Casting
Film - Indie, Documentary, Feature
Television - Pilots, Made for TV Movies and documentaries for PBS (US), Public Broadcasting
in Europe, the History Channel and many other independent production companies nation and world wide.
Brief
list
PBS - We Shall
Remain Series installment - "After the Mayflower"
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/weshallremain/behind_the_scenes/episode_1_full_cast
"Journey
to 10,000 B.C." - History Channel
"Plymoth Plantation" - WestEnd Film & TV Producktion GMBH
- Germany, France, UK
(check the News page for an article about this production)
Tijer Lily Co manages all arts and entertainment (including sports, etc.)
content for NATV, Native American Television
Theater
Staged Readings, Festivals to Full
Productions, etc.
Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research
Center, Trinity Repertory Company, The LightBox Theatre Company and many others for full productions, special events, and
national tours.
One of the first productions
I began as a collaboration between MPTN and Trinity Repertory Company. My duties included performing on stage, producing,
casting, etc. that began as a festival of plays named "Theater From the Four Directions" that began in 2001, resulting
in two full productions. The full scale, regular season production of "The Buz'Gem Blues" at Trinity Repertory
Company in 2005 and the National Tour of "Grandchildren of the Buffalo Soldiers" collaborative between the Penumbra
Theatre and Trinity Repertory Company through February of 2006.
*A picture of a portion of the first program from the first festival:
Off Broadway event of Drew Hayden Taylor's "AlterNatives"
guest list, casting of Native American/First Nations/Indigenous Talent and event consultant.
Film Festivals
Film Festival coordination, media representation,
promotion and sponsorship
Brief list
Women In Film International's "A Night to Celebrate Indigenous Filmmakers of the Americas"
Some duties included media to the Indigenous community, disseminating information to the Indigenous
Filmmaking community for film submissions, promotion of the event and scouting to provide talent (song, music and performers)
for the night's events, etc.
Honoring Our Own Power (HOOP)'s "First People's Native American Film Festival"
sponsorship, promotion and public relations (media) representative.
Common Ground International Film Festival
Consulting
Producing/Production Assistance and Consulting on all aspects of live and taped shows
(film, television, theater, concerts and special events) including guest lists, scenery, props, wardrobe, marketing, music,
creative concepts, etc.
Producer
Executive Producer of television programs including the first
Native American News Magazine program on television in California with duties including: writing the scripts, treatment, running
the production including music concept for the commissioned piece of music for the show, graphics, training the show host,
costuming (featuring the designs in jewelry, shoes and clothing of Leah Shenandoah - daughter of Joanne Shenandoah and an
accomplished artist in her own right), scheduling and appearing as a guest.
Guests who were booked for that show included Wes Studi,
and break through first on camera Native media coverage of such major events as the First Americans in the Arts awards show
at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, CA in 2007.
Producing/Production Assistance
and Consulting on all aspects of live and taped shows (film, television, theater, concerts and special events) including guest
lists, scenery, props, wardrobe, marketing, some lighting, creative concepts, etc.
NATV, Native American Television
Tara
J. Ryan serves as Executive Producer and Public Affairs Officer for NATV, Native American Television.
Content including the first ever coverage by a Native American organization
of a Presidential Campaign, Inauguration and Inaugural events with official credentials from the Senate Radio and TV Gallery
and the Presidential Inaugural Committee.
Marketing/Promotions/Public Relations
For all manner of events, festivals, plays, careers, organizations and productions including: Marketing Research,
Public Relations/Press and Media Agent, Promotions and Distribution.
Business Strategy and Research
For individuals and small and large organizations
in Native Entertainment.
Bookings
Contact person for many requests on whom to book for what show, festival, etc.
Bookings for artists in
public appearances, media and musical performances.
Coaching
Media Training
Actors workshops and coaching
Speech
Writing
Television Pilot
Contributing Writer for
NativeVue Film and Media
Choreography
Tara J. Ryan is herself a dancer and also works with the top choreographers
in the US and Canada in all areas of traditional and modern Indigenous Dance and
Movement.
Management
(Services no longer offered in this area)
Traditional to the most contemporary, from "start-up" to industry veterans.
Actors
Musicians
Writers
*More current credits, work and
projects listed on the Media page.