MetLife/TCG A-ha! Think It, Do It

 

We need a type of theatre which not only releases the feelings, insights and impulses possible within the particular historical field of human relations in which the action takes place, but employs and encourages those thoughts and feelings which help transform the field itself.

- Bertolt Brecht

 

The 2009 A-ha! Do It recipient is Clubbed Thumb, New York, N.Y. – It will partner with a larger theatre for co-curation and co-production that will be presented at Clubbed Thumb’s annual festival in June, and then in a longer run at the larger theater.Interested theaters should contact Clubbed Thumb.

The 2009 A-ha! Think It recipients are:

East West Players (Los Angeles, Calif.) will develop an artist talent agency and diversity advocacy prototype.

Childsplay, Inc. (Tempe, Ariz.) will convene experts from theatre design, manufacturing, recycling and sustainability to explore strategies for implementing green initiatives in stagecraft.

Book-It Repertory Theatre (Seattle, Wa.) will investigate the feasibility of a long-term partnership between Book-It and other non-profits to create a literacy-based theatre arts complex.

Salvage Vanguard Theater (Austin, Tex.) will develop and test a business plan for a production element co-op for small to mid-size companies in the Austin theater community.