<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><b>Heads Up Launches Heads Up Arts Radio (HUAR)</b>. </div><div><br></div><div>HUAR is a weekly internet radio show,
highlighting guests from the arts community of Northeast Ohio. The show
will cover topics ranging from the state of the arts in NE Ohio to
do-it-yourself music producing to avant-garde theatre to in-depth
discussions about artistic theory.</div><div><p style="text-align:left;">Upcoming guests include JCK (Maid Myriad),
JT Buck (First Grace Arts), Jeff Holland (Mike and Ike), Tasha Lynn (Via
Lotus), Christopher Pepe (Clear Gold Audio and Lighting), Sharon Pritt
(singer/songwriter) Dae Evans (The Market Path), Jennifer Browning (The
Market Path), Robyn Cooper (PNR Improv) and many more…</p><p style="text-align:left;">Click the link (<a href="http://www.headsupproductions.net/huar">Heads Up Arts Radio</a>) to listen to the first episode.</p><p style="text-align:left;"><p style="text-align:left;"><b><a href="http://www.headsupproductions.net/huar">Episode 1: Welcome to Heads Up Productions and Heads Up Arts Radio</a></b></p><p style="text-align:left;"><i>Meet the Artistic Directors of Heads Up Productions, an experiment, research theatre based in Akron, Ohio.</i></p>
<ul>
<li style="text-align:left;">What is the job of the Artistic Director?</li>
<li style="text-align:left;">How Heads Up Productions was formed</li>
<li style="text-align:left;">A journey through our past productions</li>
<li style="text-align:left;">A life changing summer with SITI Company and Anne Bogart</li>
<li style="text-align:left;">Strange audition techniques</li>
<li style="text-align:left;">Weekly training sessions– Suzuki, Voice and Ensemble Building!</li>
<li style="text-align:left;">What Heads Up is looking for in Company Members</li>
<li style="text-align:left;">It is the mission of Heads Up…</li>
<li style="text-align:left;">Unique to Akron</li>
<li style="text-align:left;">Our core values!</li>
<li style="text-align:left;">Happy Birthday Twins! (Check out <a title="Strickland Services" href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Strickland-Services/239995348491" target="_blank">Strickland Services</a> on Facebook!)</li>
<li style="text-align:left;">Upcoming Show: <em>Summer Series</em> June 10th & 17th at The Market Path at 6pm</li>
<li style="text-align:left;">Upcoming Show: <em>The Pillowman </em></li>
<li style="text-align:left;">Next Podcast: June 13</li></ul><div>*****************************************************************************************************************</div><div><b>SUMMER SERIES </b></div><div><!--StartFragment--><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri">The Market Path in
Highland Square (next to Chipotle) is hosting Heads Up Productions’ Summer Series,
a cycle of hour-long performances devised by Heads Up company members.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Each month from June-August will
feature a new program consisting of a collection of short, interrelated pieces created
by the actors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The Summer Series will
takes place on the patio outside of The Market Path.<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:114.0pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri">The first program is
entitled <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Art?</i> and will be held Friday,
June 10<sup>th</sup> and Friday, June 17<sup>th</sup> at 6 pm, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">weather permitting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></b>Admission is free with a $5
suggested donation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13px; "> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri">June’s performances ask,
“What is Art?” A question that pervades Heads Up’s upcoming production of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">The</i> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Pillowman.</i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>There will be six avant-garde vignettes
including:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri">“On the Street”
Interactive Arts Reporting by Margaret Lute<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri">A Heads Up Folktale featuring
Greg Grimes, Margaret Lute, Nick Kannel & Sharon Pritt<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri">Poetry in Movement
featuring Nici Romo & Nick Kannel<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri">A Story-Song featuring
Eliza Jacops, Greg Grimes & Sharon Pritt<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri">A Composition featuring
Eliza Jacops & Nici Romo<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri">A Movement Piece featuring
Margaret Lute, Eliza Jacops, Nici Romo, Greg Grimes, Nick Kannel & Sharon
Pritt</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; ">Directed by India Burton</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-family:Calibri">Spend a warm summer evening with Heads Up or drop
by while “out and about” for this family-friendly event.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:284.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; ">Later Summer Series dates include
July 15 & 22 and August 12.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Performances in July and August will investigate themes related to the
work of Heads Up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>All shows in the
Summer Series are sponsored by The Market Path.<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; ">The Market Path is a
mission and ministry of First Grace United Church of Christ in Akron, Ohio.
Eager to be a unique, welcoming presence in the Highland Square community, The
Market Path has provided a place to promote social justice, honesty and
integrity in the local retail market.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>They are committed to offering fairly traded quality products, handmade
by world and local artisans and local farmers.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-family:Calibri">Visit </span><a href="http://www.headsupproductions.net"><span style="font-family:Calibri">www.headsupproductions.net</span></a><span style="font-family:Calibri"> for more information about Heads Up.</span></p>
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</div><div>*****************************************************************************************************************</div><div><br></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; ">A <b>NEW</b> blog post by Company Member Kim Woodworth about Heads Up Productions' work on <i>The Pillowman </i>by Martin McDonagh. </span></font><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; "><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; ">Heads Up Productions' is using a new rehearsal method to bring to life this dark, comedic tale of art and child murder. </span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; "><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><i>"</i></span></font><i>The process of The Pillowman is different than anything I’ve
ever experienced. We’ll read through a scene, discover our character’s
objective and perform it unmemorized—striving only to achieve that
objective at all costs. Then we’ll reread through the scene, add in
points we have to hit and perform the scene again. We do this until the
scene takes on the structure of the text. If the action doesn’t work,
there is no way we could place beautifully worded text on top of it—it’d
just be a terrific line of bullshit."</i></div><p style="text-align: left; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; ">Continue reading about the company's process at </span></font><a href="http://www.headsupproductions.net/">www.headsupproductions.net</a></p></div></p></div></body></html>