The Besen Family Artist Program

The Besen Family Artist Program is a twelve-month program of professional development for theatre-makers made possible by the generosity of the Besen Family Foundation. The program has been initiated by Malthouse Theatre as a bridge between educational life and professional practice for emerging theatre-makers and, for more experienced theatre-makers, as skills development in their area of expertise.

Attachments to Malthouse Theatre productions are available to both metropolitan and regional theatre-makers in 2008. These may be in any discipline (e.g. stage management, direction, lighting design, sound operation, wardrobe).

These attachments enable the program recipients to observe every aspect of a production, from rehearsals to production meetings to the season itself. In addition each of these recipients is attached to one of the theatre-makers on the production in question, in the discipline most relevant to their own work, and has regular meetings with this theatre-maker where issues of interest arising from her or his observation will be discussed.

The program recipients are required to keep a diary across the time of the attachment as well as write a brief reflection at its conclusion.

Each attachment includes a modest stipend and, for regional theatre-makers, funds towards their living expenses.

Preference (with the exception of technical roles) will be given to applicants who have at least three years of professional practice and are not attached to an educational institution.

Increasingly, program recipients have had substantial experience in their field and are seeking to supplement this with the resources available to them in a company of the size of Malthouse Theatre.

Applications should comprise no more than one page outlining experience in the theatre discipline of interest, a resume, and current contact details. Any further information will not be viewed.

Applications will be kept on file and considered during the year in relation to projects to which an attachment can be made.

Deadline for applications: 15 February 2008

Applicants will be only contacted if successful and no other
correspondence will be entered into before or following an
application.

APPLICATIONS
Maryanne Lynch, Dramaturge in Residence
dramaturgy@malthousetheatre.com.au





www.besenfoundation.org.au