Aaaaaaaaaaall our main-page posts have mysteriously disappeared…

Well, how strange!  I haven’t been back to this site since the summer of 2011, and now I find that all of our lovely historic posts with all their lovely historic comments and links have mysteriously disappeared!  I wonder where they all went?  Well, I suppose I should have known…. after all, wordpress is rather unreliable.  Oh well!  At least the pages are intact ^_^.  If I ever shoot for a season four, or if someone else ever picks up this festival’s dropped ball, we’ll post about it here!  Many thanks- E.G.D.

Three Years of Press, but no longer visible online

I am disappointed to note that the Honolulu Star Bulletin,  Honolulu Advertiser, and Honolulu Star Advertiser archives are no longer publicly available.  This, sadly, means that most of the review links I’ve posted on this page over the years are no longer visible, which is a crying shame, because we’ve been delightfully well reviewed (especially our 2009 inaugural season shows!).  I’ve been on the internet, trying to find some remnants of our press history, and all I came up with was this:

2010

Honolulu Weekly

2010 Photo Gallery (the personal gallery of our photographer)

2011

Star Advertiser Review

Beware!  Even these may be gone at any moment.  If you need them for your portfolio, by all means, print them out now.  Incidentally, I find myself increasingly more grateful for the “audience comments” page on this site, in part because “Dann” posted John Berger’s 2009 Star Bulletin review.  Granted, I’m still not entirely sure it’s legal to have that up here 0_o.  Anyhow, happy summer everyone- E.G.D.

A Crazy Year

Well, I can’t say this year went off without a hitch, but by all accounts it was a good, entertaining show.  Many thanks to the wonderful people who made it happen, and that includes the people who came to watch.  Here’s looking forward to a less chaotic fourth season, and another spectacular selection of wonderful new works.  Mahalo- EGD

A glorious addition!

We are thrilled to announce that we have accepted a fifth dance piece for this year’s program!  It has been choreographed by Phoebe Hwang, and the title for the piece is Sideways.  We look forward to sharing it with everyone at the end of the month!  Mahalo- EGD

Without Further Ado!

I am more than a little pleased to announce our wonderful 2011 lineup!  We will be producing all four submitted dances and 3 out of 15 submitted plays (and oh, is it a shame we couldn’t do them all!).  The show will be $5, and the performances will be at 8:00 PM on June 23, 24, and 25 and at 2:00 PM on the 26. Tickets will be available for purchase at the door of the theatre one hour before each show, and we ask that you please pay in cash only.

Now, without further ado:

Dances:

“Imagine” choreographed by Phoebe Hwang

“The Throne” choreographed by Becky McGarvey

“Bésixdouze” choreographed by Spencer Garrod

And an as-yet untitled tango choreographed by Jackie Okimoto and Daniel Sakimura

Plays:

Director Maseeh Ganjali: To Do Battle by Rosina Favors

Staged Rebellion by Kat Damiani

That Bench, Over There by Richard Ballon

Choreographer Phoebe Hwang and dancer Jason Wong in "Imagine"

Choreographers Becky McGarvey and Phoebe Hwang Brainstorm with Boxes and Light

Selection 2011

The dances and plays for our 2011 show have been selected!  Details will be posted here, along with publicity photos, later this week (once the playwrights for this year’s 15 submitted new plays have been contacted).  Mahalo for  your support, and please do not forget to check back soon for the latest information about this year’s festival- EGD (Managing Producer)

Auditions 2011

It is very nearly time for auditions, and I have decided to post the information for both dance and acting auditions here.  For complete information, please see below:

DANCE AUDITION

 

THURSDAY, May 20 @ 7:00 PM IN THE EARLE ERNST LAB THEATRE

 

CHOREOGRAPHERS WILL LEAD SHORT COMBINATIONS SO COME WARMED-UP AND PREPARED TO DANCE DIFFERENT STYLES

BLACK BOX BLACK BLOCKS DANCE AUDITION FORM

 

NAME _________________________   AGE ______    HEIGHT______ WAIST______

 

 

WEIGHT (IN POUNDS)_________    HAIR COLOR________   EYE COLOR________

 

 

PHONE ___________________   EMAIL ____________________________________

 

 

 

PLEASE LIST YOUR DANCE EXPERIENCE (training, performances, etc.)

 

 

PLEASE LIST ALL CONFLICTS FROM June 18-26:

PLEASE LIST YOUR AVAILABILITY FOR THE FOLLOWING DAYS IN JUNE

SUN	MON	TUE	WED	THU	FRI	SAT

 

IF NOT SELECTED TO BE IN A DANCE PIECE, WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO WORK BACKSTAGE?___________

 

ANYTHING ELSE YOU WOULD LIKE US TO KNOW ABOUT YOU?

 

Actors Wanted!

All Sizes, Shapes, Ages, and Experience Levels

 

Auditions on Saturday, May 21 and Sunday, May 22 at 7:00 PM

In the Earle Ernst Lab Theatre

 

Please come prepared to perform a 1-2 minute monologue of your choice (paper-in-hand is ok).  Alternately, there will be a small excerpt for you to read at the audition.  Also, please be prepared to do cold readings from scripts that will be provided by the directors.

 

BLACK BOX BLACK BLOCKS AUDITION FORM

 

NAME _________________________________    AGE ______     HEIGHT_________ 

 

WEIGHT (IN POUNDS)_________ WILLING TO CHANGE HAIR STYLE/COLOR? Y/N

 

WILLING TO PERFORM IN MORE THAN ONE SHORT PLAY? Y/N

 

PHONE ___________________   E-MAIL ____________________________________

 

 

PLEASE LIST YOUR PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE OR ATTACH A RESUME:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PLEASE LIST ALL CONFLICTS FROM June 18-26:

 

 PLEASE LIST YOUR AVAILABILITY FOR THE FOLLOWING DAYS IN MAY/JUNE

SUN	MON	TUE	WED	THU	FRI	SAT

 

IF NOT SELECTED AS AN ACTOR, WOULD YOU WORK TECH?  Y/N

IF SO, WHAT POSITION WOULD YOU PREFER? (i.e. costume/lights) ___________

 

ANYTHING ELSE YOU WOULD LIKE US TO KNOW ABOUT YOU?

Dates for 2011!

Aloha, friends and visitors!  I apologize for the delay, but without further ado, here are the performance dates and times for our third season:

June 23, 24, and 25 @ 8:00 PM, with a matinee on June 26 @ 2:00 PM

We’ll be posting prices and more information soon.  Many thanks, and we hope to see you there- EGD

EXTENTION!

We have extended this year’s submission date for new plays and choreographer proposals to April 10, do to low submission volume.  A million thanks to those who submitted early and on-time!  For those of you who have not yet submitted, thank you very much for your time and consideration, and we hope you will join us for our fabulous third season.  Mahalo- EGD

Third time’s the charm!

Welcome to the headquarters for the Black Box Black Blocks Theatre and Dance Festival of New Short Works 2011!  Please join us in our celebration of creativity and team-art.  We are currently open for submissions of new short play scripts, choreography proposals, and director credentials for our third season’s show, and we would absolutely love to hear from you.  If you are a playwright, choreographer, or director, please find the rules for submission on the pages entitled “playwrights,” “choreographers,” and “directors” on the page-bar at the top of the page and to the upper right from this post.  Thank you for helping us kick off our third year! – EGD