<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14pt"><div><span>Also - </span></div><div><span>Stow Players in Stow </span></div><div><span>Western Reserve Players in Bath</span></div><div><span>ANTIC in Cuyahoga Falls</span></div><div><span>ACT in Aurora</span></div><div><br></div> <div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <div style="margin: 5px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); height: 0px; line-height: 0; font-size: 0px;" class="hr" contentEditable="false" readonly="true"></div> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Linda Ryan <pommy@neo.rr.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> 'Tessa Gaffney' <tmg81@zips.uakron.edu>; neohiopal@lists.neohiopal.org <br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Friday, August 23, 2013 12:04 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [NEohioPAL] Fill the Seats and Light the Stages of Akron's Vacant Depression-Era Amphitheaters<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container"><br><div id="yiv0645910208"><style><!--
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--></style><div><div class="yiv0645910208WordSection1"><div class="yiv0645910208MsoNormal"><span style='color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";'>Dear Tessa, I have no problem with your ideas about using the amphitheaters around the area (I didn’t even know they existed, and I’ve lived here for over 30 years). However, I do take exception to your comment, “Seeing as there are so few community theater opportunities in the Akron area…” What?! You must not be looking! There are tons of community theaters around this area. And we’ve worked at most of them. Just off the top of my head, there’s Coach House, Weathervane, Norton (Wolf Creek Players), Hudson’s not that far away; Brecksville has TWO community theaters and it’s 25 minutes from Akron, Dynamics in Tallmadge, Independence CT, and several others I’m not as familiar with. I’ve lived in many places in the world and this is THE most community theater-filled
area of all of them. We also have a couple of professional theaters right here in Akron, the most notable of which is Actors’ Summit. You can’t go wrong if you want to be involved in theater in this area.</span></div><div class="yiv0645910208MsoNormal"><span style='color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";'> </span></div><div class="yiv0645910208MsoNormal"><span style='color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";'>--Linda Ryan</span></div><div class="yiv0645910208MsoNormal"><span style='color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif";'> </span></div><div class="yiv0645910208MsoNormal"><b><span style='font-family: "Tahoma", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>From:</span></b><span style='font-family: "Tahoma", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'> neohiopal-bounces@lists.neohiopal.org [mailto:neohiopal-bounces@lists.neohiopal.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Tessa Gaffney<br><b>Sent:</b>
Thursday, August 22, 2013 3:33 PM<br><b>To:</b> neohiopal@lists.neohiopal.org<br><b>Subject:</b> [NEohioPAL] Fill the Seats and Light the Stages of Akron's Vacant Depression-Era Amphitheaters</span></div><div class="yiv0645910208MsoNormal"> </div><div><div class="yiv0645910208MsoNormal">Hello theatre friends,</div><div><div class="yiv0645910208MsoNormal"> </div></div><div><div class="yiv0645910208MsoNormal">I am a current student at the University of Akron majoring in Political Science and minoring in Theatre Arts; my sister is a recent graduate from UA with a Bachelor of Arts in Business and Organizational Communications and a minor in photography. It has recently come to our attention that there are beautiful stone amphitheaters that were built during the Depression in an effort to create jobs in Chestnut Ridge Park (in Kenmore) and Waters Park (in North Hill) that haven't been used in years. Seeing as there are so few community theatre
opportunities in the Akron area, it is really a tragedy to see these historic landmarks crumbling from disuse. I would like to assemble local playwrights, composers, directors, actors, musicians, singers, choreographers, dancers, stagehands, makeup artists, costumers, etc. in a Summerstock-type community theatre program at these locations during the fair weather months. Since the Waters Park amphitheater is smaller, that could be reserved for youth productions, while the Chestnut Ridge venue could showcase more adult content. Rehearsals and performances would be held from May-September, with one show a month, although more than one could be going on at a time with two stages. I have written to the city of Akron Recreation Department about acquiring permits for such an endeavor and we have their approval, but there are still logistics that need to be worked out. If you have any interest in helping this idea come to fruition, please email me at <a
href="mailto:tmg343@gmail.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" ymailto="mailto:tmg343@gmail.com">tmg343@gmail.com</a>.</div><div><div class="yiv0645910208MsoNormal"> </div></div><div><div class="yiv0645910208MsoNormal">Thank you,</div></div><div><div class="yiv0645910208MsoNormal">Tessa Gaffney</div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br>______________________________________<br><br>NEohioPAL is SELF-SERVE. If you need to unsubscribe, change from digest to one-at-a-time delivery or vice-versa, go on hiatus while out of town, switch from mime to plain text or vice-versa, etc. check out the FAQS at http://www.fredsternfeld.com.<br>______________________________________<br><br>Please consider a voluntary contribution to support Neohiopal - <a href="http://www.fredsternfeld.com/faqs.htm#support" target="_blank">http://www.fredsternfeld.com/faqs.htm#support</a><br>______________________________________<br><br>Disclaimer: The facts and/or opinions
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