for Broadway. But his first productions to win crtical acclaim were ”Precedent” at the Provincetown Theater in 1932 and a Broadway entry, ”A Thousand Summers,” the same year, which was co-produced with Arch Selwyn and starred Jane Cowl, Franchot Tone, Osgood Perkins and Josephine Hull.</p> <p>In the years that followed, he brought to Broadway ”Winter Soldiers”; Sidney Kingsley’s ”The Patriots,” which won the New York Drama Critics award; ”The Gioconda Smile,” with Basil Rathbone and Valerie Taylor; a 1951 revival of ”The Green Bay Tree,” with Joseph Schildkraut, Denholm Elliott and Anne Crawford; ”Time Out for Ginger,” with Melvyn Douglas; ”The Girl in Pink Tights,” with Jeanmaire, and ”Holiday for Lovers,” with Don Ameche. 1,295 Performances</p> <p>His most successful Broadway play was the mystery ”Angel Street,” which opened Dec. 5, 1941, and ran for 1,295 performances despite the fact that tickets had originally been printed for only three performances. The New York Drama Critics gave Mr. Traube their ”best director” prize for the season.</p> <p>A revival of ”Angel Street” in 1975 was far less successful and turned out to be Mr. Traube’s last Broadway production before he retired. He also directed a number of films, including ”The Bride Wore Crutches” and ”Goose Step,” which he described as hardly memorable.</p> <p>In 1938, he wrote a novel, ”Glory Road,” based on observations in Hollywood. He was also the author of ”So You Want to Go Into the Theater,” published by Little Brown.</p> <p>During World War II, Mr. Traube was an officer in the Army Signal Corps. Taught at Yale</p> <p>In 1959, he was elected first president of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, which he helped found. The organization honored him last August in a tribute at Sardi’s, where it had its beginnings.</p> <p>Mr. Traube became managing director of the Equity Library Theater in 1956, and taught and lectured on theatercraft at Yale, New York University, the College of the City of New York and Carnegie-Mellon University.</p> <p>He leaves his wife, the former Mildred Gilbert; two daughters, Victoria Gilbert Traube, a lawyer, and Betsy Gilbert Traube, a professor of social anthropology at the University of Chicago, and a brother, Leonard Traube, a public relations man and writer.</p> </div> <p>http://www.nytimes.com/1983/07/25/obituaries/shepard-traube-76-is-dead-stage-producer-and-director.html</p>2018-07-232018-07-24YEARLY7en-USToday in Historyhttp://www.nytimes.com/1983/07/25/obituaries/shepard-traube-76-is-dead-stage-producer-and-director.html0https://sdcweb.org/event/shepard-traube-dies-1983-2/freeai1ec-1060375@sdcweb.org2021-05-15T13:20:04Z

ATHE Annual Conference

<p>Theatres of Revolution: Performance, Pedagogy, and Protest</p>2018-08-012018-08-06en-USIndustry Eventconf2018@athe.org; http://www.athe.org/page/18_home+42.360082-71.05888Boston, MA, USA0https://sdcweb.org/event/athe-annual-conference/free6bnl9ic8vo459shldmgelo34em@google.com2021-05-15T13:20:04Z

First League-SSDC Minimum Basic Agreement is Signed (1962)

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First League-SSDC Minimum Basic Agreement is Signed (1962)

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SDC Becomes Founding Member of COBUG (2002)

<p>Dec 19, 2002<br /> Broadway Unions Form Coalition</p> <p>Thirteen Unions and Guilds collectively representing over 75,000 workers in the live entertainment industry announced the formation of a Coalition to address issues of common interest to their members who work on Broadway: the Coalition of Broadway Unions and Guilds (COBUG). The Coalition represents all aspects of the Broadway theatre, from actors, musicians, playwrights, directors and choreographers, to set, costume and lighting designers, stagehands, ushers and ticket-takers, box office personnel, wardrobe, hairstylists, porters, press agents and company managers.</p> <p>The mission of COBUG is to strengthen the position of every constituent union and guild within the industry and “to make our collective voice and concerns heard by employers, public officials and the theatre-going public,” said Anthony DePaulo, Business Manager for IATSE Local 1, Stagehands, and Alan Eisenberg, Executive Director, Actors’ Equity Association, who serve as COBUG’S Co-Chairs.</p> <p>The members are:<br /> Actors’ Equity Association (AEA)<br /> American Federation of Musicians, Local 802 (AFM)<br /> Association of Theatrical Press Agents and Managers, Local 18032 (IATSE)<br /> Dramatists Guild<br /> International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, International (IATSE)<br /> Makeup Artists-Hair Stylists Union Local 798 (IATSE)<br /> Motion Picture Projectionists, Operators, Video Technicians, Theatrical Employees & Allied Crafts,<br /> Local 306 (IATSE)<br /> Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers (SSD&C)<br /> Service Employees International Union, Local 32BJ Theatre Division (SEIU)<br /> Theatrical Protective Union Stage Hands, Local 1 (IATSE)<br /> Theatrical Wardrobe Union, Local 764 (IATSE)<br /> Treasurers & Ticket Sellers Union, Local 751 (IATSE)<br /> Local United Scenic Artists (USA) 829 (IATSE)</p> <p>Broadway is New York City’s top tourist attraction, generating billions of dollars (and tax revenues) for tourist-related businesses like theatres, hotels, restaurants, and taxis; it is one of New York’s largest employers, providing jobs and benefits for thousands of workers; and it supports numerous ancillary service industries. Almost 11 million tickets were sold in the 2001-2002 season, grossing $643 million dollars in revenue for Broadway producers and theatres.</p> <p>The formation of the Coalition is the direct result of meetings that began after September 11, 2001, when every union and guild took unprecedented, across-the-board pay cuts in order to keep a number of long-running Broadway shows from closing. “Like many citizens, our members demonstrated their commitment to Broadway and to the future of this city in a very tangible way,” said DePaulo and Eisenberg. “Directly and symbolically, our members kept the lights shining on Broadway during those very dark times<br /> and saved New York’s most important industry.”</p> <p>Meetings in the months following helped to shape a broad spectrum of interests and a shared, progressive agenda. </p> <p>Among these goals are:<br /> Achieve Recognition by State and City Officials and the Media, that unions and guilds are a crucial and integral part of the theatrical industry and that a dialogue must be established with this constituency<br /> Advocate Public Policy which benefits labor and the entertainment industry<br /> Build Positive Relationships with Civic, Trade and Employer Organizations<br /> Collective Bargaining with Shared Employers<br /> Promote Tourism and Broadway<br /> Benefits Links<br /> Federal Credit Union Site for Local One Members<br /> Actors’ Fund of America One Member Assistance Program<br /> Local One Funds Website<br /> Support Public and Private Funding for the Arts<br /> Address Healthcare and Workplace Safety Issues<br /> Assess Impact of New Media and Computerized Technologies on Live Theatre</p> <p>“Significant attention will be paid to educating the public about the issues that we face at the bargaining table,” added DePaulo and Eisenberg. COBUG members will share information about collective bargaining issues, starting with USA Local 829’s current negotiations and the musicians upcoming Broadway negotiations next year.</p> <p>COBUG has authorized DePaulo and Eisenberg to set up introductory meetings with representatives from the League of American Theatres and Producers, the industry’s main employer group. Future meetings with non-League employers are planned as well.</p>2018-09-112018-09-12DAILY365en-USToday in Historyhttp://www.theatermania.com/new-york-city-theater/news/01-2003/thirteen-broadway-unions-and-guilds-form-a-coaliti_2987.html0https://sdcweb.org/event/sdc-becomes-founding-member-of-cobug-2002-2/freeai1ec-1060364@sdcweb.org2021-05-15T13:20:04Z

Bob Fosse Dies (1987)

<p>September 24, 1987<br /> BOB FOSSE, DIRECTOR AND CHOREOGRAPHER, DIES<br /> BOB FOSSE, DIRECTOR AND CHOREOGRAPHER, DIES; A Veteran at 13</p> <p>By JOHN T. McQUISTON<br /> Correction Appended<br /> Robert Louis Fosse was born in Chicago on June 23, 1927, the son of a vaudeville entertainer. He began performing on the vaudeville circuit as a child, and by the age of 13 he was a seasoned veteran of many burlesque shows.</p> <p>After World War II, he formed a dance team with his first wife, Mary-Ann Niles, appearing in nightclubs and stage musicals. In the early 1950’s, he was a dancer and actor in several films, including ”Kiss Me Kate” and ”My Sister Eileen.” During that period he married his second wife, Joan McCracken.</p> <p>In 1954, he began a successful run as a Broadway choreographer, winning a Tony Award for his first venture, ”The Pajama Game.” He also choreographed the film version of the hit musical. He had a similar success with the Broadway stage and film productions of the musical ”Damn Yankees.”</p> <p>Other Broadway shows he choreographed were ”Bells Are Ringing” and ”New Girl in Town.” First Broadway Musical</p> <p>In 1959 he directed his first Broadway musical, ”Redhead,” which starred his third wife, dancer Gwen Verdon. He went on to direct such hits as ”How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying,” ”Sweet Charity,” ”Pippin” and ”Chicago,” all of which he choreographed in his characteristically jazzy style.</p> <p>Mr. Fosse won three television Emmy awards in 1973, for producing, directing and choreographing ”Singer Presents Liza With a ‘Z’ ” and in so doing won that year’s Triple Crown of show business.</p> <p>A few weeks earlier, he had also won an Oscar for the film version of ”Cabaret” and Tonys for directing and choreographing ”Pippin.” He was the first person ever to win all three honors in one year.</p> <p>”Liza With a ‘Z’ ” starred Liza Minnelli, who received an Oscar for her performance in the film ”Cabaret.”</p> <p>In a change of pace, he next directed the somber Lenny Bruce biography ”Lenny” and co-choreographed and appeared as an actor in the film ”The Little Prince.”</p> <p>In his 1978 Tony Award-winning production of ”Dancin’,” Mr. Fosse presented a celebration of dance in all its varied forms. Among the performers was Jill Cook, who recalled that she decided to be a dancer after seeing ”Sweet Charity.”</p> <p>”When I auditioned for ‘Dancin’,’ I danced with him for about an hour and a half. I thought, ‘This is one of the most thrilling things I’ve ever done, even if I don’t get the job.’ ” His Portrait in Film</p> <p>In 1979 after open-heart surgery, Mr. Fosse made ”All That Jazz,” a semiautobiographical film portrait of a chain-smoking director-choreographer who dies of a heart attack.</p> <p>In April 1986, Mr. Fosse wrote, directed and choreographed the Broadway musical ”Big Deal,” based on ”Big Deal on Madonna Street.”</p> <p>In an interview with Leslie Bennetts of The Times while working on ”Big Deal,” Mr. Fosse said: ”I think I have changed a lot. Getting sick had something to do with it, and age too; it just plain slows you down. I think I’m better off that I’ve slowed down. Maybe I’m getting soft. I have little relapses where I go crazy, but mostly the guy in ‘All That Jazz’ is gone. Once in a while he pops out of the closet, but there is the fear of death; you think, ‘How much longer can I go on like this?’ ”</p> <p>After the death in 1980 of the choreographer Gower Champion, Frank Rich of The New York Times wrote that Mr. Fosse ”may now be the last active theater choreographer who knows how to assemble an old-fashioned, roof-raising showstopper in which every step bears the unmistakable signature of its creator.”</p> <p>Joseph Papp, producer of the New York Shakespeare Festival, recalled last night that Mr. Fosse, as a young sailor in the Pacific during World War II, performed in variety shows put together by Mr. Papp.</p> <p>”I saw at once that he was footjoy, carefree, jaunty,” Mr. Papp said. ”He loved to dance. On some islands he would perform in the hot sun for five or six hours. He’d go on until he nearly collapsed from the heat.”</p> <p>”With the death of Michael Bennett in July, and now Bob Fosse, the musical theater has lost two giants, two great choreographers,” Mr. Papp said.</p>2018-09-232018-09-24DAILY365en-USToday in Historyhttp://www.nytimes.com/1987/09/24/obituaries/bob-fosse-director-and-choreographer-dies-a-veteran-at-13.html0https://sdcweb.org/event/bob-fosse-dies-1987-2/free18vkldojm4r6qc7vvbp201bmcf@google.com2021-05-15T13:20:04Z

Deadline for July Billing Payments

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Deadline for July Billing Payments

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The Jay Julien Case Is Settled (1975)

<p>The Jay Julien case is settled, establishing Directors and Choreographers as employees, not independent contractors.</p>2018-10-062018-10-07YEARLYen-USSDC Event0https://sdcweb.org/event/the-jay-julien-case-is-settled-1975-4/freeai1ec-1060346@sdcweb.org2021-05-15T13:20:04Z

The Jay Julien Case Is Settled (1975)

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Agnes De Mille Dies (1993)

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Agnes De Mille Dies (1993)

<h1 class="articleHeadline">Agnes de Mille, 88, Dance Visionary, Is Dead</h1> <h6 class="byline">By JACK ANDERSON</h6> <h6 class="dateline">Published: October 8, 1993 NY Times</h6> <div class="articleBody"> <p>Agnes de Mille, who helped change American dance with her ballet “Rodeo” in 1942 and musical comedy with her choreography for “Oklahoma!” a year later, died yesterday in her Greenwich Village apartment. She was 88.</p> <p>The cause was a stroke, said Dr. Fred Plum, the head of neurology at New York Hospital and a close friend.</p> <p>In her long career, Miss de Mille proved equally at home on Broadway and on the stage of the Metropolitan Opera House. But she was epecially celebrated for her use of American subject matter and for her ability to combine elements of folk dancing with classical ballet. From Old West to Fall River</p> <p>In addition to “Oklahoma!,” Miss de Mille choreographed such musicals as “Carousel,” “Brigadoon” and “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.” Her ballets ranged from “Rodeo,” a comic and sentimental evocation of the Old West, to “Fall River Legend,” a psychological study of Lizzie Borden.</p> <p>A witty and vivid writer and speaker, Miss de Mille became an articulate champion of Federal support for the arts.</p> <p>She remained unquenchable in spirit even after being disabled by a cerebral hemorrhage in 1975. With the aid of rehabilitative therapy and her own enormous willpower, she recovered sufficiently to continue her career, learning to write with her left hand in the process. In 1981, she discussed her illness in “Reprieve,” a memoir, written in collaboration with Dr. Plum. In it, she declared, “The patient must have a project, something definite to work to, to work toward.” For Miss de Mille, dance was always the project to which she devoted herself. “There was never a sandpapering of the edge of her curiosity.” Dr. Plum said yesterday.</p> <p>Viewing dance as a theatrical and expressive art, Miss de Mille stressed motivated gestures rather than niceties of classical style in her choreography and in her coaching of dancers. For her, bodily movement was a form of communication akin to speech. An eclectic, she drew from ordinary gesture and everyday movement as well as from the technical vocabularies of classical ballet, modern dance and folk and social dance. The dramatic situation always determined the type of movement she employed.</p> <p>Miss de Mille was proudly American in her tastes and artistic allegiances. Nevertheless, she did not like all aspects of American culture. She often scorned rock music in her lectures. She had little sympathy for the experimental abstract choreography of Merce Cunningham, and in “America Dances,” a history published in 1981, she called Twyla Tharp’s choreography “tiresomely neurotic.”</p> <p>But in that same volume, she said of such American choreographers as Jerome Robbins, Michael Kidd and herself: “To the classic base we have accordingly added colloquialism. We have come down to earth; we have put our feet on the ground.”</p> <p>Although Miss de Mille was generally praised for her use of American themes, she was sometimes accused of sentimentality, and it was pointed out that the past she celebrated was an idealized vision of history. Commenting on Miss de Mille’s choreography, Anna Kisselgoff, the chief dance critic of The New York Times, observed that happiness in one of these Americana ballets tended to be symbolized by “a set of girls in party dresses being lifted by clean-cut young men.</p> <p>“The unhappy de Mille heroines yearn for this bliss and the fortunate ones enjoy it.”</p> <p>Ms. Kisselgoff also noted, however, that Miss de Mille’s works were not invariably optimistic in tone. The choreographer treated the darker side of American history in “The Four Marys,” a poignant tale of miscegenation in the days of slavery, and in “Fall River Legend,” which was based on the 19th-century murder trial of Lizzie Borden, the shy Massachusetts woman accused of murdering her father and stepmother. Unlike the real Lizzie Borden, who was acquitted, Miss de Mille’s heroine, referred to in the program simply as the Accused, is sent to the gallows. She Felt Destined To Be an Artist</p> <p>Agnes George de Mille was born into a theatrical family in 1905. Her parents were William C. de Mille, a Broadway playwright and screen writer, and Anna George de Mille, a daughter of Henry George, the social reformer, economist and single-tax advocate. Her father’s younger brother was the film director and producer Cecil B. DeMille, who spelled his family name differently.</p> <p>Miss de Mille’s childhood was spent partly in New York City, where her father wrote plays for the Broadway producer David Belasco, and partly in a summer colony called Merriewold in Sullivan County, N.Y. Miss de Mille described life at this vacation site for writers and theater people in her memoir “Where the Wings Grow,” in which she recalled how, as a girl, she danced by herself in the woods and felt that she was destined to be an artist.</p> <p>After her family moved to Hollywood in 1914, Miss de Mille was taken to see performances by Anna Pavlova, the great Russian ballerina, and Ruth St. Denis, one of the founders of American modern dance. She thereupon decided she wanted to become a dancer, and with her sister, Margaret, studied at local ballet schools. But her father was not sympathetic to her desire to make dancing her professional career,and she became an English major at the University of California at Los Angeles, graduating cum laude. But she never gave up her desire to dance.</p> <p>Her mother, who was more supportive of her artistic aspirations, took Miss de Mille and her sister to New York. While her sister attended college, Miss de Mille tried to find theatrical work. In 1928 she made her choreographic debut in a solo program that included “Stage Fright,” a character sketch inspired by a Degas statue depicting a shy young dancer.</p> <p>Critical reception was favorable, and John Martin, the dance critic of The Times, wrote that like Charlie Chaplin, Miss de Mille “sees tragedy through a lens of comedy.” Although she was balletically trained, her fondness for dramatic choreography often led critics to associate her with some of the modern dancers of the period, and her accompanist was Louis Horst, who also composed and played for Martha Graham. In 1931, she appeared with such prominent modern dancers as Miss Graham, Doris Humphrey, Charles Weidman and Helen Tamiris in programs sponsored by the Dance Repertory Theater, a short-lived attempt to bring several independent soloists and companies together. Staged Porter Show In London in the 30’s</p> <p>After appearing with various minor stock companies and variety shows, Miss de Mille went to Europe in 1932, performing in Paris, Copenhagen and London. While in London, she staged the dances for Cole Porter’s “Nymph Errant,” which starred Gertrude Lawrence, and gave solo recitals of her own choreography. Arnold Haskell, the leading British critic of the day, called her “the first real idiomatic American dancer” he had seen.</p> <p>She also became acquainted with Marie Rambert, the director of the experimental Ballet Club (later known as Ballet Rambert) and Rambert’s protege Antony Tudor, who developed into the most influential dramatic choreographer of 20th-century ballet. In 1937 Miss de Mille danced in the premiere of Mr. Tudor’s “Dark Elegies,” an eloquent ballet about grief and mourning.</p> <p>She occasionally returned to America to choreograph, including the dances for Leslie Howard’s 1936 Broadway production of “Hamlet” and the 1937 M-G-M film version of “Romeo and Juliet.” She was invited to choreograph for Ballet Theater — a company now known as American Ballet Theater — for the group’s first season in 1940. The result was “Black Ritual (Obeah),” a choreographic version of Darius Milhaud’s “Creation du Monde” for an all-black cast, at that time a rarity in ballet. The next year, she staged “Three Virgins and a Devil,” a lusty comedy set in the Middle Ages that was based on a sketch she had created for a London revue in 1934; the piece has often been revived by Ballet Theater.</p> <p>Also in 1941, Miss de Mille choreographed “Drums Sound in Hackensack” for the Ballets Jooss, a modern-dance company. She thereby became one of the first choreographers to work for both classical and modern groups. Danced the Lead In Her Own ‘Rodeo’</p> <p>Her first great popular success, however, came in 1942 when she choreographed “Rodeo” for the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. Because of World War II, that itinerant cosmopolitan troupe had made America its headquarters. American dancers increasingly filled its ranks and it wished to demonstrate that it had become a part of American cultural life. With an original score by Aaron Copland and scenery by Oliver Smith, “Rodeo” told a story about Western ranch life. Miss de Mille originally danced the female lead role herself. But other dancers soon took over the part and the ballet has been revived by many companies, including American Ballet Theater and the Joffrey Ballet.</p> <p>“Rodeo” told a cheerful story in vigorous terms. But it was an important work for more than its good humor. As produced by the Ballet Russe, “Rodeo” constituted an affirmation that American subject matter could be treated in balletic terms and that it could be successfully interpreted by dancers of many nationalities. “Rodeo,” like such other Americana ballets of the period as “Billy the Kid” and “Filling Station,” therefore countered the arguments of those fanatical modern dancers who maintained that ballet was an art of the courts of Europe that could never flourish in democratic America.</p> <p>“Rodeo” led to Miss de Mille’s next triumph. Among those excited by the work were Theresa Helburn and Lawrence Langner of the Theater Guild, the composer Richard Rodgers and the lyricist Oscar Hammerstein 2d. These theatrical figures were planning a new musical based on Lynn Riggs’s play “Green Grow the Lilacs,” and they asked Miss de Mille to choreograph it. The result was one of the greatest hits in the history of American musical comedy: “Oklahoma!” opened on Broadway in 1943 and ran for more than five years.</p> <p>Ballet choreographers had previously worked on Broadway. Albertina Rasch did so in the 1920’s; George Balanchine choreographed successful musicals in the 30’s. What made Miss de Mille’s contributions to “Oklahoma!” seem distinctive to audiences of the 40’s was the way that dancing, far from being a mere diversion or spectacle, was integrated into the show’s dramatic action. This was especially true of the principal choreographic sequence, “Laurey Makes Up Her Mind,” in which the work’s heroine was shown torn between two suitors. Created ‘People And Not Automata’</p> <p>Writing of “Oklahoma!,” Mr. Martin commented in The Times: “Miss de Mille has turned her back entirely on the established procedure of making ‘routines.’ She has selected some delightful young people to dance for her, and she has built her dances directly and most unorthodoxly upon them. As a result, they emerge as people and not as automata — warm and believable people made larger than life and more endearing by the formalized movement through which they project themselves.”</p> <p>Miss de Mille followed “Oklahoma!” with “One Touch of Venus” in 1943 and “Bloomer Girl” in 1944. In the latter, according to Mr. Martin, her choreography again “translated the inner workings of the heroine’s mind at a moment of crisis.”</p> <p>Having become an established figure in the musical theater, she proceeded to choreograph such shows as “Carousel” (1945); “Allegro” (1947), which she directed as well as choreographed; “Brigadoon” (1947); “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” (1949); “Paint Your Wagon” (1951); “The Girl in Pink Tights” (1954); “Goldilocks” (1958); “Juno” (1959); “Kwamina” (1961), and “110 in the Shade” (1963). In 1950 she directed “Out of This World,” but the choreography was by the modern dancer Hanya Holm.</p> <p>Miss de Mille continued to create works for American Ballet Theater, including “Tally-Ho” (1944), “Fall River Legend” (1948), “The Harvest According” (1952), “Rib of Eve” (1956), “Sebastian” (1957), “The Wind in the Mountains” and “The Four Marys” (both 1965), “A Rose for Miss Emily” (1971) and “Texas Fourth” (1976). In 1973 she established the Heritage Dance Theater, a folk-oriented company that toured widely until 1975.</p> <p>Miss de Mille often recycled theatrical material. Just as a revue sketch turned into “Three Virgins and a Devil,” so bits of solos she had created in the 30’s on Western themes were incorporated into “Rodeo.” A Civil War ballet in “Bloomer Girl” served as the basis for “The Harvest According,” a serious work that was also inspired by a Walt Whitman poem. “The Bitter Weird,” choreographed for the Royal Winnipeg Ballet in 1961, used ballet music from “Brigadoon.” Her Final Work Dealt With Death</p> <p>In 1988 Miss de Mille used some of Marc Blitzstein’s music from “Juno” for American Ballet Theater’s production of “The Informer,” which dealt with the struggles between the English and the Irish from 1917 to 1921. One of her most striking creations of recent years, “The Informer” was unusual because, although the Irish rebels were visible on stage, their English opponents were not. The presence of the English was indicated only through the postures and gestures of the other dancers. Miss de Mille’s final ballet was “The Other,” a symbolic depiction of the encounter between a young woman and death that American Ballet Theater presented in 1992.</p> <p>Miss de Mille’s books included several volumes of memoirs: “Dance to the Piper,” “And Promenade Home,” “Speak to Me, Dance With Me” and “Where the Wings Grow,” in addition to “Reprieve.” Her other books were “To a Young Dancer,” “The Book of the Dance,” “Lizzie Borden: A Dance of Death,” “Russian Journals,” “Dance in America” and “America Dances.” Her most recent book, “Martha: The Life and Work of Martha Graham,” published in 1991, was a lively and highly opinionated commentary on the great modern dancer.</p> <p>Miss de Mille was much in demand as a speaker, both on cultural programs on television and on the lecture circuit. She gave lecture-demonstrations based on dance history and often appeared before government bodies to argue for increased State and Federal support for the arts.</p> <p>Speaking at the 50th-anniversary gala of American Ballet Theater, in January 1990 at the Metropolitan Opera House, Miss de Mille tried to distill the essence of American dance in these words: “Ours is an up beat, a hurried, hasty beat. It keeps pressing us to go farther, to include everything so that we can savor everything, so that we can know everything, so that we will miss nothing. Partly it’s greed, but mainly it’s curiosity. We just want to experience it. And we do.”</p> <p>Miss de Mille received more than 15 honorary degrees and was elected to the Theater Hall of Fame in 1973. She received the Handel Medallion, New York’s highest award for achievement in the arts, in 1976; the Kennedy Center Career Achievement Award in 1980, and the National Medal of the Arts in 1986. She was an original member of the National Council on the Arts and the first chairman of its Dance Panel in 1965. That year, she also became the first president of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers. Among her other awards were the Donaldson Award, the Antoinette Perry (Tony) Award, the Elizabeth Blackwell Award, the Dance Magazine Award, the Capezio Dance Award and the De la Torre Bueno Award for writings on dance.</p> <p>Miss de Mille was married to Walter Prude, a concert-artists’ manager, from 1943 until his death in 1988. She is survived by a son, Jonathan, and two grandsons, David Robert and Michael James, all of Atlanta, and a niece, Judith de Mille Donelan of Easton, Md.</p> <p>http://www.nytimes.com/1993/10/08/obituaries/agnes-de-mille-88-dance-visionary-is-dead.html?pagewanted=all</p> </div>2018-10-072018-10-08YEARLY10en-USToday in Historyhttp://www.nytimes.com/1993/10/08/obituaries/agnes-de-mille-88-dance-visionary-is-dead.html?pagewanted=all0https://sdcweb.org/event/agnes-de-mille-dies-1993-3/free1lc9hn55l875fnagqvmsbh0d9c@google.com2021-05-15T13:20:04Z

Chicago Urinetown Case Is Settled

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Chicago Urinetown Case Is Settled (2008)

<header>http://variety.com/2008/biz/news/broadway-s-urinetown-lawsuit-settled-1117988424/</p> <h1>Variety<br /> Broadway’s ‘Urinetown’ lawsuit settled</h1> <div class="byline-share-bar"> <section class="byline single pull-left"> <div class="thumb">Gordon Cox</div> <div class="author"></div> </section> <div class="pull-right"></div> </div> </header> <div class="left-rail left-rail-content"> <div class="article-body"> <div class="abstract"><time class="timestamp" datetime="2008-07-02T14:39:35-07:00">JULY 2, 2008 | 02:39PM PT</time></p> <h2>Ohio production accused of plagiarizing</h2> <div class="variety-content-wrapper"> <p>The legal dispute between the Broadway creatives of “<a id="auto-tag_urinetown" href="http://variety.com/t/urinetown/" data-tag="urinetown">Urinetown</a>” and an Ohio production accused of plagiarizing elements of the Rialto staging has been settled.</p> <p>The team behind the contested 2006 incarnation of musical “Urinetown” at the Carousel Dinner Theater in Akron, Ohio, acknowledged there were similarities between the Carousel staging and the Broadway version and will pay a fee to members of the Gotham creative team, including helmer John Rando, choreographer John Carrafa, lighting designer Brian MacDevitt, costume designer Gregory Gale and set designer Scott Pask.</p> <div id="adm-inline-article-ad-1" class="admz"></div> <p>The Ohio case was one of two lawsuits brought in late 2006 by the Rialto team of “Urinetown,” with the backing of two unions, the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers and United Scenic Artists, against regional stagings of the tuner.</p> <p>The case against a 2006 Chicago incarnation of the musical was resolved in November 2007, with those involved in that production agreeing to pay the Broadway team an undisclosed sum.</p> <p>The SSDC took the New York side in the “Urinetown” legal disputes in a attempt to bolster its longstanding argument for the establishment of a director’s copyright on certain staging choices. Scribe union the Dramatists Guild of America has objected to this push in an effort to protect revenues for its member playwrights.</p> <p>“Urinetown” originated in a 1999 New York Intl. Fringe Fest production, although many of the musical’s Broadway creatives joined the project when the tuner was picked up for a commercial Off Broadway run. That staging transferred to the Rialto in 2001, winning three Tonys and running more than two years.</p> <p>The Akron production team included helmer Jennifer Cody, who appeared as an actor in the Broadway version, and Carousel a.d. Sean Cercone, among others.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div>2018-11-292018-11-30YEARLY11en-USToday in Historyhttp://variety.com/2008/biz/news/broadway-s-urinetown-lawsuit-settled-1117988424/0https://sdcweb.org/event/chicago-urinetown-case-is-settled-2/free398tjei25shr5ktmsf5ph27bpd@google.com2021-05-15T13:20:04Z

Deadline for October Billing Payments

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Deadline for October Billing Payments

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SSDC is officially launched (1959)

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SSDC Is Officially Launched (1959)

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Producer of Little Me recognize SSDC (1962)

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Producers of Little Me recognize SSDC (1962)

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9-Year Strike Against Radio City Music Hall Ends (2001)

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9-Year Strike Against Radio City Music Hall Ends (2001)

<p>http://www.playbill.com/article/recognition-of-union-prompted-deal-between-radio-city-and-ssdc-com-95146</p> <p>Playbill</p> <p><span class="heading-one bsp-article-title">Recognition of Union Prompted Deal Between Radio City and SSDC</span></p> <div class="bsp-meta-data"> <div class="bsp-meta-date">FEB 23, 2001</div> </div> <p>Nine years ago, the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers (SSDC) initiated a “recognition strike” against Radio City Music Hall as part of a labor dispute with the venue’s former management. That conflict has now been resolved, both sides say.</p> <div class="bsp-article-content"> <p>In 1992, labor sought Radio City’s recognition of the union, and picket lines were placed around the high profile venue. The lines were maintained for a time in 1992, but the dispute wore on and the physical strike presence was eventually removed. Radio City was placed on the SSDC strike list. Since that time, says SSDC executive director Barbara Hauptman, “our members could not work there.</p> <p>“It was a big bite to take back in 1992,” Hauptman said. “Some said it may have been too big.” In any case, the SSDC strike has led to a deal this year.</p> <p>“The agreement we have with Radio City,” Hauptman explained, “involves the way our members work, compensation and welfare.”</p> <p>Hauptman said that the issues between the union and Radio City were never about economics. Instead, she speculated, the venue’s former management had a universal disdain for unions and was loathe to enter into agreements with labor. “The previous management had difficulties with unionization across the board,” she said. That changed with the purchase of Radio City by Madison Square Garden (MSG). At MSG, the management was closer to labor through its production of shows like <i>A Christmas Carol.</i> With talents such as <i>Carol</i>‘s <a class="person-link" href="http://www.playbill.com/person/susan-stroman-vault-0000000209" data-cms-ai="0">Susan Stroman</a> and her late husband Mike Ockrent already close to the SSDC, MSG’s Tim Hawkinson saw an opening and reached out to Hauptman to initiate a rapprochement.</p> <p>While there is no specific “contract” between SSDC and Radio City (both sides described it simply as the “agreement”) the deal between the two groups fully settles the long-term conflict. Early in the struggle, SSDC member <a class="person-link" href="http://www.playbill.com/person/robert-longbottom-vault-0000004970" data-cms-ai="0">Robert Longbottom</a> worked at Radio City, but in order to do so he took reduced “fiscal core” membership status with the union. There are no plans to revisit the Longbottom issue at this time, Hauptman told Playbill On-Line, and his case was not factored as part of the SSDC strategy.</p> <p>Hauptman recalled that on taking office SSDC president Ted Pappas had told her, ‘The first thing on my agenda is to resolve the issue with Radio City Music Hall.'”</p> <p>Hauptman pointed out that the deal was based on union recognition of the unique nature of Radio City’s <i>spectaculars,</i> as opposed to Broadway shows. From that point, Hauptman said, Radio City was willing to agree that if its shows do find life beyond the venue and <i>move</i> to a Broadway setting, then any existing Broadway contract would supersede the SSDC/Radio City agreement.</p> <p>—By <a href="mailto:mmcbride@playbill.com" data-cms-ai="0">Murdoch McBride</a></p> </div>2019-02-212019-02-22YEARLY2en-USToday in Historyhttp://www.playbill.com/article/recognition-of-union-prompted-deal-between-radio-city-and-ssdc-com-951460https://sdcweb.org/event/9-year-strike-against-radio-city-music-hall-ends-2001-2/free2tr44rqt74qggf75sa4hjaqaos@google.com2021-05-15T13:20:04Z

Deadline for January Billing Payments

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Deadline for January Billing Payments

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Laura Penn Joins SDC as Executive Director (2008)

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Laura Penn Joins SDC as Executive Director (2008)

<header class="entry-header"> <h3 class="entry-title">Laura Penn</h3> <h5 class="entry-title2">Executive Director</h5> </header> <div class="overview"> <p>Laura Penn<em> </em>joined SDC as Executive Director in 2008 after a 25-year career in LORT management. While keeping a keen eye on the challenges currently facing directors and choreographers, Ms. Penn has begun forging partnerships with key industry constituents, focusing on improving the Union’s communications capabilities and expanding its reach and scope within the industry. She is an active member of the Broadway Coalition of Unions and Guilds (COBUG), a member of the Tony Administration Committee and Freehold Studio/Theatre Lab, and a nominator for the Astaire Awards. Ms. Penn continues to serve on the committee for Broadway Salutes and is a founder of this annual event celebrating Broadway artists. She has led negotiations for Broadway and LORT and continues to spearhead challenge-specific initiatives to educate and empower SDC Members and partners within the industry. Before joining SDC, Laura was the Managing Director of Seattle’s Intiman Theatre for fourteen years. Under her leadership Intiman received the 2006 Regional Theatre Tony Award. She has served as an advocate and catalyst for civic dialogue and community building in the Puget Sound, and she received the “Seattle Distinguished Citizen” Medal from Mayor Paul Schell in 2001. Prior to Intiman, Laura worked at Seattle Rep and Arena Stage. Contact Laura at ext. 233, <a href="mailto:LPenn@SDCweb.org">LPenn@SDCweb.org</a>.</p> <p>Check out Laura’s <a title="From the Executive Director" href="http://sdcweb.org/sdc-journal/from-the-executive-director/"><em>SDC Journal</em> blog</a>.</p> </div>2019-04-012019-04-02YEARLY4en-USToday in History0https://sdcweb.org/event/laura-penn-joins-sdc-as-executive-director-2008-2/free2pkvv7ffjrd16anthhuf2al7uf@google.com2021-05-15T13:20:04Z

Love! Valour! Compassion! Case is Filed (1997)

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Love! Valour! Compassion! Case is Filed (1997)

<p><span class="heading-one bsp-article-title">Mantello and Caldwell Theatre Settle Out of Court Over <i>L!V!C!</i>Case</span></p> <div class="bsp-meta-data"> <div class="bsp-meta-date">MAR 26, 1999 Playbill</div> </div> <p><span class="heading-three bsp-article-subtitle">Directorial elements of Joe Mantello’s Broadway staging of <i>Love! Valour! Compassion!</i>, borrowed by director Michael Hall for a 1996 staging by the Caldwell Theatre Company in Boca Raton, FL, belong to Mantello and deserve compensation.</span></p> <div class="bsp-article-content"> <p>Directorial elements of Joe Mantello’s Broadway staging of <i>Love! Valour! Compassion!</i>, borrowed by director Michael Hall for a 1996 staging by the Caldwell Theatre Company in Boca Raton, FL, belong to Mantello and deserve compensation.</p> <p>That’s the conclusion of Mantello and the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers (SSDC) after Hall and Caldwell agreed, in a March 22 out of-court settlement, to pay Mantello a full director’s fee (including pension and health contributions to the directors’ union benefits fund) and part of Mantello’s litigation fees. Mantello had initially sued for $250,000; the New York Times reported the settlement amount to be about $7,000. The settlement avoids a protracted trial.</p> <p>In the settlement, Hall agreed to acknowledge the unauthorized use of stage directions created by Mantello, according to the SSDC.</p> <p>The property rights litigation initiated by SSDC on Mantello’s behalf began in 1996. Hall testified he believed that he had the right to use ground plans, pictures prop lists and other materials which he obtains with scripts of plays without getting permission from the designers or directors, according to the SSDC.</p> <p>Mantello said proceeds from the settlement will be donated to the SSDC’s apprenticeship programs. For a while, it looked as though the case might be headed for court and a precedent-setting decision. Unlike dramatists and choreographers, directors can not claim copyrights on the work they contribute to a production, and no court has ever ruled on whether such work constitutes “intellectual property.” For now, it looks as though that question remains undecided.</p> <p>Hall and the legal counsel for the Caldwell, William McCarthy, were out of their offices March 26 and could not be reached by Playbill On-Line.</p> <p>“I hope that this case will dispel the idea that original, artistic contributions by directors and designers to the play, which are not part of the text of the play, can be used or appropriated without permission,” said SSDC president Ted Pappas, in a statement.</p> <p>Mantello’s contention was that Hall’s 1996 staging of McNally’s Tony Award-winning <i>L!V!C!</i> copied such elements of his stage direction as tableaux, pantomime, choreographic movement and prop placement.</p> <p>In 1997, McCarthy told Playbill On-Line, “The suit is restricted to a plain, statutory copyright action. We’re pleased with that because it limits the suit as far as damages, plus it gives Mantello and the SSDC a more difficult burden of proof, one that hinges on what’s filed with the copyright office.”</p> <p>Continued McCarthy, “Our position has been that there’s no such thing as a copyrightable interest in stage directions. They become part of the production script which belongs to the author, which is then turned over to a licensing company. All these things Mantello is pointing to come right out of the licensed script. We understand what the other side is trying to do: establish a new legal principal. But the place to do that is the <i>beginning</i> of the process. If they want to carve out a piece of the author’s property, do it with <i>him</i>.<br /> “The traditional, accepted view is that everything that happens to a play during the first production, <i>all</i> belong to the author. So when you obtain the rights from a licensing agents, you’ve got the whole ball of wax. That includes the script, prop list, costume list, schematic design — the publishers want to make it as easy as possible for you to get the show up. Especially in a regional theatre, where you have 2-3 weeks to mount a production. Of course, you’re paying good money for it; it’s not out of the goodness of their hearts.”</p> <p>Asked if that means such publishers as Samuel French and Dramatists Play Service might be brought into the trial, McCarthy replied, “Maybe, but not at this point. It might be necessary, since the SSDC is claiming the publishers don’t have the right to put certain lists and charts in the licensed script. That’s news to the industry, since it’s been done like that for over a hundred years. But I know the SSDC has written a letter to these publishers demanding that they no longer do this.<br /> “Who knows?” continued McCarthy. “That may be the ultimate question of where the licensing goes. But we’re kind of caught in the middle.”</p> <p>Asked in 1997 whether the suit(s) might be settled out of court, McCarthy told Playbill On-Line, “We’ve been willing to talk from the start. We don’t bear any grudges and acknowledge his fine work putting together the first production of the play. But he’s asking for $250,000, and we will <i>not</i> pay extortion money. We made several offers that were turned down, and that went back and forth, but those discussions broke down.”</p> <p>McCarthy would not specify amounts offered.</p> <p>— By <a href="mailto:kjones@playbill.com" data-cms-ai="0">Kenneth Jones</a><br /> and <a href="mailto:%22dlefkowitz@playbill.com%22" data-cms-ai="0">David Lefkowitz</a></p> </div>2019-04-142019-04-15YEARLY4en-USToday in Historyhttp://www.playbill.com/article/mantello-and-caldwell-theatre-settle-out-of-court-over-l-v-c-case-com-809100https://sdcweb.org/event/love-valour-compassion-case-is-filed-1997-2/free1gheuvs74d3s8ai6tt4sk29mnb@google.com2021-05-15T13:20:04Z

First LORT Contract Signed (1972)

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First LORT Contract Signed (1972)

2019-04-152019-04-16YEARLY4en-USToday in History0https://sdcweb.org/event/first-lort-contract-signed-1972-2/freeai1ec-1061525@sdcweb.org2021-05-15T13:20:04Z

TCG 2019 National Conference

<p>From June 5-7, 2019, TCG will convene nearly 1,000 theatre makers in Miami, each one looking to manage their relationship to ever-present change: in their art, their institutions, and their communities. What can our field, which has long prided itself on its adaptability, learn from a city like Miami, which reinvents itself with each passing decade, neighborhood, and hurricane season? At this year’s National Conference, against the backdrop of Miami’s plurality of global cultures and artistic disciplines, we will focus intently on three programmatic areas: Audience and Community Engagement as part of our continuing Audience (R)Evolution initiative; Well-being and Wellness; and Theatre Journalism. As part of and in parallel to these areas, we will also address our field’s most pressing issues, from the evolving landscape of fundraising, to organizational culture, to leadership development, all while nurturing our field’s growing commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion. Our Conference community will engage with thought leaders from within and beyond the arts to grapple with our own true constant: the challenge of adapting and sustaining our organizations and our work in times of great change.</p>2019-06-052019-06-08en-USIndustry EventMiami, Florida0https://sdcweb.org/event/tcg-2018-national-conference-2/freeai1ec-1061663@sdcweb.org2021-05-15T13:20:04Z

2019 Latinx Theatre Commons Miami Regional Convening (Miami in Motion!)

<p>The 2019 Latinx Theatre Commons (LTC) Miami Regional Convening (“Miami in Motion!”) will take place over the weekend of 12-14 July 2019, with optional programming on 11 July, and will feature a series of panels, breakout sessions, cafecitos, performances, and site visits to Miami Latinx theatres. The Convening will also coincide with the opening weekend of Teatro Avante’s 34th International Hispanic Theatre Festival of Miami. Miami in Motion! will gather artists, scholars, administrators, and advocates from the Miami Latinx Theater community and beyond to share work and methodologies, and to experience the vibrant and varied forms of storytelling illuminating the abundant creative talent of this rapidly growing “Magic City.” The Convening will also provide space for networking and interdisciplinary collaborative opportunities, and engage in dialogue aimed at advancing career sustainability and engendering an ecosystem for artists to thrive in all stages of life.</p>2019-07-122019-07-15en-USIndustry Eventhttps://howlround.com/happenings/2019-latinx-theatre-commons-miami-regional-conveningFlorida International University / Theatre in Miami @ Miami, FL0https://sdcweb.org/event/2019-latinx-theatre-commons-miami-regional-convening-miami-in-motion/freeai1ec-1061526@sdcweb.org2021-05-15T13:20:04Z

ATHE 2019 Annual Conference

<p>Scene Changes: Performing, Teaching,<br /> and Working through the Transitions</p>2019-08-072019-08-12en-USIndustry EventHyatt Regency Grand Cypress @ Orlando, FL0https://sdcweb.org/event/athe-annual-conference-2/freeai1ec-1061766@sdcweb.org2021-05-15T13:20:04Z

Directors Lab Chicago

2019-08-182019-08-25en-USIndustry Eventhttps://www.directorslabchicago.com/0https://sdcweb.org/event/directors-lab-chicago/freeai1ec-1061852@sdcweb.org2021-05-15T13:20:04Z

SDC Offices Closed

<p>SDC Offices closed for Staff Outing.</p>2019-10-032019-10-04en-USSDC Event0https://sdcweb.org/event/sdc-offices-closed-22-2/freeai1ec-1062169@sdcweb.org2021-05-15T13:20:04Z

SDC Foundation “Mr. Abbott” Award

2020-03-302020-03-31en-USSDC Foundation0https://sdcweb.org/event/sdc-foundation-mr-abbott-award-2/freeai1ec-1062880@sdcweb.org2021-05-15T13:20:04Z

ATHE 2020 Virtual Conference: Driving Towards Connection

2020-07-202020-07-26en-USIndustry Event0https://sdcweb.org/event/athe-2020-virtual-conference-driving-towards-connection/freeai1ec-1062881@sdcweb.org2021-05-15T13:20:04Z

ATHE 2020 Virtual Conference: Driving Towards Connection

2020-07-272020-08-02en-USIndustry Event0https://sdcweb.org/event/athe-2020-virtual-conference-driving-towards-connection-2/freeai1ec-1060709@sdcweb.org2021-05-15T13:20:04Z

SDC Executive Board Meeting

America/New_York2018-05-21T13:00:00America/New_York2018-05-21T16:00:00en-USExecutive Board Meeting+40.759067-73.989875SDC @ 321 W 44th St, New York, NY 10036, USA0https://sdcweb.org/event/sdc-executive-board-meeting-9/freeai1ec-1060878@sdcweb.org2021-05-15T13:20:04Z

Directors Lab West SDC Open Session

<p>Join the DLW Steering Committee and 2018 Labbies for this year’s SDC Open Session featuring Director/Choreographer Vincent Paterson on Saturday May 26th from 3-5pm at The Pasadena Playhouse’s Carrie Hamilton Theatre. This is an annual session at the close of the lab featuring a conversation with a master director or choreographer.</p> <p>This event is open to all current SDC Members and Associates, DLW Alumni, and Lincoln Center Theatre Lab Alumni. To RSVP, please email directorslabwest@gmail.com by end of day Friday May 25.</p> <p>Now in its 19th year, Directors Lab West is an eight-day intensive for emerging and mid-career theatre directors and choreographers. The Lab and its annual SDC Open Session are funded in part by generous support from SDC. To learn more about Directors Lab West, visit www.directorslabwest.com.</p>America/New_York2018-05-26T15:00:00America/New_York2018-05-26T17:00:00en-USIndustry Eventdirectorslabwest@gmail.com; https://www.directorslabwest.com/+34.145114-118.137375Pasadena Playhouse's Carrie Hamilton Theatre @ 39 S El Molino Ave, Pasadena, CA 91101, USA0https://sdcweb.org/event/directors-lab-west-sdc-open-session/freeai1ec-1060879@sdcweb.org2021-05-15T13:20:04Z

TCG SDC Happy Hour

<p>Will you be at TCG in St. Louis, MO this June? If so, please join us at Carmine’s Steak House (one block from the Hyatt Regency St. Louis at The Arch) for an SDC Happy Hour event Friday, June 15th from 6:00p-8:00 pm.</p>America/New_York2018-06-15T18:00:00America/New_York2018-06-15T20:00:00en-USSDC EventMarisa Levy; 212-391-1070; SDCatTCG@SDCweb.org+38.62067-90.190637Carmine's Steak House @ S 4th St, St. Louis, MO, USA0https://sdcweb.org/event/tcg-sdc-happy-hour/freeai1ec-1060710@sdcweb.org2021-05-15T13:20:04Z

SDC Executive Board Meeting

America/New_York2018-06-18T13:00:00America/New_York2018-06-18T16:00:00en-USExecutive Board Meeting+40.759067-73.989875SDC @ 321 W 44th St, New York, NY 10036, USA0https://sdcweb.org/event/sdc-executive-board-meeting-10/freeai1ec-1060711@sdcweb.org2021-05-15T13:20:04Z

SDC Executive Board Meeting

America/New_York2018-07-16T13:00:00America/New_York2018-07-16T16:00:00en-USExecutive Board Meeting+40.759067-73.989875SDC @ 321 W 44th St, New York, NY 10036, USA0https://sdcweb.org/event/sdc-executive-board-meeting-11/freeai1ec-1061038@sdcweb.org2021-05-15T13:20:04Z

ATHE Cocktail Party

<p>ANNUAL ATHE COCKTAIL RECEPTION</p> <p>SDC Executive Director Laura Penn, joined by SDC Journal Co-editors David Callaghan and Ann M. Shanahan, Book Review Editor Kathleen M. McGeever, and Book Review Associate Emily Rollie, invite you meet the new co-chair of SDC’s Academic Initiative Committee Melia Bensussen, SDC Southeast Regional Representative Sharon Ott, and to celebrate the 3rd anniversary of the Peer-Reviewed Section of SDC Journal.</p> <p>Join us for a beverage and hors d’oeuvres to celebrate this past year’s work and to explore all the ways that SDC supports theatre educators and their students.</p> <p>FRIDAY, AUGUST 3rd | 10:00PM – 11:00PM<br /> BIRCH BAR<br /> The Westin Boston Waterfront<br /> 425 Summer Street, Boston, MA 02210</p> <p>RSVP: Marisa Levy, MLevy@SDCweb.org by July 31st</p> <p>Director/Choreographer colleagues in attendance are welcome to join you as guests.<br /> *Space is limited. RSVP as soon as possible if you will attend.*</p> <p>The SDCJ-PRS serves directors and choreographers working in the profession and in institutions of higher learning. Interested in submitting a paper to SDC Journal?<br /> Visit http://sdcweb.org/sdc-journal/sdc-journal-peer-review/</p>America/New_York2018-08-03T22:00:00America/New_York2018-08-03T23:00:00en-USSDC EventMarisa Levy; 2123911070; MLevy@SDCweb.org+42.346079-71.042998The Westin Boston Waterfront @ 425 Summer St, Boston, MA 02210, USA0https://sdcweb.org/event/athe-cocktail-party/freeai1ec-1061039@sdcweb.org2021-05-15T13:20:04Z

Tax Seminar with Ari Teplitz

<p>Free Tax Seminar<br /> How the 2018 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act impacts Artists<br /> with Ari Teplitz</p> <p>Monday, August 6th, 2:00 – 3:30 PM EST<br /> SDC Offices<br /> 321 West 44th Street, Suite 804</p> <p>Space is limited, so RSVP today!<br /> Streaming access will be available by RSVP only for Members outside of NYC</p> <p>When Congress passed its much-anticipated tax bill in the waning hours of 2017, a new day was born for people in the theatre industry. Everyone from freelance artists to arts organizations, their leaders, and employees were left wondering “how does this impact me?”</p> <p>In this interactive seminar, we will explore the answer to that very question, provide insight on the most important aspects of the law and discuss what to do if you are among the one million people who get audited every year. No matter where you are in your career, you will certainly walk away with information you need to know before Uncle Sam comes knocking next April.</p> <p><em>Ari Teplitz, CFP®, ChFC® is an award-winning financial planner focused on empowering artists and arts administrators to achieve financial freedom. A graduate of the Yale School of Drama, Ari has long been passionate about eliminating the starving artist trap. He is an advocate for financial independence and helps his clients develop habits that will allow them to achieve their long term financial goals. While no-longer a professional arts administrator, Ari remains active in the theatre world, both as an avid theatregoer and as a trustee for the Theatre Development Fund in New York City.</em></p>America/New_York2018-08-06T14:00:00America/New_York2018-08-06T15:30:00en-USSDC EventMarisa Levy; MLevy@SDCweb.org+40.759181-73.989752SDC @ 321 W 44th St, New York, NY 10036, USA0https://sdcweb.org/event/tax-seminar-with-ari-teplitz/freeai1ec-1060712@sdcweb.org2021-05-15T13:20:04Z

SDC Executive Board Meeting

America/New_York2018-09-17T13:00:00America/New_York2018-09-17T16:00:00en-USExecutive Board Meeting+40.759067-73.989875SDC @ 321 W 44th St, New York, NY 10036, USA0https://sdcweb.org/event/sdc-executive-board-meeting-12/freeai1ec-1060713@sdcweb.org2021-05-15T13:20:04Z

SDC Executive Board Meeting

America/New_York2018-10-15T13:00:00America/New_York2018-10-15T16:00:00en-USExecutive Board Meeting+40.759067-73.989875SDC @ 321 W 44th St, New York, NY 10036, USA0https://sdcweb.org/event/sdc-executive-board-meeting-13/freeai1ec-1060714@sdcweb.org2021-05-15T13:20:04Z

SDC Executive Board Meeting

America/New_York2018-11-05T13:00:00America/New_York2018-11-05T16:00:00en-USExecutive Board Meeting+40.759067-73.989875SDC @ 321 W 44th St, New York, NY 10036, USA0https://sdcweb.org/event/sdc-executive-board-meeting-14/freeai1ec-1060715@sdcweb.org2021-05-15T13:20:04Z

SDC Executive Board Meeting

America/New_York2018-12-10T13:00:00America/New_York2018-12-10T16:00:00en-USExecutive Board Meeting+40.759067-73.989875SDC @ 321 W 44th St, New York, NY 10036, USA0https://sdcweb.org/event/sdc-executive-board-meeting-15/freeai1ec-1061538@sdcweb.org2021-05-15T13:20:04Z

Boston Member Night Out

<p>Join SDC Northeast Regional Representative <strong>Melia Bensussen</strong>, Artistic Director of Speakeasy Stage & Associate Member <strong>Paul Daigneaul</strong>t,and your fellow SDC Members for a Boston area gathering! </p> <p>Mingle with your colleagues and then attend the preview performance of <em>Small Mouth Sound</em>s, directed by SDC Member <strong>Bevin O’Gara</strong>. </p> <p><em>Small Mouth Sounds</em><br /> Saturday, January 5, 2018<br /> Speakeasy Stage<br /> 527 Tremont Street<br /> Boston, MA</p> <p>Gathering at 6:30pm<br /> Performance at 8:00pm</p> <p>Speakeasy Stage has generously offered SDC Members discounted tickets. Please use code <strong>SPKSSDC</strong> when purchasing tickets (discount does not apply to online fees).</p>America/New_York2019-01-05T18:30:00en-USSDC EventBostonRSVP@SDCweb.orgSpeakeasy Stage @ 527 Tremont Street, Boston, MA0https://sdcweb.org/event/boston-member-night-out/free1ai1ec-1061540@sdcweb.org2021-05-15T13:20:04Z

SDC Session at SAFD Winter Wonderland

America/New_York2019-01-11T19:00:00en-USIndustry Event,SDC EventCrown Plaza @ Chicago O'Hare, Chicago IL0https://sdcweb.org/event/sdc-session-at-safd-winter-wonderland/free1ai1ec-1061541@sdcweb.org2021-05-15T13:20:04Z

SDC Table at Weapons Night

<p>SAFD Winter Wonderland</p>America/New_York2019-01-12T19:00:00en-USIndustry Event,SDC EventCrown Plaza @ Chicago O'Hare, Chicago IL0https://sdcweb.org/event/sdc-table-at-weapons-night/free1ai1ec-1061539@sdcweb.org2021-05-15T13:20:04Z

Chicago Member Night Out (In the Afternoon)

<p>About Face Theatre’s production of<br /> DADA WOOF PAPA HOT<br /> Directed by SDC Member <strong>Keira Fromm</strong><br /> Theater Wit<br /> 1229 W Belmont Ave, Chicago<br /> 2:00 pm Reception and Welcome<br /> 3:00 pm Performance </p> <p>Join SDC Director of Member Services Barbara Wolkoff and Contract Affairs Representative Adam Levi for a Chicago-area SDC Night Out – on Sunday afternoon! </p> <p>We’ll gather in the theatre lobby at 2:00 PM for a reception & welcome from AFT Artistic Director & SDC Member <strong>Megan Carney</strong>, followed by the 3:00 PM performance of DADA WOOF PAPA HOT directed by AFT Artistic Associate & SDC Member <strong>Keira Fromm</strong>.</p> <p>About Face Theatre has generously offered SDC Members $17.00 tickets for the 3:00 PM performance of Dada Woof Papa Hot. To take advantage of this special discount, enter code “SDC” when purchasing tickets through the regular box office website here (enter the code in the box labeled “Discount code”).</p> <p>Please rsvp for the reception to ChicagoRSVP@SDCweb.org by January 7. </p>America/New_York2019-01-13T14:00:00en-USSDC EventChicagoRSVP@SDCweb.org0https://sdcweb.org/event/chicago-member-night-out-in-the-afternoon/free1ai1ec-1061523@sdcweb.org2021-05-15T13:20:04Z

SDC Board Meeting

America/New_York2019-01-14T13:00:00America/New_York2019-01-14T16:00:00America/New_York2019-06-17T13:00:00America/New_York2019-07-15T13:00:00America/New_York2019-10-21T13:00:00America/New_York2019-11-18T13:00:00America/New_York2019-12-09T13:00:00America/New_York2019-01-14T13:00:00America/New_York2019-02-11T13:00:00America/New_York2019-09-09T13:00:00en-USExecutive Board MeetingSDC Offices @ 321 West 44th Street, Suite 8040https://sdcweb.org/event/sdc-board-meeting/freeai1ec-1061513@sdcweb.org2021-05-15T13:20:04Z

Tax Seminar with Ari Teplitz

<p>Free Tax Seminar<br /> How the 2018 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act impacts Artists<br /> with Ari Teplitz</p> <p>Monday, March 11, 4:00 PM -5:30PM<br /> SDC Offices<br /> 321 West 44th Street, Suite 804</p> <p>Space is limited, so RSVP today!<br /> Streaming access will be available by RSVP only for Members outside of NYC</p> <p>When Congress passed its much-anticipated tax bill in the waning hours of 2017, a new day was born for people in the theatre industry. Everyone from freelance artists to arts organizations, their leaders, and employees were left wondering “how does this impact me?”</p> <p>In this interactive seminar, we will explore the answer to that very question, provide insight on the most important aspects of the law and discuss what to do if you are among the one million people who get audited every year. No matter where you are in your career, you will certainly walk away with information you need to know before Uncle Sam comes knocking next April.</p> <p><em>Ari Teplitz, CFP®, ChFC® is an award-winning financial planner focused on empowering artists and arts administrators to achieve financial freedom. A graduate of the Yale School of Drama, Ari has long been passionate about eliminating the starving artist trap. He is an advocate for financial independence and helps his clients develop habits that will allow them to achieve their long term financial goals. While no-longer a professional arts administrator, Ari remains active in the theatre world, both as an avid theatregoer and as a trustee for the Theatre Development Fund in New York City.</em></p>America/New_York2019-03-11T16:00:00America/New_York2019-03-11T17:30:00en-USSDC Event0https://sdcweb.org/event/tax-seminar-with-ari-teplitz-2/freeai1ec-1061517@sdcweb.org2021-05-15T13:20:04Z

SDC Executive Board Meeting

America/New_York2019-03-18T13:00:00America/New_York2019-03-18T16:00:00en-USExecutive Board MeetingSDC Offices @ 321 W. 44th Street, Suite 8040https://sdcweb.org/event/sdc-executive-board-meeting-16/freeai1ec-1061518@sdcweb.org2021-05-15T13:20:04Z

SDC Foundation “Mr. Abbott” Award

America/New_York2019-03-25T17:30:00en-USSDC FoundationFrench Institute Alliance Francais0https://sdcweb.org/event/sdc-foundation-mr-abbott-award/free1ai1ec-1061514@sdcweb.org2021-05-15T13:20:04Z

Seattle SDC Night Out

America/New_York2019-03-27T18:15:00America/New_York2019-03-27T21:30:00en-USSDC EventVillage Theatre @ 303 Front Street N., Issaquah, WA 980270https://sdcweb.org/event/seattle-sdc-night-out/freeai1ec-1061516@sdcweb.org2021-05-15T13:20:04Z

SDC Member Night Out: Chicago

<p>6:15-7:15 PM Pre-show social hour<br /> Join your Chicagoland colleagues and SDC Staff for cocktails & conversation (cash bar), followed by the show.<br /> Please let us know you’re attending the Member Night Out. RSVP to ChicagoRSVP@sdcweb.org by March 15.<br /> 7:30 PM: <em>Lottery Day</em> by Ike Holter, Directed by SDC Member <strong>Lilli-Anne Brown</strong>.<br /> The Goodman has generously offered SDC Members discounted tickets ($10-$25) for this performance. For best seats (and to secure your ticket before the performance sells out) purchase your tickets now at their regular box office website. Enter the special discount code “SDCS”. </p>America/New_York2019-03-31T18:15:00America/New_York2019-03-31T19:15:00en-USSDC EventChicagoRSVP@SDCweb.orgGoodman Theatre @ 170 North Dearborn Street, Chicago IL0https://sdcweb.org/event/sdc-member-night-out-chicago/freeai1ec-1061515@sdcweb.org2021-05-15T13:20:04Z

SDC Panel Discussion: Reimagining the Classics

<p>5:45-6:45 PM Social hour<br /> Joing your Chicagoland colleagues and SDC Staff for a pre-panel social hour</p> <p>7:00 PM — SDC Discussion: Reimagining the Classics<br /> SDC presents a panel discussion featuring SDC Members <strong>Lili-Anne Brown, Barbara Gaines, Jess McLeod, Ron OJ Parson, </strong> and <strong>Chuck Smith </strong>moderated by SDC Executive Board Member <strong>Lisa Portes</strong>.<br /> This special event is for SDC Members and their invited guests only. Members are encouraged to share details with non-Member directors, choreographers, and other Chicago-area theatre professionals. </p> <p><strong>Seating for the panel discussion is limited!</strong><br /> RSVP to ChicagoRSVP@sdcweb.org by March 15<br /> (Non-Members should RSVP using the code “SDC”)</p>America/New_York2019-04-01T17:45:00en-USSDC EventChicagoRSVP@SDCweb.orgVictory Gardens Theater @ 2433 North Lincoln Avenue0https://sdcweb.org/event/sdc-panel-discussion-reimagining-the-classics/free1ai1ec-1061554@sdcweb.org2021-05-15T13:20:04Z

Center Theatre Group (CTG) Going Pro Resource Fair

America/New_York2019-04-20T09:30:00en-USIndustry Eventhttps://www.centertheatregroup.org/tickets/around-la/2018-19/going-pro-career-fair/The Los Angeles Theatre Center @ 514 South Spring Street, Los Angeles, CA0https://sdcweb.org/event/center-theatre-group-ctg-going-pro-resource-fair/free1ai1ec-1061520@sdcweb.org2021-05-15T13:20:04Z

SDC Executive Board Meeting

America/New_York2019-04-22T13:00:00America/New_York2019-04-22T16:00:00en-USExecutive Board MeetingSDC Offices @ 321 West 44th St Suite 8040https://sdcweb.org/event/sdc-executive-board-meeting-16-2/freeai1ec-1061522@sdcweb.org2021-05-15T13:20:04Z

SDC Member Night Out: Pittsburgh

<p>7:30 PM – Reception<br /> 5:30 PM and 9:00 PM – Performances</p> <p>Join SDC Member and Artistic Director <strong>Marc Masterson</strong>, Contract Affairs Representative Maegan Morris, and Associate Director of Member Services Marisa Levy for a Pittsburgh-area Member Night Out event in the lobby of City Theatre. Before or after we meet and mingle, you can see Marc’s production of <em>The Burdens</em>.<br /> City Theatre has generously offered SDC Members a 50% off discount to The Burdens for the 5:30 PM and 9:00 PM performances on Saturday, April 27. Tickets can be purchased over the phone, at the Box Office with code “CITYSDC”, or by clicking <a href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/hyqfy/5cyhki/p44wkd">this link</a>.</p> <p>RSVP for the reception to PittsburghRSVP@SDCweb.org by April 23rd. </p>America/New_York2019-04-27T19:30:00en-USSDC EventPittsburghRSVP@SDCweb.orgCity Theatre @ 1300 Bingham Street, Pittsburgh, PA0https://sdcweb.org/event/sdc-member-night-out-pittsburgh/free1ai1ec-1061555@sdcweb.org2021-05-15T13:20:04Z

SDC Member Night Out Los Angeles

<p>6:30pm Welcome and Reception in the Library<br /> 8:00pm Performance <em>Diana of Dobson’s</em><br /> Antaeus Theatre Company<br /> 110 East Broadway, Glendale, CA</p>America/New_York2019-04-29T18:30:00America/New_York2019-04-29T19:30:00en-USSDC EventLARSVP@SDCweb.orgAntaeus Theatre Company @ 110 East Broadway, Glendale, CA0https://sdcweb.org/event/sdc-member-night-out-los-angeles/freeai1ec-1061628@sdcweb.org2021-05-15T13:20:04Z

SDC Seattle Summit

<p>Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC) is hosting a Spring Summit in Seattle on Monday, May 6. The day has been designed to facilitate a space for directors and choreographers to engage in conversation with each other around the craft, to raise the profile of Northwest directors and choreographers, and to encourage increased community through SDC. </p> <p>The day will include two creative conversations that are open to SDC Members, Associate Members and invited guests, and will culminate in a public conversation with Tony Taccone, Artistic Director of Berkeley Repertory Theatre. </p> <p>About Tony Taccone: After more than 30 years at Berkeley Rep, Tony is celebrating his final season with the company. During Tony’s tenure as artistic director, the Tony Award-winning nonprofit has earned a reputation as an international leader in innovative theatre. In these years, Berkeley Rep has presented more than 70 world, American, and West Coast premieres and sent 24 shows to New York, two to London, and one to Hong Kong. Tony has staged more than 40 plays in Berkeley and directed three shows that landed on Broadway: Bridge & Tunnel, Wishful Drinking, and Latin History for Morons. Most recently, Tony directed the revival of Angels in America at Berkeley Rep, and this season he will direct the world premiere musical, Kiss My Aztec!.</p> <p>Schedule for the Day:</p> <p>For Members, Associate Members + Invited Guests<br /> 1:00pm Arrive & Welcome<br /> 1:30pm Conversation #1: Approaches to First Rehearsal<br /> 2:50pm Break<br /> 3:00pm Conversation #2: Approaches to Staging Intimacy<br /> 4:20pm Break<br /> 4:30-5:00pm Break Out Sessions</p> <p>SDC Members Only Meeting – Join SDC Executive Director Laura Penn for Union updates.</p> <p>Q&A for Non-Member Directors and Choreographers – Curious about SDC? Join SDC Northwest Regional Representative Linda Hartzell, Executive Board Member Desdemona Chiang, and Associate Director of Member Services Marisa Levy to learn more about the Union.</p> <p>Open to the Public<br /> 5:00pm- Refreshments<br /> 5:30pm- Leadership: Making Theatre & Shaping Communities- A Conversation with Tony Taccone and SDC Executive Director Laura Penn</p> <p>RSVP Details:<br /> The entire day is free of charge. Each SDC Member may invite up to 2 non-member director/choreographer colleagues to the creative conversation portion of the day. (If you need additional +1s, please contact Kristy Cummings, KCummings@SDCweb.org.) </p> <p>The conversation with Tony Taccone is open to the public. Please spread the word to all industry colleagues, students, and theatre lovers who may be interested in attending.</p> <p>Please RSVP for yourself and any guests to SeattleRSVP@SDCweb.org. Seating is limited so please be sure to specify whether you will be attending the creative conversations, the public conversation or both! We hope to see you there.</p>America/New_York2019-05-06T13:00:00America/New_York2019-05-06T19:00:00en-USSDC EventKristy Cummings; KCummings@SDCweb.orgSeattle Rep @ 155 Mercer Street, Seattle, Washington0https://sdcweb.org/event/sdc-seattle-summit/freeai1ec-1061763@sdcweb.org2021-05-15T13:20:04Z

Annual ATHE Cocktail Reception

<p>Join us for a beverage and dessert to celebrate this past year’s work and to explore all the ways that SDC supports theatre educators and their students.</p>America/New_York2019-08-10T22:00:00America/New_York2019-08-10T23:00:00en-USSDC EventMarisa Levy; MLevy@SDCweb.orgLa Coquina @ Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress @ One Grand Cypress Blvd, Orlando, FL0https://sdcweb.org/event/annual-athe-cocktail-reception/freeai1ec-1061764@sdcweb.org2021-05-15T13:20:04Z

Portland Directors & Choreographers Happy Hour

<p>SDC Members Adriana Baer, Dámaso Rodríguez and Marissa Wolf are hosting a Directors & Choreographers Happy Hour on Monday, August 12 from 5:30-7:30pm @ Portland Center Stage.<br /> They are hoping to gather both Members and non-members alike for some social time as well as to spread the word about the Union and encourage those who are not Members to consider joining. They have asked us to share the invite with all of our Members in the area. Please RSVP via the the following link: https://www.evite.com/event/018FIMYK6QT4AMVDUEPJPMZ7DJDSJ4/rsvp</p> <p>We hope you can join your fellow colleagues in Portland!</p>America/New_York2019-08-12T17:30:00America/New_York2019-08-12T19:30:00en-USIndustry Eventhttps://www.evite.com/event/018FIMYK6QT4AMVDUEPJPMZ7DJDSJ4/rsvpPortland Center Stage0https://sdcweb.org/event/portland-directors-choreographers-happy-hour/freeai1ec-1061765@sdcweb.org2021-05-15T13:20:04Z

SDC Seattle Breakfast

<p>The Seattle Steering Committee invites you to join them for coffee, bagels, and conversation this summer.</p> <p>SDC Seattle Breakfast</p> <p>Monday, August 19, 2019</p> <p>10:00 AM – 12:00 PM</p> <p>Seattle Center Armory<br /> Theatre Puget Sound Studio G<br /> 305 Harrison Street, Seattle</p> <p>Upon arrival there will be coffee, bagels, and time set aside to socialize and network. We’ll then move into a discussion regarding working in academia as over 1/3 of our Seattle Membership works for academic institutions. While committee members will kick off the conversation with a few guiding questions, we hope for all attendees to participate and ask their own questions as well. Some of the topics may include: balancing a freelance career with work in academia, how responsibilities and challenges differ in academia, how to find a job in academia, and how SDC might further support our Members’ working in this arena.</p> <p>As we continue to grow our SDC community here in Seattle, please invite your non-member director and choreographer colleagues to attend. </p> <p>RSVP to SeattleRSVP@SDCweb.org. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out. We hope to see you on August 19!</p>America/New_York2019-08-19T10:00:00America/New_York2019-08-19T12:00:00en-USSDC EventLinda Hartzell & Allison Narver Co-Chairs, Seattle Steering Committee; SeattleRSVP@SDCweb.orgSeattle Center Armory, Theatre Puget Sound, Studio G @ 305 Harrison Street, Seattle, Washington0https://sdcweb.org/event/sdc-seattle-breakfast/freeai1ec-1061767@sdcweb.org2021-05-15T13:20:04Z

Atlanta Member Event

<p>In Conversation: Susan V. Booth, Oz Scott, and Seret Scott</p> <p>On Monday, August 19, please join us for a conversation with Alliance Artistic Director Susan V. Booth, former SDC Executive Board Member Oz Scott, and SDC Executive Board Member Seret Scott on the craft of directing and working in Atlanta. The conversation will be moderated by SDC Regional Presence Committee Member Kate Warner.</p> <p>We will meet at 5:00 PM at the Woodruff Arts Center/Memorial Arts Building in the Selig Black Box located on the 3rd floor. </p>America/New_York2019-08-19T17:00:00America/New_York2019-08-19T18:00:00en-USSDC EventMarisa Levy; AtlantaRSVP@SDCweb.orgAlliance Theatre, Woodruff Arts Center @ 1280 Peachtree Street NE, Atlanta, GA0https://sdcweb.org/event/in-conversation-susan-v-booth-oz-scott-and-seret-scott/freeai1ec-1061832@sdcweb.org2021-05-15T13:20:04Z

SDC Member Night Out: Hartford , CT

<p>Join SDC Northeast Regional Representative and Hartford Stage Artistic Director <strong>Melia Bensussen</strong>, Director and SDC Member <strong>KJ Sanchez</strong>, SDC Member Services staff Barbara Wolkoff and Marisa Levy, and your fellow SDC Members for a Hartford area Member Night Out!</p> <p>We’ll gather for drinks and conversation at Hartford Stage in The Garmany Room on Saturday, September 21 starting at 6:30 PM, followed by the 8:00 PM performance of Quixote Nuevo, directed by <strong>KJ Sanchez</strong>.</p> <p>6:30PM – Reception begins at Hartford Stage in the Garmany Room<br /> 8:00 PM Performance</p> <p>To RSVP for the reception and/or the performance, please email HartfordRVSP@SDCweb.org by September 18th. We hope to see you there!</p>America/New_York2019-09-21T18:30:00America/New_York2019-09-21T22:00:00en-USSDC EventMarisa Levy; HartfordRSVP@SDCweb.orgHartford Stage @ 50 Church Street, Hartford, CT 061030https://sdcweb.org/event/sdc-member-night-out-hartford-ct/freeai1ec-1061834@sdcweb.org2021-05-15T13:20:04Z

BCEFA Flea Market & Grand Auction

<p><a href="https://sdcweb.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/FM-2019-HeroImage-1.jpg"><img loading="lazy" class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-1061835" src="https://sdcweb.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/FM-2019-HeroImage-1-1024x552.jpg" alt="" width="1024" height="552" srcset="https://sdcweb.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/FM-2019-HeroImage-1-1024x552.jpg 1024w, https://sdcweb.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/FM-2019-HeroImage-1-300x162.jpg 300w, https://sdcweb.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/FM-2019-HeroImage-1-768x414.jpg 768w, https://sdcweb.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/FM-2019-HeroImage-1.jpg 1280w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></a></p>America/New_York2019-09-22T10:00:00America/New_York2019-09-22T19:00:00en-USIndustry Eventhttps://broadwaycares.org/pre-event/broadway-flea-market-grand-auction-2019/Theatre District, NYC0https://sdcweb.org/event/bcefa-flea-market-grand-auction/freethumbnail;https://sdcweb.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/FM-2019-HeroImage-1-1024x552.jpg;1024;552,medium;https://sdcweb.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/FM-2019-HeroImage-1-1024x552.jpg;1024;552,large;https://sdcweb.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/FM-2019-HeroImage-1-1024x552.jpg;1024;552,full;https://sdcweb.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/FM-2019-HeroImage-1-1024x552.jpg;1024;552ai1ec-1061853@sdcweb.org2021-05-15T13:20:04Z

LA SDC Member Night Out @ Kirk Douglas Theatre

<p>8:00 PM Performance of On Beckett, conceived, directed, and performed by Bill Irwin<br /> 9:30 PM Post-Show Reception @ Rehearsal Room</p>America/New_York2019-10-15T20:00:00America/New_York2019-10-15T22:30:00en-USSDC EventLA Steering Committee; LARSVP@SDCweb.orgKirk Douglas Theatre @ 9820 Washington Blvd, Culver City, CA 902320https://sdcweb.org/event/la-sdc-member-night-out-kirk-douglas-theatre/freeai1ec-1061907@sdcweb.org2021-05-15T13:20:04Z

Suzi Bass Awards Toast

America/New_York2019-11-04T18:30:00en-USIndustry Event,SDC EventConant Center for the Performing Arts @ Brookhaven, GA0https://sdcweb.org/event/suzi-bass-awards-toast/free1ai1ec-1061908@sdcweb.org2021-05-15T13:20:04Z

Broadway Salutes

<p>Broadway Salutes is an annual celebration, co-sponsored by The Broadway League and The Coalition of Broadway Unions and Guilds, recognizing the many working professionals who make Broadway possible. This special event celebrates stagehands, actors, producers, managers, theater owners, press agents, ticket sellers, ushers, agents, make-up artists, dressers, designers, directors, choreographers, musicians, casting agents, writers, and more – anyone who has dedicated their career to the Broadway industry.<br /> All union members are welcome to celebrate the achievement of those reaching 25, 35, and 50+ years of participation on Broadway.</p>America/New_York2019-11-05T15:30:00en-USIndustry EventRSVP@BroadwaySalutes.comSardi's @ 234 West 44th Street, New York, NY0https://sdcweb.org/event/broadway-salutes-2/free1ai1ec-1061909@sdcweb.org2021-05-15T13:20:04Z

Seattle Member Night Out

<p><strong>Friday November 8</strong></p> <p><strong>6:30 PM Reception in the Ackerley Forum</strong></p> <p><strong>8:00 PM Performance at The Falls Theatre</strong><strong><br /> </strong>Run Time: 90-minutes with no intermission</p> <p>A Contemporary Theatre</p> <p><a href="https://link.zixcentral.com/u/d1c1aa1b/KmWBItHx6RGYFZ048Y9C_g?u=https%3A%2F%2Ft.e2ma.net%2Fclick%2F1lqanc%2F5cyhki%2Fp0hgth" data-name="Seattle, WA" data-type="url"> 700 Union Street</a></p> <p><a href="https://link.zixcentral.com/u/0582e1ac/iPKBItHx6RGYFZ048Y9C_g?u=https%3A%2F%2Ft.e2ma.net%2Fclick%2F1lqanc%2F5cyhki%2F5sigth" data-name="Seattle, WA" data-type="url">Seattle, WA</a></p> <p>The Seattle Steering Committee invites you, and your director and choreographer colleagues, to a Seattle-area SDC Member Night Out. Please join us for a pre-show reception with refreshments in the Ackerley Forum starting at 6:30pm, followed by the 8:00pm performance of <em>Dracula</em>, written by <strong>Steven Dietz</strong>, directed by ACT Artistic Director <strong>John Langs</strong>, with fight choreography by <strong>Geoffrey Alm</strong>, all of whom are SDC Members!</p> <p>ACT has generously offered SDC Members a 25% discount for this performance.</p> <p>Please RSVP for the reception to <a href="mailto:SeattleRSVP@SDCweb.org?subject=Seattle%20SDC%20Night%20Out%2011/8%20RSVP" data-name="SeattleRSVP@SDCweb.org" data-type="email"><strong>SeattleRSVP@SDCweb.org</strong></a> by <strong>November 4</strong>.</p>America/New_York2019-11-08T18:30:00en-USSDC EventSeattleRSVP@SDCweb.orgA Contemporary Theatre @ 700 Union St. Seattle, WA0https://sdcweb.org/event/seattle-member-night-out/free1ai1ec-1061911@sdcweb.org2021-05-15T13:20:04Z

Conversations for Theatremakers COLLABORATION ON NEW PLAYS: SHAPING NEW VOICES FOR THE STAGE

<p><strong>Conversations for Theatremakers</strong></p> <p><strong>COLLABORATION ON NEW PLAYS: SHAPING NEW VOICES FOR THE STAGE</strong></p> <p><strong>A CONVERSATION WITH MELINDA LOPEZ, BENNY SATO AMBUSH, AND </strong></p> <p><strong>KATE SNODGRASS, MODERATED BY LISA RAFFERTY </strong></p> <p>__________________________________________________________________</p> <p><strong>MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11 AT 6:00 PM</strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://link.zixcentral.com/u/cd9d7e66/9tHZGbj16RGZxI-d-uoD4Q?u=https%3A%2F%2Ft.e2ma.net%2Fclick%2F1dcqnc%2F5cyhki%2Fdjgiwh" data-type="url">STAGESOURCE</a></strong></p> <p><a href="https://link.zixcentral.com/u/92f0c845/aB7aGbj16RGZxI-d-uoD4Q?u=https%3A%2F%2Ft.e2ma.net%2Fclick%2F1dcqnc%2F5cyhki%2Ftbhiwh" data-type="url"><strong>15 CHANNEL CENTER STREET, SUITE 103</strong></a></p> <p><a href="https://link.zixcentral.com/u/e206fe37/wj-cGbj16RG_zo-d-uoD4Q?u=https%3A%2F%2Ft.e2ma.net%2Fclick%2F1dcqnc%2F5cyhki%2F93hiwh" data-type="url"><strong>BOSTON, MA</strong></a></p> <p>Moderated by Lisa Rafferty, panelists Benny Sato Ambush<strong>, </strong>Melinda Lopez<strong>, </strong>and Kate Snodgrass will discuss how directors and playwrights collaborate on creating new work for the stage, both in Boston and nationwide, and how they continue to foster the development of new voices for the theater throughout their careers.</p> <p><strong><u>This event is free and open to the public, but space is limited.</u></strong></p> <p>All attendees should RSVP by sending an e-mail to</p> <p><strong><a style="font-weight: inherit" href="mailto:BostonRSVP@SDCweb.org">BostonRSVP@SDCweb.org</a></strong></p>America/New_York2019-11-11T18:00:00en-USSDC Event,SDC FoundationBostonRSVP@SDCweb.orgStageSource @ 15 Channel Center Street, Boston, MA0https://sdcweb.org/event/conversations-for-theatremakers-collaboration-on-new-plays-shaping-new-voices-for-the-stage/free1ai1ec-1061912@sdcweb.org2021-05-15T13:20:04Z

Portland SDC Member Night Out

<p><strong>6:00 PM  </strong>Pre-show Reception in the Lobby Mezzanine with local directors and choreographers including SDC Northwest Regional Representative <strong>Linda Hartzell</strong></p> <p><strong>7:30 PM</strong> Performance of <strong>REDWOOD </strong></p> <p>Directed by <strong>Chip Miller</strong></p> <p>Choreographed by <strong>Darrell Grand Moultrie</strong></p> <p> </p>America/New_York2019-11-12T18:00:00en-USSDC EventPortlandRSVP@SDCweb.orgPortland Center Stage @ 128 NW Eleventh Ave Portland, OR0https://sdcweb.org/event/portland-sdc-member-night-out/free1ai1ec-1061914@sdcweb.org2021-05-15T13:20:04Z

Chicago Member Night Out

<p><strong>4:00 PM</strong></p> <p>Rivendell Theatre Ensemble’s production of<br /> Kate Tarker’s <em>Laura and the Sea </em><em><br /> </em>Directed by SDC Member <strong>Devon de Mayo</strong></p>America/New_York2019-11-16T16:00:00en-USSDC EventChicagoRSVP@SDCweb.orgRivendell Theatre Ensemble @ 5779 N. Ridge Avenue Chicago, IL0https://sdcweb.org/event/chicago-member-night-out/free1ai1ec-1061917@sdcweb.org2021-05-15T13:20:04Z

Arizona Member Night Out

<p>Arizona Theatre Company’s production of SILENT SKY by Lauren Gunderson and directed by <strong>Casey Stangl.</strong></p>America/New_York2019-11-17T14:00:00en-USSDC EventArizonaRSVP@SDCweb.orgHerberger Theater Center @ 222 East Monroe Street, Phoenix, AZ0https://sdcweb.org/event/arizona-member-night-out/free1ai1ec-1061987@sdcweb.org2021-05-15T13:20:04Z

LA SDC Member Happy Hour

<p>Join Members of the LA Steering Committee, Associate Director of Member Services Marisa Levy, Contract Affairs Representative Kristy Cummings, and Executive Director of the SDC Foundation Rebecca Hewett for an informal SDC gathering. The first drink is on SDC and then a cash bar will be available.<br /> RSVP to LARSVP@SDCweb.org</p>America/New_York2019-12-06T17:30:00America/New_York2019-12-06T19:30:00en-USSDC EventLARSVP@SDCweb.orgFellow @ 1071 Glendon Ave, Westwood Village, CA 90024Opens0https://sdcweb.org/event/la-sdc-member-happy-hour/freeai1ec-1061988@sdcweb.org2021-05-15T13:20:04Z

SDC Holiday Open House

America/New_York2019-12-09T16:30:00America/New_York2019-12-09T19:30:00en-USSDC EventSDC Offices @ 321 West 44th St0https://sdcweb.org/event/sdc-holiday-open-house-2/freeai1ec-1061989@sdcweb.org2021-05-15T13:20:04Z

Boston SDC Member Night Out

<p>Join New Rep Artistic Director & SDC Member Michael J. Bobbitt, SDC Director of Member<br /> Services Barbara Wolkoff, and your fellow SDC Members for a Boston area gathering!</p>America/New_York2019-12-14T19:00:00America/New_York2019-12-14T22:00:00en-USSDC EventBostonRSVP@SDCweb.orgNew Repertory Theatre @ 321 Arsenal Street, Watertown, MA0https://sdcweb.org/event/boston-sdc-member-night-out/freeai1ec-1062050@sdcweb.org2021-05-15T13:20:04Z

SDC Board Meeting

America/New_York2020-01-13T13:00:00America/New_York2020-01-13T15:00:00America/New_York2020-02-10T13:00:00America/New_York2020-03-16T13:00:00America/New_York2020-04-27T13:00:00America/New_York2020-05-18T13:00:00America/New_York2020-06-22T13:00:00America/New_York2020-07-20T13:00:00America/New_York2020-09-21T13:00:00America/New_York2020-10-19T13:00:00America/New_York2020-11-16T13:00:00America/New_York2020-12-14T13:00:00en-USExecutive Board MeetingSDC Offices0https://sdcweb.org/event/sdc-board-meeting-2/freeai1ec-1062056@sdcweb.org2021-05-15T13:20:04Z

Seattle, WA Member Meeting

<p>Please join SDC Northwest Regional Representative Linda Hartzell, SDC Contract Affairs Representative Kristy Cummings, and members of the Seattle Steering Committee for a Member Meeting. Agenda items will include updates on the Union’s latest initiatives, the Seattle Steering Committee’s plans for 2020, and time for socializing and reconnecting with your colleagues. Refreshments will be served!</p> <p>RSVP to SeattleRSVP@SDCweb.org by Monday, January 20.</p>America/New_York2020-01-27T17:30:00America/New_York2020-01-27T19:30:00en-USMembership Meeting,SDC EventSeattleRSVP@SDCweb.org0https://sdcweb.org/event/seattle-wa-member-meeting/freeai1ec-1062057@sdcweb.org2021-05-15T13:20:04Z

Los Angeles Member Meeting

<p>Please join SDC Western Regional Representative Casey Stangl, SDC Contract Affairs Representative Maegan Morris, SDC Director of Member Services & Communications Barbara Wolkoff, and members of the Los Angeles Steering Committee for a Member Meeting. Agenda items will include updates on the Union’s latest initiatives, the Los Angeles Steering Committee’s plans for 2020, and time for socializing and reconnecting with your colleagues. Refreshments will be served!</p> <p>RSVP to LARSVP@SDCweb.org by Monday, January 20.</p>America/New_York2020-01-27T18:00:00America/New_York2020-01-27T20:00:00en-USMembership Meeting,SDC EventLARSVP@SDCweb.org0https://sdcweb.org/event/los-angeles-member-meeting-2/freeai1ec-1062058@sdcweb.org2021-05-15T13:20:04Z

Portland SDC Breakfast

<p>Please join Regional Presence Committee Member <strong>Adriana </strong><strong>Baer </strong>and your fellow Portland SDC Members for coffee and a light breakfast. This event is an opportunity to gather socially to discuss your craft, the work of SDC, and what’s happening in the Portland theatre community. SDC Contract Affairs Representative Kristy Cummings will also be in attendance to meet more of the local Membership and answer any questions you may have about SDC.</p> <p>In a continued effort to grow and strengthen the SDC community in Portland, we invite SDC Members to <strong>extend this invitation to their non-member director and choreographer colleagues</strong><strong>.</strong></p> <p>RSVP to <a href="mailto:PortlandRSVP@SDCweb.org?subject=RSVP%20to%20Portland%20Breakfast" data-name="PortlandRSVP@SDCweb.org" data-type="email">PortlandRSVP@SDCweb.org</a> by<strong> Wednesday January 22</strong>.</p>America/New_York2020-01-29T08:30:00America/New_York2020-01-29T10:30:00en-USSDC EventPortlandRSVP@SDCweb.org0https://sdcweb.org/event/portland-sdc-breakfast/freeai1ec-1062166@sdcweb.org2021-05-15T13:20:04Z

London Area Member Meeting

<p>Please join SDC Member <strong>Kwame Kwei-Armah, </strong>SDC Executive Director Laura Penn, and SDC Director of Contract Affairs Randy Anderson for a London-area Member Meeting.<br /> Agenda items will include updates on the Union’s latest’s initiatives, the new Broadway Agreement, how SDC benefits work for UK Members, and time for socializing and reconnecting with your colleagues. Refreshments will be served.<br /> We hope to see you there!</p>America/New_York2020-02-27T17:30:00en-USMembership Meeting,SDC EventLondonRSVP@SDCweb.orgYoung Vic Theatre @ 66 The Cut, Lambeth, London0https://sdcweb.org/event/london-area-member-meeting/free1ai1ec-1062168@sdcweb.org2021-05-15T13:20:04Z

Tax Seminar

<p>Join Dominic Comperatore of <a href="https://link.zixcentral.com/u/e81d0a29/uvvd0F5a6hGfuqTphnsoMg?u=https%3A%2F%2Ft.e2ma.net%2Fclick%2Fdzgtxc%2F5cyhki%2Fxy5jxj" data-name="Empire Tax Prep" data-type="url">Empire Tax Prep</a> for this practical, informative workshop on tax strategies geared toward creative professionals. Dominic will share his insights as a performer and a professional tax preparer.</p> <p>We’ll cover what every SDC Member needs to know about tax forms, deductions, exemptions, audits, tax-related scams, and more. You’ll also learn simple strategies for record-keeping so you can navigate tax season with (relative) ease. The specific provisions of the Tax Cuts & Jobs Act of 2017 that impact performing arts professionals will also be covered.</p> <p>For those outside of NYC, we will stream this event via ZOOM Webinar.</p>America/New_York2020-03-02T18:00:00America/New_York2020-03-02T20:00:00en-USSDC EventSDC Offices @ 321 West 44th St Suite 8040https://sdcweb.org/event/tax-seminar/freeai1ec-1062320@sdcweb.org2021-05-15T13:20:04Z

SDC Board Meeting

America/New_York2020-04-13T13:00:00en-USExecutive Board Meeting0https://sdcweb.org/event/sdc-board-meeting-3/free1ai1ec-1062949@sdcweb.org2021-05-15T13:20:04Z

COVID-19: A Collective Response / Returning to Work Safely

<div class="ai1ec-event-avatar alignleft timely"><img src="https://sdcweb.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Safety-Meeting-Webinars-Generic-300x232.png" width="300" height="232" /></div><p>• Wondering if you can return to work safely?<br /> • Curious about the protocols and policies that are guiding the Union’s review of employer safety plans?<br /> • Interested in hearing about how you as an SDC Member director or choreographer can support your collaborators and lead without taking on responsibilities that rest with employers?</p> <p>Please join SDC Executive Director Laura Penn, AGMA National Executive Director Leonard Egert, and the team of medical experts that our unions have engaged to assist with COVID-19 safety planning: Dr. Mark Cunningham-Hill, Dr. Laura S. Welch, and Dr. Stephen J. Anderson for a presentation that will address how our Members can safely return to work. The opportunity to ask questions to our panel will be provided following the presentation.</p> <p>SDC Members log into the <a href="https://sdcportal.membership.winmill.net/Member-Portal-Login">SDC</a><a href="https://sdcportal.membership.winmill.net/Member-Portal-Login"> Member Portal</a> for registration information.</p>America/New_York2020-07-29T16:00:00America/New_York2020-07-29T18:00:00en-USSDC Event0https://sdcweb.org/event/covid-19-a-collective-response-returning-to-work-safely/freethumbnail;https://sdcweb.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Safety-Meeting-Webinars-Generic-150x150.png;150;150;1,medium;https://sdcweb.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Safety-Meeting-Webinars-Generic-300x232.png;300;232;1,large;https://sdcweb.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Safety-Meeting-Webinars-Generic.png;488;377;ai1ec-1062939@sdcweb.org2021-05-15T13:20:04Z

COVID-19: A Collective Response / Returning to Work Safely: Dancers

<div class="ai1ec-event-avatar alignleft timely"><img src="https://sdcweb.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Safety-Meeting-Webinars-Generic-300x232.png" width="300" height="232" /></div><p>SDC and AGMA’s webinar series, “COVID-19: A Collective Response,” began July 29 to inform our respective Memberships on the procedures in place to ensure a safe return to work. Upcoming webinars will focus on issues unique to specific disciplines.</p> <p>SDC Members log into the <a href="https://sdcportal.membership.winmill.net/Member-Portal-Login">SDC Member Portal</a> for registration information.</p>America/New_York2020-08-12T16:00:00America/New_York2020-08-12T17:30:00en-USSDC EventZoom Webinar0https://sdcweb.org/event/covid-19-a-collective-response-returning-to-work-safely-dancers/freethumbnail;https://sdcweb.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Safety-Meeting-Webinars-Generic-150x150.png;150;150;1,medium;https://sdcweb.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Safety-Meeting-Webinars-Generic-300x232.png;300;232;1,large;https://sdcweb.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Safety-Meeting-Webinars-Generic.png;488;377;ai1ec-1062950@sdcweb.org2021-05-15T13:20:04Z

SDC Board Meeting

America/New_York2020-08-17T13:00:00America/New_York2020-08-17T15:00:00en-USExecutive Board Meeting0https://sdcweb.org/event/sdc-board-meeting-4/freeai1ec-1062946@sdcweb.org2021-05-15T13:20:04Z

COVID-19: A Collective Response / Returning to Work Safely: Singers

<div class="ai1ec-event-avatar alignleft timely"><img src="https://sdcweb.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Safety-Meeting-Webinars-Generic-300x232.png" width="300" height="232" /></div><p>SDC and AGMA’s webinar series, “COVID-19: A Collective Response,” began July 29 to inform our respective Memberships on the procedures in place to ensure a safe return to work. Upcoming webinars will focus on issues unique to specific disciplines.</p> <p>SDC Members log into the <a href="https://sdcportal.membership.winmill.net/Member-Portal-Login">SDC Member Portal</a> for registration information.</p>America/New_York2020-08-26T16:00:00America/New_York2020-08-26T17:30:00en-USSDC Event0https://sdcweb.org/event/covid-19-a-collective-response-returning-to-work-safely-singers/freethumbnail;https://sdcweb.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Safety-Meeting-Webinars-Generic-150x150.png;150;150;1,medium;https://sdcweb.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Safety-Meeting-Webinars-Generic-300x232.png;300;232;1,large;https://sdcweb.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Safety-Meeting-Webinars-Generic.png;488;377;ai1ec-1062947@sdcweb.org2021-05-15T13:20:04Z

COVID-19: A Collective Response / Returning to Work Safely: Directors, Choreographers, Dance Masters, Associates, & Stage Managers

<div class="ai1ec-event-avatar alignleft timely"><img src="https://sdcweb.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Safety-Meeting-Webinars-Generic-300x232.png" width="300" height="232" /></div><p>SDC and AGMA’s webinar series, “COVID-19: A Collective Response,” began July 29 to inform our respective Memberships on the procedures in place to ensure a safe return to work. Upcoming webinars will focus on issues unique to specific disciplines.</p> <p>SDC Members log into the <a href="https://sdcportal.membership.winmill.net/Member-Portal-Login">SDC Member Portal</a> for registration information.</p>America/New_York2020-09-16T16:00:00America/New_York2020-09-16T17:30:00en-USSDC Event0https://sdcweb.org/event/covid-19-a-collective-response-returning-to-work-safely-directors-choreographers-dance-masters-associates-stage-managers/freethumbnail;https://sdcweb.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Safety-Meeting-Webinars-Generic-150x150.png;150;150;1,medium;https://sdcweb.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Safety-Meeting-Webinars-Generic-300x232.png;300;232;1,large;https://sdcweb.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Safety-Meeting-Webinars-Generic.png;488;377;ai1ec-1062948@sdcweb.org2021-05-15T13:20:04Z

COVID-19: A Collective Response / Returning to Work Safely: Your Rights and Responsibilities

<div class="ai1ec-event-avatar alignleft timely"><img src="https://sdcweb.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Safety-Meeting-Webinars-Generic-300x232.png" width="300" height="232" /></div><p>SDC and AGMA’s webinar series, “COVID-19: A Collective Response,” began July 29 to inform our respective Memberships on the procedures in place to ensure a safe return to work. Upcoming webinars will focus on issues unique to specific disciplines.</p> <p>SDC Members log into the <a href="https://sdcportal.membership.winmill.net/Member-Portal-Login">SDC Member Portal</a> for registration information.</p>America/New_York2020-09-23T16:00:00America/New_York2020-09-23T17:30:00en-USSDC Event0https://sdcweb.org/event/covid-19-a-collective-response-returning-to-work-safely-your-rights-and-responsibilities/freethumbnail;https://sdcweb.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Safety-Meeting-Webinars-Generic-150x150.png;150;150;1,medium;https://sdcweb.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Safety-Meeting-Webinars-Generic-300x232.png;300;232;1,large;https://sdcweb.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Safety-Meeting-Webinars-Generic.png;488;377;ai1ec-1063213@sdcweb.org2021-05-15T13:20:04Z

SDC Board Meeting

America/New_York2020-11-02T13:00:00America/New_York2020-11-02T15:00:00en-USExecutive Board Meeting0https://sdcweb.org/event/sdc-board-meeting-5/freeai1ec-1063352@sdcweb.org2021-05-15T13:20:04Z

SDC & The Actors Fund Healthcare Webinar

<p>For SDC Members only. To RSVP, email Membership@SDCweb.org for a link.</p>America/New_York2020-12-08T14:00:00America/New_York2020-12-08T15:00:00en-USSDC EventZOOM Webinar0https://sdcweb.org/event/sdc-the-actors-fund-healthcare-webinar/freeai1ec-1063353@sdcweb.org2021-05-15T13:20:04Z

SDC & The Actors Fund Healthcare Webinar

<p>For SDC Members only. To RSVP, email Membership@SDCweb.org for a link.</p>America/New_York2021-01-12T14:00:00America/New_York2021-01-12T15:00:00en-USSDC Event0https://sdcweb.org/event/sdc-the-actors-fund-healthcare-webinar-2/free