[NEohioPAL] Fill the Seats and Light the Stages of Akron's Vacant Depression-Era Amphitheaters

[Terrence J Smith]

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Terry Smith

> Also -
> Stow Players in Stow
> Western Reserve Players in Bath
> ANTIC in Cuyahoga Falls
> ACT in Aurora
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> ________________________________
>  From: Linda Ryan <pommy at neo.rr.com>
> To: 'Tessa Gaffney' <tmg81 at zips.uakron.edu>; neohiopal at lists.neohiopal.org
> Sent: Friday, August 23, 2013 12:04 PM
> Subject: Re: [NEohioPAL] Fill the Seats and Light the Stages of
> Akron's	Vacant	Depression-Era Amphitheaters
>
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>
> Dear Tessa, I have no problem with your ideas about using the amphitheaters
> around the area (I didn’t even know they existed, and I’ve lived here for
> over 30 years). However, I do take exception to your comment, “Seeing as
> there are so few community theater opportunities in the Akron area…”
> What?! You must not be looking! There are tons of community theaters around
> this area. And we’ve worked at most of them. Just off the top of my head,
> there’s Coach House, Weathervane, Norton (Wolf Creek Players), Hudson’s
> not that far away; Brecksville has TWO community theaters and it’s 25
> minutes from Akron, Dynamics in Tallmadge, Independence CT, and several others
> I’m not as familiar with. I’ve lived in many places in the world and this
> is THE most community theater-filled area of all of them. We also have a
> couple of professional theaters right here in Akron, the most notable of which
> is Actors’ Summit. You can’t go wrong if you want to
>  be involved in theater in this area.
> Â 
> --Linda Ryan
> Â 
> From:neohiopal-bounces at lists.neohiopal.org
> [mailto:neohiopal-bounces at lists.neohiopal.org] On Behalf Of Tessa Gaffney
> Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2013 3:33 PM
> To: neohiopal at lists.neohiopal.org
> Subject: [NEohioPAL] Fill the Seats and Light the Stages of Akron's Vacant
> Depression-Era Amphitheaters
> Â 
> Hello theatre friends,
> Â 
> I am a current student at the University of Akron majoring in Political
> Science and minoring in Theatre Arts; my sister is a recent graduate from UA
> with a Bachelor of Arts in Business and Organizational Communications and a
> minor in photography. It has recently come to our attention that there are
> beautiful stone amphitheaters that were built during the Depression in an
> effort to create jobs in Chestnut Ridge Park (in Kenmore) and Waters Park (in
> North Hill) that haven't been used in years. Seeing as there are so few
> community theatre opportunities in the Akron area, it is really a tragedy to
> see these historic landmarks crumbling from disuse. I would like to assemble
> local playwrights, composers, directors, actors, musicians, singers,
> choreographers, dancers, stagehands, makeup artists, costumers, etc. in a
> Summerstock-type community theatre program at these locations during the fair
> weather months. Since the Waters Park amphitheater is smaller, that
>  could be reserved for youth productions, while the Chestnut Ridge venue could
> showcase more adult content. Rehearsals and performances would be held from
> May-September, with one show a month, although more than one could be going
> on at a time with two stages. I have written to the city of Akron Recreation
> Department about acquiring permits for such an endeavor and we have their
> approval, but there are still logistics that need to be worked out. If you
> have any interest in helping this idea come to fruition, please email me at
> tmg343 at gmail.com.
> Â 
> Thank you,
> Tessa Gaffney
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