[NEohioPAL]Players Guild Shakespeare Design Contest winner announced!

Fri Jan 7 15:06:18 PST 2005

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THE PLAYERS GUILD THEATRE
1001 Market Avenue North
Canton, Ohio 44702
Box Office: 330-453-7617
Business Office: 330-453-7619

Canton, Ohio - The Players Guild of Canton is excited to announce the winner=
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of the first High School Shakespeare Festival Design Contest. The contest wa=
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held to secure a winning design from a high school student for the Festival=
=E2=80=99s=20
upcoming production of Romeo and Juliet. After sending letters to high schoo=
ls=20
in Staerk and surrounding counties announcing the Festival and the=20
competition, a set of detailed specs were sent to those students who applied=
 to enter=20
the competition. Participants were required to draw renderings and build mod=
els=20
of their designed set for presentation at the finals of the competition whic=
h=20
were held on December 18, 2004. The winning design will be used to build the=
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set for the Festival production.
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Judges for the competition were Jason King Jones, the professional=20
Shakespeare director from Jersey City, New Jersey who will be directing Rome=
o and=20
Juliet, Steven Arnold, the Players Guild=E2=80=99s Artistic Coordinator, Jos=
h Erichsen, the=20
Guild=E2=80=99s Production Designer, Romeo and Juliet=E2=80=99s Fight Choreo=
grapher Brian=20
Walsh and Mike Labriola, an administrator for Plain Local Schools.
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The winner of the Design Contest is George Maxin, IV. He is a senior at=20
Louisville High School. George has onstage and backstage experience both at=20=
his=20
high school and at the Players Guild. George=E2=80=99s winning design is a t=
wo-story set=20
that utilizes both movable components and flown scenic pieces to suggest the=
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various locations within the play. As the winner of the competition, he will=
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work with the Guild=E2=80=99s Production Designer, Joshua Erichsen, to tailo=
r the set to=20
the Players Guild=E2=80=99s Main Stage space. He will then work with the Gui=
ld=E2=80=99s=20
Technical Director, Joe Carmola, to supervise the high school cast and crew=20
participants to construct the set for its use in the show. George has also b=
een=20
cast in Romeo and Juliet in the role of Tybalt. George plans to attend colle=
ge in=20
the fall as a theatre major concentrating in Scenic Design.

For More information, contact Steven Arnold, Artistic Coordinator of The=20
Players Guild Theatre.
artistic at playersguildtheatre.com

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stival=E2=80=99s upcoming production of <I style=3D"mso-bidi-font-style: nor=
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T-SIZE: 14pt">. George has onstage and backstage experience both at his high=
 school and at the Players Guild. George=E2=80=99s winning design is a two-s=
tory set that utilizes both movable components and flown scenic pieces to su=
ggest the various locations within the play. As the winner of the competitio=
n, he will work with the Guild=E2=80=99s Production Designer, Joshua Erichse=
n, to tailor the set to the Players Guild=E2=80=99s Main Stage space. He wil=
l then work with the Guild=E2=80=99s Technical Director, Joe Carmola, to sup=
ervise the high school cast and crew participants to construct the set for i=
ts use in the show. George has also been cast in <I style=3D"mso-bidi-font-s=
tyle: normal">Romeo and Juliet </I>in the role of Tybalt. George plans to at=
tend college in the fall as a theatre major concentrating in Scenic Design.<=
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