Group Creativity Project - Intern Opportunities

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Andy Duncan, Barbara Harris & David Shepherd satirize high fashion at Chicago COMPASS.

APPEAL FOR INTERNS

Group Creativity has enjoyed the support of interns from Smith, UMass, Bennington and Mt. Holyoke. They helped organize an archive (1950's through 1970's) about the first professional theatre of improvisation—Chicago COMPASS. Produced by Paul Sills and David Shepherd, who now directs Group Creativity, COMPASS gave dozens of actors their first chance to create their own material in a cabaret: Mike Nichols, Elaine May, Shelley Berman, Alan Alda and Alan Arkin are the best known.

The first half of the COMPASS archive has been installed at the library of the University of Chicago, when undergrads celebrated the 50th birthday of COMPASS by replicating its first show.

We are now reaching out for interns from grad school, college and high school, to help design a media kit by which to celebrate Valentine's (and other holidays) in five ways:

bare story to be fleshed out in color and texture by participants
a Press Conference with Emperor Claudius II on the threat to Rome of Gothic tribes
love songs improvised by small groups of participants as they come to know each other
highly dramatic moments in the life if Valentine between teen age and death
close-up video coverage of costumes, props, activities and actions of the players

Our kit will be tested at local programs, senior centers and schools this year and next..

Interns can work with us from a distance through phone, email and electronic image: (413) 256-3493.