[NEohioPAL]Reminder: "Tricks of the Trade . . . " Spring Series Begins Tues. 3/23.

[Wakeup4664 at aol.com]

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From:=A0 Sue Johnson, Director
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 WAKE UP And LIVE's Actors' Studio

NOTE:  We continue to experience some email 'glitches,'  so, it's still not=20
completely reliable. =20
For any questions or to register for sessions, it's best to call (216)=20
561-8608 for the time being.  Thanks.

Register Now . . .
for
"Tricks of The Trade:=A0 Craft, Career & Professional Development"=20

WAKE UP And LIVE's Actors' Studio, at Shaker Heights locations.=20
Call (216) 561-8608.=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=20

Tuesdays, Thursdays & Saturdays, beginning Tues. 3/23 - thru=A0 - Sat. 5/22.=
=20
=A0=A0=A0=A0 1.=A0 Tues & Thurs. sessions:=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 6:30 -=A0=A0 8:30=20=
PM
=A0=A0=A0=A0 2.=A0 Sat. sessions:=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 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.=A0=20

I. "Tricks of the Trade: Craft & Professional Development" Series
=A0=A0=A0=A0 This Series Provides lots of Practice with Practical Scenarios=20=
. . .

1. "On-Camera Practice for Commercial, Industrial & Film Acting"
=A0=A0=A0=A0 Session Dates:=A0 3/23, 3/25, 3/27, & 4/3=20
=A0=20
Practice on-camera skills with commercial, film & industrial scripts.=A0 See=
=20
yourself as=A0=A0=20
talent agents, producers, clients & casting agents see you.=A0 Learn how you=
r=20
facial=20
expressions, gestures/mannerisms, body language/movement & voice project on-
camera. Enhance the way you look, speak & act to get work.

.=A0 Tues. 3/23:=A0=A0=A0 "I'm Getting Ready For My Close-up," part I
.=A0 Thurs. 3/25:=A0 "I'm Getting Ready For My Close-up," part II
=A0=A0=A0=A0Practice reading scripts on-camera to prepare for=A0 commercial,=
 industrial=20
& film auditions.=20
=A0=A0=A0=A0 Learn " Tricks of the Trade" techniques for scene work; become=20
comfortable with, &=20
=A0=A0=A0=A0 memorize, monologues & script material.
.=A0 Sat. 3/27:=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 "I'm Ready For My Close-up," part III
.=A0 Sat. 4/3:=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 "I'm Ready For My Close-up," part IV
=A0=A0=A0Practice on-camera skills with monologues, commercial, film & indus=
trial=20
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=20=
 =20
    scripts. Get feedback on how you look, speak & act on- camera.=20

2. "Voiceover & Speaking Techniques For Performing Artists"
=A0=A0=A0=A0 Session Dates:=A0 4/17, 4/24, & 5/1
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=20
Hear how you sound to listeners.=A0 Are you clear, articulate & interesting?=
=A0=20
Do you 'Swallow' your=20
words?=A0 Have you been called a 'Mush Mouth?'=A0 Have you been asked to 'Sl=
ow=20
down?'=A0=20
Professional=A0 voiceover talent & public speakers pay attention to the deta=
ils=20
- pacing, "t's, d's, &=20
ings," etc.=A0 Learn to play with language and your voice: enunciation,=20
articulation, intonation,=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=20
inflection, and more, to give your characters & performances more flavor.=20
Great session for singers=20
& comedians, too.

.=A0 Sat. 4/17:=A0 Listen, Hear & Discern
=A0=A0=A0Assess & Analyze Your Speaking Style
.=A0 Sat. 4/24:=A0 Speak With a Purpose
=A0=A0=A0Learn & Practice the Voice Skills & Techniques Which Make a Differe=
nce
.=A0 Sat. 5/1:=A0=A0=A0 Practice & Perform
=A0=A0=A0Enhancing Your Voiceover & Speaking Artistry=20

3. "Business Basics for Performing Artists: On Being an Entrepreneur"
=A0=A0=A0 Session Dates:=A0 5/8, 5/15, & 5/22

How to create and develop your individual "Signature Style" business=20
operation.=A0=20
.=A0 Head shots,=A0 resumes, business cards, marketing & promotional materia=
ls,=20
networking & other=20
=A0=A0 business skills to get work as an actor, playwright, director, singer=
,=20
dancer or musician.=A0=20
.=A0 Design & develop=A0 your business cards & other promotional materials s=
uch=20
as, postcards to=20
=A0=A0=A0 promote=A0 yourself.=20
.=A0 Keep business records & deduct expenses when you travel, audition & wor=
k=20
as a performing=20
=A0=A0=A0 artist.=A0 Avoid=A0 financial pitfalls.=20
.=A0 Breaking into the business: Freelancing, Agencies, Contracts, "Scams,"=20
Casting Directors,=20
=A0=A0=A0 Producers & Directors, Unions.
.=A0=A0 The=A0 - Who - What - When - Where - Why - & - How - to make that Le=
ap from=20
Cleveland=20
=A0=A0=A0=A0 to NYC, Chicago, LA & other major talent markets. Everything fr=
om=A0 -=20
Audition - to - Acting=20
=A0=A0=A0=A0 Classes - to - Apartments, Resources, Networking & other "Survi=
val=20
skills." All about=20
  =A0 "Showcases" and developing your own "One Man/Woman Show" to get notice=
d &=20
to get work.
.=A0=A0 Creative ways to build & keep your career alive. Use your versatilit=
y to=20
help pay the bills=20
=A0=A0=A0 when your career seems stalled or isn't going the way you'd like.=
=A0=A0=20

.=A0 Sat. 5/8:=A0 'Tools of the Trade'=20
=A0=A0 Head shots, Resumes, Demo CD's, Business Cards & Other Promotional=20
Materials
.=A0 Sat. 5/15:=A0 Marketing Basics=20
=A0=A0=A0Marketing Yourself to Get Local, Regional & National Work=20
.=A0 Sat. 5/22:=A0 Survival Basics=A0=20
=A0=A0=A0=A0Career Options, Transitions & Alternative 'Survival Skills'

4. "Tools of the Trade:=A0 How-to Series"
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0Session Dates:=A0 3/30, 4/23, 4/20, 4/27, 5/4, 5/11, & 5/18

.=A0 Tues: 3/30: How to do Your Professional Head Shot Project

=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 [No Session Tues. 4=
/6.]

.=A0 Tues: 4/13: How to do Your Talent Resume
.=A0 Tues. 4/20: How to do Your Voiceover Project
.=A0 Tues. 4/27: How to Select & Develop Your Monologues, part I
.=A0 Tues. 5/4:   How to Develop & Perform Your Monologues, part II
.=A0 Tues. 5/11: Business Basics:=A0 How to Use Business Cards & Other=20
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Promotional Mat=
erials


II.=A0 "Tricks of the Trade: "'PlayActs': Gary Webster's Scriptwriting Basic=
s=20
for=A0=20
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Aspiring Playwrights"=A0=A0=A0=20
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Session Dates:=A0 4/1, 4/8, 4/15,=A0 4/22, & 4/29

=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Participants should come prepared to focus & work on the Cra=
ft of being=20
a playwright
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Discover how to combine your Creativity with the Structural=20=
Skills to=20
make your play,=20
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 sketch or scene come alive.=A0 Follow guidelines to develop=20=
your work so=20
that you may=20
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 market and submit it to local, regional or national play rea=
dings.=20
Writers will have the=20
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 opportunity to prepare scenes or one-acts to be considered f=
or upcoming=20

=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 "'PlayActs:' A Prelude to Performance" events.

. Thurs. 4/1:=A0=A0 "The Craft:=A0 Developing Characters, Content & Format"
=A0 Study the techniques for various types of scripts (stage plays, screen=20
plays, & TV scripts).
.=A0 Thurs. 4/8:=A0=A0 "Putting the Elements Together"
=A0=A0=A0 Concept, Characters, Content, Conflict, Conclusion
.=A0 Thurs. 4/15:=A0=A0 "Readin,' Writin,' & Reacting"
=A0=A0=A0 Workshop your drafts to get reactions and guidance to edit your ma=
terial=20
to  make it=A0 more marketable.=A0=20
.=A0 Thurs. 4/22:=A0=A0 "Revising , Refining & Rehearsing," part I
.=A0 Thurs. 4/29:=A0=A0 "Revising, Refining & Rehearsing," part II
=A0=A0=A0Workshop your revised scene or one-act drafts or final copy to get=20
reactions and=A0 guidance to edit your  =20
    material to enhance its marketability to producers & play readings.=20

Fees: I.=A0 "Tricks of the Trade: Craft & Professional Development" Series
$ 25.00=A0 each when registering for 2 or more sessions at the same time.=20
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0Advanced payment requi=
red.
$ 30.00=A0 each session .
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Major Cre=
dit Cards accepted.

Fees:=A0 II.=A0 "Tricks of the Trade: "'PlayActs': Gary Webster's Scriptwrit=
ing=20
Basics for=20
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Aspiring Playwrights"
$ 85.00=A0=A0=A0 for all 5 sessions when registered at same time.=A0=A0 Adva=
nced=20
payment=A0 required.
$ 25.00=A0=A0=A0 individual sessions with advanced payment.=A0=20
$ 30.00=A0=A0=A0 individual sessions .=20
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Major Credit=
 Cards accepted.

Note:=A0 It is preferable, but not mandatory, to register for all sessions i=
n=20
each series.=A0=20
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=20
Can't attend scheduled classes?=A0 Private Coaching is available at same fee=
s=20
as class sessions, limited time, only.

Call (216) 561-8608=A0 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=A0 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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<BR>
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<B>I.</B> <B>"Tricks of the Trade: Craft & Professional Development" Ser=
ies</B><BR>
=A0=A0=A0=A0 This Series Provides lots of Practice with Practical Scenarios=20=
. . .<BR>
<BR>
1. <B>"On-Camera Practice for Commercial, Industrial & Film Acting"</B><=
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=A0=A0=A0=A0 Session Dates:=A0 3/23, 3/25, 3/27, & 4/3 <BR>
=A0 <BR>
Practice on-camera skills with commercial, film & industrial scripts.=
=A0 See yourself as=A0=A0 <BR>
talent agents, producers, clients & casting agents see you.=A0 Learn how=
 your facial <BR>
expressions, gestures/mannerisms, body language/movement & voice project=
 on-<BR>
camera. Enhance the way you look, speak & act to get work.<BR>
<BR>
<B>.=A0 Tues. 3/23:=A0=A0=A0 "I'm Getting Ready For My Close-up," part I<BR>
.=A0 Thurs. 3/25:=A0 "I'm Getting Ready For My Close-up," part II</B><BR>
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 industrial & film auditions. <BR>
=A0=A0=A0=A0 Learn " Tricks of the Trade" techniques for scene work; become=20=
comfortable with, & <BR>
=A0=A0=A0=A0 memorize, monologues & script material.</FONT><FONT  COLOR=
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<B>.=A0 Sat. 3/27:=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 "I'm Ready For My Close-up," part III<B=
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.=A0 Sat. 4/3:=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 "I'm Ready For My Close-up," part IV<=
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2. <B>"Voiceover & Speaking Techniques For Performing Artists"</B><BR>
=A0=A0=A0=A0 Session Dates:=A0 4/17, 4/24, & 5/1<BR>
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 <BR>
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Hear how you sound to listeners.=A0 Are you clear, articulate & interest=
ing?=A0 Do you 'Swallow' your <BR>
words?=A0 Have you been called a 'Mush Mouth?'=A0 Have you been asked to 'Sl=
ow down?'=A0 <BR>
Professional=A0 voiceover talent & public speakers pay attention to the=20=
details - pacing, "t's, d's, & <BR>
ings," etc.=A0 Learn to play with language and your voice: enunciation, arti=
culation, intonation,=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 <BR>
inflection, and more, to give your characters & performances more flavor=
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<B>.=A0 Sat. 4/17:=A0 Listen, Hear & Discern</B><BR>
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<B>.=A0 Sat. 4/24:=A0 Speak With a Purpose</B><BR>
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NG=3D"0">Learn & Practice the Voice Skills & Techniques Which Make a=
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<BR>
<B>3. "Business Basics for Performing Artists: On Being an Entrepreneur"</B>=
<BR>
=A0=A0=A0 Session Dates:=A0 5/8, 5/15, & 5/22<BR>
<BR>
How to create and develop your individual "Signature Style" business operati=
on.=A0 <BR>
</FONT><FONT  COLOR=3D"#000000" BACK=3D"#ffffff" style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR:=20=
#ffffff" SIZE=3D1 PTSIZE=3D8 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"Arial" LANG=3D"0">=
<B>.=A0</B> Head shots,=A0 resumes, business cards, marketing & promotio=
nal materials, networking & other <BR>
=A0=A0 business skills to get work as an actor, playwright, director, singer=
, dancer or musician.=A0 </FONT><FONT  COLOR=3D"#000000" BACK=3D"#ffffff" st=
yle=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3D2 PTSIZE=3D10 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF"=20=
FACE=3D"Arial" LANG=3D"0"><BR>
<B>.=A0 </FONT><FONT  COLOR=3D"#000000" BACK=3D"#ffffff" style=3D"BACKGROUND=
-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3D1 PTSIZE=3D8 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"Arial" LAN=
G=3D"0"></B>Design & develop=A0 your business cards & other promotio=
nal materials such as, postcards to <BR>
=A0=A0=A0 promote=A0 yourself. </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"><BR>
<B>.=A0</B> </FONT><FONT  COLOR=3D"#000000" BACK=3D"#ffffff" style=3D"BACKGR=
OUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3D1 PTSIZE=3D8 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"Arial"=
 LANG=3D"0">Keep business records & deduct expenses when you travel, aud=
ition & work as a performing <BR>
=A0=A0=A0 artist.=A0 Avoid=A0 financial pitfalls. </FONT><FONT  COLOR=3D"#00=
0000" BACK=3D"#ffffff" style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3D2 PTSIZE=
=3D10 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"Arial" LANG=3D"0"><BR>
<B>.</B>=A0 </FONT><FONT  COLOR=3D"#000000" BACK=3D"#ffffff" style=3D"BACKGR=
OUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3D1 PTSIZE=3D8 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"Arial"=
 LANG=3D"0">Breaking into the business: Freelancing, Agencies, Contracts, "S=
cams," Casting Directors, <BR>
=A0=A0=A0 Producers & Directors, Unions.<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"=
><B>.</FONT><FONT  COLOR=3D"#000000" BACK=3D"#ffffff" style=3D"BACKGROUND-CO=
LOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3D1 PTSIZE=3D8 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"Arial" LANG=
=3D"0"></B>=A0=A0 The=A0 - Who - What - When - Where - Why - & - How - t=
o make that Leap from Cleveland <BR>
=A0=A0=A0=A0 to NYC, Chicago, LA & other major talent markets. Everythin=
g from=A0 - Audition - to - Acting <BR>
=A0=A0=A0=A0 Classes - to - Apartments, Resources, Networking & other "S=
urvival skills." All </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">about <BR>
  =A0 </FONT><FONT  COLOR=3D"#000000" BACK=3D"#ffffff" style=3D"BACKGRO=
UND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3D1 PTSIZE=3D8 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"Arial"=20=
LANG=3D"0">"Showcases" and developing your own "One Man/Woman Show" to get n=
oticed & to get work.<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"=
><B>.</FONT><FONT  COLOR=3D"#000000" BACK=3D"#ffffff" style=3D"BACKGROUND-CO=
LOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3D1 PTSIZE=3D8 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"Arial" LANG=
=3D"0"></B>=A0=A0 Creative ways to build & keep your career alive. Use y=
our versatility to help pay the bills <BR>
=A0=A0=A0 when your career seems stalled or isn't going the way you'd like.=
=A0=A0 <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>.=A0 Sat. 5/8:=A0 'Tools of the Trade' </B><BR>
=A0=A0 </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">Head shots, Resumes, Demo CD's, Business Cards & Other Promotiona=
l Materials</FONT><FONT  COLOR=3D"#000000" BACK=3D"#ffffff" style=3D"BACKGRO=
UND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3D2 PTSIZE=3D10 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"Arial"=
 LANG=3D"0"><BR>
<B>.=A0 Sat. 5/15:=A0 Marketing Basics </B><BR>
=A0=A0=A0</FONT><FONT  COLOR=3D"#000000" BACK=3D"#ffffff" style=3D"BACKGROUN=
D-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3D1 PTSIZE=3D8 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"Arial" LA=
NG=3D"0">Marketing Yourself to Get Local, Regional & National Work </FON=
T><FONT  COLOR=3D"#000000" BACK=3D"#ffffff" style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff=
ff" SIZE=3D2 PTSIZE=3D10 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"Arial" LANG=3D"0"><BR>
<B>.=A0 Sat. 5/22:=A0 Survival Basics=A0 </B><BR>
=A0=A0=A0=A0</FONT><FONT  COLOR=3D"#000000" BACK=3D"#ffffff" style=3D"BACKGR=
OUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3D1 PTSIZE=3D8 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"Arial"=
 LANG=3D"0">Career Options, Transitions & Alternative 'Survival Skills'<=
/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>4. "Tools of the Trade:=A0 How-to Series"</B><BR>
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0Session Dates:=A0 3/30, 4/23, 4/20, 4/27, 5/4, 5/11, & 5/=
18<BR>
<BR>
<B>.=A0</B> <B>Tues: 3/30: How to do Your Professional Head Shot Project<BR>
</B><BR>
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 [No Session Tues. 4=
/6.]<BR>
<BR>
<B>.=A0 Tues: 4/13: How to do Your Talent Resume<BR>
.=A0 Tues. 4/20: How to do Your Voiceover Project<BR>
.=A0 Tues. 4/27: How to Select & Develop Your Monologues, part I<BR>
.=A0 Tues. 5/4:   How to Develop & Perform Your Monologues, pa=
rt II<BR>
.=A0 Tues. 5/11: Business Basics:=A0 How to Use Business Cards & Other <=
BR>
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Promotional Mat=
erials</B><BR>
<BR>
<BR>
<B>II.=A0 "Tricks of the Trade: "'PlayActs': Gary Webster's Scriptwriting Ba=
sics for=A0 <BR>
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Aspiring Playwrights"=A0=A0=A0 </B><BR>
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Session Dates:=A0 4/1, 4/8, 4/15,=A0 4/22, & 4/29<BR>
<BR>
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Participants should come prepared to focus & work on the=
 Craft of being a playwright<BR>
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Discover how to combine your Creativity with the Structural=20=
Skills to make your play, <BR>
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 sketch or scene come alive.=A0 Follow guidelines to develop=20=
your work so that you may <BR>
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 market and submit it to local, regional or national play rea=
dings. Writers will have the <BR>
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 opportunity to prepare scenes or one-acts to be considered f=
or upcoming <BR>
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 <B>"'PlayActs:' <I>A Prelude to Performance</I>" </B>events.=
<BR>
<BR>
<B>. Thurs. 4/1:=A0=A0 "The Craft:=A0 Developing Characters, Content & F=
ormat"</B><BR>
=A0 </FONT><FONT  COLOR=3D"#000000" BACK=3D"#ffffff" style=3D"BACKGROUND-COL=
OR: #ffffff" SIZE=3D1 PTSIZE=3D8 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"Arial" LANG=
=3D"0">Study the techniques for various types of scripts (stage plays, scree=
n plays, & TV scripts).</FONT><FONT  COLOR=3D"#000000" BACK=3D"#ffffff"=20=
style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3D2 PTSIZE=3D10 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF=
" FACE=3D"Arial" LANG=3D"0"><BR>
<B>.=A0 Thurs. 4/8:=A0=A0 "Putting the Elements Together"</B><BR>
=A0=A0=A0 </FONT><FONT  COLOR=3D"#000000" BACK=3D"#ffffff" style=3D"BACKGROU=
ND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3D1 PTSIZE=3D8 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"Arial" L=
ANG=3D"0">Concept, Characters, Content, Conflict, Conclusion</FONT><FONT  CO=
LOR=3D"#000000" BACK=3D"#ffffff" style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=
=3D2 PTSIZE=3D10 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"Arial" LANG=3D"0"><BR>
<B>.=A0 Thurs. 4/15:=A0=A0 "Readin,' Writin,' & Reacting"</B><BR>
=A0=A0=A0 </FONT><FONT  COLOR=3D"#000000" BACK=3D"#ffffff" style=3D"BACKGROU=
ND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3D1 PTSIZE=3D8 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"Arial" L=
ANG=3D"0">Workshop your drafts to get reactions and guidance to edit your ma=
terial to  make it=A0 more marketable.=A0 </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"><BR>
<B>.=A0 Thurs. 4/22:=A0=A0 "Revising , Refining & Rehearsing," part I</B=
><BR>
<B>.=A0 Thurs. 4/29:=A0=A0 "Revising, Refining & Rehearsing," part II</B=
><BR>
=A0=A0=A0</FONT><FONT  COLOR=3D"#000000" BACK=3D"#ffffff" style=3D"BACKGROUN=
D-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3D1 PTSIZE=3D8 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"Arial" LA=
NG=3D"0">Workshop your revised scene or one-act drafts or final copy to get=20=
reactions and=A0 guidance to edit your   <BR>
    material to enhance its marketability to producers &=20=
play readings. </FONT><FONT  COLOR=3D"#000000" BACK=3D"#ffffff" style=3D"BAC=
KGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3D2 PTSIZE=3D10 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"Ar=
ial" LANG=3D"0"><BR>
<BR>
<B>Fees: I.=A0 "Tricks of the Trade: Craft & Professional Development" S=
eries</B><BR>
$ 25.00=A0</FONT><FONT  COLOR=3D"#000000" BACK=3D"#ffffff" style=3D"BACKGROU=
ND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3D1 PTSIZE=3D8 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"Arial" L=
ANG=3D"0"> each when registering for 2 or more sessions at the same time. <B=
R>
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0Advanced payment requi=
red.</FONT><FONT  COLOR=3D"#000000" BACK=3D"#ffffff" style=3D"BACKGROUND-COL=
OR: #ffffff" SIZE=3D2 PTSIZE=3D10 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"Arial" LANG=
=3D"0"><BR>
$ 30.00=A0 </FONT><FONT  COLOR=3D"#000000" BACK=3D"#ffffff" style=3D"BACKGRO=
UND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3D1 PTSIZE=3D8 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"Arial"=20=
LANG=3D"0">each session .<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"=
>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Major Cr=
edit Cards accepted.<BR>
<BR>
<B>Fees:=A0 II.=A0 "Tricks of the Trade: "'PlayActs': Gary Webster's Scriptw=
riting Basics for <BR>
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Aspiring Playwrights"</B><B=
R>
$ 85.00=A0=A0</FONT><FONT  COLOR=3D"#000000" BACK=3D"#ffffff" style=3D"BACKG=
ROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3D1 PTSIZE=3D8 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"Arial=
" LANG=3D"0">=A0 for all 5 sessions when registered at same time.=A0=A0 Adva=
nced payment=A0 required.</FONT><FONT  COLOR=3D"#000000" BACK=3D"#ffffff" st=
yle=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3D2 PTSIZE=3D10 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF"=20=
FACE=3D"Arial" LANG=3D"0"><BR>
$ 25.00=A0=A0=A0 </FONT><FONT  COLOR=3D"#000000" BACK=3D"#ffffff" style=3D"B=
ACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3D1 PTSIZE=3D8 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"A=
rial" LANG=3D"0">individual sessions with advanced payment.=A0 </FONT><FONT=20=
 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>
$ 30.00=A0=A0=A0 </FONT><FONT  COLOR=3D"#000000" BACK=3D"#ffffff" style=3D"B=
ACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3D1 PTSIZE=3D8 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"A=
rial" LANG=3D"0">individual sessions . </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>
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Major Credit=
 Cards accepted.<BR>
<BR>
<B>Note:=A0 It is preferable, but not mandatory, to register for all session=
s in each series.=A0 </B><BR>
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 <BR>
Can't attend scheduled classes?=A0 Private Coaching is available at same fee=
s as class sessions, limited time, only.<B><BR>
</B><BR>
Call (216) 561-8608=A0 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=A0 graduate in Communications, from Kent State University, is now ad=
ding essay writing to his repertoire of artistic endeavors.=A0 Gary is worki=
ng on his <I>Nobody Asked Me, But . . ., </I>a collection of commentaries an=
d essays about the human condition, which he has performed for cultural arts=
 organizations and is being developed for publication.<BR>
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