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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">We at the Wake Up And Live's Actors' Studio are excited to announce that Bill Cobbs is coming home to work with us, Sat. April 10 & Sun. April 11. If you don't recognize Bill by name, go to <A href="http://www.billcobbs.com">www.billcobbs.com</A> and you will instantly recognize him as a great character actor with over 30 years experience. . </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Copperplate Gothic Bold','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 36pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> </SPAN></B></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; COLOR:
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calisto MT','serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 20pt">“Tricks of the Trade</SPAN></B><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calisto MT','serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">:</SPAN></B><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calisto MT','serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 20pt"> </SPAN></B><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calisto MT','serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Scene Study and Monologue Development<SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calisto MT','serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 20pt">”</SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calisto MT','serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 16pt">for on-Stage & on-Camera<o:p></o:p></SPAN></I></B></P>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT size=3>“Wake Up And Live with the Arts” TV<BR></FONT></SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><BR></SPAN><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 16pt">Saturday, April 10<SUP>th</SUP><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>. & . <SUP><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SUP>Sunday, April 11<SUP>th</SUP><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal align=center><B><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Bill Cobbs, Veteran Film, TV and Stage Actor is Coming Home to Cleveland</SPAN></B><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"></SPAN></B></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="COLOR: black">Contact:<SPAN> </SPAN>Sue Johnson</SPAN></B></P>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; COLOR: black">Bill Cobbs is coming home to Cleveland to teach “Tricks of the Trade: Scene Study and Monologue Development” <I>for on-Stage & on-Camera </I>for the WAKE UP And LIVE's Actors' Studio and<I> </I>“Wake Up And Live with the Arts” TV, Saturday, April 10, 10:00A – 2:00 P,and <SUP><SPAN> </SPAN></SUP>Sunday, April 11,12:00 – 4:00 P, The Cleveland Play House, Rehearsal Hall C, 8500 Euclid Avenue. <I>(Complimentary Parking)</I></SPAN></P>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; COLOR: black">Are you an aspiring or experienced actor or director? Then, let Bill Cobbs, Cleveland native, veteran stage, film and TV actor and director, help you hone your craft for better auditions and performance on stage, screen or TV.<SPAN> </SPAN>Bill is coming from Los Angeles to lead this 8-hour, video-based intensive which will give you the opportunity and techniques to develop, rehearse and perform your character monologue or scene for Bill and on-camera.</SPAN></P>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; COLOR: black">Make your auditions and performances come alive with the skills and techniques to make your characters rich and real. You will work on important components of your craft:<SPAN> </SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><SPAN> </SPAN></SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Rehearsal:<SPAN> </SPAN>“In the Wings.”<SPAN> </SPAN>Getting Ready for Your “Close-up”</SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><SPAN> </SPAN>Performance: “Tape’s Rolling. Countdown. Lights! Camera! Action!”</SPAN></P>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; BACKGROUND: #f8fcff" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 18pt" lang=EN>Wilbert "Bill" Cobbs</SPAN></B><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=EN> </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Estrangelo Edessa'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=EN>is a film and television actor. He has starred in over 120 television programs and movies.</SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; BACKGROUND: #f8fcff" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Estrangelo Edessa'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=EN>Born in Cleveland, OH, Cobbs began his acting career in Ossie Davis’ <I>Purlie Victorious<SPAN> </SPAN></I><SPAN> </SPAN>at the historic Karamu Theater in Cleveland.</SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; BACKGROUND: #f8fcff" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Estrangelo Edessa'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=EN><SPAN> </SPAN>In 1970, at the age of 36, he left his car salesman job and headed for New York to seek work as an actor. There he turned down a job in the NBC sales department in order to have time for auditions. He supported himself by driving a cab, repairing office equipment, selling toys, and performing odd jobs. His first professional acting role was in <I>Ride a Black Horse</I> at the Negro Ensemble Company. From there he appeared in small theater productions, street theater, regional theater and at the Eugene O'Neill Theater. He made his Broadway debut in <I>First Breeze of Summer.</I></SPAN></P>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Estrangelo Edessa'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=EN>Cobbs’ first television credit was in <I>Vegetable Soup</I> (1976), a New York public television educational series, and he made his feature film debut in <I>The Taking of Pelham One Two Three</I> in 1974. Cobbs has appeared and been a regular on many television programs including: <I>The Others, The Michael Richards Show, The Outer Limits, I’ll Fly Away, Yes, Dear, The Sopranos, The Others, JAG, The Drew Carey Show, and October Road.</I></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Estrangelo Edessa'; COLOR: #404040; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> Perhaps his most memorable television appearance is his role as Regina Taylor's father on <I>I'll Fly Away</I> as well as in the TV movie version <I>I'll Fly Away:</I> <I>Then and Now</I>. </SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Estrangelo Edessa'; COLOR: #404040; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Estrangelo Edessa'; COLOR: #404040; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Throughout his film career, Cobbs has built a long list of credits playing kindly fathers, grandfathers, and even Moses (in <I>The Hudsucker Proxy</I>). He was Whitney Houston's manager in <I>The Bodyguard</I>, an old man in <I>New Jack City</I>, and Grandpa Booker in <I>The People Under the Stairs.</I>. In 2002, he played wisened elders in <I>Sunshine State, Enough</I>, and <I>Sweet Deadly Dreams</I>.</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Estrangelo Edessa'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; BACKGROUND: #f8fcff" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Estrangelo Edessa'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=EN>In 2006, Cobbs played a supporting role in <I>Night at the Museum</I> as Reginald, a security guard on the verge of retirement. He also played basketball coach and retired basketball player Arthur Chaney in Disney's <I>Air Bud</I> and Medgar Evers’ older brother Charles Evers in Rob Reiner’s <I>Ghosts of Mississippi. </I><SPAN> </SPAN>He had a pivotal role in the Coen Brothers’ <I>The Hudsucker Proxy</I>, and played a jazz pianist in Tom Hanks’ <I>That Thing You Do.</I></SPAN></P>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; BACKGROUND: white" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Estrangelo Edessa'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">He was awarded the 1988 Joseph Jefferson Award for Actor in a Principal Role in a Play for <I>Driving Miss Daisy</I> in Chicago, Illinois</SPAN></P>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Estrangelo Edessa'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">WAKE UP And LIVE’s <I>Actors’ Studio</I></SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Estrangelo Edessa'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> is a non-profit 501©3 performing arts and education organization.<SPAN> </SPAN>Established in 1997, we have provided aspiring and experienced performing artists with an opportunity to learn, improve and practice their crafts and skills through <B>“PlayActs” Performances, </B>which provides actors and other performing artists the opportunity to showcase their talents through plays, prose, poetry, performance pieces, dance and music.</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Estrangelo Edessa'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Estrangelo Edessa'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">We produce “<I>WAKE UP And LIVE with the ARTS</I>,” a cable access TV show which celebrates and showcases the diversity of the performing arts. The show can be seen on Cox Cable, channel 45, and Cleveland Access, channel 197, as well as on YouTube.<SPAN> </SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; BACKGROUND: white" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Estrangelo Edessa'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Since 1998, Johnson has coached and counseled more than 700 performers and writers. Among the Wake Up and Live Actors Studio's success stories are Ruby Fox, whose plays have been performed off-Broadway as well as on the Brooks Theater stage of the Cleveland Play House by Wake Up and Live's own actors; Rollin "Mac" Michael, who polished the skills that earned him acceptance by New York's prestigious Michael Chekhov school of performing and who has appeared in plays both locally and in New York; Cody Wood, one of whose band's first appearances was on Johnson's </SPAN><I><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Estrangelo Edessa'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Wake Up and Live With the Arts </SPAN></I><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Estrangelo Edessa'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">local
access cable TV show and who has since cut a CD and performs for appreciative audiences in Los Angeles; and Bernadette Lords, who has appeared in the major motion pictures </SPAN><I><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Estrangelo Edessa'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">You Don't Mess With the Zohan </SPAN></I><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Estrangelo Edessa'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">and </SPAN><I><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Estrangelo Edessa'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Doubt.</SPAN></I><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Estrangelo Edessa'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"></SPAN></P>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Estrangelo Edessa'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">. Sue Johnson</SPAN></B><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calisto MT', 'serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><SPAN> </SPAN></SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Estrangelo Edessa'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Director of the WAKE UP And LIVE's <I>Actors' Studio</I>, is an<SPAN> </SPAN>actor, director,</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Estrangelo Edessa'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">producer and coach. Sue produces, directs and co-hosts<SPAN> </SPAN>WUAL TV’s<SPAN> </SPAN><I>WAKE<SPAN> </SPAN>UP And LIVE with the ARTS</I><SPAN>, </SPAN>which celebrates and showcases the diversity of performing and cultural artists<SPAN>. </SPAN>Sue’s professional acting credits include recent appearances in
Cleveland<SPAN> </SPAN>area theatres, including co-starring with Leon Bibb in A.R. Gurney’s <I>Love Letters</I>, performed at the Brooks Theatre, Cleveland Play House and, more recently, at the Kent State Writers’ Conference.<SPAN> </SPAN>She has directed <I>My Big Fat Dysfunctional Office,</I> a commissioned<SPAN> </SPAN>play, numerous <B>"PlayActs"</B> <B>Performances,</B> staged readings for Jim Spriggs' <I>Terror on Biddle Street </I>and Faye Sholiton’s <I>All Things Being Equal </I>for Karamu's Arenafest. TV credits include A & E's <I>100 Centre Street,<SPAN> </SPAN></I>and films, <I>Antwone Fisher </I>directed by Denzel Washington, and <I>The Year That<SPAN> Trembled</SPAN></I>, Jay Craven, Director. Her talent resume lists numerous TV commercials, industrials, and voiceovers<B></B></SPAN></P>
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