Objective:  To provide stipend-based residencies at NCTC for up to 3 artists each year in order to nurture creativity that ultimately results in full production of their new work.

Tim Hanson

Tim is working on new musical revue entitled First Dates and Other Natural Disasters. A showcase of this song cycle about relationships was performed on October 13, 2007 in preparation for a full production as part of the 2008 In-Concert Series.

About The Artist:
Tim has been composing music recent college days at the University of Michigan. Tim has served as musical director for NCTC’s productions of CONVENIENCE and Really Rosie.

Michael Phillis
Actor/Performance Artist

Michael returns to NCTC to begin work on a new solo piece entitled DOLLS in which he further explores the world of his childhood and his experiences as a gay man.

About The Artist:
Playwright and performer Michael Phillis premiered his critically-acclaimed solo show, D*Face, at NCTC in 2006. His other Bay Area stage credits include roles in The Dying Gaul, also at NCTC, and The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby at California Shakespeare Theatre. Michael holds a degree in acting from UC Santa Barbara.  He invites you to explore his website to learn more about his newest show www.michaelphillis.com.

The 2007-08 Emerging Artists Program is underwritten by NCTC Producer’s Club Donors and The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.

We invite you to join us a producing underwriter in support of emerging artists. Please contact Ed Decker, Artistic Director at ed@nctcsf.org or 415-861-4914.