[NEohioPAL] The Academy presents ROMEO AND JULIET

Bernadette Clemens clemens.bernadette at gmail.com
Tue Feb 11 04:18:25 PST 2014


IN THE ACADEMY FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS PRESENTS:

*ROMEO AND JULIET*
*by William Shakespeare*
Directed by Bernadette Clemens

*FEBRUARY 20th, 21st, and 22nd at 7:30pm,*
*FEBRUARY 23rd at 2:30pm*

*Performed in the Studio Theatre*
ADULT TICKETS           $12.00
STUDENTS & SENIORS   $7.00

*THE STUDIO THEATRE SELLS OUT REGULARLY. Advance reservations are *
*STRONGLY** recommended. **Purchase online at
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. Click on the "Order Tickets Here" box in the upper right of your screen.
Groups of 10 or more will automatically be priced at a discount during your
online transaction.

The Academy for the Performing Arts
At the Chagrin Falls High School Performing Arts Center
400 East Washington Street
Chagrin Falls, Ohio 44022
*(440) 715 - 4004*

This production is set in 1976 when the United States celebrated its
bicentennial as a nation. Adolescent America joined the rest of the country
in a particular pride as Americans, with "1776-1976" and "Spirit of '76"
seen frequently in print - on T-shirts, in windows, on corvettes, on overly
large belt buckles, and just about anywhere else. But many young Americans
were in volatile revolt against the traditional, parental generation's view
of pride and power in America. "Young Americans" by David Bowie and
countless other rock, folk, and R&B anthems of the mid-70s voiced a unique
time for teens in post-hippie, post-Vietnam America, where trust in
authority became meaningless as the economy, the environment, and society's
racial and gender relations decayed to a point from which it has taken
decades to recover. Teens were inheriting a world where rivers were
polluted, cold-war politics prevailed, and TV shows began the slow, brave
process of showing America just how racially divided it remained a decade
after Civil Rights triumphs. In youth, adulthood came early. If you ran
away, you never came back. If your parents were broke, you worked. If you
were out too late, there were no cell phones to call home. The freedom of
the Summer of Love was 7 years behind; the Iran hostage crisis was 3 years
ahead with disco and Reaganomics looming on the horizon. Punk was born on
the streets of London and New York. It was the last time in America that an
entire generation was divisively set against an older generation in a
public, national context. With risk comes joy. With risk comes loss. Risk,
joy, and loss are tremendous trajectories in this great Shakespearean
tragedy. With the Academy's production, expect a departure from the
traditional and a focus on Shakespeare's action over 4 days as it befalls
young people with rather adult consequences: love, marriage, sex, and death.



*UPCOMING PRODUCTIONS:THE MISS FIRECRACKER CONTEST*
By Beth Henley
Directed by Dusten Welch
  MARCH 14, 15, 16

*JUNIOR PLAY FESTIVAL*
*The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged), Beowulf, *and*The
Odyssey*
Directed by Bernadette Clemens, Dusten Welch and Colleen Williams
  MARCH 18, 19, 20

*GETTING OUT*
By Marsha Norman
Directed by Tom Fulton
  MAY 2, 3, 4

*ABOUT THE ACADEMY*

The Academy for the Performing Arts is an accredited, half day program.
Admission is by audition from a group of nine northeast Ohio school systems
that include Aurora, Beachwood, Chagrin Falls, Mayfield, Orange, Richmond
Heights, Solon, South Euclid-Lyndhurst and West Geauga. The Academy is
housed within the Chagrin Falls Performing Arts Center and uses its
auditorium once annually for an opening musical with unique investment of
resources. The season also uses the renovated Studio Theatre and several
classroom spaces, collaborating with high school faculty, students,
administrators, and area professionals on a regular basis. The mission of
the Academy is to provide talented high school juniors and seniors with a
joyful, challenging and inspiring training experience in the performing
arts; one that builds confidence, courage and mastery in creative
self-expression and prepares students for advanced college and professional
opportunities. 2013-2014 marks the sixth year of the program.

A program of EXCEL-TECC serving high school juniors and seniors in 9 area
school districts

http://www.mayfieldschools.org/exceltecc/webtecc/excel_tecc.htm

CURRENT HIGH SCHOOL SOPHOMORES ARE ELIGIBLE TO AUDITION FOR THE ENTERING
CLASS THROUGH SPRING: contact the Academy Director at
http://chagrinacademy.org/ask.asp
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