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Great Lakes Theater Announces Auditions For "Classics On Tour" Production: THE JABBERWOCKY
by via NEohioPAL 20 Sep '16

20 Sep '16

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2016 Great Lakes Theater ANNOUNCES AUDITIONS FOR CLASSICS ON TOUR PRODUCTION THE JABBERWOCKY Great Lakes Theater (GLT) announces open auditions for non-equity actors for the Classics On Tour production THE JABBERWOCKY, a play for young audiences, written by Dakotah Brown, Noah Moody and Chad Shohet, and based on the classic poem by Lewis Carroll. THE JABBERWOCKY will tour to 50 community venues in northern Ohio between February 21 and March 24, 2016, Tuesdays through Sundays, often two performances daily. The play will be directed by GLT Director of Educational Programming Lisa Ortenzi. Synopsis: Two students - Dodgson and Steve - band together after being bullied by classmates. To avoid their tormentors, the students follow a secret map and escape to the Tulgey Wood - where they meet a king who begs them to save his people from the fearsome Jabberwocky! Meet colorful characters like Cheshire Cat, JubJub Bird, Bandersnatch, and a family of Momeraths as this unlikely but dynamic duo journeys to save a kingdom. Along the way, they find the courage to defeat the Jabberwocky...and apply the lessons learned to face their fears back home. Eligibility: Those auditioning should bring a headshot and resume and prepare two contrasting monologues. Total audition time should not exceed three minutes. Familiarity with Lewis Carrolls original poem The Jabberwocky is helpful but not required. Applicants must have a driver license and a reliable automobile. A background check will also be required. Audition slots are available on Monday, September 26, 2016 from 6:00 p.m. until 10:00 p.m. Audition sessions will take place in a Playhouse Square Rehearsal Hall, 1650 Chester Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44114. Callbacks will be held Tuesday, September 27. Available Roles: Needed are four ensemble performers (age range: 20s 30s) to portray a dozen characters and to operate puppets. Evening/daytime rehearsals begin Monday, January 30, 2017, but preliminary costume fittings will be scheduled in November 2016. All positions are paid. Auditions are by appointment only. To schedule an appointment, visit http://www.greatlakestheater.org/work-with-us/auditions Great Lakes Theater is an equal opportunity employer. FOR MORE INFORMATION: David Hansen Education Outreach Associate (216) 453-4444 dhansen(a)greatlakestheater.org www.greatlakestheater.org

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Syncopated Sin Swing Band plays at The Slovenian Workmen's Home this Saturday, Sept 24th!
by Valerie Salstrom via NEohioPAL 20 Sep '16

20 Sep '16

Come to dance! Come to listen! Come to socialize! This event is a party with swing music and dancing! The beginner friendly jitterbug dance lesson is from 8-9. We teach the basics and then a few fun moves. These lessons are appropriate for brand spankin' new dancers all the way up to advanced dancers. You will not be disappointed! Immediately after the lesson (at 9 PM) The Syncopated Sin Swing Band will kick off an awesome night of live music selection until 12am. Everyone is welcome to come and have fun with us at the swing dance. There is no need to have previous dance experience or a dance partner. We rotate partners during the lesson so you will have the chance to meet and dance with lots and lots of people before the live music even begins! If you are attending the dance with a partner and do not want to rotate, that is fine too. The cost is $12 per person and $10 for students and seniors with a valid ID. $5 for first timers. No need to make reservations or buy tickets in advance. The Waterloo Ballroom at the Slovenian Workmen's Home is located in the very artsy and lively Collinwood neighborhood. The address is 15335 Waterloo Rd, Cleveland, Ohio 44110. The Slovenian not only has a beautiful ballroom; they also have a well stocked bar. They have alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks of all kinds for sale--including a very special Slovenian beer- Lasko! There will also be some sweet and savory snacks for sale as well. The sign for the Slovenian has been taken down so please look for the sign for Packy Malleys. Our entrance is just to the left of them. There are TWO parking lots to the right of the ballroom and there is also some street parking as well. We also have a security guard who keeps an eye on the hall and both parking lots. For more info please email Valerie at info(a)gethepswing.com. Please seewww.GetHepSwing.com for the most up to date information on dances, bands playing at the dances, classes, private lessons, school programs, and special topic workshops.

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Community critic review of "The Last Lifeboat" at Geauga Theatre
by Bob Abelman via NEohioPAL 20 Sep '16

20 Sep '16

Geauga Theater’s ‘The Last Lifeboat’ rewrites history while it entertains Tommy Carosielli Cleveland Jewish News, The News Herald, The Morning Journal, Chagrin Valley Times, Solon Times, Geauga Times Courier It’s been suggested that history is written by the victors. Not according to playwright Luke Yankee’s “The Last Lifeboat,” which casts light on the sinking of the RMS Titanic on April 14 and 15, 1912 that is not commonly shone. According to Yankee or, rather, Francis Wilson’s 2011 book “The Sinking of J. Bruce Ismay” on which his play is based, the history of the high-profile accident that took 1,503 lives was written by the American press. Newspaper owners and editors wanted to sell papers and identifying a viable scapegoat would do just that. Ismay was an upper-crust Englishman who went to the best schools, married the right society girl though he was in love with someone else, and inherited the prominent British White Star Line shipping company that owned the Titanic. He was the perfect target. Newspaper reports suggested that at 1.45am, an hour and a half after the Titanic hit the iceberg, the coward Ismay – dressed as a woman – sneaked aboard the very last lifeboat to leave on the starboard side. As half-filled lifeboats floated away, their passengers listened to the screams and groans of the dying but Ismay refused to turn and look at the sinking ship. In 2014, the truth according to Yankee received its world premiered at the University of California-Irvine, where audiences experienced the innermost thoughts of a sympathetic Ismay at various stages of his life and learned that he saved as many people as he could before stepping into that lifeboat with no more women and children in sight. “The Last Lifeboat” is currently on stage the Geauga Theater and, as directed by Michael J. Rogan, is captivating. For more of this review, go to www.clevelandjewishnews.com/theater/.

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Auditions ALMOST FULL - CABARET - Blank Canvas Theatre
by via NEohioPAL 20 Sep '16

20 Sep '16

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The Electric Pressure Cooker Cabaret Goes "ON THE ROAD" To Kent
by Wandering Aesthetics via NEohioPAL 19 Sep '16

19 Sep '16

Wandering Aesthetics is proud to announce another addition of the Electric Pressure Cooker Cabaret – an AWARD-WINNING monthly “Anything Goes” Open Mic–style Cabaret. The Electric Pressure Cooker is once again going ON THE ROAD!!! And this time it’s not only heading out of Akron, but out of Summit County too. Saturday, September 24, 2016 at 8 PM @ Standing Rock Cultural Arts (300 N. Water St. in Kent, OH) $5 cover charge or pay-what-you-can at the door The Electric Pressure Cooker is open the public. Audience members can pay their covers and artists can pre-register for a performance slot online at watheatre.com/epcooker <http://watheatre.com/epcooker> or via phone at 330.612.3090. ALL PROCEEDS WILL GO TO: The Electric Pressure Cooker… presents Bigger than a Breadbox is one of the 27 winners for the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation’s Knight Arts Challenge Akron. Bigger Than A Breadbox needs to raise $75,000 in matching funds - $37,500 over the next 8 months! For more information (including the up-to-date funds raised) visit watheatre.com/btab <http://watheatre.com/btab> or email watheatre(a)gmail.com <mailto:watheatre@gmail.com>. ABOUT THE EVENT: The AWARD-WINNING Electric Pressure Cooker Cabaret is back ON THE ROAD for another month of "ANYTHING GOES" fun! Through humble beginnings in the basement of a flower shop, the #EPCooker is an artist driven event that sees over 100 audience members, 20+ performances and 6 non-stop hours of art. Registration for performers begins at 7:30 pm. Performances begin between 8:00 - 8:30 pm. Anyone may sign up for a 12-minute slot. Performers may pre-register at watheatre.com/epcooker <http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%253A%252F%252Fwatheatre.com%252Fepcooker…>. An emcee, house drum kit, keyboard and sound system (with operators) are provided. This month's emcee: Comedian Chad Weaver. ALL varieties of acts are encouraged to perform. Previous acts have included: monologues, acoustic musicians, play readings, comedians, experimental art, dancers, scenes from plays, improv, devised work, full rock bands and performance artists. But the sky is the limit; no art is too taboo for the #EPCooker! ALL levels – from beginner to the most experienced – are encouraged to perform. Those under 18 are permitted to attend (and perform!) with adult supervision. The #EPCooker is not just an Open Mic. It is an open and welcoming community of artists. It is also a great networking event, a great place to improve stage presence and a great place to develop as an artist. Storyteller Kyle Jozsa, Comedian Sarah Jones, Just Go With It Improv, Copper Pennies and many other acts premiered at the #EPCooker. Standing Rock Cultural Arts will have wine available. Outside food and beverages are permitted. ABOUT THE EMCEE: Chad Weaver's Chad Weaver is a comedian from Akron and he came here to rock 'n' roll. He runs a monthly comedy show at the Rialto Theatre in Kenmore called Thrill or be Thrilled, and is a part of Pizza Money, a monthly sketch show in Cleveland. He will be hosting the Electric Pressure Cooker on September 24th at Standing Rock in Kent, which is the event description you're reading right now. Yeah I'm talking to you, yeah you. Chad's in your brain right now. Don't turn around, I'm behind you.

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Act-It UP! Community Theatre 2016 Fall Production Auditions
by Shari Schneider via NEohioPAL 19 Sep '16

19 Sep '16

Act-It UP! Community Theatre announces auditions for the upcoming fall production “The Christmas Cafe” by Burton Bumgarner produced by special arrangements with Eldridge Publishing Company. The cast being sought will be multi-generational from ages 8 and up and consist of 18 males and 14 females. *About the Story:* “The Christmas Cafe” is a comedy set in a restaurant where Betty, the waitress and cook, serves customers from three different familiar holiday stories: “The Night Before Christmas” by Clemet Clark Moore, “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens, and “The Nutcracker by E.T.A. Hoffman. In "All of the Other Reindeer," Blitzen is burned out and upset that he's always last on the team. The other reindeer have suggestions: Cupid thinks he needs a love life; Donder suggests a good stock portfolio, Prancer thinks an exercise regime is the answer. Baffled, the other reindeer call in Santa's newest hire, a reindeer called Freud. They tell her Blitzen has jealousy and anger issues. Finally, the waitress Betty simply suggests another reindeer take a turn being last and Blitzen has a better outlook. In "Bah! Humbug!" Marley's Ghost goes to Scrooge's house, but in a century and a half too late! The Spirits of Past, Present and Future confront him, but everything's messed up. Now Tiny Tim is a football player. In "Nutcrackered," E. T. A. Hoffman is struggling with writer's block. Young Clara and her brother Fritz give him inspiration when they tell him a wild story about a magical nutcracker. *When?*Thursday, September 15th, 7pm to 9pm Friday, September 23rd, 7pm to 9pm *Saturday, September 24th, 11am to 1pm* (Schedule by Appointment Only -- Email the Director at act.it.up.theater(a)gmail.com - There is no prior preparation required as auditions will consist of cold reads from the script. - Please be bring your calendar to declare potential conflicts. - Act-It UP! Community Theatre engages in the practice of non-traditional casting and all roles are available. - A complete listing will be posted on both our website and community facebook page. *Where?*Pilgrim United Church of Christ 130 Broad Blvd. Cuyahoga Falls, Oh, 44221. Performances and rehearsals are also held at this location. The rehearsal schedule will consist of Wednesdays and Thursdays from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. The performance dates are scheduled for December 2nd, 3rd (matinee) and 4th, 2016. Act-It UP! Community Theatre welcomes actors of all experience levels, from beginner to professional. We enjoy sharing the magic of theatre and are always seeking to grow our Act-It UP! family. Whether you like best to work behind the scenes or in front of the curtain, you are welcome to join us. Follow us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/act.it.up.theatre/ or sign up for audition notices athttp://actituptheater. wixsite.com/pilgrim-ucc-church Act-It UP! Community Theatre is an organization comprised of volunteers from within the congregation of Pilgrim United Church of Christ and the community. After expenses, any profits earned from ticket sales support the future of the theatre group and/or any special fundraising project as agreed upon by the committee. Additional information can be found at http://pilgrimcf.org. As a Director for this show, I am really excited about the character-building aspect of this particular production! If each actor cast plays their character to their full potential, I can already see the audience laughing A LOT! I hope to see you at auditions! It's going to be a wonderful journey! Blessings, Shari Lynn Schneider Director -- ------------------------------ "I have finally reached the wonderful point in my life where I know exactly who I am and I continue to grow, without fear, each and every day. I think that comes from putting faith first." ------------------------------ *~Shari Lynn Schneider* Christian/Wife/Mother/Independent AVON Business Owner/Actress/Playwright/Director and so much more! ------------------------------

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ONLY 3 SEATS LEFT: Acting Instruction For Kids and Young Teens
by Will F Moore via NEohioPAL 19 Sep '16

19 Sep '16

Now that Summer's over keep the kids busy with more than extracurricular activities. AUTUMN ACTING CAMP starts October 1. This is a great camp for youngsters to develop skills in acting and auditioning for TV & film. And even more importantly interact with their peers in the arts that have the same interests--especially in film and TV acting. Please forward inquiries to willfmooremedia(a)gmail.com for information. Come share the momentum!

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Special Promotion for "Talk Radio" at Spotlights Theater
by Annette Phelps via NEohioPAL 19 Sep '16

19 Sep '16

Talk Radio at the Broadview Heights Spotlights Fridays and Saturdays through October 1st at 7:30 Sunday, September 25th at 3:00 Broadview Height Spotlights Theater - 9543 Broadview Road (next to Police Station) USE SPECIAL PROMOTION CODE FOR $2 OFF EACH TICKET: 555TALK Talk Radio, by Eric Bogosian, is a comedy set in the 1980s. The play shows a behind-the-scenes look at the life of Barry Champlain, a fictitious Cleveland-area talk show host known for his vulgar and controversial banter, on the eve of his radio show’s national syndication. The play premiered off-Broadway in 1987 and was adapted into a movie directed by Oliver Stone in 1988. The Spotlights’ show is directed by Rose Leininger and features Keith Kornajcik as Champlain. Also appearing onstage are Bob Newton, Chaunice Hendking, Greg Mandryk, Matt Dodels, Kayleigh Joyce, Brett Heidinger, and Stuart Hoffman. The cast also includes several voiceover actors lending their talents to portray the more than 30 guest callers including Matt Dodels, Rocky Encalada, Jordan Flemming, Chaunice Hindking, Susan Jeromson, Jenna Messina, and Chuck Perry III. Tickets are $13 for adults and $12 for seniors and students. The play contains adult themes and language and is not recommended for children under the age of 16. Tickets may be purchased on-line at www.broadview-heights-spotlights.org.

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Berko review: RUTHLESS! @ Beck Center
by Roy Berko via NEohioPAL 19 Sep '16

19 Sep '16

••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• To read Roy Berko's review of RUTHLESS! @ Beck Center go to www.royberko.info •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••

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OPENING THIS WEEK: WHAT I DID LAST SUMMER - Clague Playhouse
by via NEohioPAL 19 Sep '16

19 Sep '16

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "WHAT I DID LAST SUMMER"September 23 to October 16, 2016Opening this week at Clague Playhouse! Clague Playhouse’s 89thseason opener is A. R. Gurney’s “What IDid Last Summer,” directed by Ron Newell. Running September 23 to October16, 2016, this will be the first full production to take place in the spacesince the Theatre seating has been refurbished, among other improvements. This nostalgic coming ofage drama takes place during summer vacation time on the shores of Lake Erie in1945, near the end of World War II. When a rebellious 14-year-old meets abohemian painter, a showdown happens that leaves the characters contemplatinglife, love, familial bonds, philosophical ideas, and how we get along with eachother when we don’t agree. The cast includesBernice Bolek, Kristin Brosky, Alex Cummiskey, Holly Feiler, Jarred Nichols,and Micki Yackin “What I Did Last Summer” will run on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdaysat 8 P.M. and Sundays at 2 P.M. Tickets will be $16 for adults, $15 for seniors(60+), and $10 for students (any age with a valid ID). Season Subscriptions andindividual tickets are now on sale and can be purchased by visiting or callingthe box office at 440-331-0403 Wednesday through Saturday from 1–6 P.M. Also, don’t miss out onour new online purchasing option! Clague Playhouse tickets are available to thegeneral public 24/7 online through the website www.clagueplayhouse.org or ourFacebook page. CLAGUEPLAYHOUSE, 1371 Clague Road, Westlake, OH 44145 WEB: www.clagueplayhouse.org Keep up withClague Playhouse on social media!FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/ClaguePlayhouse TWITTER: http://www.twitter.com/ClagueTweets -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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