Cornerstone Institute Summer Residency Program
The Cornerstone Institute Summer Residency Program offers a unique, hands-on collaborative experience creating theater and exploring strategies for community engagement while living with and within a small, diverse community. Students learn both through classroom training and hands-on creation of community-specific productions, which combine their own artistry with that of experienced professionals and community collaborators. Classroom training and production experience will combine to provide a thorough understanding of the community collaboration process, from beginning to end. Harkening back to our “rural years,” when Cornerstone conducted residencies in small towns across America, the Cornerstone Institute Summer Residency program primarily occurs in small agricultural towns in California.
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About: Cornerstone Theater Company
Cornerstone Theater Company is a multi-ethnic, ensemble-based theater company. We commission and produce new plays, both original works and contemporary adaptations of classics, which combine the artistry of professional and community collaborators. By making theater with and for people of many ages, cultures and levels of theatrical experience, Cornerstone builds bridges between and within diverse communities in our home city of Los Angeles and nationwide.
Values Statement
We believe society can flourish when its members know and respect one another, and we value theater made in that spirit.
We value art that is contemporary, community-specific, responsive, multilingual, innovative, challenging, and joyful.
We value theater that directly reflects the audience.
We value the artist in everyone.
Find out more about Cornerstone on their website: Cornerstonetheater.org
About: 2009 Summer Residency in Eureka
Fisherman's Memorial Statue located at the western edge of Woodley Island on Humboldt Bay in Eureka California
Eureka! – “I Have Found It!”
The 2009 Cornerstone Institute Summer Residency is currently taking place in Eureka, California. Located in Humboldt County along California’s “Lost Coast”, Eureka has more than 28,000 residents. 280 miles north of San Francisco and 105 miles south of the Oregon border, Eureka is geographically isolated between Humboldt Bay on the west and an abundant forest of the world’s tallest trees, the Redwoods, on the east, the only highway that goes through Eureka is the 101. The area is known for forest, sea and river recreation, Victorian architecture, its arts community and Humboldt State University nearby. Founded in 1850, the town has a history of mining, logging and fishing industries. As those industries decline the town struggles to establish a new economic identity. Some of the folks we’ve met and talked with in Eureka include older residents through the Humboldt Senior Resource Center, the Ink People Center for the Arts, State Parks Department’s North Coast Redwoods District, Eureka High School, and The Raven Project. We’ve also met with individuals from local news and print journals, the city council, the local free clinic, the indigenous Wiyot community, and others. |
