[NEohioPAL]Danny Morris Equity Contract

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More News from the Cleveland Theater Collective

PRESS RELEASE

September 19, 2001
For Immediate Release
Contact Margaret Lynch
216-941-5727 or=20
Fred Gloor
216-771-6353

Cleveland, Ohio.  The Cleveland Theater Collective announced today that =
its=20
first annual Danny Morris Equity Contract Award has been granted to the=20
Cleveland Shakespeare Festival.  The award of $2,000 will enable the=20
Cleveland Shakespeare Festival to hire a member of the Actors Equity=20
Association, the union for professional stage actors, to perform in its =
2002=20
repertory season, which will include productions of Shakespeare's As You =
Like=20
It and Henry IV, Parts 1 and 2. =20
    The Cleveland Shakespeare Festival was selected for this award out =
of a=20
pool of nine smaller to mid-sized Cleveland area theaters who applied =
for=20
this first-time honor.  The winning application best met the criteria=20
established for the award:  1) that the funds be used to underwrite a =
new and=20
otherwise unsubsidized performing opportunity for a local professional =
actor;=20
2) at a theater that has demonstrated an ongoing commitment to =
increasing=20
professionalization; 3) in a project that supports or explores the =
values of=20
tolerance and diversity.  A committee consisting of two representatives =
of=20
the Actors Equity Association, two representatives of non-competing =
theaters,=20
and a representative of the Cleveland Theater Collective made the =
selection. =20
    The Cleveland Shakespeare Festival, which was founded in 1998,  has=20
offered four summers of free, outdoor Shakespeare to the Cleveland =
community.=20
 Dedicated to casting extraordinarily diverse performing ensembles, the=20
Festival has also had a history of exploring gender roles in new and =
exciting=20
ways.  Says Larry Nehring, one of the Festival's co-artistic directors, =
"With=20
this award, we look forward to raising the bar in years to come as we =
build a=20
core company combining Equity and Non-Equity professionals with members =
of=20
the community who wish to broaden their training and experience.  We =
feel=20
this slow, deliberate growth has been important to build a solid =
following=20
within the community."      Funds for the Danny Morris Equity Contract =
Award=20
were raised at a benefit sponsored by the Cleveland Theater Collective =
on=20
April 23, 2001. The Cleveland Theater Collective was formed last year as =
a=20
support group to promote the professional development of Cleveland area=20
theater artists.   The new award is named after Cleveland actor Danny =
Morris,=20
who was an active member of the Actors Equity Association, the American=20
Federation of Television and Radio Artists, and the Screen Actors Guild =
and=20
who died in September 1998.  In addition to launching the award, the=20
Collective has organized workshops, discussion forums, a newsletter, and =
a=20
website (www.ctcollective.org).  Funding for the Collective's programs =
comes=20
from The Cleveland Foundation and the George Gund Foundation.  Great =
Lakes=20
Theater Festival serves as the Collective's fiscal agent, and the =
Cleveland=20
Play House donates space for workshops and other events.

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<DIV>PRESS RELEASE<BR><BR>September 19, 2001<BR>For Immediate =
Release<BR>Contact=20
Margaret Lynch<BR>216-941-5727 or <BR>Fred Gloor</DIV>
<DIV>216-771-6353<BR><BR>Cleveland, Ohio.  The Cleveland Theater =
Collective=20
announced today that its <BR>first annual Danny Morris Equity Contract =
Award has=20
been granted to the <BR>Cleveland Shakespeare Festival.  The award =
of=20
$2,000 will enable the <BR>Cleveland Shakespeare Festival to hire a =
member of=20
the Actors Equity <BR>Association, the union for professional stage =
actors, to=20
perform in its 2002 <BR>repertory season, which will include productions =
of=20
Shakespeare's As You Like <BR>It and Henry IV, Parts 1 and 2. =20
<BR>    The Cleveland Shakespeare Festival was selected =
for this=20
award out of a <BR>pool of nine smaller to mid-sized Cleveland area =
theaters who=20
applied for <BR>this first-time honor.  The winning application =
best met=20
the criteria <BR>established for the award:  1) that the funds be =
used to=20
underwrite a new and <BR>otherwise unsubsidized performing opportunity =
for a=20
local professional actor; <BR>2) at a theater that has demonstrated an =
ongoing=20
commitment to increasing <BR>professionalization; 3) in a project that =
supports=20
or explores the values of <BR>tolerance and diversity.  A committee =

consisting of two representatives of <BR>the Actors Equity Association, =
two=20
representatives of non-competing theaters, <BR>and a representative of =
the=20
Cleveland Theater Collective made the selection.  =
<BR>   =20
The Cleveland Shakespeare Festival, which was founded in 1998,  has =

offered four summers of free, outdoor Shakespeare to the Cleveland=20
community.  Dedicated to casting extraordinarily diverse =
performing=20
ensembles, the Festival has also had a history of exploring gender =
roles in=20
new and exciting ways.  Says Larry Nehring, one of the =
Festival's=20
co-artistic directors, "With this award, we look forward to raising =
the bar=20
in years to come as we build a core company combining Equity and =
Non-Equity=20
professionals with members of the community who wish to broaden =
their=20
training and experience.  We feel this slow, deliberate growth =
has been=20
important to build a solid following within the=20
community."      Funds for the Danny Morris =
Equity=20
Contract Award were raised at a benefit sponsored by the Cleveland =
Theater=20
Collective on April 23, 2001. The Cleveland Theater Collective was =
formed=20
last year as a support group to promote the professional development =
of=20
Cleveland area theater artists.   The new award is named =
after=20
Cleveland actor Danny Morris, who was an active member of the Actors =
Equity=20
Association, the American Federation of Television and Radio =
Artists, and=20
the Screen Actors Guild and who died in September 1998.  In =
addition to=20
launching the award, the Collective has organized workshops, =
discussion=20
forums, a newsletter, and a website (<A=20
href=3D"http://www.ctcollective.org">www.ctcollective.org</A>).  =
Funding for=20
the Collective's programs comes from The Cleveland Foundation and =
the George=20
Gund Foundation.  Great Lakes Theater Festival serves as the=20
Collective's fiscal agent, and the Cleveland Play House donates =
space for=20
workshops and other events.</DIV></BODY></HTML>

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