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To honor Bret's memory, and to help other talented young people reach the goal he worked so hard to achieve, his parents and friends have joined with Berkeley Repertory Theatre's School of Theatre to create The Bret C. Harte Directing Internship.
All fundraising is done by people who loved Bret. They donate all their time and talents so that 100% of all donations go directly towards the goal of the fund.
Meet The 2009/2010 Bret C. Harte Directing Intern
Mina Morita is a free-lance director in the San Francisco Bay Area.
She currently holds the Bret C. Harte Young Directors' Internship at Berkeley Repertory Theatre, where she has assistant directed the world premieres of Itamar Moses’ YELLOWJACKETS with director Tony Taccone, and Sarah Ruhl’s IN THE NEXT ROOM with director Les Waters.
Recent directing work includes Melanie Marnich’s TALLGRASS GOTHIC (Impact Theatre), HADITHA by Joan Bernier (Playwrights Foundation, Unconditional Theatre), Kaiser Permanente Educational Theatre Program’s THE BEST ME, and her adaptation of Britta Austen’s NOTECARDS (Watchword Press).
This spring, Mina will assistant direct Martin McDonagh’s THE LIEUTENANT OF INISHMORE with director Les Waters, and direct a staged reading of WON’T YOU STAY at the Ashby Stage.
Mina serves on the Board of Directors for Shotgun Players, was one of the original founders of Active Arts: Theatre for Young Audiences, and has worked as the Program Coordinator and Business Manager for Kaiser Permanente’s Educational Theatre Programs.
Mina has a degree in directing from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, where she was the recipient of the Founders Award for Excellence.
Words from Mina about the Bret C. Harte Young Directors’ Internship
It is a remarkable opportunity, as a young director, to be working with world-renowned artists at one of the most esteemed regional theatres in the country. The vision, artistry, and professionalism learned in these formative years will shape my practices as a theatre artist for the rest of my life.
This working internship is incredibly unique. It goes beyond observation and offers a deeper level of participation and engagement. From assistant directing to artistic staff discussions, audition preparation, and season planning, I am pushed to analyze options, ramifications, and the larger artistic vision on a daily basis. I am invited to observe senior staff meetings that help me understand the organization’s priorities and strategies.
It is an inspiration to see the Berkeley Rep staff, board, and community work together to ensure the ongoing support of emerging artists. I am forever grateful to the Harte family and will carry the same sense of responsibility to the next generation of theatre professionals.
Meet The 2007/2009 Bret C. Harte Directing Intern
Marissa Wolf is a free-lance director in the San Francisco Bay Area.
She currently holds
the Bret Harte Young Directors' Internship at the Berkeley Repertory Theater, where she
has assistant-directed the world premieres of Passing Strange with director Annie
Dorsen,
and To the Lighthouse with director Les Waters.
Recent directing work includes
her adaptation of Gertrude Stein's poem, Lifting Belly, as well as Suzan-Lori Park's
Week 9 of her 365 Days/ 365 Plays cycle (FoolsFURY Theater),
and Contours: A
Shakespeare Project, an original work based on Shakespeare's women (Matchbox
Workshop, Crowded Fire Theater).
This spring, Marissa will direct Marguerite Duras'
The Malady of Death for the Fury Festival of Ensemble Theaters. Marissa acted as
Literary Associate for the 2005 Bay Area Playwrights Festival, and Associate Producer
for the 2006 In the Rough Reading Series with the Playwrights Foundation. She is
currently a company member of FoolsFURY Theater and a lead artist at Crowded Fire
Theater.
Marissa has her degree in drama from Vassar College, where she was the
recipient of the Kazan Award for Excellence in Performance, and received additional
training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London.
Words from Marissa about the Bret Harte Young Directors Internship
It's a rare experience for an early 20s something, theater practitioner, to wake up every
morning and come to a preeminent regional theater for work. This year at Berkeley Rep,
working for the incredibly dynamic artistic staff, I have gained a larger breadth of vision
for myself in theater. The day to day work has taught me an immeasurable amount.
Sitting in on senior staff meetings, scheduling audition times for the Casting Director,
Amy Potozkin, assistant directing for directors I admire, like Lisa Peterson and Les
Waters, and sifting through mail while talking about theater theory and practice with
Artistic Director Tony Taccone—through all of this work, I have been inspired to think
about how, like the artists who work at Berkeley Rep, I too may live in a sustainable and
fruitful way in theater.
The Berkeley Rep community has welcomed me as a young
director, an apprentice to this difficult and spectacular craft, and has given me the
opportunity to immerse myself in the theater's creative processes.
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