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Saturday (December 13th) there was a meeting held at the museum to discuss the Centennial Theatre History Project, and how Las Vegas can participate. Kay Kuhlmann, Project Consultant, met with us to explain the project and find out if we as a community are interested.
A Brief Overview -
The concept for this project is that individual communities will hire a professional playwright to write an exciting play of the history of the area, especially referencing statehood, something that led up to statehood. Members of the community will produce, direct and act in this play, bringing the history to life. Performances will be held 2010, and 2011 in the community. For the centennial, 2012, all the communities participating will bring these plays together in Ruidoso for a 1 or 2 week theatre festival, with multiple performances. The plays, showcasing each towns uniqueness, will be a wonderful marketing tool. There is already discussion as to how to bring the visitors/tourists at the festival to each individual town that participates.
Only a handful of people met on Saturday, and it was decided that there should be another meeting after the holidays, with more people, and more representatives from town organizations. We look forward to inviting folks from many groups, including: MainStreet, Las Vegas Arts Council, CCHP, Fort Union, Nat Gold Players, NMHU theatre club, NMHU theatre professors, Luna theatre students and instructors, AHUWC, and many more. I know I have left out groups we talked about on Saturday, but I'm afraid I can't remember them all. If anyone has suggestions, or can jar the old memory, please leave a comment. :)
I am very excited about Las Vegas participating in this project. I think it would be marvelous publicity, and would be great advertising for our entire community. But it will take a lot of work, and a lot of cooperation. Its a 3 1/2 year project, and I know we can do it well and with flare. There is a tremendous amount of talent in our city, and I think its time we showcase it.
Please contact me if you are interested in this program, want more information, want to become part of the project, or just to give us ideas. I hope you will also leave comments here to tell me what you think. I need to find out what dates are good for meetings, and who is interested. Everyone here at the museum is excited about the possibilities!
Happy Holidays to all.
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Hi Nellie;
ReplyDeleteJust a comment on your wonderful blog- thanks for the shout out to the NMHU media arts students. Also, anyone interested in Las Vegas history should brave the cold for Almas de la Plaza, created by Robert Drummond & the Design Projects for the Community Class. It runs every night this month in the windows of the new Plaza building. It is really wonderful art & theater!
Hi Nellie, I think all of the new and exciting projects regarding the history of Las Vegas are fantastic! It is so important that we as a community work together to preserve and celebrate the history of our town. The idea of adding more to our local museum with the help and support our the community is great. Thank you for all your hard work, and I look forward to helping out in any way I can! - Laura Gonzales
ReplyDeleteHI Nellie,
ReplyDeleteThe web site looks great. I love what you are doing with the museum in a box. You are keeping kids interested in history and making it tangible. That's Awesome!
will you also be including information on the people that settled here before the Americans? I think that it is interesting that New Mexicans/spaniards/mexicans were not allowed to emigrate to the las vegas area until the early 1800's. who were they? why did they want to come here?
ReplyDeleteTHis project is focusing primarily on statehood, and events and people that affected statehood. However we have not chosen a script yet, and are still very much in the early stages (we still need a commitee). So we welcome everyone's input. I will be posting information on upcoming meetings, and I hope people will attend, and tell us what they would like to see represented. Plus we have other projects besides this one, and the idea of doing an exhibit on Las Vegas pre santa fe trail, is a great idea. Keep sharing everyone!!
ReplyDeleteHi Nellie,
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year! The blog is a great idea. I hope that "Almas de la Plaza" is an inspiration to the Centennial Theater History project in terms of historical figures to portray. You might want to invite some of the participants in that project to your next planning meeting. They could be a great resource. Keep up the great work in 2009.