[NEohioPAL]Audtions; Free Improve Training and Stage Combat Workshops

[cprince at bw.edu]

                  The Great Lakes Medieval Faire
	Will be holding its first round of auditions for the 2007 season on
Saturday March 17 and Sunday March 18,  from 1pm - 5pm
- at the Weathervane Playhouse in Akron - http://weathervaneplayhouse.com

For all of those cast, free improvisation and stage combat training will
be provided
by director Mr. John Davis.

For more information on additional audition dates and times as well as
requirement go to
http://www.medievalfaire.com/audition.htm
or contact John Davis at John at TheFightDirector.com

John Davis’ Bio
Prior to taking up his sword as two-thirds of the comic sword-fighting duo
Hack and Slash, John performed extensively at Renaissance Festivals
throughout the nation for over a decade; over five thousand performances
in fifteen countries.
As an actor, singer, and fight choreographer, John's favorite roles and
projects include: the title role in Jesus Christ Superstar, The Acafellas,
Cyrano De Bergerac, The Fights of Romeo and Juliet, the Purple
Pumpernickel Stunt Show, the Perils of Emily Stunt Show, the Vile McNasty
Stunt Show and the Maryland Renaissance Festival's Human Chess Matches
(which he directed for seven years). Other performances include the Folger
Shakespeare Library, Greenbriar Resort, Armed Forces Entertainment,
Birmingham Museum of Art, Metroplitan Arts Club, and the Alabama
Shakespeare Festival. He has made many national radio and television
appearances including he Today Show, Deco Drive, Good Morning Atlanta, and
numerous regional and national broadcasts.

As the Entertainment Director/Fight Director and Stunt Coordinator at the
Florida Renaissance Festival and the Tennessee Renaissance Festival John
has enjoyed teaching hundreds classes in Improvisation, Dialect, Character
Development, Movement and Stage Combat. He restructured the entertainment
programs of these festivals yielding exponential growth. John has been
directing, producing and performing many choreographic projects all over
the U.S for over two decades. John is also a bullwhip and western gunplay
coach. In addition, John is a certified actor combatant with the Society
of American Fight Directors ('96). He has also appeared as an
improvisational comedian at Comedy-Olympics and performed as comic relief
in Celtic Crossroads (starring the Grammy Nominated Rogues of Scotland).

John Most recently had the honor of being a guest instructor at the
International Order of the Sword and Pen’s 2007 Paddy Crean Workshop at
The Banff Centre for the Arts in Alberta, Canada.