Category Archives: Acting

Exploring Creative Well-Being Symposium at NoHo Senior Arts Colony 3/8

Posted on March 6, 2016 by EngAGE

Open to all!  

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The Kathryn Joosten Project

Posted on February 5, 2016 by EngAGE

  EngAGE thanks The Kathryn Joosten Project, which helps fund the Neo Cold Reading workshops at the Burbank Senior Artists Colony. Click here to learn more.   Kathryn Joosten (1939-2012) began acting in community theatre at the age of forty-two and … Continue reading →

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Aroha Philanthropies: “Mastering the Art of Teaching Adults”

Posted on January 20, 2016 by EngAGE

EngAGE Founder and Executive Director Tim Carpenter shared this excellent, inspiring video from Aroha Philanthropies, a generous supporter of EngAGE that is facilitating the expansion of our programming to the Minneapolis/St. Paul area. The video features, among others, EngAGE C.O.O. … Continue reading →

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Maureen Kellen-Taylor: “Learning to Love: Crossing the Generation Divide”

Posted on January 19, 2016 by EngAGE

EngAGE C.O.O. Dr. Maureen Kellen-Taylor shares her excellent essay about the EngAGE Mentoring Program, recently published in HowlRound, “a knowledge commons by and for the theatre community,” based at Emerson College. Read more from Maureen on her blog, regener8tion.   Where do older adults … Continue reading →

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NoHo SAC: “Class of 1898 – Old School Improv” on Wednesday, November 11th

Posted on November 4, 2015 by EngAGE

An invitation from EngAGE Creative Programs Director Amanda Talbot: It is lovely when a seed you sow grows into something magical. When I first started working for EngAGE as the Creative Programs Director, I wanted to bring my experience of … Continue reading →

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“Major Bambi”

Posted on July 31, 2015 by EngAGE

“Donnie Dunagan (80) is a hard-nosed Marine, a highly decorated veteran of the Vietnam War who served for a quarter-century. First drafted in the ’50s and subsequently promoted 13 times in 21 years — a Corps record at the time, … Continue reading →

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Judi Dench and Ian McKellen Back New Theatre Company for Older Actors

Posted on June 29, 2015 by EngAGE

Good news from the U.K.: The Frontier Theatre Company, backed by actors Judi Dench and Ian McKellen, has been launched specifically to showcase the work of older actors. The company was founded by James Roose-Evans, 87, who established the Hampstead … Continue reading →

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