[NEohioPAL] Seeking Assistant Director for May 2018 Production

[Playwrights Local]

PLAYWRIGHTS LOCAL

SEEKS AN ASSISTANT DIRECTOR

FOR MAY 2018 WORLD PREMIERE


ABOUT THE POSITION

Playwrights Local (http://playwrightslocal.org/) seeks an Assistant
Director to work with Jimmie Woody on a premiere production of a new play.
‘The Panther Dancer’ by Logan Cutler Smith runs for three weeks in
Cleveland in May 2018, with rehearsals beginning in early April. This
position receives a modest stipend.

Reply with a cover email and resume to playwrightslocal at gmail.com.


ABOUT THE DIRECTOR

Jimmie Woody’s recent credits include ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’, ‘Clybourne
Park’, and ‘Raisin in the Sun’ (Weathervane Playhouse); ‘The America Play’
(University of Akron); and ‘Glass Menagerie’, ‘For Colored Girls…’, and
‘Jitney’ at Cuyahoga Community College. Find his full bio at
http://www.dobama.org/artists/2017/7/18/jimmie-woody.


ABOUT THE PLAY

>> ‘The Panther Dancer
>> By Logan Cutler Smith
>> Directed by Jimmie Woody

>> Performances May 11 - 26, 2018

>> ‘The Panther Dancer’ is an innovative new play that digs deep beneath
the iconicity of a childlike American star. A series of inventive,
offbeat-but-affecting vignettes, this knowing satire explores how a
monolithic entertainer was created by our culture and, in turn, how he
redirected that culture towards his own conflicting ends. ‘The Panther
Dancer’ follows a young wonder as he strives to become, in his own person,
the very greatest show on earth. Tracing the arc of his campaign, the play
becomes a playful synthesis of biography and tabloid journalism–a sidelong
glance at a meteoric rise and a catastrophic fall. Come along for this
portrait of a timeless pop archetype rendered flatly, mattely, and in
fast-forward. Find more info on the play at
http://www.playwrightslocal.org/the-panther-dancer/.


ABOUT THE COMPANY

Playwrights Local is a theater company based in Cleveland. Billed as a
playwrights’ center, the organization’s goal is to provide a home for
dramatic writing in Northeast Ohio. They offer classes and workshops,
produce original plays, provide networking opportunities, and engage the
community through outreach projects. Tax-deductible contributions to this
501(c)(3) group can be made at http://playwrightslocal.org/donate/.
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