September 2015 - NEohioPAL - lists.neohiopal.org

Auditions - New Play - Involves Teenagers
by Mike Skerritt via NEohioPAL 06 Sep '15

06 Sep '15

AUDITIONSfor NEW PLAY - “WHAT REMAINS”by Max Bush · 2 to 5 PM Saturday, September 12 · 6 to 9 PM Sunday, September 13 · 7 to 9:30 PM Monday, September 15 The Arts Outreach Program of the FirstBaptist Church of Greater Cleveland 3630 Fairmount Boulevard (at Eaton Road), ShakerHeights, OH 44118 CHARACTER SUMMARY: NOTE: Ages areapproximate. If you can LOOK the age indicated, you don’t haveto BE that age. PRESENT DAY CHARACTERS: · Maggie (18) - Artistically talented teenager whobefriends Cliona, an elderly woman who is artistic in her own right, and whotakes an interest in Maggie’s talent · Cliona (60’s to 70’s) – A former artist herselfwho, through her relationship with Maggie, remembers her own youthfulexperiences in exploring her artistic abilities · Mike (18) – Maggie’s boyfriend who wants Maggieto join him at a local college in the fall · Sarah (18) – Maggie’s free-spirited, eccentricfriend with a great imagination · Karen and Trisha (18) – Two of Maggie’sfriends. Trisha dances. · Kimi (17) – Cliona’s granddaughter, protectiveof her grandmother’s possessions FLASHBACK CHARACTERS: · Ona (18) – Teenage Cliona · Evan (27) – Cliona’s early adult boyfriend · Angela and Leanne (17) – Two of a young Cliona’sfriends. Angela sings. SYNOPSIS - “Maggie is atalented young artist who is just a couple months away from graduating highschool. As the summer swiftly approaches she finds herself agonizing overserious life decisions. What is theright path for her future? Should shefollow her dreams and become an artist? Or should she do the sensible thing and go to college with her boyfriendMike? As Maggie struggles with lookinginto her future she meets Cliona, a 69 year old woman who hires Maggie to sortthrough the objects of Cliona’s life. As Maggie, and her eccentric friend Sarah, search through Cliona’sthings, the people involved with them come alive and we see the truth aboutCliona’s own artistic past. An unlikelyfriendship blossoms between Maggie and Cliona as they each help the other todiscover something about themselves they never would have found on their own.” PERFORMANCE DATES: · 7:30 PM Friday, November 13 · 7:30 PM Saturday, November 14 · 2:00 PM Sunday, November 15 Come prepared to read a few lines from the play, and to demonstratesome simple movements. An appointment isnot required. Contact Mike Skerritt at gmskerritt(a)aol.comwith questions.

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Noteoriety Show Choir Auditions!!!
by via NEohioPAL 05 Sep '15

05 Sep '15

Are you a former show choir performer who has been on "hiatus" for a while and eager to get back to the stage? A person who loves to sing in the shower or in the car? Someone who loves hanging out with super cool people on the East Side? Then Note-oriety Show Choir is for you!!! The group, formerly known as the "SELREC Singers," is holding auditions for the 2015-2016 season! Based in Solon for the last five years, the 30-member adult show choir is looking for new members, both male and female, age 18+. Our repertoire includes mostly pop tunes and Broadway show tunes with a healthy mix of a little bit of everything else...country, classic, folk, etc. Directed by R. Scott Posey with accompaniment by Ann Michael, Note-oriety Show Choir presents two big concert series each year....our winter holiday concert, usually held in the Solon High School Lecture Hall in early December which is a formal event with music folders and a festive theme....and our spring concert series, which includes three performances in June in the Solon High School Performing Arts Center. Our June show includes choreography, costumes, sets, and an orchestra, and all of our music is memorized. Our theme for the June 2016 concert will include songs from 'Pop Artists through the Decades.' The group meets every Tuesday evening throughout the year (except in summer) from 7p-9p, usually at Orchard Middle School. As we get closer to the spring show, we will add additional rehearsals as needed for choreography, solo and ensemble groups, and extra preparation for the performances. If you are selected to be a part of the "front line" dance group, you will be called for an extra rehearsal a week, usually beginning in late February or early March. The front line group will be selected in early February. Sound like something you would love to join? Email svnoteoriety(a)gmail.com for more information as soon as possible! ***Please DO NOT hit reply to this email....please email: svnoteoriety(a)gmail.com with your name, email address, and a contact phone number, and someone will get back to you ASAP. Our first rehearsal/audition is THIS Tuesday, September 8th at 7pm at Orchard Middle School in Solon on Craemer Drive off SOM Center Road/Rte 91. Audition information will be sent to you via email. Don't delay -- join today!!! See you on the stage!

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The Cleveland Improv Jam is THURSDAYS at 8 at Sachsenheim Hall
by Marjorie Preston via NEohioPAL 05 Sep '15

05 Sep '15

*Angry Ladies of Improv *improvisational comedy troupe, hostesses of the *Cleveland Improv Jam* for four years now, reminds comedy fans that the jam is in a new space and on a new night! The Cleveland Improv Jam moved to the Sachsenheim Hall at 7001 Denison Avenue in Cleveland in June. Come play, drink, eat and laugh with the ladies and the Cleveland improv community. The jam is *Thursday* night at 8:00 p.m. *Angry Ladies of Improv* hosts this hilarious improv jam, open to those with improv experience or anyone who has watched the jam for a while and wants to play! 7:30 to sign up and play or 8:00 to watch! There is *NO COVER*, and food and drinks are available in the fully stocked bar. Typically there is a short-form set of improv games, followed by a longform improv set. The jam wraps up by 10:00 p.m. Facebook:*www.facebook.com/AngryLadiesOfImprov <http://www.facebook.com/AngryLadiesOfImprov>* *www.facebook.com/ClevelandImprovJam <http://www.facebook.com/ClevelandImprovJam>* *www.facebook.com/sachsenheim.hall <https://www.facebook.com/sachsenheim.hall>* Best, mp Marjorie Preston, President * Marjorie Preston PR *http://www.marjoriepreston.com/ Specializing in small business, arts and non-profit clients * Let's tell your story!*

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Review of "Or," at Dobama Theatre
by Bob Abelman via NEohioPAL 05 Sep '15

05 Sep '15

Dobama turns farce-filled ‘Or,’ into something more Bob Abelman Cleveland Jewish News, The News Herald, The Morning Journal Member, International Association of Theatre Critics For a play whose title is so ambiguous, its plot points couldn’t be more ambitious. In Liz Duffy Adams’ “Or,” which premiered Off-Broadway in 2009 and opened last Friday at Dobama Theatre, it’s the 17th century and we are introduced to Aphra Behn – poet, spy, and the first professional female playwright in London. Recently sprung from debtors’ prison, Aphra is desperate to finish her play by morning despite constant interruptions from her new lover, the actress Nell Gwynne, her benefactor and would-be lover, King Charles II, and her ex-lover, the double-agent William Scot. Can Aphra save Charles’ life, win William a pardon, woo Nell, and launch her career, all in one night? Actually, the bigger question regarding this play is can director Shannon Sindelar find the right rhythm for a 90-minute, one-act play that, as is noted in the prologue, “ricochets between a dense array of opposites.” “Or,” is at once historically-based (Behn wrote tragicomedies in the late-1600s, as well as light comedies and farces) and widely fictitious. It has elements of a bedroom farce and a Restoration comedy, presents dialogue in heightened blank verse, iambic pentameter as well as rhyming couplets, and is set in the 1660s while exploring issues of feminism, sexual freedom and sexual preference best suited for the 1960s. Sindelar finds that rhythm. For the rest of this review, go to www.clevelandjewishnews.com/columnists/

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LAND OF CLEVE REVIEW: No Ifs, Ands or Buts -- Dobama Theatre's 'OR, ' is a Wickedly Wonderful Word Play
by Cleve Land via NEohioPAL 05 Sep '15

05 Sep '15

LAND OF CLEVE REVIEW: No Ifs, Ands or Buts -- Dobama Theatre's *'OR,'* is a Wickedly Wonderful Word Play If audience members combined all the things that they like about the theatre into one show -- compelling characters, witty wordplay, intellectual intrigue, risque romance, and plenty of farcical fun -- the result would be Liz Duffy Adams *OR,* currently making its Ohio Premiere as the opening show of Dobama Theatre's new season. Under the deft direction Shannon Sindelar, the show is alternately daring, devious, delicate and delicious. She has created an enticing evening of entertainment filled with exhilarating encounters and tantalizing tableaus. Sindelar's amazing ensemble could not be better cast. Lara Mielcarek once again graces the Dobama stage in the central role of Aphra, and is both moving and mesmerizing as the strong-willed, passionate, and provocative female author. Geoff Knox dashingly portrays several of the men (and women) who come in and out of Aphra's apartment. Natalie Green also plays a variety of characters, making each one -- female and male -- vivid and vibrant and completely captivating... *READ THE FULL REVIEW AT:* *http://inthelandofcleve.blogspot.com/2015/09/cleve-review-no-ifs-ands-or-buts-dobama.html <http://inthelandofcleve.blogspot.com/2015/09/cleve-review-no-ifs-ands-or-bu…>*

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Fwd: Blue, miss Billie
by Old School via NEohioPAL 05 Sep '15

05 Sep '15

Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: > From: Nici Romo <doodlebug7876(a)aol.com> > Date: September 5, 2015 at 10:09:09 AM EDT > To: post(a)neohiopal.org > > > > > The Center for Applied Theatre and Active Culture Present > > > Ma'Sue Productions World Premiere of Blue, Miss Billie. > > > Blue takes place in the life of Miss Billie Holiday during one performance night. This show has drama, laughs, and all of the music you love! Written and Directed by John Dayo-Aliya this is a show you don't want to miss! If you love Billie Holiday or Jazz...You are going to want to be there! > > Who was Billie Holiday? Was she a jazz starlet that captivated the hearts and imaginations of fellow artists and fans? Was she a a drug addicted criminal with quick wit and a even quicker fist? > > This is the question that haunts us all. > > Come discover Billie herself at 220 Balch Street in Akron, Ohio at The Balch Street Theater. > > Shows run TONIGHT at 8pm and next Fri Sept.11 and Sat. 12 at 8pm. There are two matinees TOMORROW at 2pm and Sat. Sept 12 at 2pm. > > Tickets are $12 at the door and the show does contain adult material. > > Blue, Miss Billie is an intelligent, hilarious, stylish entry on one of the most fascinating and notorious personalities of the 20 century. A feast for the senses not to be missed! >

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FREE Sony 70" HDTV... Who wants it?
by Fred Sternfeld via NEohioPAL 05 Sep '15

05 Sep '15

Do you want a FREE Sony 70" HDTV? It is an 8 year old Sony HD 1080 projection TV, Model # KDS-R70XBR2 and it is in excellent condition. The used ones at this link <http://www.amazon.com/Sony-KDS-R70XBR2-70-Inch-1080p-Projection/dp/B000IHM9…> are still going for $700 a pop. I am hoping to give it to an organization (theatre, retirement home, etc.) , but will give it to a private individual as well if no organization wants it. Here is more information <https://esupport.sony.com/US/p/model-home.pl?mdl=KDSR70XBR2>about the unit, including the manual. You can see pictures of my TV at this link <https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10153614584853894.1073741870.5041…> . REPLY back if you are interested! -- Fred Sternfeld http://www.fredsternfeld.com 216-360-0718-home 216-496-6087-cell

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Professional Headshots
by Gregory Pendolino via NEohioPAL 05 Sep '15

05 Sep '15

Book now and show up to your next audition with high quality headshots to represent you as the serious actor you are. Here are my rates; $100 for one client on location (outdoor setting) $150 for two clients on location (You're only paying $75 each!) $200 for one client in studio $300 for two clients in studio (Only $150 each for studio!) Proofs emailed to you within 24-48 hours of our shoot. Final worked up photos delivered in email within 48 hours of you making your selections. The best part is YOU OWN THESE! That means you can print them whenever and wherever as often and as much as you need to. For more details on what the sessions include, please visit me at: http://www.pendolinophotography.com/rates-booking-info/ Please contact me directly prior to submitting payment. I have my work on my website but for easier viewing I also have it on Facebook and Instagram: www.facebook.com/PendolinoPhotography http://instagram.com/gregorypendolino# I'm sure if you're involved in film or theater in Northeast Ohio we already have quite a few common friends so please feel free to add me on Facebook as well. Thanks!

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Eppfilms Indie Theater Film Showcase
by Darryl Epp via NEohioPAL 04 Sep '15

04 Sep '15

1week away from the soft opening of the Eppfilms Indie Theater with the hosting of the Eppfilms film showcase.... I'm inviting everyone come check it out for a few minutes and watch a few films from all over the world.....admission is free, Next Saturday September 12th from 12-6pm, 100 Euclid square mall Euclid ohio 44132 (north center entrance).... Any questions feel free to email me at Eppfilms(a)gmail.com Sent from my iPhone

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Jovialities Entertainment Announces Auditions
by JR Simons via NEohioPAL 04 Sep '15

04 Sep '15

Jovialities Entertainment Services will be holding auditions for new actors to join our improv troupe. Jovialities is an interactive Murder Mystery Company. We are currently looking for actors who can portray a variety of characters. All actors will receive compensation for performances. Auditions will be held at4168 Rocky River Dr. (just north of Puritas) from 7:00 – 9:00pm on: Tuesday, September 8, 2015 Sunday, September 13, 2015 If you have any questions or need more information, please call Joe Carr at440.317.1958 <tel:440.317.1958>.

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