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<DIV align=center><STRONG><FONT size=5 face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif">You Can Still Register Early for the Bill Cobbs Master Class!</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<P align=center><STRONG><FONT size=5 face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif">Deadline Fri. 3/26</FONT></STRONG></P>
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<DIV align=center></FONT></STRONG><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Hello, Actors, Directors, Playwrights and Performing Arts Supporters . . .</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </SPAN></DIV>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">We at the Wake Up And Live's <SPAN id=lw_1268999992_1 class=yshortcuts>Actors' Studio</SPAN> 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/" rel=nofollow target=_blank><FONT color=#800080>www.billcobbs.com</FONT></A> and you will instantly recognize him as a great <SPAN id=lw_1268999992_2 class=yshortcuts>character actor</SPAN> with over 30 years experience. . </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 36pt"> </SPAN></B></SPAN></P>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal align=center><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 20pt">“In the Moment"</SPAN></B></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal align=center><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 20pt"></SPAN></B><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 20pt"> </SPAN></B><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Scene Study and Monologue Development</SPAN></B></P>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal align=center><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'; COLOR: black"><FONT size=3>“Wake Up And Live with the Arts” <BR></FONT></SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><BR></SPAN><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 16pt">Saturday, April 10<SUP>th</SUP><SPAN> </SPAN>. & . <SUP><SPAN> </SPAN></SUP>Sunday, April 11<SUP>th</SUP></SPAN></B></P>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal align=center><I><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">(Complimentary Parking)</SPAN></I></P>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal align=center><B><U><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">For Immediate Release<SPAN> </SPAN></SPAN></U></B></P>
<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: '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><SPAN id=lw_1268999992_7 class=yshortcuts>Sue Johnson</SPAN></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 “In the Moment" Scene Study and Monologue Development for Actors for the WAKE UP And LIVE's Actors' Studio, 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.<SPAN> </SPAN>Bill is coming from Los Angeles to lead this 8-hour, intensive which will give you the opportunity and techniques to develop, rehearse and perform your character monologue or scene for Bill.</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>
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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 <SPAN id=lw_1268999992_10 class=yshortcuts>Ossie Davis</SPAN>’ <I>Purlie Victorious<SPAN> </SPAN></I><SPAN> </SPAN>at the historic Karamu Theater in <SPAN id=lw_1268999992_11 class=yshortcuts>Cleveland</SPAN>.</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 <SPAN id=lw_1268999992_12 class=yshortcuts>Negro Ensemble Company</SPAN>. From there he appeared in small theater productions, street theater, regional theater and at the <SPAN id=lw_1268999992_13 class=yshortcuts>Eugene O'Neill Theater</SPAN>. 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 <SPAN id=lw_1268999992_14 class=yshortcuts>feature film debut</SPAN> in <I><SPAN id=lw_1268999992_15 class=yshortcuts>The Taking</SPAN> of Pelham One Two Three</I> in 1974. Cobbs has appeared and been a regular on many television programs including: <I>The Others, <SPAN id=lw_1268999992_16 class=yshortcuts>The Michael Richards Show</SPAN>, <SPAN id=lw_1268999992_17 class=yshortcuts>The Outer Limits</SPAN>, I’ll Fly Away, Yes, Dear, <SPAN id=lw_1268999992_18 class=yshortcuts>The Sopranos</SPAN>, The Others, JAG, <SPAN id=lw_1268999992_19 class=yshortcuts>The Drew Carey Show</SPAN>, and <SPAN id=lw_1268999992_20 class=yshortcuts>October Road</SPAN>.</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><SPAN id=lw_1268999992_21 class=yshortcuts>I'll Fly Away</SPAN></I> as well as in the TV movie version <I>I'll Fly Away:</I> <I>Then and Now</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: #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><SPAN id=lw_1268999992_22 class=yshortcuts>The Hudsucker Proxy</SPAN></I>). He was Whitney Houston's manager in <I><SPAN id=lw_1268999992_23 class=yshortcuts>The Bodyguard</SPAN></I>, an old man in <I><SPAN id=lw_1268999992_24 class=yshortcuts>New Jack City</SPAN></I>, and Grandpa Booker in <I><SPAN id=lw_1268999992_25 class=yshortcuts>The People Under the Stairs</SPAN>.</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 <SPAN id=lw_1268999992_26 class=yshortcuts>basketball player</SPAN> Arthur Chaney in Disney's <I><SPAN id=lw_1268999089_29 class=yshortcuts>Air Bud</I></SPAN> and Medgar Evers’ older <SPAN id=lw_1268999992_28 class=yshortcuts>brother Charles Evers</SPAN> in <SPAN id=lw_1268999992_29 class=yshortcuts>Rob Reiner</SPAN>’s <I><SPAN id=lw_1268999992_30 class=yshortcuts>Ghosts of Mississippi</SPAN>. </I><SPAN> </SPAN>He had a pivotal role in the <SPAN id=lw_1268999992_31 class=yshortcuts>Coen Brothers</SPAN>’ <I>The Hudsucker Proxy</I>, and played a <SPAN id=lw_1268999992_32 class=yshortcuts>jazz
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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 <SPAN id=lw_1268999992_33 class=yshortcuts>Joseph Jefferson Award</SPAN> for Actor in a Principal Role in a Play for <I><SPAN id=lw_1268999992_34 class=yshortcuts>Driving Miss Daisy</SPAN></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 <SPAN id=lw_1268999992_35 class=yshortcuts>YouTube</SPAN>.<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 <SPAN style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed; CURSOR: hand" id=lw_1268999089_39 class=yshortcuts>Michael Chekhov school</SPAN> 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 <SPAN id=lw_1268999992_37 class=yshortcuts>cable TV show</SPAN> 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"><SPAN id=lw_1268999992_38 class=yshortcuts>You Don't Mess With the Zohan</SPAN> </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: '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><SPAN id=lw_1268999992_39 class=yshortcuts>100 Centre Street</SPAN>,<SPAN> </SPAN></I>and films, <I><SPAN id=lw_1268999992_40 class=yshortcuts>Antwone Fisher</SPAN> </I>directed by <SPAN id=lw_1268999992_41 class=yshortcuts>Denzel Washington</SPAN>, and <I><SPAN id=lw_1268999992_42 class=yshortcuts>The Year That<SPAN> Trembled</SPAN></SPAN></I>, <SPAN id=lw_1268999992_43 class=yshortcuts>Jay
Craven</SPAN>, Director. Her talent resume lists numerous TV commercials, industrials, and voiceovers<B></B></SPAN></P>
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