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A Letter from Corey Fischer,
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background (thirty years) Thirty Years In the summer of 1978, I returned to L.A. full of inspiration from the two years I’d spent working in New York with the late Joe Chaikin, a visionary director, actor and author. I brought home the idea to make a theatre piece based on the legends and folk-tales of the Baal Shem Tov, a trailblazing, 17th century Jewish mystic. I had decided to come back to L.A. instead of continuing to work with Joe and others in New York because of a strong inner call to make something new and to do it with two very unusual and gifted friends; Naomi Newman and Albert Greenberg. The rest, as they say, is history. Thirty years later, new chapter is beginning in my life and in TJT's. TJT is now being led by a new generation, which gives me a lot of nakhes. Aaron Davidman, Artistic Director, is an enormously gifted leader who deeply understands the company’s history and ways of working and can also keep it growing and changing as it must if it is to stay relevant and vital. He is ably partnered by Sara Schwartz Geller, Executive Director, wise and accomplished well beyond her years. My own creative life, for the first time since 1978, will not be centered around TJT, though I will continue acting, writing and directing for the company as needed, project-to-project. I’m excited to be able to give time to a host of activities and projects that have had to be deferred up to now. Since you, members of the TJT community, have known me mainly – if not only – through my work with the company, I want to tell you a little bit about what I’m up to now. If any of this interests you or if you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact me via email or telephone (415.596.3433) Teaching has been a joy for many years. I've worked with a wide range of people who shared a desire to touch their own creativity. I am continuing that to do that and I’m also working one-to-one with people as a creative guide or coach. One of the things I love so much about this work is that it calls on my intuition. I'm often able to see someone's potential before they do and guide them towards its fullest expression. Many times that means helping people find the tools they need to get past the negative self-talk, the inner-critic that can overpower even the most brilliant impulse if allowed to. In the past several months, I’ve helped people launch book projects and solo performances, in some cases for the first time in their lives. I worked with the English department of Marin’s Tam High School District (on the uses of memory, storytelling and culture in the teaching of writing). I’ve been asked to work with a small, new financial services company on becoming better listeners and better storytellers. I’ll be teaching an introductory 3-hour long workshop in Berkeley on Sunday, March 14 called Drop the Blocks that Stop You... It's a chance to get acquainted with your own creativity, usually a much more powerful ally than we expect; one that can give us the energy, the sense of play and hope that we so need in hard times. Appropriate for all levels of experience. Click for more I don’t know how many of you are aware that in addition
to the writing for the stage I’ve done as part of TJT, I’ve also
published short stories and essays My wife, China Galland, is a writer
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I’m also available as a freelance editor and consultant. To read some of my own writing, click here and follow the links on the right-hand sidebar. To visit China’s website, click here and for more about our offerings to authors (experienced or first-time) click here
When
the NEA
On the other side of the philanthropic equation, I offer my services to anyone who must decide which requests from arts organizations to respond to. My years of work in non-profit fundraising and sitting on grantmaking panels have taught me a great deal about the language of budget spreadsheets and proposal narratives.
I’m also adapting a very unusual story by Drs. Irvin Yalom and Robert Berger for the stage, working on a new story of my own, and writing a hybrid form of spoken-word/hip-hop/song-story a few of which I’ve recorded. I call the series Moving the Air Around and you can hear them by clicking that title a few words back. Finally, I’ve been publishing an occasional e-newsletter about creativity called Musing on the Muse. Click here to subscribe. And feel free to get in touch at 415.596.3433 or corey@coreyfischer.com. May you and all your relations be happy, healthy, and at peace Corey
corey fischer 20 Sunnyside Ave Mill Valley CA 94941
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