2010 Performing Artist Roster

DC COMMISSION ON THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES

1371 Harvard Street, NW, Washington, DC 20009 202-724-5613 | TDD/TTY: 202-724-4493 | Fax: 202-727-4135 www.dcarts.dc.gov

Welcome to the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanties’ Performing Artist Roster! The Artist Roster is part of the Capital Region Touring Program The roster showcases some of the District’s most talented artists in dance, music, and theater. Performing artists featured in the roster have been reviewed by an independent peer review panel of area arts professionals, and have been chosen to represent the District of Columbia based on their demonstrated artistic excellence, touring management ability, and community engagement programs.

Each profile on the roster contains a brief description of the artist and tour-ready programs, contact information, fee ranges for touring and educational programs, availability and technical specifications to assist you with your decision-making. If you have questions beyond what the roster provides, please contact the artist directly to discuss your programming needs.

Fee Subsidy Support for District of Columbia Presenters!

District of Columbia nonprofit organizations can apply for financial support to present a touring artist or ensemble on the roster through the Capital Region Touring Program—a collaboration between the DC Commission on Arts and Humanities and the Maryland State Arts Council. The goal of the program is to promote the artistic exchanges between the two jurisdictions and increase touring opportunities for artists beyond their home state. For more details about the program, please refer to the contact information below.

For more information about D.C. roster artists For more information about Maryland roster artists and the Capital Region Touring Program application and the Capital Region Performing Arts Touring program for District of Columbia presenters: application for Maryland presenters: Keona Pearson The DC Commission on Arts & Humanities 202.724.5613 | keona.pearson@dc.gov www.dcarts.dc.gov

Sharon Blake Maryland State Arts Council 410.767.6536 | sblake@msac.org www.msac.org

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ABOUT DCCAH

the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities

MISSION Our Mission at the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities is to provide grants, programs and educational activities that encourage diverse artistic expressions and learning opportunities, so that all District of Columbia residents and visitors can experience the rich culture of our city.

GOALS To carry out the Commission’s mission, the following goals have been established: • Provide access to the arts for all District residents.

• Promote lifelong learning and interest in the arts and arts education for all ages.

• Build communities through public and private partnerships in the arts.

• Preserve the cultural diversity of the District of Columbia through the arts and humanities.

BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS A Board of Commissioners appointed by the Mayor of the District of Columbia governs the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities. Applicants and patrons are encouraged to notify the Commissioners, panelists and staff of their artistic activities and include them on mailing lists. It is appropriate to send invitations, notices of exhibitions, readings, performances, etc. Please indicate the program and discipline to which you are applying. It is not appropriate to send personal letters of introduction or persuasion.

Telephone communication with Commissioners and panelists is a breach of Commission regulations.

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001 CITYDANCEEnsemble, Inc.

DANCE

Booking Contact: LETITIA HAYS

Director Of Operations

1111 16th Street NW Suite 300 Washington, DC 20036 202.347.3909 letitia@citydance.net www.citydance.net to see performance videos

ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE Contemporary dance SIZE OF ENSEMBLE 10 dancers TOURING FEE RANGE Minimum: $22,000 (single engagement) Maximum: $55,000 (up to 5 engagements) AVAILABILITY September - June EDUCATIONAL/RESIDENCY FEE RANGE Masterclasses and workshops (all ages): Minimum: $5,000 (within a 50 mile radius) Maximum: $55,000 (up to 5 engagements) TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Minimum Stage Dimensions: 25 x 30 for performances Lighting: Basic lighting for lecture demonstrations and informal performances Rehearsal Space: 25 x 30 for performances Other: Marley floor; full technical rider available upon request.

ARTIST INFORMATION Promising its signature power, passion, and purpose at every turn, the company performs athletic, challenging repertory by choreographers from the United States and around the world.

Mixed Repertory: A dynamic collection featuring a variety of renowned choreographers

A concert featuring CityDance Ensemble’s varied repertory and unique array of choreographers. The Mixed Repertory program can be comprised of any of the repertory described below, plus additional dances currently in the company’s touring repertory.

American Masters: Taylor, Maslow, Dudley, Way Featured on the American Masters program is Paul Taylor’s Last Look, Sophie Maslow’s 1942 Folksay, Jane Dudely’s 1938 classic Harmonica Breakdown, and Brenda Way’s On a Train Heading South.

Next: A new look and new generation CityDance’s Next series celebrates the current generation of choreographers who are molding the dance scene of tomorrow. Next features choreography by such emerging artists as Kate Weare, Larry Keigwin, Austin McCormick, and Christopher K. Morgan.

Warmer: Dances about global warming The Warmer program features dances that use art to speak to issue of climate change and is a provocative and challenging program about today and for tomorrow. Features work by Chilean choreographer Isabel Croxatto as well as Brenda Way, Christopher K. Morgan, and Jason Garcia Ignacio.

Masterclasses & Workshops: CityDance Ensemble is available for masterclasses and workshops in a variety of dance genres and topics for students and community members of all ages. These offer an inside look at the technique and repertory of the company as well as provide a glimpse into the process of historic reconstructions.

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002 DAKSHINA/DanielPHOENIX SINGHCOMPANY

DANCE

Booking Contact: DANIEL SINGH 1816 New Hampshire Avenue Suite 109 Washington, DC 20009 202.247.1292 dpsingh@dakshina.org www.dakshina.org to see performance videos

ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE Classical Indian Dance | Modern Dance SIZE OF ENSEMBLE 8 – 14 artists TOURING FEE RANGE Minimum: $1,500 (fewer dancers, short program) Maximum: $5,000 (full Company, evening length program) AVAILABILITY Call for availability EDUCATIONAL/RESIDENCY FEE RANGE Call for fee range TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS For a detailed technical rider for Dakshina, please contact DCCAH or Daniel Singh ARTIST INFORMATION Dakshina/Daniel Phoenix Singh Dance Company is an emerging dance company that performs and presents Indian dance forms, such as Bharata Natyam, and Modern dance, mirroring the multiple identities of second generation South Asians. The company combines the arts with social justice issues both by incorporating the themes into our work and via partnerships with local community centers and schools.

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003 EDGEWORKSDANCE Theater

DANCE

Booking Contact: HELANIUS J. WILKINS P.O. Box 73396 Washington, DC 20056 202.483.0606 staff@hjwEdgeworks.org www.hjwEdgeworks.org

ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE Contemporary | Multimedia SIZE OF ENSEMBLE 1 – 9 artists (depending on project) TOURING FEE RANGE Minimum: $2,500 Maximum: $20,000 AVAILABILITY Year Round EDUCATIONAL/RESIDENCY FEE RANGE Ages 14 and older Minimum: $1,500 Maximum: $5,000 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS The works of EDGEWORKS Dance Theater are generally multi-media, evening-length works fusing original choreography and music with elaborate set designs and theatrical elements. Ideal technical requirements: proscenium stage with a minimum space of 3’ (wide) x 28’ (deep); video projection equipment and white cyc for projection (depending on project); stage wings and cross over space. Projects can be adjusted in certain instances to be effective in a wide array of venues. All sound is on CD and therefore CD playback system is needed.

ARTIST INFORMATION EDGEWORKS Dance Theater is available to offer mixed programs that include new and signature dance works with minimum technical needs as well as full evening-length programs such as Cold Case – an evening-length multi-media work that examines and explores the state of Black men in America. Many of the works by EDGEWORKS are inspired by political and social topics. Therefore, post-performance discussions and workshops are encouraged in conjunction with performances.

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004 FARAFINA Kan | TheSOUNDofAfrica

DANCE

Booking Contact: DIALLO SUMBRY 5523 13th Street NW Washington, DC 20011 202.286.2688 farafinakan@gmail.com farafinakan.com to see performance videos

ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE Traditional West-African drumming and dancing SIZE OF ENSEMBLE 16 (maximum) artists TOURING FEE RANGE Minimum: $1,500 Maximum: $20,000 AVAILABILITY Call for availability EDUCATIONAL/RESIDENCY FEE RANGE Call for fee range TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Presentations can be very flexible depending on the venue. The ensemble ranges from no technical requirements to the following specs for a formal concert: 5 vocal & 7 instruments microphones – preferably wireless, 5 stage monitors and a stage sized 25’x 30’ or larger ARTIST INFORMATION Farafina Kan, literally translated as the sound of Africa, is a professional performing arts company dedicated to maintaining and enhancing the history, integrity, and representation of traditional African drumming and dancing through high quality performance and professionalism. Farafina Kan is a family of young artists who have been reared and engaged in the West African performing Arts for the majority of their lives.

Farafina Kan specializes in a myriad of performance and workshop formats that can include the full ensemble of a select cast. Programming can range from theatrical concerts to outdoor festivals, to a series of school performances or residencies for any age.

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005 NEJLA Yatkin | NY2 Dance

DANCE

Booking Contact: LUCILLE DI CAMPLI 40 Broadway, 46th Floor New York, NY 10005 212.858.7549 lucille@mcdonaldselznick.com www.ny2dance.com to see performance videos

ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE Solo Dance | Multimedia SIZE OF ENSEMBLE 1 dancer and 3 technical personnel TOURING FEE RANGE Minimum: $8,000 Maximum: $12,000 AVAILABILITY Call for availability EDUCATIONAL/RESIDENCY FEE RANGE Minimum: $3,000 Maximum: $7,000 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS A detailed tech rider is available upon request Stage Dimensions: 34’ x 30’, Black Marley Floor, wing space, fly system, overhead grit Audio Support Equipment: CD or Ipod Visual Support Equipment: video projector front Lighting: consult Tech rider Rehearsal space needed ARTIST INFORMATION Named by Dance Magazine as one of the “Top 25 to watch”, internationally acclaimed choreographer and dancer Nejla Y. Yatkin brings her latest multi-media dance solo work DE/REconstructing Mata Hari to your venue. Come and see how Yatkin draws upon ancient myths, Eastern dance traditions, contemporary dance, cinema techniques, poetry, psychological theories and personal reflections to unravel the mystery.

Also part of Ms. Yatkin’s current tour repertoire: a solo dance performance to the first cello suite of J. S. Bach.

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006 WASHINGTON REFLECTIONS D A N C E C O M P A N

DANCE

Booking Contact: FABIAN BARNES

Founder/Artistic Director

The Dance Institute of Washington 3400 14th Street, NW Washington, DC 20010 202.371.9656 FBarnes@danceinstitute.org www.danceinstitute.org to see performance videos

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ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE Contemporary Ballet | Modern Dance SIZE OF ENSEMBLE 7 dancers TOURING FEE RANGE Full Concert (90 Min)- Minimum: $8,500 Maximum: $10,000 Mini Concert (75 Min)- Minimum: $6,000 Maximum: $8,000 Repertoire Concert (30 Min)- Minimum: $3,000 Maximum: $5,000 AVAILABILITY Year Round EDUCATIONAL/RESIDENCY FEE RANGE All ages Five-Day Residency: $15, 000

Educational Residency Day: $3,250 to $4,250

Lecture-Demonstration for General Public: $2,500 to $3,500 Lecture-Demonstration for Schools (K-12) (within 80-Mile Radius): $1,250 Workshop - 1.5 Hour (within Washington Metro Area): $350 to $500 Master Class - 1.5 Hour (within Washington Metro Area): $200 to $500 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Minimum Stage Dimensions: 30’ x 40’ Stage Set: wooden floor surface, with a front curtain, crossover, adequate wing space and unobstructed loan-in area, Marley floor covering for all stage and wines. Temperature should be no lower than 68 degrees Fahrenheit or no higher than 80 degrees.

Audio Support Equipment: CD, DAT, Cassette tape, and full tract mono (preferably with house speakers), on stage monitor with announcement microphone.

Visual Support Equipment: N/A Lighting: Minimally, front and side lighting. Cyclorama Rehearsal Space: Adequate rehearsal space for an ensemble of seven dancers.

Other: Dressing rooms to accommodate seven people, clean mirrors, chairs, bathrooms in the stage area with hot and cold running water, clothes racks, streamer, iron, iron board, and washer and dryer. Travel requires roundtrip airfare, transportation to and from the hotel. During the performance, contract transportation to and from the theatre and all other activities for the company, scenery, costumes and equipment.

Please provide a list of nearby dance and music shops, restaurants and other eating facilities. Please forward this information to Washington Reflections Dance Company two weeks prior to our engagement.

ARTIST INFORMATION WASHINGTON REFLECTIONS DANCE COMPANY is a contemporary ballet and modern dance company that strengthens the local and national dance communities by broadening the cultural dialogue and promoting the voice of the inner city. The company uses dance to add a uniquely African American voice to the nation’s rich cultural landscape.

WRDC defines its objectives as follows: to create new dance works; to reinterpret classic dance works from a wide pool of choreographic voices; to offer multimedia, multicultural and multi-generational dance performances that represent the diverse national experience.

“Washington Reflections nurtures the talent of dancers and choreographers by providing them with a professional outlet,” says Mr. Barnes. “Our performances speak to the lives of the urban community, affirming the reality of city residents and the universal truths of the human condition.”

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001 ALONA | Vocalist

MUSIC

Booking Contact: CANDICE CRAWFORD 5 Quincy Place, NE Washington, DC 20002 202.276.9593 alonaband@gmail.com

ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE Modern | Alternative Rock SIZE OF ENSEMBLE 2 – 4 artists TOURING FEE RANGE Minimum: $400 Maximum: $4,000 AVAILABILITY Call for availability EDUCATIONAL/RESIDENCY FEE RANGE Not available TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Artist can work with a full range of technical amenities ranging from providing all of their own technical requirements to venue provided technical support and musical equipment backline. For more information, contact Candice Crawford or DCCAH. ARTIST INFORMATION Music is a calling; one that singer/songwriter Candice AlonA felt from early adolescence. Inspired by contemporary artists like Chris Cornell, Layne Staley and Maynard James Keenan – hard rock vocalists also known for writing heady, emotionally provocative lyrics – Candice followed her muse. Having explored her creative inspiration through various styles of rock music, she now fronts her own band, AlonA: an explosive amalgam of modern rock integrating references to alternative, progressive and soul.

The emotional core of AlonA can be heard on the captivating six-track debut EP Maelstrom, which navigates an intense, musical minefield through life’s most complex emotions including love, rage and revenge. Another intriguing facet of AlonA is the desire for an intimate connection with the audience that compels this talented, passionate artist to interpret her music via two unique domains. While recording her songs with a full band, she often chooses to perform those same songs in a stripped-down, acoustic setting. The complimentary dualities don’t end there.

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002 MAUREEN Andary | Guitarist & Vocalist

MUSIC

Booking Contact: MAUREEN ANDARY 3933 Livingston Street NW Washington, DC 20015 202.783.6905 maureen.andary@gmail.com www.myspace.com/ maureenmusic to see performance videos

ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE Jazz/Contemporary Folk SIZE OF ENSEMBLE 1 artist TOURING FEE RANGE Minimum: $300 Maximum: $600 AVAILABILITY Year round EDUCATIONAL/RESIDENCY FEE RANGE Ages 5 – 18 Call for fee range TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Audio Support Equipment: Two plug ins (1 for Uke, 1 for guitar), 2 Boom Mics ARTIST INFORMATION Let Maureen whisk you away into her magical world of bleeding hearts and nostalgic longing. Rooted in the 1930s jazz and acoustic folk traditions, Maureen offers depth and wit in her original songwriting. With a poetry degree from New York University and extensive vocal training since childhood, her voice is a force to be reckoned with— both in content and in style. She accompanies herself with an arch-top jazz guitar and a ukulele, and teaches both of these instruments at Middle C Music in Tenleytown, DC. Maureen’s audience ranges from small children, for whom she plays 1930s and ‘40s classics such as “I’ve Got the World on a String,” “Somewhere Over the Rainbow,” “If I Only had a Brain,” and “Favorite Things,” to the adult crowd. For older ladies and gents she stirs in her saucy originals and has a sophisticated set of standards including “I Didn’t Know What Time it Was,” “Body & Soul,” and “Embraceable You. ” Maureen offers a stunning show of sweet vocals and rhythmic guitar & ukulele, playing flexibly for a wide variety of audiences.

Maureen Andary has been nominated for two 2009 Washington Area Music Association Awards for Best Contemporary Folk Vocalist and Best Contemporary Folk Recording for her debut album “Nostalgia”, was selected as a finalist in the 2008 Mountain Stage NewSong Contest, and is a 2008 DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities Young Artist Program Grant Recipient.

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003 KRISTEN Arant | Drums

MUSIC

Booking Contact: KRISTEN ARANT 4232 14th St NE Washington, DC 20017 202.213.7810 kristen@drumlady.com www.drumlady.com to see performance videos

ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE West African drumming, song, and movement SIZE OF ENSEMBLE 4 – 5 artists TOURING FEE RANGE Minimum: $300 Maximum: $1,000 AVAILABILITY Year round EDUCATIONAL/RESIDENCY FEE RANGE Call for details TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Single mic, 5 chairs ARTIST INFORMATION Kristen is a drummer, drum instructor and performing artist living in Washington, DC and specializing in the West African Mandingue drumming tradition. She is the Founding Director of the Young Women’s Drumming Empowerment Project - a drumming, poetry and performance art empowerment group designed to build the confidence and self esteem of teenaged girls living in the DC area.

Kristen leads drumming workshops at a variety of DC middle and high schools, and also for women, girls, and mixed groups of youth, adults and elders throughout the DC metro area. Kristen holds bachelor’s degrees in music and women studies, has taken classes with a variety of West African drumming instructors including Mamady Keita and Mahiri Edwards of the Tam Tam Mandingue West African Drumming School, and has studied the djembe with Tammi Hessen and Baile McKnight. Recently, after receiving an Artist’s Fellowship from the DC Arts Commission, Kristen completed a 2-week advanced drumming intensive with Mamady Keita in San Diego.

Currently you can find Kristen performing with DC young women in the Young Women’s Drumming Empowerment Project, and with the DC World Beat Ensemble, a highenergy performance group centered on highlighting West African rhythms and songs.

In addition, Kristen performs percussion and backing vocals with Omega Band, an eclectic soul, ska and rock band performing at venues all over DC and the surrounding area.

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004 CHRISTINE Kharazian| Violinist

MUSIC

Booking Contact: ARMEN KHARAZIAN 4117 W St. NW Washington, DC 20007 202.330.6400 christine_km@hotmail.com armen.kharazian@comcast.net www.christinekharazian.com to see performance videos

ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE Classical | Irish/Celtic | Pop | Jazz | World SIZE OF ENSEMBLE 1 – 5 artists

TOURING FEE RANGE For engagement in orchestra for concert, ballet, opera, musical etc.

Rehearsal (per musician, 2 hrs. min) $75 per hour

$40 for each additional 1/2 hour

$40 each overtime 1/4 hour Concert (per orchestra musician, 2 hrs) $250 (first two hours)

$50 for each additional 1/2 hour

$50 each overtime 1/4hour Background music events (weddings receptions, exhibitions) Minimum: 1st hour:$300 - Leader; $200 - other musicians

$75 each additional 1/2 hour, per musician

$50 each overtime 1/4hour Maximum: $5,000 Recordings (per musician) $300 first 2 hours

$100 each additional hour

$50 each overtime 1/4 hour *For Concert appearances of the group or the soloist please contact the artist or the manager for fees and details.

AVAILABILITY Year round EDUCATIONAL/RESIDENCY FEE RANGE All ages Minimum: $400 Maximum: $3,000 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Audio Support Equipment: PA system or amps (can be brought by artists for additional cartage fee) Lighting: Appropriate stage Rehearsal Space: 1 room Other: Shelter if outdoors ARTIST INFORMATION Concert performance: Solo Violin, Duet , Trio, Quartet (Instrumentation: • Violin/piano; • Violin/guitar; String trio or quartet -- • Violin/guitar/bass; • Violin/guitar/drums; • Violin/vocal/guitar/drums) Background Performance: weddings, receptions, exhibitions etc.

Music styles: Classical , Jazz, Irish/Celtic, World, Standards, Latin Educational presentations: • Violin Tale; • Nature in the Music of Great Composers; • From Bach to Gershwin; • Music Through the Ages; • Music Around the World -Presentations can be done either by the violinist alone, or with the pianist; -Interactive presentation by Violinist Christine Kharazian and pianist Frank Conlon includes performance of music from a variety of countries, dialogue, visual illustrations (power point); -Technical requirements: Projector and screen, Microphone or other type of amplification.

Other: Artist has extensive background in education and is available to assist orchestral educational programs.

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005 CHRISTON Bacon | Multidisciplinary

MUSIC

Booking Contact: CHRISTON BACON 230 Rhode Island Ave NE #212 Washington, DC 20002 202.253.9579 cb@christylez.com www.christylez.com to see performance videos

ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE Hip-Hop SIZE OF ENSEMBLE 1-3 or more artists, depending on the scale of the performance TOURING FEE RANGE Minimum: $300 Maximum: $800 AVAILABILITY Call for availability EDUCATIONAL/RESIDENCY FEE RANGE Call for details TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS 3 microphones, 3 mic stands, 3 XLR Cables, 2 direct input boxes.

ARTIST INFORMATION Christon “Christylez” Bacon is a native Southeast-Washingtonian and Duke Ellington School of the Arts graduate. As a performer, he has been featured at many venues in and outside of the DC arts scene including the National Youth Poetry Slam, Lincoln Theater, and the National Cathedral. Christylez is also the subject of the award winning documentary, Blue Line: Destination Christylez. Continuing his growth and development, Christylez has recently served as artist-in-residence at Strathmore, and has performed for the 2008 Mayor’s Arts Awards at the Kennedy Center.

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006 E44 | Jazz Combo

MUSIC

Booking Contact: MICHAEL BOWIE 6500 7th St. NW Washington, DC 20012 202.558.9171 michael.bowie1@gmail.com www.myspace.com/e44band to see performance videos

ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE Experimental Jazz | Hip Hop SIZE OF ENSEMBLE 5 artists TOURING FEE RANGE Minimum: $3,200 within 1.5 hour travel Maximum: $5,000 beyond 1.5 hour travel-(includes lodging) AVAILABILITY Year round EDUCATIONAL/RESIDENCY FEE RANGE Ages 11 and older Minimum $3,200 within 1.5 hour travel Maximum $5,000 beyond 1.5 hour travel-(includes lodging) TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Minimum Stage Dimensions: 18’x 12’ Stage Set: Stage must be in place and available for band 3.5 hours before appointed set up time to allow for 1.5 hour sound and lighting check. Outdoor performances require that the band stage be covered to protect band instruments and electrical equipment from sun, heat, rain, condensation (dew). The band cannot perform outdoors under adverse weather conditions.

Audio Support Equipment: Backline should include: - Sturdy table, min. 4 ft long, 2.5 ft wide (1); 1/4” direct inputs; (Turntables, Technics 1200 or Vestax PDX-2000 (2), MixerRane Empath (1); Motif keyboards (2); Fender Stage Twin guitar amp (2); Ampeg 400 or Galien Kruger bass head (1), with (1) 4x12 matching cabinet; Yamaha or DW Drum Kit configured as follows:

22” Bass drum

14” Ludwig 402 or 400 snare

10” and 12” rack mounted toms

One (1) pair 14” high hat cymbals

20” thin ride cymbals

2 Crash cymbals (1) 24 channel PA system w/full complement front-of house speakers, 3 floor/2 headlevel monitors with minimum of 2 separate mixes, at least 1 sub-woofer, outboard gear (reverb, compression etc), 8 DI boxes, 2 vocal and 6 drum microphones.

Lighting: professional equipment **dimmers are mandatory** Rehearsal Space: if available. Should include similar backline.

Other: No fewer than 10 electrical outlets must be available on stage.

ARTIST INFORMATION Performance: E44’s music takes the listener through a retrospective of traditional jazz up through, and beyond its modern outgrowth. From the classical sound of the violin, to the walking upright bass, the cornucopia of sound created by the DJ-coupled with the modern keyboard and guitar make for a varied program. Worldwide cultural influences are represented through textured rhythms and pitch, thereby deepening the connection with our audience.

Education: Our mission is to spark an interest in the value of a well-rounded musical experience, as well as exploring possible careers in music. As I am involved with Wolftrap’s youth education initiative, as well as my own non-profit (www.themusicteachingproject.org), I witness the positive reaction to professional outreach and time invested in youth. Our program would involve demonstrations in the development of jazz and blues to what is known today as pop and hip hop; classical influences used in today’s music; and rhythm “the bridge between genres”. We would also discuss affiliated career opportunities.

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007 LUCIANA Cecille | Vocalist

MUSIC

Booking Contact: DANIEL LAU 507 Walker Ave Baltimore MD 21212 410.323.5450 daniel.j.lau@gmail.com www.lucianacecille.net to see performance videos

ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE Opera SIZE OF ENSEMBLE 2 artists TOURING FEE RANGE Minimum: $3,200 Maximum: $5,000 AVAILABILITY Available to tour between the following dates: November 22-29, 2009 or March 25 – April 30, 2010 EDUCATIONAL/RESIDENCY FEE RANGE All ages. Call for fee range TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Grand piano, lighting for pianist ARTIST INFORMATION Soprano Luciana Cecille is a native of Sao Paolo, Brazil. Opera roles include Anne Sexton in Conrad Susa’s Transformations, Nina in Massenet’s Cherubin, Zerlina in Don Giovanni, First Knaben in Die Zauberflote, and the title role in Ravel’s L’enfant et les Sortileges.

With the Peabody Opera Theater, she created the role of Lilia in the premiere of Mark Lanz Weiser’s Where Angels Fear to Tread, an opera based on an E. M. Forster novel. In 1999, Ms. Cecille debuted with The Washington Opera as Bridget Booth in The Crucible.

In April 2003, she sang the Soprano solo in Rutter’s Gloria under the baton of John Rutter at the Kennedy Center, and recently was featured in Handel’s Messiah with J. Reilly Lewis. In May 2006, Luciana sang the role of Forest Bird in Siegfried with the Emerging Singer’s Program under Evelyn Lear and Tom Stewart. Luciana was recently a finalist in the Leyla Gencer Vocal Competition in Istanbul, Turkey.

Current tour ready repertoire A 50 minute classical art song recital based on children’s themes: I HATE MUSIC …………………………………………… Leonard Bernstein LA COURTE PAILLE ……………………………………… Francis Poulenc ERE WE BE YOUNG AGAIN ……………………………… Joseph Baber CINCO CANCIONES POPULARES ARGENTINAS ………… Alberto Ginastera 5 SONGS ON CHILDREN’S POEMS ……………………… Phillip Rhodes

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008 HUEMAN Prophets | Multidisciplinary

MUSIC

Booking Contact: JABARI EXUM 1800 Newton Street NE, # 1 Washington, DC 20018 202.460.5390 huemanprophets@gmail.com www.huemanprophets.com to see performance videos

ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE Hip-Hop SIZE OF ENSEMBLE 3 artists TOURING FEE RANGE Minimum: $850 Maximum: $8,000 AVAILABILITY Year round EDUCATIONAL/RESIDENCY FEE RANGE Call for details TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS 2 Wireless headset mics, 2 handheld mics (with cord and mic stands), 1 DJ and 2 turn tables with 2 direct line inputs or DI boxes, 1 instrumental mic (for acoustic percussion) Props: 2 chairs, dining table or 2 small tables, lighting (at least a stationary spotlight) ARTIST INFORMATION The innovative format of Hueman Prophets music and performances are rooted in Hip-Hop culture. They are graphic storytellers that ultimately lend new perspective to timeless, real-life situations. Their mission is to empower audiences, especially within their age group, by lifting the veil of class structure and social alienation with music and theater. Using the “in your face” style of Hip-Hop Theater, Hueman Prophets take the stage. Blending polished lyricism, captivating delivery, and seasoned acting, their experience is unforgettable. Pushing their theatrical approach to a whole new level, the group is breaking new ground with their “motion album” concept. Their form of entertainment takes Hip-Hop music into uncharted territory.

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009 JOSEPH Burden | Vocalist

MUSIC

Booking Contact: JOE BURDEN 7905 13th Street NW Washington, DC 20012 202.726.6433 jobmusic@aol.com to see performance videos

ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE Vocalist: style of Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole; Jazz Standards, Latin, Top 40 SIZE OF ENSEMBLE 4 artists TOURING FEE RANGE Please call for further details Minimum: $3,000 AVAILABILITY January 25 – November 5 EDUCATIONAL/RESIDENCY FEE RANGE Not available TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Call for details ARTIST INFORMATION A native Washingtonian, Joseph Burden is a Marine Corps veteran and a retired member of the Washington, D.C. Police Department. He performs original and contemporary music as a soloist or leader of an instrumental combo. He has performed as guest artist with Bob Hope, the US Navy Band, the US Air Force Airmen of Note, and for luminaries such as Hillary Clinton, President George W. Bush, to name a few.

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010 FREDERIC Yonnet | Harmonicist

MUSIC

Booking Contact: CARLA SIMS P.O. Box 25092 Arlington, VA 22202 202.547.8313 Carla@fredyonnet.com www.fredyonnet.com

ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE Jazz / R&B

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TOURING FEE RANGE Minimum: $4,000 Maximum: $6,500

SIZE OF ENSEMBLE 5-6 artists

AVAILABILITY Call for details EDUCATIONAL/RESIDENCY FEE RANGE Call for details TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Available upon request.

ARTIST INFORMATION When it comes to the harmonica, Frédéric Yonnet knows how to turn skeptics into believers. “I didn’t know I liked harmonica music until I met this guy,” said comedian Dave Chappelle during his introduction of Yonnet at a festival. Most people perceive the harmonica as a “side” instrument used in country and blues. However, Yonnet is one of a handful of musicians to successfully showcase the harmonica’s versatility as a lead instrument in contemporary jazz, R&B and other genres of music. Just listen to his sound. It funks. It rocks. It hips and hops. It grooves. It sways. It testifies. It prays. It has a reverence for blues and jazz while appealing to a generation breed on pop, rock and hip-hop. The attention and praise he has garnered from such popular musical and generational icons as Stevie Wonder and Dave Chappelle as well as performances with Erykah Badu, John Legend, India.Arie, and Branford Marsalis have exposed him and his powerhouse sound to a wide and diverse audience. Hear music, see videos at www. fredyonnet.com.

“Frédéric Yonnet — a Wonder disciple — had a crazy harmonica duel that almost sent Stevie flying off the stage in a frenzy.”

Fox News on the Stevie Wonder concert at Madison Square Garden “Fred has an extraordinary ability for wringing torrents of emotion out of that tiny instrument, the harmonica.”

Rhome Anderson, mp3.Washingpost.com “Harmonica has played a monumental role in the blues idiom but in jazz it has been employed successfully by only several musicians, Toots Thielemans, Howard Levy and Frédéric Yonnet coming to mind as three who have made significant contributions in the instrument.

W. Royal Stokes, Jazz Times

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011 MAIMOUNA Youssef | Vocalist

MUSIC

Booking Contact: DIALLO SUMBRY 643 Hamlin St. NE #1 Washington, DC 20007 202.286.2688 daheart@gmail.com www.myspace.com/ maimounayoussef to see performance videos

ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE Hip-Hop | Rock | Funk SIZE OF ENSEMBLE 10 artists TOURING FEE RANGE Minimum: $4,500 Maximum: $6,500 AVAILABILITY Year round EDUCATIONAL/RESIDENCY FEE RANGE All ages Minimum $600 Maximum $800 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Minimum Stage Dimensions: 20ft x 20ft Stage Set: None Audio Support Equipment: at least 600 to 700 watt sound system (at minimum) Visual Support Equipment: lights appropriate for video taping, and projection capabilities, laptop connection capabilities, and laptop slide show Powerpoint and audio Lighting: at least three to four color full stage washes, preferably amber, red, blue, green. Please provide at least 9 specials for individual band members and at least one follow spot for lead singer Rehearsal Space: May not be necessary but if needed please provide small PA system, small sound board for vocalist and MP. And three vocal microphones ARTIST INFORMATION Currently I have a ten-piece band (including myself ) ready to perform a 1- 1.5 hour concert. This concert is rehearsed and prepared for any stage that can meet our minimum sound/technical requirements. We are capable of obtaining vehicles and/or booking train reservations and tickets for travel if necessary. Our tour manager timely and effectively corresponds regarding our travel, payment, performance, lodging and all logistical arrangements necessary to create the best possible experience for the presenter, performers and ultimately the audience. Our tour manager will serve as the central contact for all pre-performance, on-site and post-performance correspondence for continuity and clarity. We are professional, timely and we know how to rock the house.

We are prepared to follow any specific guidelines or codes that may be imposed by the theater, sound crew or presenter. We are committed to ensuring we contribute to the success of all events in which we are invited to perform through timeliness, exhibiting artistic excellence, professionalism, organization, internet promotion, and effective communication with all parties involved.

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012 NISTHA Raj | Folk&Traditional

MUSIC

Booking Contact: NITA (NISTHA) RAJ 2929 McKinley ST NW Washington, DC 20015 202.315.8599 nistharaj@gmail.com www.nistharaj.com to see performance videos

Arts

ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE North Indian Classical Music SIZE OF ENSEMBLE 2 artists TOURING FEE RANGE Minimum: $350 Maximum: $450 AVAILABILITY Year round EDUCATIONAL/RESIDENCY FEE RANGE Not available TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Minimum Stage Dimensions: Enough space for two people to sit comfortably Audio Support Equipment: 3 microphones or cable and amplification for violin pick up Other: One outlet to plug in electronic drone machine ARTIST INFORMATION My programming is consistent with traditional representation of classical music as seen and heard in North India. The elements of a traditional concert recital are as follows: Alap: Unaccompanied introduction where the raag (melodic idea) is unfolded and developed slowly (15-20 min) Jor-Jhala: A continuation of the development of the raag with rhythm (10-15 min) Vilambit Gat: A fixed composition set to a slow tempo rhythmic cycle (15-20 min) Drut Gat: A fixed composition set to a fast tempo rhythmic cycle (10 min) Jhala: A very fast finale (10 min) Dhun: A folk tune or melody (10 min) These sections do not have to be performed together and can be presented as single items. Since the music is highly improvised, the length of time can vary and be adjusted to a presenter’s time restraints. It is necessary for one accompanying musician (tabla performer) for this programming.

In addition to the performance, an educational workshop can be presented separately in which the style, history and fundamentals of the music are discussed.

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013 NOAH Getz | Saxophone

MUSIC

Booking Contact: NITA (NISTHA) RAJ 3028 Wisconsin Ave NW #206 Washington, DC 20016 202.244.2525 getz@american.edu www.noahgetz.com to see performance videos

ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE jazz | classical saxophone SIZE OF ENSEMBLE 1-6 artists TOURING FEE RANGE Minimum: $400 Maximum: $3,000 AVAILABILITY Year round

EDUCATIONAL/RESIDENCY FEE RANGE Ages 11 + Minimum: $300 Maximum: $2,500 Educational/Residency Experience: I have substantial experience presenting lectures and educational programs relating to the saxophone, jazz performance, jazz history, and contemporary classical performance practice. I have presented Composers Colloquiums, lectures and masterclasses at universities across the country including Mannes The New School, The Conservatory of Puerto Rico, UC-Berkeley, UC-Davis, Florida State University and Catholic University of America. In addition, I have presented lectures at the International Saxophone Symposium and for the Blue Note Lecture Series in Washington, DC. Past lecture topics have included jazz practice techniques, appreciating the music of John Coltrane, solo performance practice for classical saxophone, and interpreting classical saxophone works with jazz influences. As Musician-In-Residence at American University and Artist-In-Residence at The Levine School of Music I teach jazz and classical saxophone students, combos and saxophone quartets at a variety of skill levels.

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS The technical requirements vary based upon the size of the ensemble presenting the performance. The range given below reflects the smallest ensemble used for the “Crosscurrents” concerts to the largest ensemble that would include two distinct stage sets reflecting the “Split Concert” format.

Minimum Stage Dimensions: Preferably a raised stage. Minimum: 15 ft x 9 ft Maximum: 24 ft x 12 ft Stage Set: Minimum: A well-tuned piano and two music stands in standard recital format.

Maximum: A well-tuned piano, 4 music stands in a jazz combo setup for quintet with trumpet and saxophone.

Audio Support Equipment: Minimum: none needed unless performing solo works with “tape” which requires a CD player into the house speaker system or two large amplifiers (provided by the venue). Maximum: Miking for piano, drums, and two horns with two monitors (one between the horns and the other near the piano). Outlet close to stage required for bass amp. Bass player will provide amp and cords.

Other: Setup and sound-check with jazz combo format requires 1 hour in space before the performance.

ARTIST INFORMATION My performances stretch the boundaries of conventional concerts by exploring the interplay of jazz and classical styles. These concerts include works that were written for me with jazz and classical influences as well as improvisation in jazz and contemporary classical styles.

Crosscurrents is inspired by my solo recording of the same name released on the Albany label in 2007. These recitals focus on repertoire written by contemporary composers that incorporate jazz influences and explore the variety and diversity of this approach from the viewpoint of classical composers in a more formal setting. The compositions are generally written for solo saxophone, saxophone and tape, or saxophone and piano.

Split Concerts provide a direct comparison between jazz and classical approaches by performing each style separately within the same concert. A recent performance included classical saxophone and piano repertoire before intermission and a jazz quartet during the second half. The unifying theme throughout the concert was “Third Stream” styles and included jazz saxophonist Phil Woods’ Sonata for Alto Saxophone and Piano and my jazz compositions inspired by minimalism.

Mixed Improvisation provides a mixture of jazz and contemporary classical improvisation and composed music within one concert. Typically, these performances focus on one composer or theme. An upcoming collaboration at the National Gallery of Art with David Amram, the first Composer-In-Residence with the New York Philharmonic, will feature compositions and improvisation relating to their current exhibition Robert Frank’s The Americans.

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014 SNARK Ensemble | Performers

MUSIC

Booking Contact: MAURICE SAYLOR 644 Franklin St NE Washington, DC 20017 202.526.2623 Saylor1957@msn.com

ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE Silent Film Accompaniment SIZE OF ENSEMBLE 4 - 6 artists TOURING FEE RANGE Minimum: $1,600 Maximum: $5,000 AVAILABILITY Year round EDUCATIONAL/RESIDENCY FEE RANGE Ages 6 + Minimum: $1,600 Maximum: $5,000 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Minimum Stage Dimensions: 144 square feet (example: 16’x 9’) of space out of the way of the projected image – either under or off to the side.

Stage Set: Chairs, music stands for the agreed upon number of players.

Visual Support Equipment: Projector with operator, DVD player (can be in laptop), and projection screen.

Lighting: Stand lights for the agreed upon number of players.

Other: Piano, tuned and in good condition.

ARTIST INFORMATION Tour available programs: Sample Film Programs (Additional players or films may be substituted subject to price change) For synopses, instrumentations, and a complete catalog of our films, visit: Snark Ensemble.org PROGRAM A

40 min., 3 films, 4 players

Hard Knocks (11 minutes) Genre: Comedy New score by Andrew Earle Simpson Luck of the Foolish (20 minutes) Genre: Comedy New score by Maurice Saylor Stolen Goods (10 minutes) Genre: Comedy New score by Phil Carluzzo PROGRAM B

80 minutes, 4 films, 5 players

All Night Long (20 minutes) Genre: Comedy New score by Phil Carluzzo Saturday Afternoon (27 minutes) Genre: Comedy New score by Maurice Saylor Powder and Smoke (10 minutes) Genre: Comedy New score by Phil Carluzzo Lucky Stars (22 minutes) Genre: Comedy New score by Andrew Earle Simpson 24

PROGRAM C

100 minutes, 7 films, 5 players

Hansom Cabman (20 minutes) Genre: Comedy New score by Andrew Earle Simpson Publicity Pays (10 minutes) Genre: Comedy New score by Maurice Saylor Picking Peaches (22 minutes) Genre: Comedy New score by Andrew Earle Simpson Big Red Ridinghood (10 minutes) Genre: Comedy New score by Maurice Saylor Feet of Mud (18 minutes) Genre: Comedy New score by Phil Carluzzo Sittin’ Pretty (11 minutes) Genre: Comedy New score by Maurice Saylor Hello Baby (10 minutes) Genre: Comedy New score by Phil Carluzzo

001 HOLLYBass

THEATER

Booking Contact: HOLLY BASS 2434 16th St. NW #303 Washington, DC 20009 202.518.3609 diva@hollybass.com www.hollybass.com to see performance videos

ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE Poetry | Dance | Theater SIZE OF ENSEMBLE 1 – 3 artists TOURING FEE RANGE Minimum: $750 Maximum: $3,500 AVAILABILITY Call for availability EDUCATIONAL/RESIDENCY FEE RANGE Call for details TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Microphone, staging with lights, any accompaniment would bring their amps.

ARTIST INFORMATION Holly Bass is a writer, choreographer and performer. She has presented her solo work at respected regional theaters and performance spaces such as the Kennedy Center (DC), the Whitney Museum (NY) and the Experience Music Project (Seattle). Critics have praised her one-woman-show, Diary of a Baby Diva, as “mesmerizing” (Village Voice) and “indisputably funny” (Washington Post). Her poems have been published in Callaloo, nocturnes (re)view, Role Call (Third World Press, 2002) and The Ringing Ear. She was curator for the NYC Hip Hop Theater Festival for three years and was the first journalist to put the term “hip hop theater” into print in a 1999 article for American Theatre. Her essay on women and hip hop theater appears in the contemporary feminist anthology The Fire This Time: Young Activists and the New Feminism. She has been awarded two Artist Fellowship grants from the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities. In addition to her solo work, she has performed with Gesel Mason Performance Projects, ClancyWorks Dance Company and was a member of Carlo Perlo’s Carla & Co. She studied modern dance (under Viola Farber) and creative writing at Sarah Lawrence College before earning a Master’s in Journalism from Columbia University. Currently she is working a new show, (Uppity Negroes) On Parade a multi-layer, dance piece that weaves the historical struggles of the Black community through select dance vignettes.

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002 REGIE Cabico

THEATER

Booking Contact: REGIE CABICO Sol & Sol 916 G Street, NW Washington, DC 20001 917.282.1923 missbamboo@aol.com www.solysoul.com to see performance videos

ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE Poetry | Spoken Word | Solo Theater | Performance Art SIZE OF ENSEMBLE 1 artist TOURING FEE RANGE Minimum: $600 Maximum: $2,500 AVAILABILITY Call for availability EDUCATIONAL/RESIDENCY FEE RANGE Call for details TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS microphone, music stand ARTIST INFORMATION REGIE CABICO is a poet, playwright & spoken word performer. He is the first Asian American & openly queer poet to win top prizes in the 1993, 1994 & 1997 National Poetry Slams and recently appeared on two seasons of HBO’s Def Poetry Jam. His poetry appears in over 30 anthologies including Aloud: Voices from the Nuyorican Poets Café, The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry & Spoken Word Revolution. He was a featured poet on Lollapalooza, MTV’s “Free Your Mind” & Geraldine Dodge Poetry Festival.

Solo plays include onomatopoeia & a quarter life crisis in 1 act which received a top 10 play citation at the Seattle Fringe Festival. He co-wrote Rhythmicity as part of the Humana Theater Festival and was a playwright/performer at the Kennedy Center Summer Play Lab where he co-wrote Union Square. His work with the NY Company of Too Much Light Makes The Baby Go Blind earned him 3 New York Innovative Theater Award Nominations with a win for Best Performance Art Production. His latest solo play, Unbuckled, Uncensored was funded by The Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation and National Performance Network. Bust Magazine named him in the Top 100 Men We Love and A. Magazine ranked him in the new wave of Asian American Standup Comedians. NYU’s Asian American Studies Department awarded him a Distinguished 2006 Artist In Residence & Poets & Writers gave him the Barnes & Nobles 2006 Writers for Writers Award for his poetry and performance work with at-risk youth at Bellevue Hospital. Former recipients include Arthur Miller, Edward Albee, Stephen King & Amy Tan. He is the 2008 recipient of a poetry fellowship from the DC Commission for the Arts and a 2008 & 2007 Larry Neal Poetry Award Finalist. Mr. Cabico is the artistic director of Sol & Soul, an arts and activist organization in Washington, DC, where he is directing Elegies In The Key Of Funk for the 2008 Hip Hop Theater Festival.

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003 H A W A H

THEATER

Booking Contact: RAJEEV R. KASAT 161 Todd Place, NE Washington, DC 20002 202.529.2125 everlutionary@gmail.com www.everlutionary.net to see performance videos

ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE Spoken Word | Poetry | Storytelling SIZE OF ENSEMBLE 1 artist TOURING FEE RANGE Minimum: $1,250 Maximum: $6,000 AVAILABILITY Call for availability EDUCATIONAL/RESIDENCY FEE RANGE Call for details TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Wireless Lavalier Microphone, adequate lighting for performance stage, 1-2 CD Playback, Stool, (optional LCD Projector and minimum 12’ x 12’ white screen) ARTIST INFORMATION HAWAH, whose birth name is Rajeev R. Kasat is an artist, author, spoken word poet, organizer, and educator. He performs & speaks nationally for People to People International and the Congressional Youth Leadership Council and has made numerous appearances on XM National Satellite Radio. He has been featured on Pacifica’s National Radio Program Peacewatch and the late Damu Smith’s weekly radio show Spirit in Action. “An Inspiring Young Leader” on Innerfaith Voices, a radio program produced by WAMU and aired by its 8 National affiliate stations, HAWAH has facilitated workshops and been a featured performer/ guest speaker at places such as Yale Univ., George Washington Univ., U.C.L.A., Univ. of Colorado, Rollins College, Georgetown Univ., Brown Univ. and Columbia Univ. He has shared the stage and opened for great personalities such as: Tavis Smiley, Sonia Sanchez, Nikki Giovanni, Mary J. Eisenhower, Claus Nobel, Dead Prez, Dick Gregory, Darryl “DMC” McDaniels, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, and Swami Tejomayanandaji. His work has been published and featured extensively, including in: Adbusters, The Liberator, Left Turn, Rastafari Today, Fellowship, and Pathway Magazines.

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004 JOHN Johnson

THEATER

Booking Contact: JOHN JOHNSON/ VERBAL GYMNASTICS 2348 Hunter Place SE Washington, DC 20020 202.957.0090 johnjohn60@gmail.com www.verbalgymnastics.com

ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE Educational Theater SIZE OF ENSEMBLE 3 – 5 artists TOURING FEE RANGE Minimum: $1,500 Maximum: $2,000 AVAILABILITY Call for availability EDUCATIONAL/RESIDENCY FEE RANGE Call for fee range TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Call for details ARTIST INFORMATION John A. Johnson uses interactive theatre to explore social issues such as incarceration, HIV/AIDS, sexuality and gentrification. Recently, he has written and directed Sentenced, an interactive theatre piece that explores the depth of the human condition of those whose humanity has essentially been taken. Through a rich and real dialogue these characters all express feelings and opinions about race, religion, sex, and politics.

These genuine characters will tell very personal and graphic stories about life in an urban environment.

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005 SILVANA Straw

THEATER

Booking Contact: SILVANA STRAW 202.487.6728 uncle.silvana@gmail.com

ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE Spoken Word | Poetry | Solo Theater | Performance Art SIZE OF ENSEMBLE 1 artist TOURING FEE RANGE Minimum: $500 Maximum: $5,000 *Fee varies depending upon nature/length of performance AVAILABILITY Call for availability EDUCATIONAL/RESIDENCY FEE RANGE Call for fee range TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Tech needs vary depending upon nature/length of performance e.g., commission of new work vs. existing work; reading vs. full-production; solo performance vs. collaboration. Tech needs for poetry reading/performance (20-30 minutes): sound system (boom mic/speaker/monitor), music stand. Tech needs for solo performance/full production w/ video and/or music (45-75 minutes): sound system, music stand; video projection equipment & screen; CD playback system; tech crew (sound/lights); and tech rehearsal/full run in the theater at least 24-48 hours prior to performance. Program can be adjusted to work in an array of venues.

ARTIST INFORMATION SILVANA STRAW is an award-winning poet and performer. Solo performances include: Outerspace: The Return of Uncle Silvana (GALA Hispanic Theatre); Scared of Myself (commissioned by The Washington Performing Arts Society & Dance Place); Teratophobia: an abnormal fear of monsters or giving birth to one (Arlington Cultural Affairs), The Uncle Silvana Show (WPA/Corcoran). Collaborations include: Apocalypse Mañana with MacArthur Fellow Guillermo Gomez-Peña & Juan Ybarra (Out North Theater-Anchorage, AK); and The Dangerous Border Game with Guillermo Gomez-Peña, Quique Aviles & others (GALA Theatre & Dance Place). She has performed in venues nationwide including Galleria de la Raza (San Francisco), The Art Institute of Chicago, The Nuyorican Poets Café (NYC), The Kennedy Center, Smithsonian, Black Cat and 9:30 Club (Washington, DC). As D.C.’s first Poetry Slam Champion, she competed at several National Poetry Slams and her team placed 4th in the country in 1994. Publications include: Ethno-Techno Writings on Performance, Activism & Pedagogy, Gargoyle, Indiana Review, and Short Fuse Anthology. CD’s include: Meow: Spoken Word from The Black Cat and Gargoyle #52. She is a recipient of several individual artist fellowships from The DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities, the Larry Neal Writer’s Award (2nd Place), and the Outstanding Women Poets Award (Judith’s Room/Poets & Writers).

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006 ANU Yadav

THEATER

Booking Contact: ANU YADAV 3516 10th Street NW Washington, DC 20010 202253.3056 anu100@gmail.com

ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE Acting | Singing | Writing SIZE OF ENSEMBLE 1 artist and (dependent on availability) 1 guest speaker TOURING FEE RANGE Minimum: $250 for 15-20 minute performance and talkback Maximum: $5,000 for 75 minute one-woman play and talkback (rate varies) AVAILABILITY Call for availability EDUCATIONAL/RESIDENCY FEE RANGE Call for fee range TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Lavalier microphone (optional). Staging can be anywhere as long as chairs are arranged in a theater-style. Performance area lighting and minimal to no lighting on audience.

Flexible.

ARTIST INFORMATION ANU YADAV is an award-winning writer, performer and theater-based educator in Washington, DC. She has performed her acclaimed solo play Capers nationally and internationally. Other DC theater credits include: Nassrin, On the Eve of Friday Morning, Shakespeare Theater, Gabrielle, Hansel and Gretel Eat Crabs, Active Cultures; Haroun, Haroun & the Sea of Stories, Theatre Alliance; Empress, The Neverending Story, Imagination Stage. A graduate of Bryn Mawr College, Yadav was a 2000-01 Thomas J. Watson Fellow, during which she studied theatre towards social change in Brazil, India and South Africa. She is a recipient of a regional Edward R. Murrow journalism award, as well as a two-time Artist Fellow, and four-time Young Artist Grant recipient from the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities. She is the 2006 winner of the Washington, D.C. Mayor’s Arts Award for Outstanding Emerging Artist. She received a 2007 National Performance Network residency with Carpetbag Theater Company in Knoxville, TN. She was recently awarded a 2008 Creative Communities grant for her newest project, Classlines.

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007 LAURA Zam

THEATER

Booking Contact: LAURA ZAM 2022 Columba Rd, NW, #218 Washington, DC 20009 202.431.6448 info@laurazam.com www.LauraZam.com to see performance videos

ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE Monodrama SIZE OF ENSEMBLE 1 artist TOURING FEE RANGE Minimum: $400 Maximum: $1,800 AVAILABILITY Year round EDUCATIONAL/RESIDENCY FEE RANGE Ages 11 and older Minimum $260 for four 45-min. sessions (this can be prorated) Maximum $400 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Stage Set: just a stage cube, provided by me if I am driving to the venue (most often the case) Audio Support Equipment: CD player Lighting: General Wash OK Rehearsal Space: Some time on the stage prior to the play is necessary. 30 min. minimum. If we are also teching the show, I will add one hour to that time. No other rehearsal space is needed.

Other: If possible, technical person to run sound and lights.

ARTIST INFORMATION COLLATERALLY DAMAGED Acclaimed by the press as “smart, “funny, and “beautiful,” this autobiographical play, written and performed by Laura Zam, documents the author’s journey to Eastern Europe so she could write a drama about her mother’s Holocaust experience. The daughter is hoping—foolishly?—that her small piece of art will end genocide in today’s world. Playing 18 characters, Zam travels through Poland and Germany conducting interviews about war; these accounts reveal a world where hatred against a common enemy seems the only road to peace. And yet...This play boldly asks: What can art realistically do to prevent atrocities and human suffering?

A STORY OF HOPE: THE HOLOCAUST This play is a 45-minute version of COLLATERALLY DAMAGED, appropriate for middle and high school audiences.

HOW I GOT RICH IN A YEAR, USING THAT SECRET: A PLAY FOR BELIEVERS, SKEPTICS, AND SLOBS This one-person play, written and performed by Laura Zam, tells the true story of a year in Zam’s life when she used New Age beliefs and practices in an effort to manifest wealth. On a concurrent path, Zam’s friend, who was battling cancer, decided to forego all medical treatment in lieu of positive thoughts and natural remedies. In Zam’s signature style—a blend of hilarity and pathos—she examines both of these journeys amidst a fictional world of believers, skeptics, and those who really aren’t sure…This innovative and critically-acclaimed play dives head-first into the controversies, implications, possibilities, and limits inherent in The Secret, the Law of Attraction, and other contemporary thinking.

STUPID FRAILTY Stupid Frailty is a comic one-person drama about internet dating, mortality, and hairless backs. Maggie, a frumpy forty-year-old, is looking for physical perfection. Not in herself, but in her mate. .After a car accident leaves her disfigured, she sets out to find the most attractive man who will have her. Maggie has denied herself everything she has ever truly wanted in life. Maggie will deny herself no more. Will she find the one man handsome enough to confirm that she is no longer a victim in the world?

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008 PIN POINTS Theatre

THEATER

Booking Contact: ERSKY FREEMAN 4353 Dubois Place, SE Washington, DC 20019 202.582.0002 pinpoints@aol.com www.PinPoints.org to see performance videos

ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE Educational Theater SIZE OF ENSEMBLE 3-4 artists TOURING FEE RANGE Minimum: $750 Maximum: $ 4,500 AVAILABILITY Year round EDUCATIONAL/RESIDENCY FEE RANGE All ages Minimum: $ 1500 per day Maximum: $3,000 per day TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Minimum Stage Dimensions: 20 X 20 Stage Set: Six ft. Table, four chairs, and sometimes sofa & lamp Audio Support Equipment: CD player Lighting: General Other: Call for a detailed technical rider ARTIST INFORMATION 1001 BLACK INVENTIONS features the lives of ingenious men and women, then travels into “The Twilight Zone” where a typical suburbanite family attempts to survive in a world gone mad because the inventions of Africans and African Americans have disappeared. Audiences laugh themselves into the realization that Black ingenuity is an integral part of their everyday lives.

HOOKED ON LOVE is a hilarious show about the insane, unnecessary games young men and women play simply to be with each other. Performed by the comedy team of Kim & Rico, HOOKED ON LOVE never fails to make people bend over in laughter, but also addresses the serious issues of underlying motives and viable solutions in femalemale conflicts, and conflict resolution in all relationships.

THE MEETING answers the question, “What would have happened if Martin Luther King and Malcolm X had met before they were both assassinated - just three years apart.” It is an emotional, clever, and intense confrontation between Malcolm X, his hostile bodyguard, and Martin Luther King. This award-winning drama (eight NAACP Theater Awards and six NY AUDELCO nominations) gives factual, but surprising, information about the two men, their role as responsible fathers, and the Civil Rights Movement.

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009 YOUNG PLAYWRIGHT’s

THEATER

Booking Contact: BRIGITTE PRIBNOW MOORE

Production Manager

2437 15th St. NW Washington, DC 20009 202.387.9173 bpribnow@yptdc.org www.yptdc.org to see performance videos

Theater,Inc.

ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE Youth Playwriting SIZE OF ENSEMBLE 6 artists TOURING FEE RANGE Minimum: $650 – 750 Maximum: $1,250 (for two back-to-back performances) AVAILABILITY Call for availability EDUCATIONAL/RESIDENCY FEE RANGE All ages Minimum: $900 Maximum: $1,750 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Minimum Stage Dimensions: 20’ W by 30’ D Stage Set: Clear Stage Audio Support Equipment: Accessible Power Outlet 50’ off stage Lighting: Basic Room/Stage Lights Other: 5’ of Space for props/costumes just off stage ARTIST INFORMATION The Express Tour is YPT’s traveling production of vibrant new plays. Student plays are brought to life by professional actors in an energetic, fully staged performance. The tour inspires creativity and introduces diverse audiences to the voice of a new generation. Each performance can be accompanied by a post-show discussion on the show’s subject matter and/or full workshops on the art of playwriting, resulting in participating students creating their own scenes, monologues and ten-minute plays (full plays in multi-day residencies) ELEMENTARY/MIDDLE Word Girl Word Girl is a super hero with an amazing power -- Word Power! When danger appears, she spells words her enemies can’t spell and sends them running. Watch what happens – in the continuing adventures of…Word Girl!!!

Alice in Blunderland Ally’s a hardworking student who excels in school, sports, everything! But when she runs too fast and falls down a rabbit hole during a soccer game, her adventures in Blunderland teach her that maybe she should slow down, stop to smell the roses every once in a while and learn to enjoy the everyday wonders…of home.

Mom and Mr. Nachos See in this fun and whacky adventure how a son and his mom can triumph over any adversity---even the meanest bullies on the block.

MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL Oak Hill piece This piece explores life within the DC Juvenile Justice system. Through poetry, prose and interactive storytelling, this play shares the heart of those who travel through the system – and how the system is regaining its heart.

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THE DC COMMISSION ON THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES Anne Ashmore-Hudson, PhD, Chair Gloria Nauden, Executive Director

Commission staff administers all programs and provides technical assistance to individuals and organizations in D.C.

Gloria Nauden Executive Director & Mayor’s Advisor for Cultural Affairs gloria.nauden@dc.gov Ayris Scales Deputy Director ayris.scales@dc.gov Moshe Adams Legislative and Grants Program Assistant moshe.adams@dc.gov Curtia Ashton Staff Assistant curtia.ashton@dc.gov Ebony Blanks Program Coordinator ebony.blanks@dc.gov Catherine Cleary Legislative and Grants Manager catherine.cleary@dc.gov

Rachel Dickerson Public Art Manager rachel.dickerson@dc.gov

Shyree Mezick Program Assistant shyree.mezick@dc.gov

Deirdre Ehlen Public Art Coordinator deirdre.ehlen@dc.gov

Samuel Miranda Arts Education Consultant samuel.miranda@dc.gov

Lamont Harrell Director of Partnerships & Development lamont.harrell@dc.gov

Victoria Joy Murray Program Assistant victoria.murray@dc.gov

Charlese Jennings Program Support Specialist charlese.jennings@dc.gov Dolores Kendrick Poet Laureate dolores.kendrick@dc.gov

Carolyn Parker Office Manager carolyn.parker@dc.gov Keona Pearson Legislative and Grants Assistant keona.pearson@dc.gov

Yuyeon Kim Graphics Designer/Animator yuyeon.kim@dc.gov

Lisa Richards Toney Arts Program Manager lisa.richards@dc.gov

Rebecca Landwehr Development & Outreach Assistant rebecca.landwehr@dc.gov

Zoma Wallace Art Bank Coordinator zoma.wallace@dc.gov

Rod Little Graphics Consultant rodlittle13@gmail.com

DC COMMISSION ON THE ARTS & HUMANITIES 1371 Harvard Street, NW, Washington, DC 20009 202.724.5613 | TDD/TTY 202.724.4493 | Fax 202.727.4135 www.dcarts.dc.gov The Commission offices are open Monday through Friday from 9:00 AM to 5:30 PM All grant applications may be downloaded from the Arts Commission’s website

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