SPOKEN-WORD CONFERENCE ON LONG ISLAND IN 2008
I'm Bradley
Thunderbird Phoenix, and this is my pet project: To have an annual Spoken-Word Convention or
Conference here in Suffolk County, Long Island, New York. I'm
launching this project in
the summer of 2008. I was part of a
science fiction convention some years ago, but this is my
project.
We have to start planning NOW! Even though it's the summer of 2007.
WANTED:
We need actors, actresses, to perform theatrical monologues and
multi-character plays & skits, anti-war folk singers,
Hip-Hop poets, stand-up
comedians, and anyone interested in giving creative workshops. I hope to
have Professor Herb Norman
to talk about the origins of radio and the Golden Age
of
Radio, Professor William Foster
to
talk
about Black comic books and the history
of comic books.
I'm looking for performance
poets!
I'm looking for folks to teach workshops (voice acting, creative writing, etc.)!
I'm looking for videographers and photographers!
I'm looking for theatrical companies to perform!
I'm looking for actors & actresses to perform some of my sci-fi & horror monologues!
I'm going to need high school students as pages and ushers!
I'm going to need cashiers!
I'm going to need people for security!
WOULD YOU LIKE TO GIVE A WORKSHOP (creative writing, sound effects, poetry, voice acting, music, Hip Hop poetry, etc.)?
WHAT WILL TAKE PLACE AT THIS SPOKEN-WORD CONFERENCE
Workshops: For public speaking, creative writing, stand-up comedy, voice acting, radio theatre, comic books, etc.
Panel discussions: Freedom of Speech vs. the Bush White House, contemporary radio theater vs. classic, and more.
Performance Poets: Possibly Maya Angelou, other celebrities, well-known Long Island poets, and Hip Hop poets.
Poetry readings: Individuals from the audience will be invited to read their poems on stage or in workshops.
Audio theater: Modern radio (audio) theater on stage (with sound effects & music accompanying).
Dramatic readings: A reading of Edgar Allan Poe’s,“The Tell-Tale Heart”, Hamlet, or authors reading their stories.
Storytelling: Anecdotes / stories from celebrities or local artists gifted in the art of storytelling.
Stand-up comedy:
Stand-up comedians (not interested in pornographic,
foul language, or obscene material)
Impressionists:
Talented individuals who can do dead-on impressions of famous
people / Hollywood celebrities.
Dealers’ booths / tables: Local businesses, performing artists, and corporations (Borders Bookstore, Sam Ash, etc.)
SOME performers will be given transportation money
because they are coming from other states!
MOST performers will be VOLUNTEERS from Long Island and NYC.
For more details, contact me at:
CONTACT
INFO:
My e-mail address: info [@] bradleyphoenix.com
My websites:
www.bradleyphoenix.com
OR www.myspace.com/xcursionmedia
THE IDEA FOR THIS
CONFERENCE: I conceived it in 1997 and then became the general
manager for a 1998 event
at the SAC Auditorium that I named: Spoken-Word
Theatre. This event married the audio theater and poetry communities.
High-profile Long Island poets attended. Selected members of the audience
were invited on stage to read their poetry.
Contemporary radio
theatre was performed on stage.
CO-FOUNDERS OF THIS
2008 CONFERENCE: Mindy Kronenberg and I, besides being co-founders, are
Vice President and President of this conference respectively.
(Our bios are BELOW).
POSSIBLE LOCATION FOR THIS EVENT: Stony Brook University or Suffolk Community College.
I'm open for suggestions...perhaps you
know a good location here in Suffolk County for this conference.
Perhaps you know some stand-up comedians who can perform at this conference.
Perhaps you know some
actors who would like to perform Hamlet's soliloquy. Perhaps
you know someone who can give a workshop....
Bradley Thunderbird Phoenix: African American & Native
writer-producer-actor-director
of audio short stories (audio plays & skits) of various genres (Twilight Zone-type plays, suspense,
science fiction, mystery, horror, and drama). Mr.
Phoenix’s audio plays have aired on WUSB,
WBAI, WBIX, and Canadian radio stations. His plays have been performed on
stage at SUNY Stony Brook,
Borders Bookstore in Farmingdale, NY, and the
Huntington Public Library, Huntington, NY. He has written
over 100 original
scripts (including audio plays, radio promos, public service announcements,
and radio commercials).
Spoken-Word Conference
2008
ATTN: Bradley
Thunderbird Phoenix
P.O. Box 58
Bay Shore, NY 11706
Since I have my own
public access television program, I am going to air some of the
segments of my Spoken-Word Conference on my program and also market it
out to
other college television
stations across the country...and the world.
My online resume: www.bradleyphoenix.com/bradleybio.html
You can HEAR samples and
excerpts of audio short stories (audio plays & skits)
I've written & directed at:
www.bradleyphoenix.com/playsandskits.html
Hey, why not have your movie
review posted on my website for the world to see?
GO TO:
www.bradleyphoenix.com/moviereviews.html
Some of my original scripts are available for leasing for stage productions and independent films:
www.bradleyphoenix.com/lease.html
I write ORIGINAL plays / scripts: Twilight Zone-type stories, COMEDY, mystery, satires, & DRAMA...GO TO:
www.bradleyphoenix.com/playlist.html
FORM FOR PARTICIPATION IN THIS SPOKEN-WORD CONFERENCE (click on it):
Spoken Word Conference Participation FORM
A THANK-YOU LETTER FROM MY FAVORITE
AUTHOR, HARLAN ELLISON, ABOUT ONE OF MY AUDIO PLAYS
I wrote my favorite author in the world, Mr.
Harlan Ellison. His work is responsible for the Terminator movies.
He has won
MANY scriptwriting awards for his short stories and teleplays.
Look him up on GOOGLE. I sent Mr. Ellison an audio CD of some
of
my audio plays that I wrote, produced, directed (and sometimes acted in).
On that CD was an audio play I wrote especially for Harlan
Ellison's ears entitled: "Harlan Speaks", an audio
comedy based on Mr. Ellison's life and fans. Mr. Ellison
wrote me back; he thanked me
for the audio play and gave me a little gift. You can see
Harlan Ellison's letter on my web page:
www.bradleyphoenix.com/bradleybio.html
JUST SCROLL DOWN...you'll see it AND you'll
see pictures of Harlan Ellison.
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Debbie Starker - photo by Lori Casdia