November 2016 - NEohioPAL - lists.neohiopal.org

DANCING WHEELS SEEKS FEMALE WHEELCHAIR DANCER
by kelly clymer via NEohioPAL 13 Nov '16

13 Nov '16

Company Name: The Dancing Wheels CompanyAudition Date: By AppointmentAudition Time: By AppointmentAudition Location: The Dancing Wheels Company StudioLocation Street Address: 3615 Euclid AvenueLocation City, State Zip: Cleveland, Ohio 44115Website: http://dancingwheels.org The Dancing Wheels Company, America’s first, professional, physically integrated dance company, is currently holding auditions for qualified male and female dancers. Dancing Wheels is a national touring company that works with highly acclaimed choreographers each year. Most recent works include full-length pieces from Donald McKayle, Dianne McIntyre, Nai-Ni Chen, Christopher Fleming, Michael Uthoff, Peter Kalivis, and David Rousseve. The Dancing Wheels Company is seeking a female wheelchair dancer for the current season. Experience and training required, must be able to work full‐time and tour throughout the nation. Pay scale is commensurate with experience; paid holidays and vacation time are included. To audition, interested candidates should send a letter of interest, resumé and head shot to Mary Verdi-Fletcher, President/Founding Artistic Director at VFletcher1(a)aol.com.

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interested in street performance?
by sade wolfkitten via NEohioPAL 13 Nov '16

13 Nov '16

Looking for people interested in developing an avant-garde street performance troupe. My inspirations are wide-ranging, including but not limited to: Commedia dell'Artefringe festivalsmedicine showsmummers / guisersNo Wave cinemaoff-off-Broadwaypre-Christian folk customssatyr playsdrag showsGerman Expressionist filmSymbolist/Decadent/Surrealist movementsBallets RussesBread and PuppetLiving TheaterSan Francisco Mime Troupethe Residents I've got some ideas, maybe you've got some ideas too. Wanna discuss them over coffee? Drop me a line via sadewolfkitten AT gmail dotcom , let's see what we can come up with.

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Paid Stage Manager and Crew positions at Ohio Shakespeare Festival
by via NEohioPAL 13 Nov '16

13 Nov '16

Ohio Shakespeare Festival seeks Stage Manager and up to two crew members for Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged). Performs one weekend only, December 15-18. Rehearsal schedule below. Crew members not called to all rehearsals. OSF will be flexible with anyone who cannot attend the few weekday daytime rehearsals. Paid stipend for all positions. Please send interest, including past experience, to [ tess(a)ohioshakespeare.com ]( mailto:tess@ohioshakespeare.com ) More information about OSF found here: www.ohioshakespeare.com November 18, 12:00-3:00 November 20, 7:00-10:00 November 21, 7:30-10:30 November 22, 7:30-10:30 November 23, 11:00-2:00 November 27, 7:00-10:00 November 28, 6:30-10:30 November 29, 6:30-10:30 November 30, 6:30-10:30 December 2, 12:00-3:00 December 4, 7:00-10:00 December 5, 6:30-10:30 December 6, 6:30-10:30 December 7, 6:30-10:30 December 9, 1:00-4:00 December 11, 7:00 (TECH) December 13, 7:00 (TECH) December 14, 7:00 (Final TECH) December 15 OPEN

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Jarry's Ubu Rex Opening at LCCC
by Jeremy Benjamin via NEohioPAL 13 Nov '16

13 Nov '16

Lorain County Community College Theatre Program presents Ubu Rex By Alfred Jarry Directed by Terence Cranendonk November 17-19, 2016 at 8:00 pm One of the most excessive political caricatures, *Ubu Rex* ranks with the most original and powerful burlesques of all time. The character *Ubu Rex* was actually based on a schoolteacher who taught Jarry and was fat, mediocre, and hated no more than Jarry hated the mediocrity he saw which was all lumped together in the nineteenth century bourgeois view of art. The play, which takes place in Poland or nowhere, deals with the cruelty of despots and the stupidity of the human condition. “It is timeless, placeless, it shamelessly displays what civilization tries hard to hide.” Note: This play contains adult language. Stocker Arts Center’s Cirigliano Studio Theatre 1005 N. Abbe Road Elyria, OH 44035 Cost: $9 adults, $8 Seniors, LCCC Faculty and Staff, LCCC students, and children 18 and under. Tickets may be purchased in person at the Stocker Box Office (440) 366-4040 or online at stockerartscenter.com

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Moon Over Buffalo Opens Thusday!
by dave banks via NEohioPAL 13 Nov '16

13 Nov '16

The Walsh Jesuit CenterStage Theatre presents the hit comedy “Moon Over Buffalo,” by Ken Ludwig, this Thursday, November 17 through Sunday, November 20 at the school’s theater. Showtimes are 7pm Thursday, 7:30pm on Friday and Saturday, and 2:00pm on Saturday and Sunday. Tickets are $10 for adults and $6 for Students and Senior Citizens. In the madcap comedy tradition of Lend me a Tenor, the hilarious Moon Over Buffalo centers on George and Charlotte Hay, fading stars of the 1950's. At the moment, they’re playing Private Lives and Cyrano De Bergerac in rep in Buffalo, New York with 5 actors. On the brink of a disastrous split-up caused by George’s dalliance with a young ingénue, they receive word that they might just have one last shot at stardom: Frank Capra is coming to town to see their matinee, and if likes what he sees, he might cast them in his movie remake of The Scarlet Pimpernel. Unfortunately for George and Charlotte, everything that could go wrong does go wrong, abetted by a visit from their daughter’s clueless fiancé and hilarious uncertainty about which play they’re actually performing, caused by Charlotte’s deaf old stage-manager mother who hates every bone in George’s body. This show brought Carol Burnett back to Broadway after 30 years. CenterStage will also present the one act play, “Speed Date,” by Janet Allard. In this fast paced comedy, fifteen crazy characters search for love in a round-robin game of speed dating. Everyone's in on the action: a hopeless people-pleaser, a Frenchman, a guy hung up on his previous girlfriends, an art therapist, a clown, and more. They're desperate, chatty, needy, strange -- and the clock is ticking. Will they find love before time runs out? Tickets are no sale now and here is the link: http://www.walshjesuit.org/index.phpoption=com_civicrm&task=civicrm%2Fevent…

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Special Needs Dance Classes
by Brittany Sterling via NEohioPAL 12 Nov '16

12 Nov '16

Seredipity Dance is a special needs dance and movement company based in Solon, OH offering classes throughout various communities. Below are the current and upcoming class offerings: Inclusive Movement Class for Autism and other Special Needs (siblings welcome) Location: Mandel Jewish Community Center (Beechwood) Ages: 5-8 Cost: $65 members, $85 non-members per 6-week session Starts: January 12th When: Thursday's 4:00-4:45p.m. Mommy (or Daddy) & Me Movement class Location: Berea Recreation Department (Berea) Ages: 2.5-6 Cost: $72 per 6-week session, $5 drop-in Starts: December 2nd When: Friday's 8:30-9:15a.m. Mommy (or Daddy) & Me Movement class Location: Don Umerly Civic Center (Rocky River) Ages: 2.5-6 Cost: Contact civic center for cost. Starts: January When: Wednesday's 10:30-11:15a.m. Brittany Sterling (567) 204-8522

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Berko review: WEST SIDE STORY @ Baldwin Wallace Univeristy
by Roy Berko via NEohioPAL 12 Nov '16

12 Nov '16

*********************** To read Roy Berko's review of WEST SIDE STORY @ Baldwin Wallace University go to: www.royberko.info ••••••••••••••••••••••••••

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Workshop Players "Uh-Oh, Here Comes Christmas" Opens December 1
by Workshop Players via NEohioPAL 12 Nov '16

12 Nov '16

Workshop Players Theatre presents "Uh-Oh, Here Comes Christmas" by David Caldwell, Ernest Zulia and Robert Fulghum, directed by Kristina Rivera. This charming show takes a funny, heartwarming and often poignant look at the struggle to find the spirit of the holidays amid the avalanche of commercialism, stress and chaos that crashes down every December. A series of stories unfold ranging from hilarious musing about the love/hate relationship with the ever present poinsettias, to an unexpected path to curing a person’s serious case of “Scoogitis.” Cast members Jeff Caja, Kevin Clilne, Shelvey Linder, Sophie Matos, Heidi Sarvis-Sapp and John Telepak invite you to come share the joy, the hot chocolate, the cookies, the Christmas Karaoke and the fun with us. Santa will be there on matinee days for pictures with the kids! Bring them along! Performances are December1, 2, 3, 9, 10, 16 and 17 at 8 p.m., with Sunday matinees on December 11 and 18 at 3 p.m. All seats are $15. Reservations are encouraged. Do you have a group interested in attending? Ten or more in a group gets you a $2 discount. Call the Box Office for details at 440-988-5613 -- Workshop Players 44820 Middle Ridge Road, Amherst, OH 44001 Box Office: 440-988-5613 (Box Office hours: 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.) contact(a)workshopplayers.com www.workshopplayers.com "If all the world's a stage, I want better lighting!"

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LILLIAN PYLES CASTING, CSA
by via NEohioPAL 12 Nov '16

12 Nov '16

KARAMU THEATRE AUDITIONS/EXPEREINCED ACTORS ‘ REPAIRING A NATION’ by Nikkole Salter Directed by: MARGARET FORD TAYLOR The production will run FEBRUARY 9TH – FEBRUARY 26, 2017 CAST OF CHARACTERS: (all African American) LOIS DAVIS : 60 yrs old, single mother of 1. SETH SANDERS: 23 yrs old, University of Oklahoma graduate/first year NYU Law School student. CHARLES ‘ CHUCK’ DAVIS JR.: 63 yrs old, Inherited President of Davis Janitorial/ Lois’ first cousin. ANNA DAVIS: 49 yrs old, Elementary School teacher / Chuck’s socialite wife. DEBORAH ‘DEBBIE’ MOORE: 22 yrs old, Senior graduate student at the University of Oklahoma. DRUMMER: One, Live, West African Drummer. AUDITION DATE: Friday November 18, 2016 - 7:00pm – 9:00pm KARAMU THEATRE – 2355 East 89th Street – Cleveland, OH 44106 ABOUT THE PLAY: .What if you knew an injustice had been done, and you had it in your power to make it right? It’s 2001, and the Davis family gathers for a typical holiday celebration in their native Tulsa, Oklahoma. But all goes awry when Lois insists the family join a lawsuit seeking reparations for the Tulsa Race Riots that devastated the Davis family 80 years ago. REHEARSALS: Will start December ___and consist of a 6 week rehearsal schedule, 3-6 times per week. The cast will receive a REHEARSAL SCHEDULE by the first cast meeting or first rehearsal. LOCATION: Please email your headshot & resume to: lpylescasting(a)gmail.com / sides will be forwarded to you for the audition. Subject: KARAMU & (the role you’re auditioning for) Thank you, Lillian Pyles, CSA Lillian Pyles Casting

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What were they thinking: The aging performance arts audience
by Bob Abelman via NEohioPAL 12 Nov '16

12 Nov '16

What were they thinking: The aging performing arts audience Bob Abelman Cleveland Jewish News, The News Herald, The Morning Journal Member, International Association of Theatre Critics Most of us have read about, many of us have witnessed, and some of us are living proof of the aging of the performing arts audience. According to the National Endowment for the Arts, the average age of those attending classical music performances, the ballet, jazz concerts and plays is increasing. This is not just because the median age of the general population is creeping up as well; it is the result of one generation of audience members not being adequately replaced by the next. Big Data reports that the vast majority of subscribers to the Cleveland Play House and Great Lakes Theater were born between the mid-1920s and the mid-1940s, followed by members of the early “Baby Boomer Generation” who were born between the mid-1940s and the mid-1950s. And the average age of attendees for the touring Broadway shows coming through Playhouse Square is 53 years old. It can certainly be argued that audiences for theater have always skewed older, dating back to the ancient patrons attending ancient Greek performances. When young, no matter the millennium, we tend to gravitate toward new artists and new art forms until our interests, income and evenings become more amenable to traditional pursuits. But in recent years, fewer young people have been returning to the fold. For more of this review, go to www.clevelandjewishnews.com/columnists/.

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