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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Jimmy - Well said.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Amiee - Your respectful, non-profane support of the acting community is noted and appreciated greatly.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Mr. Miller - The young people who subscribe to NEOhioPAL do not have the thick skins that many of us have developed. Your aggressive stance and flippant apology has forever secured your place in our hearts, minds and memories.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Brian Diehl<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <a href="mailto:neohiopal-bounces@lists.neohiopal.org">neohiopal-bounces@lists.neohiopal.org</a> <a href="mailto:[mailto:neohiopal-bounces@lists.neohiopal.org]">[mailto:neohiopal-bounces@lists.neohiopal.org]</a> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Jimmy Helms<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, March 16, 2012 5:32 PM<br><b>To:</b> amiee collier<br><b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:post@neohiopal.org">post@neohiopal.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [NEohioPAL] Fwd: Total Rudeness At An Audition<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Actually, Mr. Miller, you told us all. Clearly your bitter memory of personal rejection has rendered you incapable of civil discourse, the prevalence of which I have always greatly appreciated on this list. Please allow me to say that in my humble opinion, your language is unnecessary and your venom is misdirected.<br><br>-Jimmy Helms<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Sent from my iPhone<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>On Mar 16, 2012, at 16:23, amiee collier <<a href="mailto:amiee.collier@gmail.com">amiee.collier@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I guess you sure did tell me. no guilt at all, sir. I'm just standing up for my community as a whole. and, since your only involvement in this community is through NEohioPAL, I guarantee they know me even if you don't. so, maybe you should read the respectful tone I tried to offer you and then think before you speak. <br><br>Sent from my iPhone<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>Begin forwarded message:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b>From:</b> "Michael A. Miller" <<a href="mailto:michael.act2@gmail.com">michael.act2@gmail.com</a>><br><b>Date:</b> March 16, 2012 4:13:20 PM EDT<br><b>To:</b> Amiee Collier <<a href="mailto:amiee.collier@me.com">amiee.collier@me.com</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> <b>Re: [NEohioPAL] Total Rudeness At An Audition</b><o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>"Throw a stone in to a pack of dogs and the one who gets hit is the one who cries out."</span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>-Hebrew saying</span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>I never even heard of you until just now. So, obviously, none of my remarks had anything to do with you—although, based on your confrontational tone, you must have a guilty association with something I referenced. So, piss off unless you're going to come to Lakewood and say your piece to my face. I have zero tolerance for anybody disrespecting me in person for any reason. It doesn't make any difference that you're hiding behind a computer at a distance.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Save your commentary for NEO-PAL and whoever you're responding to and mind your own fucking business, Bitch. </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 4:01 PM, Amiee Collier <<a href="mailto:amiee.collier@me.com">amiee.collier@me.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Excuse me, Mr. Miller, but what does this woman's grandchild's horrible experience (and, trust me, it is) have to do with some kind of vendetta you have against companies that will gladly pay a small stipend to show that they respect their actor's time? It seems like you have an ax to grind and I, for one, think you're barking up the wrong tree.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Ms. Withers-Evans: I'm so sorry to hear that happened to her, but please know that this community is a loving one. Sure, we're all human beings and people tend to get ahead of themselves - especially in something as competitive as an audition - but I hope that she can learn that it's not her problem, it's theirs. I really hope she has the courage to step out there again and find a group worthy of her attention.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Respectfully,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Amiee Collier<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Mar 16, 2012, at 2:56 PM, <a href="mailto:neohiopal-request@lists.neohiopal.org" target="_blank">neohiopal-request@lists.neohiopal.org</a> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#7F7F7F'>From: </span></b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>"Michael A. Miller" <<a href="mailto:michael.act2@gmail.com" target="_blank">michael.act2@gmail.com</a>><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#7F7F7F'>Subject: </span></b><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Re: [NEohioPAL] Total Rudeness At An Audition</span></b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#7F7F7F'>Date: </span></b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>March 16, 2012 2:39:16 PM EDT<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#7F7F7F'>To: </span></b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>EVA WITHERS-EVANS <<a href="mailto:eweworld1@yahoo.com" target="_blank">eweworld1@yahoo.com</a>><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#7F7F7F'>Cc: </span></b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>"<a href="mailto:neohiopal@neohiopal.org" target="_blank">neohiopal@neohiopal.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:neohiopal@neohiopal.org" target="_blank">neohiopal@neohiopal.org</a>><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><br><br></span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#333399'>I did theater from the 1970s until my last show in 1996. It's always been a cliquish, gated den of self-entered, backstabbing snobs with, seemingly, no way in. Unfortunately, the people who could benefit most from your remarks are the ones who will fail to recognize themselves. If the part was race-neutral and your granddaughter didn't fit the type, someone could have let her know. Or they could have read her to see if they could have used her in upcoming shows. Your granddaughter should bring this to the attention of the artistic director of the theater or the company so s/he knows how the organization is representing itself in the community. Since the downfall of community theater in northeastern Ohio thanks, in part, to a Beck Center's Tiny Emperor For Life, and organizations that used to be "community theaters" now referring to themselves as "emerging professional" companies because they had received grants that allowed them to pay stipends to hand-picked actors, there should be zero tolerance for this kind of nonsense. Never hesitate to call out oppression and face it down.</span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#333399'>=Michael A. Miller=</span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 1:33 PM, EVA WITHERS-EVANS <<a href="mailto:eweworld1@yahoo.com" target="_blank">eweworld1@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>I very seldom complain to this list, but I feel that I have to address this concern.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Last night, my granddaughter (an African American) went to an audition at the Mayfield<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>library. When she got there, everyone looked at her as if she were an alien. When<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>she said she was there for the audition, instead of being told they were auditioning only<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Caucasion girls, she was told to fill out an audition sheet and have a seat. When it was<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>asked who in the group was 20 or over, she said she was. Another girl (caucasion) said<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>she was twenty, she was asked to come into the auditioning room; my granddaughter was<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ignored. She was totally ignored until she finally got up and left. I am not just upset because she<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>is my granddaughter, I am upset because this behavior is unacceptable in the theater.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Common courtesy would have been to tell her what the situation was and there would have<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>been no hurt feelings. It's never right to make someone feel unwanted, especially<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>in the theater; I would hope that this is not the norm for Cleveland theater.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>MATTERS OF THE HEART SHOULD ALWAYS BE ABOUT LOVE.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><br>______________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:13.5pt'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Amiee Collier<br><a href="http://www.amiee-collier.com/" target="_blank">http://www.amiee-collier.com</a><br><a href="mailto:amiee.collier@gmail.com" target="_blank">amiee.collier@gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=hoenzb><span style='color:#888888'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#888888'>Amiee Collier</span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:13.5pt'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#888888'><a href="http://www.amiee-collier.com" target="_blank">http://www.amiee-collier.com</a><br><a href="mailto:amiee.collier@me.com" target="_blank">amiee.collier@me.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal>______________________________________<br><br>NEohioPAL is SELF-SERVE. 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