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MISSION
STATEMENT
thedramaloft
inc.
is a Non-Profit Entertainment Incubator dedicated
to nurturing and developing talent and original works of art for
stage, film, literature, and television.
We
combine the efforts of visual, movement, design, sound, and literary
artists through a developmental approach.
Our
Mission
is to create a self-sustaining, symbiotic artist’s community, and to
make available to a variety of artists a permanent and unique
alternative for professional development.
Our
Vision is to become
the center of an artist’s community; producing and developing
talent, film, theatre, visual, audio and literary art.
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HISTORY and
DEVELOPMENT
thedramaloft
concept rose from the ashes of the
events of September 11th, 2001. When class was disrupted
by the attacks on the World Trade Center, a group of artists from
the Raul Julia Training Unit at the Puerto Rican Traveling Theatre
(PRTT) found themselves unable to continue, finding the weight of
their emotions crippling. Under the leadership of their teaching
associate, G. Beaudin, and by using the Affinity Exercise developed
by the Living Theater, the students were able to harness the
personal chaos of those events. Beaudin and the artists pieced
together the individual stories to conceptualize and create
Ground Zero/Zona Cero. What began as a fifteen-minute
experimental theatre piece, Ground Zero/Zona Cero evolved
into a riveting seventy-minute bi-lingual performance exploring the
events and aftermath of 9/11.
As awareness of the project spread, artists of varied
backgrounds and talents volunteered their time and energy to further
develop Ground Zero/Zona Cero. The group went on to perform
in at three locations in Manhattan and finally in the Hamptons in
the summer of 2002. In the fall of 2002, G. Beaudin teamed up with
actor Joshua Marmer and singer/actor Dirk Weiler to establish a
permanent outlet for artists to develop their talents and express
themselves in a professional capacity.
thedramaloft
inc.
was born and formally incorporated in July 2003.
In just one year, thedramaloft Inc.
has sprung forward with its ambitious spirit, taking on the
development of numerous projects* including two plays (Place
Setting, A World With Snow), a musical (Elizabeth and the Royal
Partridge Christmas Ball), two children’s books (Spiddle Dee Dinkle,
The Royal Partridge Christmas Ball), a documentary ( Biography: Bennes Mardenn), a television series (El Barrio)
and a book of poetry (“I”).
thedramaloft
has held readings of various plays at The
Loft and other theaters. Acting classes taught by Bennes Mardenn,
trained by the Group Theatre and an original member of the Living
Theater, run throughout the week through appointment only. The
Loft has been used
for film, television, or photo shoots.
* Please see Projects
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