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NEEDED: ACTORS FOR A TABLE READ
by Andrew Rudd via NEohioPAL 12 Apr '16

12 Apr '16

NEEDED: ACTORS FOR A TABLE READ My feature length script, $107 A Day recently won a contest to be accepted into the Indie Film Incubator in Cleveland. One of the things that the script needs most right now? Is the kind of feedback that can only come from a table read. I have plans to turn the script will turn into a film, and if I produce it, I’ll do so here in Northeast Ohio. It’s timely, funny, real, and it focuses on several very important issues that (for various reasons) many people are paying attention to right now. You can find out more about the project by checking out my pitch here -- https://vimeo.com/159645474 The script is based on a true story that I learned about as I made a series of short documentaries for a gallery based collaborative project at Translations Gallery in Canton, Ohio called Blind/Sighted. This year’s oscar nominee THE BIG SHORT tells the backstory behind the housing bubble crisis several years ago. What THE BIG SHORT doesn’t focus on is the fact that Black homeowners in America lost their homes at twice the rate of white homeowners, and that during that time the number of Black homeowners in the U.S. dropped by 20%. This film tells the story of one of those black families, and hopefully communicates the role of infrastructure issues and institutionalized racism in maintaining inequity in our country. My script is a narrative feature film that follows one couple as they try to save their home from foreclosure. It’s called $107 A DAY and it is influenced by films like MAN PUSH CART, KILLER OF SHEEP, THE BICYCLE THIEVES and the films of the Dardennes Brothers. While this table read isn’t a part of the casting process (we’re not that close to production yet) if the production team is wow-ed by someone at the table read -- that will obviously influence us. This is an unpaid gig, but I’ll provide some food and drink and it will be a great evening of being with like-minded artists and I’ll be forever grateful to you for your investment in the development of the script. I will be video-ing the event, and if we end up with any footage that would be helpful for you and your acting reel, I’d be more than happy to send it to you and of course put a nice recommendation on whichever helpful social media contexts would be helpful to you. WHEN: During April or the beginning of May. WHERE: Cleveland, Akron or Canton -- whichever is most convenient given the actors we select HOW: Send us an email with your headshot, resume, acting reel (Or whichever of those you want to share!) We will get back to you if it’s a yes or a not-this-time. WHO: Here’s a character list. Jerry Harris - Black 35 year old man. Overweight, friendly, smart, inventive and the life of any party, and Felicia Harris - Black 32 year old woman. Pregnant, very chill, direct, honest and kind. 2 Black Men who can play 3-6 roles; 1 White Man also playing 6 medium to small roles; 2 Black women playing 5 roles; 1 White Woman playing 5 roles. These utility players will have fun playing various ages and personalities in lines ranging from a few lines to a few monologues. After the read-through, I’d love to hear your thoughts and feedback about the script.

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backstage crew needed
by Dena M. Warmuth via NEohioPAL 12 Apr '16

12 Apr '16

The Olde Towne Hall Theatre in North Ridgeville, OH is looking for *volunteers* to serve in the area of *backstage crew*. We need 2-3 people for backstage. The production is "Moon over Buffalo", by Ken Ludwig. It is directed by Lisa Carter, assistant directed by Marian Carter, and features Kevin Boland, David Boyce, Carol Broquet Thompson, Christeen Currie, Jim Miller, Donovan Riley, and Jackie M. Scheufler. *You would need to be available for tech week, which begins Sunday, April 17, 2016. * *Performance dates are: * *Fri. Apr. 22, 2016 - 7:30 pm* *Sat. Apr. 23, 2016 - 7:30 pm* *Fri. Apr. 29, 2016 - 7:30 pm* *Sat. Apr. 30, 2016 - 7:30 pm* *Sun. May 1, 2016 - 3:00 pm* *Fri. May 6, 2016 - 7:30 pm* *Sat. May 7, 2016 - 7:30 pm* If you are interested in helping us out, please contact *Stage Manager Dena M. Warmuth at denawarmuth(a)gmail.com <denawarmuth(a)gmail.com>, or 440-420-9388 <440-420-9388>*. *Thank you!*

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CASTING CALL FOR INDEPENDENT SHORT FILM
by dustin nowlin via NEohioPAL 11 Apr '16

11 Apr '16

Casting call for Independent Short Film April 12, 2016,April 14, 20161pm-9pm @Guide to Kulchur Bookstore 5900 Detroit Ave. Cleveland, OH 216-744-0029 Production title: After The Rain Union / Non-Union: Non-UnionProduction Type: Independent/studentProject length: Short Film (15 minutes)Project format: 16:9 HDProduction location: Cleveland,OH Production Company: L'America Pictures Company website: vimeo.com - L'America Pictures Director: Dustin Nowlin Producer: Zachary Smith, Kelly-Ann Seeman, RA Washington Casting Director: Krsnaa Fitch Shooting Location: Cleveland, Mentor, Norhtfield, OHEmail: DustinNowlin(a)gmail.comCompensation: Minimal/Deffered (Please note all auditions will be given a specific time within this window)Call Backs: April 28th, 2016 6:00–10:00PM Synopsis:"After The Rain" is a film about one woman's struggle to survive in a hostile world in the wake of the great flood which covered all lands and wiped out all humanity. Armed only with her will to live, the dreams of her past, and the hope for tomorrow. All that she has to do now, is survive. Character BIOS:[LEAD] [THE WOMAN, AEA, AYA, LILITH] [GENDER: FEMALE] [AGE: 20-25][OPEN TO ALL ETHNICITIES, BUT MIDDLE EASTERN/MESOPOTAMIAN/MEDITERRANEAN PREFERRED!] Our heroine has just washed ashore in a seemingly new world, far from her home and everything she's known. While traversing the dangerous landscape of this foreign land, she only has one objective, survival. [2] [GENDER: MALE] [AGE: 20-25] [OPEN TO ALL] Guards/Kings men [1] [GENDER: MALE] [AGE: 45-60] [DARK HAIR/FEATURES PREFERRED] The Father of our Heroine and leader of the realm. [1] [GENDER: FEMALE] [AGE: 45-60] [OPEN TO ALL] Castle hand. About the filmmakers: Dustin Nowlin has been making and acting in films since 2008 with a number of productions under his belt. He is also an accomplished painter, whose work can be seen online atwww.DustinNowlin.com.

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REVIEW: The Hobbit, at Canton Players Guild Theatre
by Tom Wachunas via NEohioPAL 11 Apr '16

11 Apr '16

Tolkien, Enchantingly Condensed By Tom Wachunas For this PlayersGuild production of The Hobbit (adaptedby Markland Taylor and based on the classic 1937 novel by J.R.R. Tolkien),director Micah Harvey was a man on a mission. He must surely have felt asolidarity with the central character, a hobbit named Bilbo Baggins, who wasrecruited by the wizard Gandalph to accompany a dwarf named Thorin to hunt downthe evil dragon Smaug, and steal back its ill-gotten treasure. Harvey’s dragon,if you please, was to somehow transfer the fantastical dramatic and visualsprawl of Tolkien’s narrative – already imprinted on pop culture as an epicfilm trilogy - into the unlikely and otherwise tight confines of the Guild’sarena theater. Even more challenging is the fact that Markland Taylor’s verycompacted stage adaptation unfolds in only about 90 minutes with a cast of justsix actors. This small band ofperformers has to in turn play a bevy of interconnected roles depictingdwarves, elves, goblins, trolls, and assorted other woodland denizens. Adaunting task, to be sure. But aside from some passages when the overalldialogue energy and expressivity becomes a bit lethargic (arguably as much aflaw in the writing as it is in audible delivery), it’s a task well met here withnotable versatility and panache. Three of theactors have single roles. Douglas Lizak, as Bildo Baggins, turns in a warm and intricatelynuanced rendering of the reluctant and nervous hobbit, who much prefers simplecreature comforts - such as smoking his pipe and eating favorite foods on hisidyllic home turf - to stalking a dragon in forbidding lands. He’d rather becalled “expert treasure hunter” than “burglar,” and much of the story embraceshis struggle to realize his latent courage and inventiveness that promptedGandalf to enlist him in the first place. But Bilbo’stravelling companion, the dwarf Thorin, played by Bobby Severns, doesn’tinitially share Gandalph’s faith in the jittery hobbit. As Bilbo’s more confrontational counterpart,Severns captures his character’s sardonic and feisty nature with memorablefinesse. In his role of Gandalph,Jonathan Tisevich is both a commanding and at times gently understatedpresence. He’s at once the tender encourager and the powerful, stern mentor - amystical catalyst and embodiment of fatherly optimism tempered with cautionarywisdom. Meanwhile, thethree remaining actors in the cast each have multiple roles of varyingdurations that nonetheless call for all sorts of postures and attitudes,ranging from the convincingly regal or militant, to the just plain silly ormalevolent. In one of several scenes worth the price of admission, RussellJones, Corey Paulus, and Jacob Sustersic are particularly spectacular – andhilarious – as three gargantuan trolls apparently made of stone. Bellowing indeliciously gravelly voices, they bicker over what do with the cowering Bilbo.Their sculpted costumes – a marvelous collaborative concoction by directorHarvey, local artist David McDowell, and costume designer George McCarty – areworks of art in themselves. A similar sculpted and kinetic marvel is thedragon, Smaug, voiced in explosive, bone-rattling tones by Sustersic, who alsoplays Gollum. In that role, he’s utterly startling in his frenetic writhing andleaping, all the while spitting out his urgent and faithful re-creation of thathorrible and familiar voice from the films - a terribly throaty and liquiddeformity. The combined worksof scenic designer Joshua Erichsen, lighting designer Joseph Carmola, and sounddesigner Scott Sutton constitute a stellar “performance” in its own right.While static, the multi-tiered set can nonetheless evoke dense forests, rockyterrain, or darkened caves via the remarkably fluid light changes amid smokymists. The richly layered recorded aural effects include bucolic music passagesalternating with night sounds near and far, soothing as well as alien andterrifying. So did MicahHarvey and company subdue their dragon and bring home the gold, as itwere? Is this ambitious mission, thishighly edited epic by the Players Guild, a success? Given the sheer breadth andcomplexity of Tolkien’s narrative vision, in a manner of speaking you couldcall it a wholly enchanting some of its parts. The Hobbit, at Canton’s Players GuildTheatre, 1001 Market Avenue N., Canton, Ohio, THROUGH APRIL 24 / Performances at 7 p.m. Friday and 2 p.m. Saturday andSunday / Tickets: $16 for adults, $12 for 17 and younger, at 330.453.7617or www.playersguildtheatre.com For othercommentaries by Tom Wachunas on the arts in the Canton area, please visit hisblog, ARTWACH, at ARTWACH | | | | | | | | | | | ARTWACH | | | |

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Review of "Love's Labour's Lost" at Great Lakes Theater
by Bob Abelman via NEohioPAL 11 Apr '16

11 Apr '16

Great Lakes Theater finds the joy in ‘Love's Labour's Lost’ Bob Abelman Cleveland Jewish News, The News Herald, The Morning Journal Member, International Association of Theatre Critics In her program notes for Great Lakes Theater’s current production of “Love’s Labour’s Lost,” director Tyne Rafaeli calls the play “a polyphonic explosion – a feast of style and language.” An explosion it is, but the writing is more smorgasbord than feast. Rather than choose one of the poetic styles that happened to be in fashion in London in 1589, the young and cocky Will Shakespeare included them all: sonnets, rhyming couplets, lengthy quatrains, puns in English and in Latin, a seemingly endless supply of alliterations, and a constant stream of quick-witted wordplay. There are more speeches by more people in this lesser comedy then in most of Shakespeare’s later works, as well. And by writing a play that is both a celebration and condemnation of poetry and puns, there are plenty of inside jokes about language whose meaning and cleverness have not traveled well across the centuries. Starting with the title. It is little wonder that this overstuffed and comparatively unrefined play, with its boisterous opening and sober conclusion, went largely unproduced for much of its early history. Few theater companies have the talent to do this play and fewer still have it in the bulk required to do it well. The Great Lakes Theater does and they most certainly do. They manage to turn all the heightened language and immense loquaciousness into a joyous affair. For more of this review, go to www.clevelandjewishnews.com/columnists/.

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OPEN AUDITIONS FOR GOSPEL MYSTERY DINNER THEATRE
by Deborah McDaniel via NEohioPAL 11 Apr '16

11 Apr '16

Author/Playwright/Director, Deborah Marbury McDaniel will be holding open auditions for paid positions in the stageplay, Sins of the Father, which will be scheduled for the fall of 2016. Auditions will be held at the Maple Heights Library Auditorium on Wednesday, April 27, 2016 at 6:00 p.m. Please bring a headshot and bio. We are looking for African American actors, both male and female, ages 25-55. If you have any questions, call 216.544.9798. If you can not make the audition, but are still interested, email headshot and bio, and you will receive a call to schedule an appointment for an audition.

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DO YOU HAVE A BOOK IN YOU?
by Deborah McDaniel via NEohioPAL 11 Apr '16

11 Apr '16

Everyone at one time or another has felt that they should write a book! However, when you gave it a little more thought, you just didn’t think you could do it! Don’t believe that lie! YOU CAN DO IT! I CAN HELP! As a published author, licensed English teacher and former newspaper reporter with a college degree in English, I am more than qualified to help you bring the book in you—to life! There IS a book in you, and I can help you give birth to it in 12-15 two-hour sessions with my Manuscript Coaching Service! Group coaching: $50 per session (Sessions are held on 1st Saturdays from 11 am to 1 pm) Starting May 6, 2016 at the Shaker Launch House 3558 Lee Road, Shaker Heights, Ohio 44120 Must register by Saturday, April 30! One-on-one coaching: $200 per session (Sessions can be scheduled weekly, bi-weekly or monthly) Ghostwriting: $250 per month (20 months) We meet for three (3) sessions to discuss & outline your book. Then, I write the book for you! Editing/Proofreading: $200 for every 20,000 words Self-Publishing Assistance: $200-$400 I can help you get from an idea, an unfinished manuscript or wherever you are in the writing process to holding your published book or novel in your hands through teaching, guiding, evaluating and giving regular feedback. Use your published book to share your inspirational story with others, to entertain or to showcase your expertise and knowledge on a particular subject. To get started with your book or novel today, call 216.544.9798 or visit my website at www.deborahmcdaniel.com to schedule your first session for my Manuscript Coaching Service! DON’T ABORT YOUR DESTINY!!! You have a book in you! Let me help you give birth to it! Sincerely, Deborah (Marbury) McDanielLight Up the Night, LLCAuthor/Manuscript Coachwww.deborahmcdaniel.com216.544.9798

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Play Lab Weekend April 15-17, 2016
by Playwrights Local 4181 via NEohioPAL 11 Apr '16

11 Apr '16

Playwrights Local 4181 announces its 2016 Play Lab and Spring Workshops, a series of new plays and writing classes from April 15-17 at Waterloo Arts. This event features staged readings of works from the company’s Play Lab program, which teams playwrights, dramaturgs, and directors for three months of in-depth development. It also includes additional readings of shorter plays, a class for kids, workshops for adults, and a Friday evening reception. All sessions are free, with a suggested donation of $8. Find out more at http://playwrightslocal.org/ *Location for All Sessions* Creative Space at Waterloo Arts 397 E. 156th Street Cleveland, OH 44110

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John Patrick Shanley's "Four Dogs and a Bone, " Tuesday and Wednesday at Coach House Theatre
by Nancy Cates via NEohioPAL 11 Apr '16

11 Apr '16

Next up in Coach House Theatre's Artists' Choice: Black Box Series: Four Dogs and a Bone, by John Patrick Shanley Tuesday and Wednesday, April 12 & 13 at 8pm Artists' Choice: Black Box plays are exactly what our mainstage, subscriber plays are not: contemporary, edgier material with adult language, sexual content, and lots of other fun non-conservative stuff! Previous titles in Artists' Choice have included Danny and the Deep Blue Sea, and Lone Star. All tickets are only $10, and students (with ID) are free! Applications for Artists' Choice scripts and directors are solicited each January for performance in the following season. Four Dogs and a Bone, directed by Jeffrey Lyn Hall, with Jim Fippin, Adrienne Jones, Scott Davis and Holly Pacer. www.coachhousetheatre.com 330-434-7741 732 W. Exchange St., Akron

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CORRECTION - Children's Auditions This TUESDAY - Really Rosie at TrueNorth
by Laura Golden via NEohioPAL 11 Apr '16

11 Apr '16

*Really Rosie* A Musical Book & Lyrics by Maurice Sendak Music by Carole King Directed by *Joanna May Hunkins* Music Direction by *Ben Malkevitch* Children’s author Maurice Sendak (Where the Wild Things Are) uses characters from his 1962 Nutshell Libraries to create a day in the life of young Rosie and her friends as their imaginations run wild on a hot summer day in front of a Brooklyn stoop. Pop icon Carole King (“Natural Woman”, “Beautiful”) composed the original rock score for the 1975 TV special and 1980 Off Broadway hit that has become beloved by generations. Much like the Peanuts gang in “You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown”, all of the kids can be played by young adults and all of the actors work together as a tight ensemble of principal roles. *For this production we will be seeking singing actors ages 8-14* *Audition Date:* Tues. April 12th from 6-9pm Open auditions - No appointment necessary *Audition Preparation:* Please prepare two contemporary musical theatre or pop/rock cuttings (approx. 32 bars each) and a short comedic story or joke. *Available Roles:* *Rosie* – loves to sing and dance; she’s the sassiest kid on the block and the leader of the group *Kathy* – Rosie’s sidekick; somewhat awkward, but always happy to go along with Rosie’s plan *Alligator* – clueless, but lovable; could be played by a male or female *Johnny* – intellectual beyond his years and a bit anti-social because of it *Pierre* – a spoiled brat who bullies everyone, but deep down loves his friends *Chicken Soup *– Rosie’s annoying little brother who tags along with the older kids *Show Dates:* June 3rd – 12th Fridays & Saturdays at 7:00pm Sundays at 3:00pm *Theatre Location:* TrueNorth Cultural Arts 4530 Colorado Ave. Sheffield Village, OH 44054 (440) 949-5200 x221 www.TNCArts.org <http://www.tncarts.org/>

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