April 2015 - NEohioPAL - lists.neohiopal.org

Elyria High presents "Guys and Dolls"
by Ally Massey via NEohioPAL 07 Apr '15

07 Apr '15

Elyria High School Drama Club and Troupe 946 Presents... *Guys and Dolls* April 24-25 at 7:30 PM April 26 at 2 PM Tickets $5 for students, $8 for adults In the Elyria High PAC Come see this classical "Broadway fable", sure to put a smile on your face! Elyria's drama club and it's performers just received top remarks at the Ohio Thespian State Conference a few weeks ago. Tickets are available at the door for this show.

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Art Auction to Benefit Kent State School of Art Building
by Parrott, Charles via NEohioPAL 07 Apr '15

07 Apr '15

ART AUCTION TO BENEFIT KENT STATE SCHOOL OF ART BUILDING Join the Kent State University School of Art for an upcoming art auction to benefit the school's new building, the Center for the Visual Arts, currently under construction. Over seventy of the the school's most distinguished faculty members and alumni have donated their artworks to the auction, presented by Gray's Auctioneers, which is now open to early bidding and will culminate in a live auction May 6. The School of Art will also host a series of receptions and preview exhibitions at the Transformer Station, William Busta Gallery and Gray's Auctioneers: 1. BENEFIT ART AUCTION RECEPTION Transformer Station - Friday, April 10 / 6 - 8 p.m. 1460 W. 29th St., Cleveland, OH 44113 $25 per person / RSVP in advance; space is limited; Contact: Jenifer Warren at jwarre22(a)kent.edu or 330-672-2260 2. ARTIST RECEPTION & PREVIEW PARTY William Busta Gallery - Thursday, April 23 / 6 - 9 p.m. 2731 Prospect Ave. E., Cleveland, OH 44115 Exhibition: April 21 - 26 3. LIVE BENEFIT ART AUCTION Gray's Auctioneers - Preview Exhibition, April 30 - May 5 10717 Detroit Ave., Cleveland, OH 44102 Live Auction - Wednesday, May 6 / 11 a.m. Online bidding is now open - visit www.graysauctioneers.com for details. For more information, go to www.kent.edu/art. CONTACT: Jenifer Warren, jwarre22(a)kent.edu, 330-672-2260

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Kent State Fashion School Launches Summer Academy for High Schoolers
by Parrott, Charles via NEohioPAL 07 Apr '15

07 Apr '15

Kent State Fashion School Launches Summer Academy for High Schoolers The Fashion School at Kent State University is currently accepting applications for the Summer Fashion School Academy, a one-week program that introduces high school students to key areas in fashion design and merchandising. "The Fashion School Academy will allow creative, motivated teens to explore their passion for fashion in a pre-college, summer residence program," says academy coordinator Marji Wachowiak. "Our mission is to inspire creative and resourceful fashion leaders." The Summer Fashion School Academy is intended for students aged 16-18 who have completed sophomore year of high school and are interested in exploring careers in the $4 billion fashion industry. The 2015 academy session will take place June 14-20, with applications and payment due May 17. The program offers a carefully curated series of lessons and activities that approach fashion from multiple angles, examining both the design and business aspects. Students will work individually and in teams to complete a variety of creative projects, including: creating a finished garment from an original design; using the digitally equipped TechStyleLAB to design an accessory; and producing a cumulative fashion show at the end of the week. "The Summer Fashion School Academy will be a unique opportunity for teens interested in fashion careers to explore the underlying mechanisms and processes of the fashion world," says Wachowiak. "Furthermore, the academy offers students a true preview of the college experience, preparing teens for the expectations, rigors and opportunities of college life." For more information and to download an application, visit www.kent.edu/fashion/academy<applewebdata://FF9837EE-A813-40C9-96EF-D922AF949C61/www.kent.edu/fashion/ac…>. The Shannon Rodgers and Jerry Silverman School of Fashion Design and Merchandising at Kent State University offers both undergraduate and graduate degree programs and is consistently rated among the best fashion schools in the nation and worldwide. For more information on the Fashion School, visit www.fashionschool.kent.edu<applewebdata://FF9837EE-A813-40C9-96EF-D922AF949C61/www.fashionschool.kent.…>. Contact: Marji Wachowiak, 330-672-0194, mwachowi(a)kent.edu<mailto:mwachowi@kent.edu>

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Theater Ninjas AUDITIONS: Tall Skinny Cruel Cruel Boys
by Ray Caspio via NEohioPAL 07 Apr '15

07 Apr '15

Theater Ninjas is holding auditions for Tall Skinny Cruel Cruel Boys by Caroline V. McGraw, directed by Artistic Director Jeremy Paul. Tall Skinny Cruel Cruel Boys will run October 22-November 7, with rehearsals beginning in mid-September. Brandy is a children’s entertainer with some serious demons in her personal life, not to mention the red-clawed monster that lives under her bed. She moves through life like a car crash, bringing illicit lovers, strange little girls and other broken friends along for the ride. Written by Cleveland native and Kilroy’s nominated playwright Caroline V. McGraw, Tall Skinny Cruel Cruel Boys is a bold dark comedy about self-destruction, honesty and finding what you really need. Audition dates: April 17: 6:00 or 7:00pm April 19: 12:00, 1:00, or 2:00pm Auditions will be held in a group in 45 minute blocks. Please be prepared to stay the entire time. Location: Idea Center at PlayhouseSquare's Miller Classrooms 1375 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44110 Casting (age range approximate): Female, 29 Female, 32 Male, 17, tall Female, 16 Male, 35, tall Male, 31, neither tall nor short Must be 17+ (17 with parental consent only) E-mail Associate Artistic Director Ray Caspio with your preferred time and phone number to set up an audition appointment: rcaspio [at] theaterninjas [dot] com Be prepared to read from the script. Please prepare a 1-2 minute monologue and a 30-60 second solo performance with no words or props. Bring a headshot, resume, and list of conflicts for September through November 9. All roles will receive a stipend. There are no AEA contracts available for this production. Theater Ninjas is the Food Truck of Cleveland Theater. We’re a nomadic company who seeks out new and exciting spaces to perform. Working in non-traditional venues gives us an opportunity to reimagine how and why we tell stories, and helps us to create deep, fascinating worlds for the audience to explore. We’re always experimenting; always rethinking what theater can be: as entertainment, as art and as out-of-the-ordinary experiences.

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Short. Sweet. Film Fest
by Short Sweet via NEohioPAL 07 Apr '15

07 Apr '15

Short. Sweet. Film Fest You are invited to the fourth annual, Short. Sweet. Film Fest! The festival is April 10-12 at the brand new Alex Theater at the Metropolitan at the 9 downtown. The festival will showcase 64 different short films; several are made right here in Cleveland. 30 film directors, producers, or actor will be accompanying their films and providing Q & A sessions. 7 local bands will perform throughout the festival and a couple breweries will be providing free samples of their beer. For ticket information and the festival schedule, please check out the website at: http://shortsweetfilmfest.com/

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Still Time To Register for Classes with Heights Youth Theatre and Ensemble Theatre!
by Pamela Fine via NEohioPAL 07 Apr '15

07 Apr '15

*THERE IS STILL TIME TO REGISTER FORHEIGHTS YOUTH THEATRE & ENSEMBLE THEATRE'S YOUNG ACTOR'S WORKSHOPS! The mission of our youth programming is to encourage and nurture our young performers' innate curiosity, creativity, and ability to make connections with others. Through acting classes and technical theater, students learn to communicate and expand their imagination, creativity, thoughts, and emotions. In classes, students discover self-discipline, self-motivation, self-esteem, and social interaction. They also experience a heightened sense of culture, an ability to make critical value judgments, and skills in acting and technical theater. The Young Actor's Workshop combines these elements to form a curriculum that allows students to explore and experience the theatrical world, instilling a lifelong love of theater. Classes include:Fundamentals of Acting 1 - grades K-3Fundamentals of Acting 2 - grades 4-6Acting (Pre-Professional) - grades 7-12Improv - grades 7-12Dance - grades 7-12for more information and to register for classes visit: * *www.ensembletheatrecle.org/youngactorsworkshops/ <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001b3ylGA-FCb2ce2l2K-FAoC9H5f5DZV8MDd5_pTTKPPWV…>* *www.heightsyouththeatre.org <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001b3ylGA-FCb2ce2l2K-FAoC9H5f5DZV8MDd5_pTTKPPWV…>*

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THE HOUSE OF BLUE LEAVES Opens at Ashland This Thursday
by Tricia Applegate via NEohioPAL 07 Apr '15

07 Apr '15

Ashland University Theatre presents The House of Blue Leaves *Part Sitcom, Part Farce, Part Tragedy...* by *John Guare* directed by Teresa Durbin-Ames *April 9, 10, 11, 15, 16, 17 at 7:30 p.m.April 12 at 2 p.m.Studio Theatre* *Inside the Season Pre-Show Talk:* April 17 at 6:45 p.m. Ashland University Box Office: 419-289-5125 (Noon-6 p.m., Monday-Friday) Online at www.ashland.edu/tickets <https://www.vendini.com/ticket-software.html?t=tix&e=2d8022e791aa213f0294d6…> (additional fees apply) Single Tickets <https://www.vendini.com/ticket-software.html?t=tix&e=2d8022e791aa213f0294d6…> :$12 Adults $10 Senior Citizens, AU Alumni & Faculty/Staff $8 Groups of 10 or more* $5 Non-AU Students* $2 Ashland University Students w/ ID* *For REDUCED TICKETS - AU STUDENT ($2), CHILDREN ($5) and GROUP of 10 or more ($8) - Call Box Office, 419.289.5125. BE ADVISED: This production includes haze, fog, strobing lights and pyrotechnics. *ASHLAND.EDU/THEATRE <http://www.ashland.edu/theatre>* Ashland University Theatre closes the eclectic 2014-2015 season of four "Somethings" with John Guare's award-winning dark comedy *The House of Blue Leaves* as "Something Blue." Directed by Dr. Teresa Durbin-Ames, the performances will be staged in the intimate Studio Theatre on *April 9, 10, 11, 15, 16 and 17 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, April 12 at 2 p.m.* Patrons are advised to secure their tickets early due to the limited seating in the Studio Theatre. Set in Queens in 1965 on the day of Pope Paul VI's visit to New York City, the play follows nuns, a political bombing, a GI headed for Vietnam, a zookeeper who dreams of making it big in Hollywood as a songwriter, and his wife Bananas, a schizophrenic destined for the institution that provides the play's title. Originally staged in 1965, the show opened in 1971 Off-Broadway with revivals produced Off-Broadway in 1986 and On Broadway in 2011. Throughout its runs in New York, the productions won numerous awards including the 1971 Drama Critics' Circle and Obie Awards for Best American Play; the 1986 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revival, Tony Awards for Best Direction of a Play (Jerry Zaks), Best Featured Actor in a Play (John Mahoney), Best Featured Actress in a Play (Swoosie Kurtz) and Best Scenic Design (Tony Walton); and the 2011 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play (Edie Falco). A film adaptation was staged in 1987 specifically for a broadcast on the PBS series American Playhouse starring Swoosie Kurtz, John Mahoney, Christine Baranski, and Ben Stiller. Guare's play is the result of an explosive combination of a lifetime of dreams and realities. Blending historical and personal events, he describes the play in his introduction as “a blur of many years that pulled together under the umbrella of the Pope’s visit.” Based on the playwright’s father (who referred to his Wall Street job as a “zoo”), zookeeper Artie Shaughnessy comes home to his insane wife Bananas, respectively played by senior theatre majors Nick Seemann (Bath, Ohio) and Taylor Stepp (Atwater, Ohio). Artie's mistress, Bunny Flingus, who lives in the apartment below is played by sophomore musical theatre major Andrea Disch (East Liverpool, Ohio); while senior theatre major De'Andre Peterson (Garfield Heights, Ohio) plays his eighteen-year-old son, Ronnie, whom is currently a serviceman stationed at Fort Dix. In the course of the play’s manic action, visitors arrive to see the Pope including Hollywood actress Corrinna Stroller played by sophomore musical theatre major Eryn Reynolds Tramel (Medina, Ohio), Hollywood director and Artie's childhood best friend Billy Einhorn played by senior theatre major Benjamin Isaiah Black (Akron, Ohio), and three nuns played by Tory Flemming (Plano, Texas), Natalyn Baisden (Wooster, Ohio) and Mary Joyce Myers (St. Joseph, Missouri). Rounding out the cast are first time actors Aaron Sensenbrenner (Miamisburg, Ohio) and Jesse Foertch (Mansfield, Ohio). The production's set and lighting is designed by Assistant Professor of Theatre and Resident Scenic Designer Jason Coale with sophomore theatre major Elizabeth Davis Newhouse (Solon, Ohio) as the assistant scene designer, and freshman theatre major Seth Morrison (Millersburg, Ohio) as the assistant lighting designer. Assistant Professor of Theatre and Resident Costume Designer Sarah Russell designed the costumes while technical director J. Michael Desper is the sound designer, and sophomore musical theatre major Ceyanna Stasick (Sullivan, Ohio) is the show's stage manager.

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More Encore Artists Wanted
by Rose, Miriam via NEohioPAL 07 Apr '15

07 Apr '15

Benjamin Rose Institute on Aging recently received a grant from The Cleveland Foundation to engage professional artists age 50 and over who will be specially trained to design and deliver participatory arts programs for older adults. The artists, who may specialize in any art form, will volunteer in host sites that are non-profit organizations serving seniors and located in the City of Cleveland. Artists will participate in a two-day (May 5-6) classroom training program with compensation or complete a free 12-hour online training program. After training, they will be enrolled in the online Encore Artists Registry detailing their professional experience and interest in volunteering at Cleveland host sites. (There are limited grant funds for artists' supplies and mileage.) They are asked to commit to delivering at least 48 hours of arts programming during the six months following training. The purpose of the project is to expand the availability of visual and performing arts activities to older adults currently without or with limited access to the arts. Artists can register by completing the online form at: http://www.benrose.org/EncoreArts/Encore-Artists.cfm , or by completing the downloadable enrollment form for artists, and mailing or scanning it to us. Enrollment will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information, visit www.benrose.org/EncoreArts<http://www.benrose.org/EncoreArts>, call 216.791.8000, or e-mail Dr. Linda Noelker at lnoelker(a)benrose.org<mailto:lnoelker@benrose.org> or Miriam Rose at mrose(a)benrose.org<mailto:mrose@benrose.org> . Miriam Rose, M.Ed. Senior Research Analyst Benjamin Rose Institute on Aging www.benrose.org<http://www.benrose.org/> 11890 Fairhill Rd. Cleveland, OH 44120 Direct Line: (216) 373-1674 Fax: (216) 373-1816 E-mail: mrose(a)benrose.org<mailto:mrose@benrose.org> P Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The documents accompanying this email may contain confidential information, which is legally privileged. This information is intended only for the use of the recipient named above. If you are not the addressee or the employee or agent of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you are strictly prohibited from printing, storing, disseminating, distributing, or copying this communication. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the message and deleting it from your computer. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Sister Mary and Actor's Nightmare open Friday April 10th!
by Doug Tennant via NEohioPAL 07 Apr '15

07 Apr '15

*Gilda Shedstecker Presents!* a Christopher Durang double feature. Opening April 10, we pair the one-act plays *The Actor’s Nightmare *with *Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All For You*. GSP! last performed Durang with *Baby with the Bathwater* two seasons ago. GSP! is delighted beyond words to empower Jacki Dietz in her directorial debut with *The Actor’s Nightmare*, a comic exploration of that moment every actor has experienced: the dread dream of going on stage and having no clue what the show is! With the marvelous ensemble cast of Benjamin Seeley, Ellen Fox, Patrice Rittenhouse, Linda Alexander-Radak, and Roman Feemster, and stage managed by Dana Marshall, the foibles and flubs of* The* *Actor’s Nightmare* will leave the audience gasping with laughter. Following is director Doug Tennant’s *Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All For You*, featuring Joey Anderson, Benjamin Seeley, Jacki Dietz, Tiffeny Brown, and Roman Feemster, and starring Holly Barstow Riley as the nun who has the answer to all life’s problems. If the children are unhappy it’s because they didn’t follow her simple rules! A comedy like no other, *Sister Mary* has been called Durang’s most ferociously funny work and was a film starring Diane Keaton. Stage manager is Linda Alexander-Radak. The shows open April 10 and run the 11, 17, and 18 for four performances at the Kathleen Howland Theatre, 324 Cleveland Ave NW, Canton, OH 44702. Tickets $10 each, available online at secondapril.org or call : 330-451-0924. Parental discretion is advised.

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Once Upon a Mattress, May 8 & 9 at Communion of Saints School
by Cindy Young via NEohioPAL 06 Apr '15

06 Apr '15

By decree of her majesty, Queen Aggravain, your presence is requested for a royal evening of singing, dancing, and over the top fun as the Communion of Saints School drama students perform Once Upon a Mattress a zany twist on the fairy tale Princess and the Pea Friday, May 8 and Saturday, May 9, at 7 pm Powers Hall gymnasium at Communion of Saints School (formerly St. Ann School) at the corner of Cedar and Lee Road in Cleveland Heights2160 Stillman RoadCleveland Heights, Ohio 44118216-932-4177 Admission is $5.00 for 13 and older at the door; 12 and under are free.Visit the Royal Bakeshop before the show and at intermission for baked goods, water, candy, and more! Purchase a chance to win a basket filled with royal items and send your favorite actors and actresses STARgrams. When you attend this performance with our talented COS students, you'll be sure to have a royal ball!

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