[NEohioPAL]"TRICKS OF THE TRADE" SERIES: REVISED & CORRECTED
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TO: All Neohiopal Subscribers
From: Sue Johnson, Director
WAKE UP And LIVE's Actors' Studio
Please Disregard earlier posting on Neohiopal . . .This is REVISED &=20
CORRECTED listing for the upcoming "Tricks of the Trade" Series.
Register Now . . .
for
"Tricks of The Trade: Craft, Career & Professional Development"=20
WAKE UP And LIVE's Actors' Studio, at Shaker Heights locations. Call (216)=
=20
561-8608. =20
=20
Tuesdays, Thursdays & Saturdays, beginning Tues. 3/23 - thru - Sat. 5/22.=20
1. Tues & Thurs. sessions: 6:30 - 8:30 PM
2. Sat. sessions: 10:30 - 12:30 PM
To register for ongoing classes for Actors, Playwrights, Directors & Other=20
Performing Artists, call (216) 561-8608, or email wakeup4664 at aol.com. =20
I. "Tricks of the Trade: Craft & Professional Development" Series
This Series Provides lots of Practice with Practical Scenarios . . .
=20
1. "On-Camera Practice for Commercial, Industrial & Film Acting"
Session Dates: 3/23, 3/25, 3/27, & 4/3 =20
=20
Practice on-camera skills with commercial, film & industrial=20
scripts. See yourself as =20
talent agents, producers, clients & casting agents see you. Learn=20
how your facial=20
expressions, gestures/mannerisms, body language/movement & voice=20
project on-
camera. Enhance the way you look, speak & act to get work.
. Tues. 3/23: "I'm Getting Ready For My Close-up," part=20=
I
. Thurs. 3/25: "I'm Getting Ready For My Close-up," part II
Practice reading scripts on-camera to prepare for =20
commercial, industrial & film auditions.=20
Learn " Tricks of the Trade" techniques for scene=20
work; become comfortable with, &=20
memorize, monologues & script material.
. Sat. 3/27: "I'm Ready For My Close-up," part III
. Sat. 4/3: "I'm Ready For My Close-up," part IV
Practice on-camera skills with=20
monologues, commercial, film & industrial=20
scripts. Get feedbac=
k=20
on how you look, speak & act on- camera.=20
2. "Voiceover & Speaking Techniques For Performing Artists"
Session Dates: 4/17, 4/24, & 5/1
=20
Hear how you sound to listeners. Are you clear, articulate &=20
interesting? Do you 'Swallow' your=20
words? Have you been called a 'Mush Mouth?' Have you been=20
asked to 'Slow down?' =20
Professional voiceover talent & public speakers pay attention=
=20
to the details - pacing, "t's, d's, &=20
ings," etc. Learn to play with language and your voice:=20
enunciation, articulation, intonation, =20
inflection, and more, to give your characters & performances=20
more flavor. Great session for singers=20
& comedians, too.
. Sat. 4/17: Listen, Hear & Discern
Assess & Analyze Your Speaking Style
. Sat. 4/24: Speak With a Purpose
Learn & Practice the Voice Skills & Techniques=
=20
Which Make a Difference
. Sat. 5/1: Practice & Perform
Enhancing Your Voiceover & Speaking Artistry=20
3. "Business Basics for Performing Artists: On Being an Entrepreneur"
Session Dates: 5/8, 5/15, & 5/22
How to create and develop your individual "Signature Style" business=20
operation. =20
. Head shots, resumes, business cards, marketing & promotiona=
l=20
materials, networking & other=20
business skills to get work as an actor, playwright,=20
director, singer, dancer or musician. =20
. Design & develop your business cards & other promotional=20
materials such as, postcards to=20
promote yourself.=20
. Keep business records & deduct expenses when you travel,=20
audition & work as a performing=20
artist. Avoid financial pitfalls.=20
. Breaking into the business: Freelancing, Agencies, Contracts,=
=20
"Scams," Casting Directors,=20
Producers & Directors, Unions.
. The - Who - What - When - Where - Why - & - How - to=20
make that Leap from Cleveland=20
to NYC, Chicago, LA & other major talent markets.=20
Everything from - Audition - to - Acting=20
Classes - to - Apartments, Resources, Networking & other=
=20
"Survival skills." All about=20
"Showcases" and developing your own "One Man/Woman Show" to=20
get noticed & to get work.
. Creative ways to build & keep your career alive. Use you=
r=20
versatility to help pay the bills=20
when your career seems stalled or isn't going the way=20
you'd like. =20
. Sat. 5/8: 'Tools of the Trade'=20
Head shots, Resumes, Demo CD's, Business Card=
s=20
& Other Promotional Materials
. Sat. 5/15: Marketing Basics=20
Marketing Yourself to Get Local, Regional &=20
National Work=20
. Sat. 5/22: Survival Basics =20
Career Options, Transitions & Alternative=20
'Survival Skills'
4. "Tools of the Trade: How-to Series"
Session Dates: 3/30, 4/23, 4/20, 4/27, 5/4, 5/11, & 5/18
. Tues: 3/30: How to do Your Professional Head Shot Project
[No Session Tues. 4/6.]
. Tues: 4/13: How to do Your Talent Resume
. Tues. 4/20: How to do Your Voiceover Project
. Tues. 4/27: How to Select & Develop Your Monologues, part I
. Tues. 5/4: How to Develop & Perform Your Monologues, part I=
I
. Tues. 5/11: Business Basics: How to Use Business Cards &=20
Other=20
Promotional Materials
II. "Tricks of the Trade: "'PlayActs': Gary Webster's Scriptwriting Basics=20
for =20
Aspiring Playwrights" =20
Session Dates: 4/1, 4/8, 4/15, 4/22, & 4/29
Participants should come prepared to focus & work on the Craft of bein=
g=20
a playwright
Discover how to combine your Creativity with the Structural Skills to=20
make your play,=20
sketch or scene come alive. Follow guidelines to develop your work so=
=20
that you may=20
market and submit it to local, regional or national play readings.=20
Writers will have the=20
opportunity to prepare scenes or one-acts to be considered for upcomin=
g=20
"'PlayActs:' A Prelude to Performance" events.
. Thurs. 4/1: "The Craft: Developing Characters, Content=20=
&=20
Format"
Study the techniques for various types=20
of scripts (stage plays, screen=20
plays, & TV scripts).
. Thurs. 4/8: "Putting the Elements Together"
Concept, Characters, Content, Conflict,=20
Conclusion
. Thurs. 4/15: "Readin,' Writin,' & Reacting"
Workshop your drafts to get reaction=
s=20
and guidance to edit your material to=20
make it more=20
marketable. =20
. Thurs. 4/22: "Revising , Refining & Rehearsing," part I
. Thurs. 4/29: "Revising, Refining & Rehearsing," part II
Workshop your revised scene or=20
one-act drafts or final copy to get=20
reactions and guidance=
=20
to edit your material to enhance its marketability to=20
producers & play=20
readings.=20
Fees: I. "Tricks of the Trade: Craft & Professional Development" Series
$ 25.00 each when registering for 2 or more sessions at=20
the same time.=20
Advanced payment required.
$ 30.00 each session without advanced payment.
Major Credit Cards accepted.
Fees: II. "Tricks of the Trade: "'PlayActs': Gary Webster's Scriptwriting=20
Basics for=20
Aspiring Playwrights"
$ 85.00 for all 5 sessions when registered at same=20
time. Advanced payment required.
$ 25.00 individual sessions with advanced payment. =20
$ 30.00 individual sessions without advanced payment.=20
Major Credit Cards accepted.
Note: It is preferable, but not mandatory, to register for all sessions in=20
each series. =20
=20
Can't attend scheduled classes? Private Coaching is available at same fees=20
as class sessions, limited time, only.
Call (216) 561-8608 to register & for locations.
About Sue Johnson . . .
. Sue Johnson, Director of the WAKE UP An LIVE's Actors' Studio, is an actor=
,=20
director and coach whose professional credits include recent appearances in=20
Arthur Miller's The Ride Down Mt. Morgan, Ibsen's A Doll's House, Neil Simon=
's=20
The Sunshine Boys, Langston Hughes' Simply Heavenly, Ossie Davis' Purlie,=20
Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor as well as other roles in Cleveland=
area=20
theatres. She has been a recipient of the Karamu Actors Guild, 1999-2000=20
(Outer Circle) Award for "Best Supporting Actress in a Musical," for her rol=
e as=20
Idella in Beck Center for the Arts production of Purlie.=A0=A0 Recent TV cre=
dits=20
include A & E's 100 Centre Street, and films, Antwone Fisher=A0 directed by=20=
Denzel=20
Washington, and The Year That Trembled, Jay Craven, Director.=A0 Her talent=20
resume lists numerous TV commercials, industrials, and voiceovers.=A0=20
Sue combines her professional acting and motivational speaking talents to=20
present her widely acclaimed Sue Johnson Acting Seminars for Business, Life=20
Enrichment Programs, Personal Power Series and Guest Artist Presentations. S=
ue also=20
can be seen conducting her "Tricks of the Trade,"=A9 "Getting Your Big Break=
,"=20
and "Actors' Career, Craft & Professional Development" workshop series for=20
various theatre, educational and cultural arts organizations.=A0=20
She was a producer and co-hosted "WAKE UP And LIVE withG.A.S."=A9,a series o=
f=20
three entertainment and arts talk shows heard on WELW Radio.=A0 She has also=
made=20
former guest appearances on Fox TV 8's "Fox Unplugged."=20
Sue, a graduate of Case Western Reserve University, holds an M.Ed degree fro=
m=20
Cleveland State=A0 University and is the proud mom of Heidi, a poet who=20
publishes and performs her works under the pen name, Nia.
About Gary Webster . . .
Gary Webster Gary is a well-known radio personality in the Painesville, OH=20
area who spends his off-air time studying acting, performing and writing pla=
ys.=20
For the past 8 years, Gary has written numerous one-act plays and sketches,=20
including Divine Intervention, which have been performed in staged readings=20=
and=20
full productions in the greater Cleveland area. Gary, along with Ruby Fox an=
d=20
Sue Johnson recently completed writing and producing Harlem Blues.=A0 Gary h=
as=20
also studied extensively at the Cleveland Playhouse with Bob Noll, a well-kn=
own=20
national playwright and professor at John Carroll University
Gary, a graduate in Communications, from Kent State University, is now=20
adding essay writing to his repertoire of artistic endeavors.=A0 Gary is wor=
king on=20
his Nobody Asked Me, But . . ., a collection of commentaries and essays abou=
t=20
the human condition, which he has performed for cultural arts organizations=20=
and=20
is being developed for publication.
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<B>I.</B> <B>"Tricks of the Trade: Craft & Professional Development" Ser=
ies</B><BR>
This Series Provides lots of Practice with Practica=
l Scenarios . . .<BR>
<BR>
1. <B>"On-Camera Practice for Commercial, Industria=
l & Film Acting"</B><BR>
Session Dates: =20=
3/23, 3/25, 3/27, & 4/3 <BR>
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Practice on-camera skills w=
ith commercial, film & industrial scripts. See yourself as &n=
bsp; <BR>
talent agents, producers, c=
lients & casting agents see you. Learn how your facial <BR>
expressions, gestures/manne=
risms, body language/movement & voice project on-<BR>
camera. Enhance the way you=
look, speak & act to get work.<BR>
<BR>
&nbs=
p; <B>. Tues. 3/23: "I'm Getting Ready F=
or My Close-up," part I<BR>
. Thurs. 3/=
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p; </FONT><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" BACK=3D"#ff=
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re for commercial, industrial & film auditions. <BR>
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<B> . Sat. 3=
/27: "I'm Ready For My Close-up," part I=
II<BR>
. Sat. 4/3:=
"I'm Ready For My Close-up,=
" part IV</B><BR>
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<BR>
2. <B>"Voiceover & Speaking Techniques For Perf=
orming Artists"</B><BR>
Session Dates: =20=
4/17, 4/24, & 5/1<BR>
<BR>
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sound to listeners. Are you clear, articulate & interesting? =
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&nbs=
p; words? Have you been called a 'Mush Mouth?' Have you been ask=
ed to 'Slow down?' <BR>
&nbs=
p; Professional voiceover talent & public speakers pay attention t=
o the details - pacing, "t's, d's, & <BR>
&nbs=
p; ings," etc. Learn to play with language and your voice: enunciation=
, articulation, intonation, &=
nbsp; <BR>
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p; inflection, and more, to give your characters & performances more fla=
vor. Great session for singers <BR>
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p; & comedians, too.</FONT><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" BACK=3D"#ffffff" sty=
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<BR>
<B>. Sat. 4/17:=
Listen, Hear & Discern</B><BR>
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e=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3D1 PTSIZE=3D8 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FAC=
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<B>. Sat. 4/24:=
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<BR>
<B>3. "Business Basics for Performing Artists: On B=
eing an Entrepreneur"</B><BR>
Session Dates: =20=
5/8, 5/15, & 5/22<BR>
<BR>
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ONT><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" BACK=3D"#ffffff" style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ff=
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. </B> Head shots, resumes, business cards, marketing & promo=
tional materials, networking & other <BR>
&nbs=
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"></B>Design & develop your business cards & other promotional=
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=3D"0">Keep business records & deduct expenses when you travel, audition=
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=3D"0">Breaking into the business: Freelancing, Agencies, Contracts, "Scams,=
" Casting Directors, <BR>
&nbs=
p; Producers & Directors, Unions.<BR=
>
&nbs=
p; </FONT><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" BACK=3D"#ffffff" style=3D"BAC=
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=3D"Arial" LANG=3D"0"></B> The - Who - What - When - Where=
- Why - & - How - to make that Leap from Cleveland <BR>
&nbs=
p; to NYC, Chicago, LA & other=
major talent markets. Everything from - Audition - to - Acting <BR>
&nbs=
p; Classes - to - Apartments, Resources,=
Networking & other "Survival skills." All </FONT><FONT COLOR=3D"#00000=
0" BACK=3D"#ffffff" style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3D2 PTSIZE=3D10=
FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"Arial" LANG=3D"0">about <BR>
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al" LANG=3D"0">"Showcases" and developing your own "One Man/Woman Show" to g=
et noticed & to get work.<BR>
&nbs=
p;</FONT><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" BACK=3D"#ffffff" style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR=
: #ffffff" SIZE=3D2 PTSIZE=3D10 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"Arial" LANG=3D"=
0"><B> .</FONT><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" BACK=3D"#ffffff" style=
=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3D1 PTSIZE=3D8 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=
=3D"Arial" LANG=3D"0"></B> Creative ways to build & keep you=
r career alive. Use your versatility to help pay the bills <BR>
&nbs=
p; when your career seems st=
alled or isn't going the way you'd like. <BR>
</FONT><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" BACK=3D"#ffffff" style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR:=20=
#ffffff" SIZE=3D2 PTSIZE=3D10 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"Arial" LANG=3D"0"=
><BR>
<B>. =
; Sat. 5/8: 'Tools of the Trade' </B><BR>
&nbs=
p; &n=
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" style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3D1 PTSIZE=3D8 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERI=
F" FACE=3D"Arial" LANG=3D"0">Head shots, Resumes, Demo CD's, Business Cards=20=
& Other Promotional Materials</FONT><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" BACK=3D"#ff=
ffff" style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3D2 PTSIZE=3D10 FAMILY=3D"SAN=
SSERIF" FACE=3D"Arial" LANG=3D"0"><BR>
<B>. =
; Sat. 5/15: Marketing Basics </B><BR>
&nbs=
p; &n=
bsp; </FONT><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" BACK=3D"#=
ffffff" style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3D1 PTSIZE=3D8 FAMILY=3D"SA=
NSSERIF" FACE=3D"Arial" LANG=3D"0">Marketing Yourself to Get Local, Regional=
& National Work </FONT><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" BACK=3D"#ffffff" style=
=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3D2 PTSIZE=3D10 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FAC=
E=3D"Arial" LANG=3D"0"><BR>
<B> . =
; Sat. 5/22: Survival Basics </B><BR>
&nbs=
p; &n=
bsp; </FONT><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" BACK=3D"#=
ffffff" style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3D1 PTSIZE=3D8 FAMILY=3D"SA=
NSSERIF" FACE=3D"Arial" LANG=3D"0">Career Options, Transitions & Alterna=
tive 'Survival Skills'</FONT><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" BACK=3D"#ffffff" style=
=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3D2 PTSIZE=3D10 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FAC=
E=3D"Arial" LANG=3D"0"><BR>
<BR>
<B>4. "Tools of the Trade: How-to Series"</B>=
<BR>
Session Dates:&=
nbsp; 3/30, 4/23, 4/20, 4/27, 5/4, 5/11, & 5/18<BR>
<BR>
<B>=20=
. </B> <B>Tues: 3/30: How to do Your Professional Head Shot Project<BR>
</B><BR>
=20=
[No Session Tues. 4/6.]<BR>
<BR>
<B>. =
; Tues: 4/13: How to do Your Talent Resume<BR>
. T=
ues. 4/20: How to do Your Voiceover Project<BR>
. T=
ues. 4/27: How to Select & Develop Your Monologues, part I<BR>
. T=
ues. 5/4: How to Develop & Perform Your Monologues, part II<BR>
. T=
ues. 5/11: Business Basics: How to Use Business Cards & Other <BR=
>
&nbs=
p; &n=
bsp; Promotional Mater=
ials</B><BR>
<BR>
<BR>
<B>II. "Tricks of the Trade: "'PlayActs': Gary Webster's Scriptwriting=
Basics for <BR>
Aspiring Playwrights" =
</B><BR>
Session Dates: 4/1, 4/8, 4/15,&nb=
sp; 4/22, & 4/29<BR>
<BR>
Participants should come prepared to focus &a=
mp; work on the Craft of being a playwright<BR>
Discover how to combine your Creativity with=20=
the Structural Skills to make your play, <BR>
sketch or scene come alive. Follow guid=
elines to develop your work so that you may <BR>
market and submit it to local, regional or na=
tional play readings. Writers will have the <BR>
opportunity to prepare scenes or one-acts to=20=
be considered for upcoming <BR>
<B>"'PlayActs:' <I>A Prelude to Performance</=
I>" </B>events.<BR>
<BR>
&nbs=
p; <B>. Thurs. 4/1: "The Craft: Developing Cha=
racters, Content & Format"</B><BR>
&n=
bsp; =
</FONT><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" BACK=3D"#ffffff" st=
yle=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3D1 PTSIZE=3D8 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" F=
ACE=3D"Arial" LANG=3D"0">Study the techniques for various types of scripts (=
stage plays, screen <BR>
&nbs=
p; &n=
bsp; =
&nbs=
p; plays, & TV scripts).</FONT><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" BACK=
=3D"#ffffff" style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3D2 PTSIZE=3D10 FAMILY=
=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"Arial" LANG=3D"0"><BR>
&nbs=
p; <B>. Thurs. 4/8: "Putting the Elements Together"<=
/B><BR>
&nbs=
p; </FONT><FONT=20=
COLOR=3D"#000000" BACK=3D"#ffffff" style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=
=3D1 PTSIZE=3D8 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"Arial" LANG=3D"0">Concept, Char=
acters, Content, Conflict, Conclusion</FONT><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" BACK=
=3D"#ffffff" style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3D2 PTSIZE=3D10 FAMILY=
=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"Arial" LANG=3D"0"><BR>
&nbs=
p; <B>. Thurs. 4/15: "Readin,' Writin,' & Reacti=
ng"</B><BR>
&nbs=
p; &n=
bsp; =
</FONT><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" BACK=3D"#ffffff" style=3D"BACKGROUND-=
COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3D1 PTSIZE=3D8 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"Arial" LANG=
=3D"0">Workshop your drafts to get reactions and guidance to edit your mater=
ial to <BR>
&nbs=
p; &n=
bsp; =
&nbs=
p; make it more marketable. </FONT><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000=
" BACK=3D"#ffffff" style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3D2 PTSIZE=3D10=20=
FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"Arial" LANG=3D"0"><BR>
<B>. Thurs. 4/22:=
"Revising , Refining & Rehearsing," part I</B><BR>
<B> . Thurs. 4/29:=
"Revising, Refining & Rehearsing," part II</B><BR>
&nbs=
p; &n=
bsp; =
</FONT><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" BACK=3D"#ffffff" style=3D"BACKGROUND-=
COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3D1 PTSIZE=3D8 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"Arial" LANG=
=3D"0">Workshop your revised scene or one-act drafts or final copy to get <B=
R>
&nbs=
p; &n=
bsp; =
&nbs=
p; reactions and guidance to edit your material to enhance its m=
arketability to <BR>
&nbs=
p; &n=
bsp; =
&nbs=
p; producers & play readings. </FONT><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" BACK=
=3D"#ffffff" style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3D2 PTSIZE=3D10 FAMILY=
=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"Arial" LANG=3D"0"><BR>
<BR>
<B>Fees: I. "Tricks of the Trade: Craft & Professional Developme=
nt" Series</B><BR>
&nbs=
p; $ 25.00 </FONT><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000=
" BACK=3D"#ffffff" style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3D1 PTSIZE=3D8 F=
AMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"Arial" LANG=3D"0"> each when registering for 2 o=
r more sessions at the same time. <BR>
&nbs=
p; &n=
bsp; =
Advanced payment required.</FONT><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000"=
BACK=3D"#ffffff" style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3D2 PTSIZE=3D10 F=
AMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"Arial" LANG=3D"0"><BR>
&nbs=
p; $ 30.00 </FONT><FONT COLOR=3D"#00000=
0" BACK=3D"#ffffff" style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3D1 PTSIZE=3D8=20=
FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"Arial" LANG=3D"0">each session without advanced=
payment.<BR>
</FONT><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" BACK=3D"#ffffff" style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR:=20=
#ffffff" SIZE=3D2 PTSIZE=3D10 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"Arial" LANG=3D"0"=
> &nb=
sp; Major Credit Cards=
accepted.<BR>
<BR>
<B>Fees: II. "Tricks of the Trade: "'PlayActs': Gary Webster's S=
criptwriting Basics for <BR>
&nbs=
p; Aspiring Playwrights"</B><BR>
&nbs=
p; $ 85.00 </FONT><FONT COLOR=3D"#=
000000" BACK=3D"#ffffff" style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3D1 PTSIZE=
=3D8 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"Arial" LANG=3D"0"> for all 5 session=
s when registered at same time. Advanced payment required.=
</FONT><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" BACK=3D"#ffffff" style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR:=20=
#ffffff" SIZE=3D2 PTSIZE=3D10 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"Arial" LANG=3D"0"=
><BR>
&nbs=
p; $ 25.00 </FONT><FONT COL=
OR=3D"#000000" BACK=3D"#ffffff" style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3D1=
PTSIZE=3D8 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"Arial" LANG=3D"0">individual sessio=
ns with advanced payment. </FONT><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" BACK=3D"#fff=
fff" style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3D2 PTSIZE=3D10 FAMILY=3D"SANS=
SERIF" FACE=3D"Arial" LANG=3D"0"><BR>
&nbs=
p; $ 30.00 </FONT><FONT COL=
OR=3D"#000000" BACK=3D"#ffffff" style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3D1=
PTSIZE=3D8 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"Arial" LANG=3D"0">individual sessio=
ns without advanced payment. </FONT><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" BACK=3D"#ffffff=
" style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3D2 PTSIZE=3D10 FAMILY=3D"SANSSER=
IF" FACE=3D"Arial" LANG=3D"0"><BR>
&nbs=
p; Major Credit Cards accept=
ed.<BR>
<BR>
<B>Note: It is preferable, but not mandatory, to register for all sess=
ions in each series. </B><BR>
<BR>
Can't attend scheduled classes? Private Coaching is available at same=20=
fees as class sessions, limited time, only.<B><BR>
</B><BR>
Call (216) 561-8608 to register & for locations.<BR>
<BR>
</FONT><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" BACK=3D"#ffffff" style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR:=20=
#ffffff" SIZE=3D4 PTSIZE=3D14 FAMILY=3D"SERIF" FACE=3D"Calisto MT" LANG=3D"0=
"><B><I>About Sue Johnson . . .</FONT><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" BACK=3D"#ffff=
ff" style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3D2 PTSIZE=3D10 FAMILY=3D"SANSS=
ERIF" FACE=3D"Arial" LANG=3D"0"></B></I><BR>
<BR>
<B>.</B> Sue Johnson, Director of the <B><I>WAKE UP An LIVE's Actors' Studio=
,</B></I> is an actor, director and coach whose professional credits include=
recent appearances in Arthur Miller's <I>The Ride Down Mt. Morgan,</I> Ibse=
n's <I>A Doll's House</I>, Neil Simon's <I>The Sunshine Boys,</I> Langston H=
ughes' Simply Heavenly, Ossie Davis' <I>Purlie,</I> Shakespeare's <I>The Mer=
ry Wives of Windsor</I> as well as other roles in Cleveland area theatres. S=
he has been a recipient of the Karamu Actors Guild, 1999-2000 (Outer Circle)=
Award for <I>"Best Supporting Actress in a Musical," </I>for her role as Id=
ella in Beck Center for the Arts production of <I>Purlie</I>.=A0=A0 Recent T=
V credits include A & E's <I>100 Centre Street</I>, and films, <I>Antwon=
e Fisher=A0</I> directed by Denzel Washington, and <I>The Year That Trembled=
</I>, Jay Craven, Director.=A0 Her talent resume lists numerous TV commercia=
ls, industrials, and voiceovers.=A0 <BR>
<BR>
Sue combines her professional acting and motivational speaking talents to pr=
esent her widely acclaimed <B>Sue Johnson Acting Seminars for Business,</B>=20=
<B>Life Enrichment Programs, Personal Power Series</B> and <B>Guest Artist P=
resentations</B>. Sue also can be seen conducting her "Tricks of the Trade,"=
=A9 "Getting Your Big Break," and <B>"Actors' Career, Craft & Profession=
al Development"</B> workshop series for various theatre, educational and cul=
tural arts organizations.=A0 <BR>
<BR>
She was a producer and co-hosted <B>"WAKE UP And LIVE withG.A.S."</B>=A9,a s=
eries of three entertainment and arts talk shows heard on WELW Radio.=A0 She=
has also made former guest appearances on Fox TV 8's "Fox Unplugged." <BR>
<BR>
Sue, a graduate of Case Western Reserve University, holds an M.Ed degree fro=
m Cleveland State=A0 University and is the proud mom of Heidi, a poet who pu=
blishes and performs her works under the pen name, Nia.<BR>
<BR>
</FONT><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" BACK=3D"#ffffff" style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR:=20=
#ffffff" SIZE=3D4 PTSIZE=3D14 FAMILY=3D"SERIF" FACE=3D"Calisto MT" LANG=3D"0=
"><B><I>About Gary Webster . . .</FONT><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" BACK=3D"#fff=
fff" style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3D2 PTSIZE=3D10 FAMILY=3D"SANS=
SERIF" FACE=3D"Arial" LANG=3D"0"></B></I><BR>
<BR>
Gary Webster Gary is a well-known radio personality in the Painesville, OH a=
rea who spends his off-air time studying acting, performing and writing play=
s. For the past 8 years, Gary has written numerous one-act plays and sketche=
s, including <I>Divine Intervention, </I>which have been performed in staged=
readings and full productions in the greater Cleveland area. Gary, along wi=
th Ruby Fox and Sue Johnson recently completed writing and producing <I>Harl=
em Blues.=A0 </I>Gary has also studied extensively at the Cleveland Playhous=
e with Bob Noll, a well-known national playwright and professor at John Carr=
oll University<I><BR>
</I><BR>
Gary, a graduate in Communications, from Kent State University, is now=
adding essay writing to his repertoire of artistic endeavors.=A0 Gary is wo=
rking on his <I>Nobody Asked Me, But . . ., </I>a collection of commentaries=
and essays about the human condition, which he has performed for cultural a=
rts organizations and is being developed for publication.<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
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