[NEohioPAL] CWRU: Their S*** Don't Stink?

[Rick Montgomery Jr.]

Ya know guys
 the older  get
 the better the words of my Grandparents sound

Grandma would always tell me,” if you can’t say something nice about
someone
. Don’t say anything at all
 What goes around comes around
” (these
things stand the test of time
 so they must HAVE a grain of truth)

 

 I don’t know why certain postings catch my attention because I usually have
more pressing things to worry about
 but in the current
economic/political/social conditions
 wouldn’t it be better to find a way to
support each other than trying to find way to alienate.

 

Nah
 what am I thinking
 crucify ‘em
 leaves more for us
 eat our dead and
move on


 

Sheeeessshhhh


 

COME ON GUYS
 WORK TOGETHER!

 

 

 

From: neohiopal-bounces at listserve.com
[mailto:neohiopal-bounces at listserve.com] On Behalf Of Deb Magid
Sent: Monday, July 20, 2009 12:52 PM
To: James Kosmatka
Cc: neohiopal at listserve.com
Subject: Re: [NEohioPAL] CWRU: Their S*** Don't Stink?

 

Were this person truly operating under the impression that the Cleveland
theater community is a community (scroll down, it's in the body of the
email), they wouldn't be looking for fights or posting provocative emails.  

 

On Jul 20, 2009, at 11:20 AM, James Kosmatka wrote:





I hate to jump to conclusions and make inferences without any facts to back
me up


 

BUT

 

Take a look at this, CWRU’s MFA Acting Program postcard for their production
of All’s Well: 

http://www.twitpic.com/b02ri

“No insipid takes on the script.

No mosquitoes.

Just well trained actors and a great director.”

 

I find it impossible  to believe that this isn’t a slight directed at the
Cleveland Shakespeare Festival, and perhaps the Ohio Shakespeare Festival.
They are very clearly comparing themselves to outdoor Shakespeare
performances (“mosquitoes”), of which there are only two in the region and
only one in Cleveland.  The postcard then links “insipid takes on the
script” and a lack of “well trained actors and a great director” to the
aforementioned outdoor Shakespeare company.

 

This may be one of the most brazen, shameless pieces of advertising I’ve
seen in Cleveland theatre.  It displays a total lack of class on the part of
department chair Ron Wilson, director Geoff Bullen, and whomever else at
Case signed off on this.

 

There are certainly valid criticisms to be made of Cleve Shakes, but let’s
face it: a $35,000/year university beating up on free Shakespeare in the
park is pretty crass, and amounts to nothing more than bullying.

 

I like to operate under the naïve impression that Cleveland’s theatre
community IS a community.  It’s a pretty rich and diverse community, too,
considering the problems Cleveland faces.  We have a lot of great theatres
to fill all kinds of niches, from CSF to Theatre Ninjas to the Play House to
CSU Summer Stages to Cleveland Public Theatre.  And to see an organization
say “We’re above all of that.  We are separate, we are better, and we don’t
want you philistines dirtying up our Shakespeare” just gets my blood
boiling.  At this point, my rant’s starting to lose focus, so I’ll close
with this:

 

I think Ron Wilson and Geoff Bullen owe CSF a big public apology.

 

Sincerely,

James Kosmatka, never affiliated in any official capacity with CSF, but
thinks they’re good people and good artists.

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