<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><h1 style="font-family: Calibri-Italic;"><span style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16.290908813476563px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div><span style="line-height: 16.290908813476563px;"><div class="envelope" align="left" style="float: none;"> The Center for Applied Theatre and Active Culture & Wandering Aesthetics proudly present...</div><div class="envelope" align="left" style="float: none;"><b><i>The Boiling Point: </i>Akron's Alternative Play Reading Series</b></div></span></div></span><div style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; font-family: arial;"><br></div><div style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; font-family: arial;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16.290908813476563px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b><i>The Boiling Point</i></b> "keeps it gay" on Aug.12 at 8pm at the Balch Street Theater***</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; font-family: arial;"><span style="line-height: 16.290908813476563px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;">as we read the play </span><i style="line-height: 16.290908813476563px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><b>Cock</b></i><span style="line-height: 16.290908813476563px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="line-height: 16.290908813476563px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;">by Mike Bartlett as part of the 2014 Gay Games! </span></div><div style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; font-family: arial;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16.290908813476563px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span></div><div style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16.290908813476563px;">Join us – as readers or audience members – for Mike Bartlett's </span><span style="color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16.290908813476563px;"><i><b>Cock. </b></i></span></div><div style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16.290908813476563px;"><i><b><br></b></i></span></div><div style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; font-family: arial;"><i>When John takes a break from his boyfriend, he accidentally meets the girl of his dreams. </i></div><div style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; font-family: arial;"><i>Filled with guilt and indecision, he decides there is only one way to straighten this out… </i></div><div style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; font-family: arial;"><i><br></i></div><div style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; font-family: arial;">Visit: <a href="http://www.tinyurl.com/boilingpoint3">www.tinyurl.com/boilingpoint3</a> <b>OR</b></div><div style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16.290908813476563px;">Contact Nici Romo at</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16.290908813476563px;"> </span><a href="mailto:Doodlebug7876@aol.com" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16.290908813476563px;">Doodlebug7876@aol.com</a><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16.290908813476563px;"> </span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16.290908813476563px;">for information.</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; font-family: arial;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16.290908813476563px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span></div><div style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; font-family: arial;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16.290908813476563px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span></div><div style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal;"><font color="#141823" face="Helvetica, Arial, lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif"><span style="line-height: 16px;"><b><i>The event is completely *FREE* but donations are greatly appreciated! </i></b></span></font></div><div style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal;"><font color="#141823" face="Helvetica, Arial, lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif"><span style="line-height: 16px;">(Imagine a bunch of Akron's coolest people reading a play out loud and discussing it! </span></font></div><div style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal;"><font color="#141823" face="Helvetica, Arial, lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif"><span style="line-height: 16px;">Because that's EXACTLY what this!) </span></font></div><div style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal;"><font color="#141823" face="Helvetica, Arial, lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif"><span style="line-height: 16px;"><br></span></font></div><div style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; font-family: arial;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16.290908813476563px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span></div><div style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; font-family: arial;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16.290908813476563px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="line-height: 16.290908813476563px;"><b><i>The Boiling Point</i></b> is that wild moment where internal pressures surpass outer,</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal; font-family: arial;"></span><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16.290908813476563px;"><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16.290908813476563px;"> triggering a transformation. “Alternative” plays serve as our fuel to ignite the </span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16.290908813476563px;"><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16.290908813476563px;">minds of Akronites. By reading a diverse array of texts, we set ablaze different </span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16.290908813476563px;"><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16.290908813476563px;">genres, aesthetics and cultures– especially those works beyond the scope of </span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16.290908813476563px;"><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16.290908813476563px;">trad</span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16.290908813476563px;">itional American theatre. The friction between these new encounters and their </span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal; font-family: arial;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16.290908813476563px;"><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal; font-family: arial;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16.290908813476563px;">resulting conversations will generate the spark of fresh ideas that will take Akron </span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal; font-family: arial;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16.290908813476563px;"><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal; font-family: arial;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16.290908813476563px;">to <i><b>The Boiling Point</b></i>.</span></div><div><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; line-height: 16.290908813476563px;"><br></span></div><div><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; line-height: 16.290908813476563px;">***220 S. BALCH STREET IN AKRON</span></div></span></div></h1><h1 style="font-family: Calibri-Italic;"><br></h1><h1 style="font-family: Calibri-Italic;">XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX</h1><h1 style="font-family: Calibri-Italic;"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">The Highland Theater and Gay Games 9 Present<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial;">Del Shores: My Sordid Best!<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><div style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal;"><span class="fsl"><span style="font-family: Arial;">(July 22, 2014…For Immediate Release) The Highland Theater and the Akron Gay Games 9 Cultural Committee are thrilled to present Del Shores: My Sordid Best! If you are not yet steeped in Del world, he is the unabashed creator of Sordid Lives and Southern Baptist Sissies, as well as being a writer and producer on Queer as Folk. The censors will be absent, th</span></span><span class="textexposedshow"><span style="font-family: Arial;">e language will be crude, the stories will be raw and if you are offended, "that's your choice" Del warns. </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br><br><span class="textexposedshow"><b>Tickets General admission $25 </b></span><b><br><span class="textexposedshow">VIP $35 Guaranteed first 3 rows, alcoholic beverage ticket and first for meet and greet.</span></b><span class="textexposedshow"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br><span class="textexposedshow">(Please NOTE: Ticket Sales online are through the Akron Civic Theater Box Office. You may also purchase tickets in person at the Civic Theatre Box Office Monday-Friday 10:00am- 4:00pm or by calling 330.253.2488 -<b>This show IS TAKING PLACE at the Highland Theater)</b></span></span><span class="textexposedshow"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br><br></span></span><span class="textexposedshow"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The Highland Theater was opened on March 31, 1938 with Humphrey Bogart in “Swing Your Lady”. Seating was provided for 1,700. It was the home of stage and screen entertainment for decades and is a part of Akron's eclectic Highland Square neigborhood. Highland Theater is located at 826 West Market St. Akron, Highland Square "Gayborhood".<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Special Meet And Greet Opportunity!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Thursday, August 14 9:00am-12:00pm<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">48 Grand Ave. Akron, Ohio<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal;"><span class="fsl"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Scott Sella and Kevin Pribble invite you to their Highland Square home for brunch with <a href="https://www.facebook.com/delshoresfanclub">Del Shores</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><div style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal;"><span class="fsl"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal;"><span class="fsl"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">A Donation of $50 is requested in advance at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/every.blooming.thing">Every Blooming Thing Akron</a> or by calling 330-867-6699.<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><div style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal;"><span class="fsl"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal;"><span class="fsl"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Money raised will go to Akron's Teen Pride Network- (The Teen Pride Network is a collaborative project between PFLAG Ak</span></span><span class="textexposedshow"><span style="font-family: Arial;">ron, CANAPI, and the Unitarian Universalist Church of Akron. Our Mission is to provide safe places and positive, healthy, supervised, and engaging activities for LGBTQ teens and their friends in order to give them opportunities to meet other LGBTQ teens, allies, and caring adults and to build a supportive network)</span></span></p></h1><h1 style="font-family: Calibri-Italic;">XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX</h1><h1 style="font-family: Calibri-Italic;">2014 PorchRokr Workshops</h1><h1 style="font-family: Calibri-Italic;">Performer's Tool Box</h1><div class="topWorkContainer" style="font-family: Calibri-Italic;"><div class="location"><b>Location:</b></div><div class="address">Balch Street Theatre<br>220 S. Balch St.<br>Akron, OH 44302</div><div class="workshop-title"><b><br></b></div><div class="workshop-title"><b>Directors:</b><br></div><div class="workshop-data">Kyle, Jozsa and Benjamin Rexroad<br><br><b>Workshop Fee: </b></div><div class="workshop-data">Free</div></div><div class="workshop-description" style="font-family: Calibri-Italic;"><p>A collaborative partnership between <b>The Highland Square Neighborhood Association,</b> <b>The Center for Applied Theatre and Active Culture</b> and the <b>Wandering Aesthetics</b>. This workshop series is designed for performers of all experience levels; to enhance their onstage presence, work through stage fright, brush up on invaluable performances skills and practice in front of an audience before the festival. Each session is designed as a one-off workshop geared toward developing tools to nurture onstage success.</p><p>Schedule</p><p>August 23, 10 AM - 12 PM: Making Contact: Overcoming Stage Fright and Forming a Genuine Connection </p><p>August 30, 10 AM - 12 PM: Do Not Be Dismissed: Presence and Energy in Performance </p><p>September 6, 10 AM - 12 PM: Seen, but Not Heard: Voice for the Performer</p><p>September 13, 10 AM - 12 PM: From Vamping to Banter: Improv for the Unexpected</p><p>Participants are encouraged, but not required, to attend all four sessions. However, we believe performers will gain the most by participating in every session. Participants will see their progress by "checking in" with a piece they've prepared in advance.</p><div><br></div><div>Register at: <a href="http://www.highlandsquare.org/workshops.php">http://www.highlandsquare.org/workshops.php</a></div></div>
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