<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><blockquote type="cite"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><blockquote type="cite"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><h6 class="uiStreamMessage" data-ft="{"type":1}"><span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}"><div><div style="text-align: center; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="6">Big Box, Week 1: "The Dreamer" and "My Dear Boy"</font></div><div style="text-align: left; "><strong><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><strong><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 14px; "><strong><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 10pt; "><div style="display: inline !important; "><b><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 10pt; "><span style="font-size: 14pt; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri"><br></font></span></span></b></div></span></span></font></strong></span></font></strong></font></strong></div><div style="text-align: left; "><strong><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><strong><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 14px; "><strong><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 10pt; "><div style="display: inline !important; "><b><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 10pt; "><span style="font-size: 14pt; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri">The newest episode of Heads Up Arts Radio is up!</font></span></span></b></div></span></span></font></strong></span></font></strong></font></strong></div><strong><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><strong><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><b><div style="text-align: left; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="6"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 19px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri"><br></font></span></font></div><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 10pt; "><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 14px; "><strong><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 10pt; "><div style="display: inline !important; "><b><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 10pt; "><span style="font-size: 14pt; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri">HUAR is a weekly internet radio show, highlighting guests from the arts community of Northeast Ohio.</font></span></span></b></div></span></span></font></strong></span></div></span></b></font></strong></font></strong></div></span></h6></div></blockquote></div></div></blockquote><p style="font-size: 16px; "><a title="Big Box, Week 1" href="http://traffic.libsyn.com/huar/Big_Box_Week_1___The_Dreamer__and__My_Dear_Boy_.mp3" target="_blank"><strong>Episode 35: Big Box, Week 1: “The Dreamer” and “My Dear Boy”</strong></a></p>
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<li>Host Benjamin Rexroad interviews Amy Compton and Tim Tavcar, guest artists in Cleveland Public Theatre’s Big Box Series.</li>
<li>Coming to you from CPT’s East Storefront performance space.</li></ul><ul style="font-size: 16px; ">
<li><strong><em>The Dreamer </em></strong>created by Amy Compton
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<li>Originally when conceiving the piece, it was about unrequited love</li>
<li>Singing, dancing and letters to Oprah Winfrey</li>
<li>Trees with no leaves = unrequited love</li>
<li>Something beautiful out of something awful</li>
<li>Why would I be so in love with someone who doesn’t really seem to notice me?</li>
<li>Amy’s background as an artist</li>
<li>It’s easier to play by yourself sometimes…</li>
<li>The one-woman rehearsal process</li>
<li>The hardest part of creating the show</li>
<li>Little boxes in the closest…</li>
<li>Syncronicity and Carl Jung</li>
<li>Where you can find Amy (You can’t):
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<li><a title="La Mariposa" href="http://www.facebook.com/la.mariposa2" target="_blank">Facebook</a></li>
<li><a title="Youtube" href="http://www.youtube.com/msamycompton" target="_blank">Youtube</a></li></ul></ul></ul><ul style="font-size: 16px; ">
<li><strong><em>My Dear Boy: Gay Love Letters Through the Ages </em></strong>adapted and directed by Tim Tavcar
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<li>Based on the book <em>My Dear Boy: Gay Love Letters Through the Centuries</em> edited by Rictor Norton</li>
<li>A series of staged letters that speak to people of all affectional preferences</li>
<li>A smaller version of this production was originally commissioned by a gay and lesbian community center in Vermont</li>
<li>Love chooses us…</li>
<li>A fact about ancient gay relationships</li>
<li>How the book was compiled</li>
<li>Tim’s history in Northeast Ohio and beyond…</li>
<li>Why it’s easy for Tim to break into acting and not directing</li>
<li>About Tim’s company: <a title="Wordstage" href="http://www.wordstagevt.com/" target="_blank">Wordstage</a><em><strong></strong></em><em><strong></strong></em><em><strong></strong></em><em><strong></strong></em><em><strong></strong></em><em><strong></strong></em><em><strong></strong></em></li>
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</ul><p style="font-size: 16px; "><em><strong>The Dreamer </strong></em>and <em><strong>My Dear Boy</strong></em><br>
January 5-7, 2012 @ 7 pm<br>
<strong>Big Box Series</strong><br>
Cleveland Public Theatre<br>
James Levin Stage<br>
$10/Thurs • $15 Fri & Sat<br>
<a href="http://www.cptonline.org/">www.cptonline.org</a><br>
216.631.2727 EXT. 501<br>
6415 Detroit Ave • Cleveland, OH</p><blockquote type="cite"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><blockquote type="cite"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><h6 class="uiStreamMessage" data-ft="{"type":1}"><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></font></div><div style="font-weight: normal; font-size: medium; "><h3 data-mce-style="text-align: center;" style="text-align: center; "><strong><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><span style="font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 10pt; "><div style="text-align: left; "><span mce_style="font-size: 14pt;" style="font-size: 14pt; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri">Check out </font><a target="_blank" title="www.headsupproductions.net/huar" mce_href="http://www.headsupproductions.net/huar" href="http://www.headsupproductions.net/huar"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri">www.headsupproductions.net/huar</font></a><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri"> to listen.</font></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span mce_style="font-size: 14pt;" style="font-size: 14pt; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri"><br></font></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span mce_style="font-size: 14pt;" style="font-size: 14pt; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri">We are now on iTunes. Search "Heads Up Arts Radio" on iTunes to subscribe!</font></span></div></span></span></font></strong></h3></div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><span class="fcg"> </span></h6></div></blockquote></div><br></div></blockquote></div><br></body></html>