[NEohioPAL]Shore Cultural Centre Changes Musical from King & I to The Music Man

[Chuck Abraham]

A Broadway Touring Company will be performing in Cleve. or Akron just after
or durring our May 15 opening of
"The King and I" that has forced us to change our spring musical to.


                          The MUSIC MAN
                                       May 14,15,16,21 AND 22ND 2004
      PRESENTED BY THE SHORE CULTURAL CENTRE

                    A SILHOUETTE PRODUCTION
                         Licensed through the Music Theatre International

                                             DIRECTED BY

                               CHARLES J. ABRAHAM
                        ARTISTIC DIRECTOR FOR THE SHORE CULTURAL CENTRE

                         LAURIE MENDEZ / MUSIC DIRECTOR

                          JENNIFER LEINWEBER / CHOREOGRAPHER


AUDITIONS ARE: FOR ALL ETHNIC GROUPS FOR NON TRADITIONAL CASTING

FEBRUARY 9th and10th 2004 FROM 7:30PM TO 9:00PM.In Room 206

AT THE SHORE CULTURAL CENTER 291 EAST 222ND STREET IN DOWNTOWN EUCLID,
OHIO.

AGES 5 TO 65 ARE ENCOURAGED TO AUDITION ESPECIALLY CHILDREN FOR THE BOYS
BAND AND ONE PRINCIPLE BOY AND GIRL AGE APPROX.10-13 FOR WINTHROP AND
AMARYLLIS

THIS ADULT PRODUCTION BOOST A LARGE CAST THAT INCLUDE PRINCIPLE PARTS FOR
TEENS THROUGH ADULTS.

BRING ONE VOCAL SELECTION WRITTEN IN YOUR KEY AND COME DANCE READY
FOR MORE INFO CALL 440-944-3927 AFTER 6:00PM

** ALL AGE APPROPRIATE ROLES ARE OPEN FOR THIS NON EQUITY PRODUCTION


>From jfogel at clevelandplayhouse.com" <jfogel at clevelandplayhouse.com  Thu Feb  5 22:07:12 2004
From: jfogel at clevelandplayhouse.com" <jfogel at clevelandplayhouse.com (Julie Fogel)
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2004 17:07:12 -0500
Subject: [NEohioPAL]Jabberwocky at The Cleveland Play House
Message-ID: <01C3EC0A.7FA8C1A0.jfogel at clevelandplayhouse.com>

FOR RELEASE		Contact:
January 29, 2004		Julie Fogel, (216) 795-7000, ext. 236
				jfogel at clevelandplayhouse.com

The Cleveland Play House Children's Theatre Opens
Musical Adaptation of Lewis Carroll's Jabberwocky

The next The Cleveland Play House 2003-2004 Children's Theatre Season 
production is Kenneth Kacmar's clever musical adaptation of Lewis Carroll's 
Jabberwocky. Featuring whimsical puppets, Jabberwocky runs in the Brooks 
Theatre February 3 - 29, 2004. Appropriate for children K through 4 and 
their families.

About the Play
For as long as he can remember, young Prince Xavier has heard tales of the 
mysterious creature living in the Dark Wood. For ages, the enchanted 
inhabitants of Mumblelot have lived in fear of this mythical beast. Armed 
with only his sword and his need to prove himself a worthy prince, the 
bumbling Prince journeys into the heart of the forest to slay the fearsome 
Jabberwock. But what he discovers is a hoax. Instead of a fearsome 
creature, he discovers the Jabberwock is timid and just wants to sleep. It 
seems the Jabberwock and the Prince have much in common. Together they 
hatch a plan to prove they are worthy of their royal lineage. Featuring 
music and puppets from the author who brought us The Nutcracker and Once 
Upon?The Brothers Grimm.

Cast Highlights
Kevin Joseph Kelly makes his Cleveland Play House Children's Theatre debut. 
Most recently at The Cleveland Play House, Kevin played Terrence "Trifecta 
Terry" O'Connell in this season's Play House Club Cabaret production of For 
The Love of Mike. Within the last year, Kevin has appeared as Albin in La 
Cage aux Folles, Richard Henry Lee in 1776, and Peter Hale in The Fix, all 
at the Beck Center for the Arts. He is currently the Artistic Director of 
Rocky River Theatre Company and will direct Ragtime there next summer. Most 
recently, he directed Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at the 
Beck Center.

Rebecca Borger graduated from Baldwin-Wallace College with a degree in 
Musical Theatre. She has performed in several other Children's Theatre 
shows at The Cleveland Play House, including: Cinderella Confidential, Once 
Upon?The Brothers Grimm, Lake of Panthers, and The Nutcracker. She was also 
seen in The Cleveland Play House Next Stage reading of The Magical Red 
Shoes, A Christmas Carol at Great Lakes Theatre Festival, and Tony n' 
Tina's Wedding at The Hannah Theatre.

CREATIVE TEAM
Kenneth Kacmar (Playwright) won both the Telly Award and The Videographers 
Award of Excellence for his original score for the video Even You. 
Originally from Cleveland, Ken worked for The Cleveland Play House as a 
composer and musical director for several seasons. Musical directing 
credits include: Blues in the Night (starring Ernestine Jackson); I Do, I 
Do (starring Gary Sandy); Louie, Louie; The Emperor's New Clothes and The 
Red Shoes. Composing credits include: Once Upon?The Brothers Grimm, The Red 
Shoes; Myth Adventures; The Emperor's New Clothes; Androcles and the Lion; 
Man of the Moment; The House of Blue Leaves; Tales of the Lost Formicans. 
His music for the play The Oldest Story Ever Told, originally produced by 
Circle in the Square, has been published by Anchorage Press. Kenneth served 
as assistant musical director for both 20th Century Pop starring Rita 
Coolidge, Darlene Love and Merry Clayton (Kennedy Center) and 20th Century 
R&B starring Vivian Reed, Maxine Brown and Bunny Sigler (Rainbow and 
Stars). He was the Associate Orchestrator for Randy Newman's Faust  (La 
Jolla Playhouse). Kenneth has been associated with The Manhattan Theater 
Club, Circle in the Square, the Stage Directors and Choreographers 
Foundation and the BMI Musical Theater Workshop.

 William Hoffman (Director) is the Director of Community Education as well 
as a resident director at The Cleveland Play House. In addition to 
producing the past seven Children's Theatre seasons at The Cleveland Play 
House, Mr. Hoffman wrote and directed For the Love Mike, which launched the 
Play House Club Cabaret Series this past fall. For the mainstage, he's 
directed A Tuna Christmas, Blues In The Night and I DO! I DO!; Follow the 
Seasons: The Legend of Johnny Appleseed, Puss in Boots, Pecos Bill and the 
Ghost Stampede, The Nutcracker, Lake of Panthers, The Red Shoes and Once 
Upon?The Brothers Grimm  for The Children's Theatre. Next Stage Festival of 
New Plays credits include Smoking Lesson, Off The Map, Trade and his own 
Louis Armstrong/Louis Prima musical Louie, Louie. Mr. Hoffman is also 
director of The Reading Company, a literacy program for Cleveland families 
living in emergency shelters and has adapted and directed the staging of 
over 30 children's books.

FACT SHEET

What:  	 Jabberwocky
by Kenneth Kacmar

Where:	Brooks Theatre, The Cleveland Play House, 8500 Euclid Avenue, 
Cleveland, Ohio 44106

When:		February 3 - 29, 2004

Who:		Cast
Rebecca Borger and Kevin Joseph Kelly

Creative Team
		Playwright:			Kenneth Kacmar
Director:			William Hoffman
Set Design:			Jill Davis, CPH Charge Scenic Artist
 		Costume Design:		Kazuko Inoue, CPH Costume Shop First Hand
Lighting Design:		Maureen Patterson CPH Production Electrician
Prop Design:			Sarah Panyard, CPH Properties Artisan
Puppet Design:		Kenneth Kacmar and Kazuko Inoue
Stage Manager:		Gina Verdi
Tech. Production Assistant:	Duane Rutter

		
Times:		Weekdays (School Groups Only)	10:00 a.m. and 11:30 a.m.
Saturdays and Sundays		1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m.
Productions run approximately 50 minutes in length and include
a question and answer session with the cast following the performance.

Prices:		$15, general admission seating
		
Single Tickets: Call the Ticket Office, (216) 795-7000, or visit 
www.clevelandplayhouse.com
School Group Tickets: Call Nathan Lilly, (216) 795-7000, ext. 233

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The Cleveland Play House Children's Theatre receives support from The Ohio 
Arts Council.  Promotional support provided by Cuyahoga County Public Li  
brary and Radio Disney.


Julie Fogel
Associate Director of Communications & Marketing
The Cleveland Play House
8500 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, Ohio 44106
phone: (216) 795-7000, ext. 236
FAX: (216) 795-7005
email: jfogel at clevelandplayhouse.com