[NEohioPAL]CLEVELAND ART THEATRE PRESENTS --- TWO TRAINS RUNNING-

Wed May 11 17:44:26 PDT 2005

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MAY 3, 2005
CONTACT:       JOYCE MEADOWS
                        (216) 229-9718
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 “CLEVELAND ART THEATRE PRESENTS, TWO TRAINS RUNNING,  AUGUST WILSON’S SEVENTH MESMERIZING CHAPTER IN HIS REMARKABLE CYCLE OF PLAYS ABOUT THE BLACK EXPERIENCE IN TWENTIETH-CENTURY AMERICA” <o:p></o:p>
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Cleveland Art Theatre will present its final production of the season Two Trains Running by August Wilson at Cleveland State’s Factory Theatre June 3, 4, 5, 9, 10, 11, 12.
Hailed by Time magazine as Wilson’s “most mature work to date,”  “Two Trains” presents the regulars of Memphis Lee’s restaurant as they struggle to cope with the turbulence of a world that is changing rapidly around them.  Set in Pittsburgh in 1969, the block that houses Memphis’ diner is scheduled to be torn down, a casualty of urban renewal that is sweeping away a community but not its spirit.  
 Directed by Margaret Ford-Taylor, the production features local veteran actors with Willie Boyd as Memphis the restaurant owner who is determined to make the city pay him what his property is worth, refusing to be swindled out of his land as he was years before in Mississippi.  David Coleman is Mr. West, the rich undertaker across the street from the diner who also encourages Memphis to accept his offer to buy the place at a reduced price.   Wolf, the bookie who has learned to play by the rules of the day, is played by Steve Larry, with  James Seward as the resident philosopher and believer in the prophecies of a legendary 322-year old woman down the street.  Hambone, a mentally 
challenged resident who chaffs under a ten-year old grudge against the community grocery store owner is played by Major Hudson with Kelly Eppinger as the waitress who has scarred her legs to keep men at bay and Desmond Jones as the recently released ex-con who fervently embraces the tenets of Malcolm X.<o:p></o:p>
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Experience the lives of these people of “loud voices and big hearts” as they search, falter and continue to hope that they can catch the train that will make the difference in their lives.  “With compassion, humor, and a superb sense of place and time, Wilson paints a vivid portrait of everyday lives in the shadow of great events, and of unsung men and women who are anything but ordinary.”
Factory Theatre is located on East 24th Street between Chester and Payne Avenue.  General Admission is $15.00 with special rates for seniors and Cleveland State students.  For tickets and additional information call the Cleveland Art Theatre Box office at (216) 229-9718.<o:p></o:p>
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From: Joe Cali" <info at joecali.com (Joe Cali)
Date: Wed, 11 May 2005 21:37:20 -0400
Subject: [NEohioPAL]An Evening with the Casting Directors
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Cleveland AFTRA's Freelance Organizing Committee presents the last in=20
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"AN EVENING WITH THE CASTING DIRECTORS"

Join us this Monday, May 16th from 6:30 - 9 p.m., in the Dorothy =
Fuldheim Room of the Crowne Plaza Cleveland City Centre Hotel (formerly =
the Sheraton City Centre) -- 777 St. Clair Ave.,Cleveland,, when our =
session will feature the successful and well regarded Casting Directors =
Donna Belajac, Lillian Pyles and Marcy Ronen speaking about their =
businesses, the difference between casting directors and talent agents, =
and how their work impacts our industry.

Admission is $20 for non-AFTRANS; $10 for AFTRA members in good =
standing; free for Conservatory members, and reservations are a must -- =
216.781.2255.  Seating is limited to 50 participants.=20

Please RSVP NO LATER than NOON THIS Friday, May 13th, for this special =
evening, which will be capped by a Question and Answer period.  =
Participants should NOT bring marketing materials to distribute.  =
Parking is available at the Crowne Plaza Cleveland City Centre garage =
($7), and on the street, if available.

For additional information and reservations, contact Cleveland AFTRA =
Executive Director Cathy Nowlin at 216.781.2255.  See you there!

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