JOCELYN CLARKE (writer) is a writer and dramaturg. He has written four adaptations for the SITI Company: BOB adapted from interviews with director Robert Wilson, ROOM from the writings of Virginia Woolf, and SCORE, based on the writings of Leonard Bernstein and REUNION based on The Group Theater. For the Blue Raincoat Theatre Company in Sligo, Ireland he has written adaptations of Carroll's Alice's Adventures In Wonderland and Through The Looking Glass, and for The Ark, an adaptation of Neil Gaiman's THE DAY I SWAPPED MY DAD FOR TWO GOLDFISH. His site-specific adaptation of William Shakespeare's THE MERCHANT OF VENICE for Corcadorca opened in July, 2005 as part of the European Capital of Cultural celebrations in Cork. He was resident dramaturg at The Sundance Theater Lab and a playwright Fellow at the Sundance Theatre Lab at White Oak. Jocelyn was a former Commissioning Manager of The Abbey Theatre, Dublin, and a lead theatre critic with The Sunday Tribune.
MISHA ZABRANSKA From 1997 to 2001, Misha was a Lead Animator at Industrial Light and Magic. Previously she was an Artist in residence at the ATR Research Facility in Kyoto, Japan designing and directing a short film demonstrating the Gaitor human motion simulator. She also he directed and animated a number of episodes on 3D animation television series "Reboot" and "Beast Wars" in Vancouver, Canada. In 1998, the series received (among other awards) the Smithsonian Institute Innovation Collection Award. "The First Political Speech", an animation short Misha created at the Simon Fraser University Computer Lab won invitations to prestigious international festivals including the Hiroshima, Ottawa and Hong Kong Animation Film Festivals. Misha was also the designer of opening and closing title sequences for Nova TV, the first commercial television station in the Czech Republic. Misha also served as professor at the Center for Advanced Digital Applications, NYU.
MISHA VOTRUBA has extensive creative and leadership experience in the media. Misha has directed several documentary films shot on locations in the Czech Republic, Canada, Japan and the US. For a number of years, he worked as a story editor in Los Angeles, CA. Misha was the Media Producer for NBC Olympics.com's online coverage of the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia. From 1996 to 1999 he worked as a writer/story editor for different film production companies in Hollywood, CA. Most notable is his collaboration with the director Agnieszka Holland (Europa, Europa; The Third Miracle). The documentary film "The Fighter" (director Amir Bar-Lev) was named one of the best films of 2001 by the New York Times.
Together with Misha Zabranska; he formed a company, Misha Films, producing original films, animation and multimedia presentations. In May of 2001 Misha Films, in collaboration with choreographer David Parsons, designed and produced large-scale projections for American Ballet Theatre performance of the "Pied Piper" at the Metropolitan Opera. Recently Misha Films has focused on the emerging mixed-media arena developing a number of performance art concepts. Misha Films, in collaboration with the Envision Center at Purdue University, created large-scale projected animations for New Century Saxophone Quartet's touring performance of "J.S. Bach: Art of Fugue".
PHIL CUNNINGHAM (composer) was awarded the MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) for services to Scottish music in 2002. Phil played accordion with the highly acclaimEd Scottish band ‘Silly Wizard' from 1976 to 1983. Since then Phil has pursued a solo career as a composer and performer, producer for television, radio, film and stage. Between 1985 and 1987 Phil toured with super-group ‘Relativity,' comprising Phil, his brother Johnny, and Irish brother and sister, Michael and Triona O'Domnaill. Since then Phil has toured Scotland as well as internationally with fiddler Aly Bain. Phil's credits include numerous commissions for TV and Film including BBC television series Scotland's Music as well as Music Director for BBC Scotland's annual Hogmanay Live. He performs regularly on Transatlantic Sessions and Celtic Connections. He was winner of the 2007 Composer of the Year - Scots Traditional Awards 2007. Most recently he was named Artistic Director at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama.
The Skirball Center is the premier venue for the presentation of cultural and performing arts events for NYU and lower Manhattan. The programs of the Skirball Center reflect NYU's mission as an international center of scholarship, defined by excellence and innovation and shaped by an intellectually rich and diverse environment. Since 2003, the 860-seat Center has provided a unique venue for enhancing a sense of community while continuing the Greenwich Village traditions of creativity and artistic discovery with a broad range of compelling performance events at affordable ticket prices. Led by Executive Producer Jay Oliva (President Emeritus, NYU) and Director Michael Harrington, a natural and vital aspect of the Center's mission is to build young adult audiences for the future of live performance. www.skirballcenter.nyu.edu
