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One More Weekend For Workshop Players "Don't Dress For Dinner"
by Workshop Players via NEohioPAL 02 May '17

02 May '17

Last week was close to a sell-out. Don't miss your chance to see this funny, funny show! Northwest Bank presents Workshop Players Theater’s production of *Don’t Dress for Dinner * by Marc Camoletti Directed by Pat Price Farce is the name of the game in this door-slamming, fast-paced comedy. Bernard has planned a romantic weekend with his chic Parisian mistress, and a cordon bleu chef for style and class, but not including his wife, Jacqueline. His strategy rests on his best friend, Robert, to provide a foolproof alibi. Needless to say, nothing works out as planned. Suppose Robert turns up not realizing why he has been invited. Suppose Jacqueline will NOT leave for the weekend. Suppose there is a myriad of role reversals and secrets. Suppose everyone’s alibi gets confused with everyone else’s. An evening of hilarious confusion ensues as Bernard and Robert improvise at breakneck speed to save their skins! The cast includes: Jonathan McCleery, Marcia Darby, Jeff Caja, Deb Burrow, Melissa Lyle and Kevin Boland. Performances are May 5, 6, at 8 p.m. with Sunday matinee May 7 at 3 p.m. All seats are $15. Reservations are encouraged. Groups of ten or more receive $2 discount. -- 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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Need actors from West Geauga High School
by Julia Kolibab via NEohioPAL 02 May '17

02 May '17

Accent on Youth is looking for male and female actors from West Geauga High School to perform in a short play about alcohol and drug abuse. The play will be presented for the health classes at West G during class time on one day only. Rehearsal schedule is flexible. Student actors receive community service hours, and a gift from the Chagrin Valley Little Theatre of two free tickets and $25.00. If you are interested please contact Julia Kolibab at Juliakol(a)aol.com.

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THINGS AS THEY ARE Opens May 12!
by Playwrights Local via NEohioPAL 02 May '17

02 May '17

PLAYWRIGHTS LOCAL PRESENTS The world premiere of a new play-with-music THINGS AS THEY ARE Written by David Todd Original score composed by Ben Chasny Directed by Anjanette Hall May 12 - 28, 2017 Reinberger Auditorium (Upstairs Loft) 5209 Detroit Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44102 http://www.playwrightslocal.org/things-as-they-are/ Performances Friday - Saturday at 7:30 pm and Sunday at 2:30 pm Half-price Preview Thursday, May 11 at 7:30 pm Special performance Monday, May 15 at 7:30 pm Tickets $18 Adults | $15 Seniors & Groups | $12 Students For more information, visit playwrightslocal.org/ or call (216) 302-8856 Synopsis “Things as They Are” is a dramatic exploration of poet Wallace Stevens, a stoic visionary whose imagination and duality have lent him an unwavering mystique. This all-new work combines dramatic scenes, an original score performed by Ben Chasny (of the acclaimed group Six Organs of Admittance), and licensed works by Stevens with movement, commedia dell’arte, and projections. “Things as They Are” looks past the stock image of its subject as an aloof executive, revealing the “real” Wallace Stevens to be a man of great insight, whimsy, and desire. Performing Musicians Ben Chasny (Guitar) John Elliott (Synthesizer/Electronics) Cast Robert Hawkes Jason Markouc Laura Starnik Tessa Hager Robert Branch Kenzie Critzer Jeanne Task Marco Liguori Liam Stilson Creative Team Inda Blatch-Geib (Costume Designer) Nora Jeanne DeMilta (Assistant Director & Marketing Coordinator) Cleo D’Orio (Commedia dell’arte Choreographer) Tom Hayes (Carpenter) Michael Hinton (Dance/Movement Choreographer) Emily Kovalcik (Prop Designer) T. Paul Lowry (Set & Projection Designer) Jonathan Maag (Lighting Designer) Francesca Mamlin (Stage Manager) Elizabeth Tofig (Dramaturg) Kelly Tomko (Production Manager) Support Funding for this production is provided in the form of an ArtsNEXT grant from: The Ohio Arts Council Funding for Playwrights Local is provided by: The AHS Foundation The Arch and Bruce Brown Foundation The Cleveland Foundation Cuyahoga Arts & Culture The Cyrus Eaton Foundation The George Gund Foundation

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WEEKEND HAPPENINGS AT THE WEST THEATER IN BARBERTON
by via NEohioPAL 02 May '17

02 May '17

WEEKEND HAPPENINGS AT THE WEST THEATER IN BARBERTON Hammer Films, a British film production company based in London was the king of Gothic Horror films from the mid-1950s until the 1970s. This weekend at The West Theater, 1017 Wooster Rd. W in Barberton come enjoy 3 Classic Hammer Films; THE TWO FACES OF DR. JECKYLL, THE GORGON and CURSE OF THE MUMMY'S TOMB. Friday May 5th at 8:00 & Saturday May 6th at 2:00 & 7:30. Tickets are $5.00 for Adults and $3.00 for Children & Senior Citizens. More information on the web site thewesttheater.com or by calling the theater at 330-548- 2104.

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FILMMAKING SUMMER CAMP FOR KIDS - NOW ENROLLING
by Lakewood Young Filmmakers Academy via NEohioPAL 01 May '17

01 May '17

*NOW ENROLLING KIDS AGES 12-17* YOUNG FILMMAKERS SUMMER CAMP MAKE A REAL MOVIE, SEE IT IN A REAL MOVIE THEATRE! The Lakewood Young Filmmakers Academy Summer Camp is a two week filmmaking camp June 19-30 at *THE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON - LAKEWOOD*, in which students, ages 12-17, will write, shoot and edit a real film from start to finish with the help of award winning industry professionals serving as instructors and counselors. The camp culminates in a red carpet premiere of their film at *THE CAPITOL THEATRE* where their movie will be seen by an audience of filmmakers, media, fans, friends and family. For more information or to enroll your child in this unique program visit WWW.LAKEWOODYFA.COM

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Auditions for Will Kern's "Hellcab" - Kathleen Howland Theatre
by Jared Sparks via NEohioPAL 01 May '17

01 May '17

Will Kern's Hellcab Auditions HELLCAB is a seventy-minute collection of scenes from a day in the life of a Chicago cabbie. Beginning with a 6:30 a.m. trip by a born-again couple…the cabbie's long day's journey proceeds with fares from, among many others, a dangerous trio of druggies, a piggish mini-capitalist, a benumbed rape victim, an argumentative pair of fellow cabbies, a drunken woman on welfare, a smug lawyer, a randy couple on the way to a motel, and two boisterous New Yorkers out on the town. Alternately frightening, hilarious and poignant, these sharply etched blackouts and cameos…are capped by a stunning and very touching final scene. Directed by: Jared Sparks Stage Manager: EJ McKenna Set Design: EJ McKenna Costume Design: Erin Milano Properties Design: Lucas Ostronisky Sound Design: Buddy Lee Lighting Design: Kevin Rutan Location: Avenue Arts Marketplace & Theatre (Downtown Canton) Audition Dates: May 20th (2-4PM) and May 21st (2-4PM) Please bring headshots/resumes with you to auditions (if available) Performance Dates: July 14, 15, 21, 22 (All shows at 8PM) ALL ROLES AVAILABLE! Must be 18 or older to audition due to adult content and language. Please come prepared to read from the script and do some character exercises. ROLES AVAILABLE: CAB DRIVER (30s) OLDER WHITE MAN (40-60) - Plays the Religious Man, Al, Homer, Steve, Intense Man, Southside Guy, and Obnoxious Guy #2 OLDER WHITE WOMAN (40-60) - Plays the Religious Woman, Looker, Drunk Woman and Distraught Woman YOUNG WHITE MAN (18-35) - Plays Pakistani Man, Crack Head, Good-Looking Man, Some Guy, Scary Man, and Obnoxious Guy #1 BLACK MAN (20-40) - Plays X-Hat, Young Black Man, Father-to-Be, Boyfriend, and Architect BLACK WOMAN (20-40) - Plays Lawyer, Pregnant Woman, Shalita, and Dispatcher's Voice YOUNG WHITE WOMAN (18-35) - Plays Shopper, Stoned Girl, Good-Looking Woman, Receptionist, and Southside Girl Please direct all questions to the director at jsparks6(a)kent.edu THE LINK TO SIGN UP: https://m.signupgenius.com/#!/showSignUp/20F0848A8AA2EA3FF2-will <https://m.signupgenius.com/#!/showSignUp/20F0848A8AA2EA3FF2-will>

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82nd Street Theatre Auditions - Camp Rock: The Musical
by Tim Shamburger via NEohioPAL 01 May '17

01 May '17

Upcoming Auditions at 82nd Street Theatre For *Disney’s Camp Rock: The Musical* SHOW DATES August 3-5, 2017 Auditioning students in Grade 6-College Monday, May 15, 6:00 to 8:30 PM OR Tuesday, May 16, 6:00 to 8:30 PM Director Dominic Farinelli Our auditions are held with all actors together. It is a relaxed atmosphere and we ask that students stay for the whole time. Please be prepared to sing up to 32 bars of a show tune or Disney song acapella and you will do some reading from the script. There may also be a simple dance audition. Auditions at Abundant Life Community Church 10143 Royalton Road, Suite N and O North Royalton, OH 44133 440-877-1202 Alcc.cc Fill Out an Online Form at http://alcc.cc/audition Also find a Printed Audition Form to download there. Direct inquiries to 82(a)alcc.cc

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Rubber City Shakespeare (Theatre) Season Auditions PAID
by Dane Leasure via NEohioPAL 01 May '17

01 May '17

Rubber City Theatre (Shakespeare Company) will be holding general auditions for local Equity and non-Equity Actors. Rubber City will offer two Equity Special Appearance Contracts for the 2017-2018 season. All non-Equity actors receive a small stipend. The season includes: Pippin, Hamlet, A Christmas Carol, Twelfth Night, Equivocation, and The Crucible. Auditions are by appointment only - see website for details. (Please note AEA defines local, as actors with housing within 50-mile radius of the theatre.) Rubber City Theatre is committed to non-traditional casting, except in cases where race, gender, age or disability is essential to the play. For a full breakdown and additional information visit: http://www.rubbercityshakes.com/auditions.html <https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rubbercityshakes.com%2Faudi…>

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FREE PLAY READINGS AT DOBAMA THEATRE - NEXT 3 WEEKS
by JD Tell via NEohioPAL 01 May '17

01 May '17

Dobama Theatre ConcludesPlaywrights' GYM New Play Readings Series for 2016.17 The Playwrights' GYM, Dobama Theatre's playwriting unit, provides local playwrights with the opportunity to workshop new work. Nine readings of Playwright GYM members' work will be presenting at Dobama Theatre during their 2016/17 Season.All these readings are FREE and open to the public, with wine and beer available for a special GYM reading price of $1. All readings begin at 7 pm and are general seating. Monday, May 1Weimer by Les Hunter Directed by Anjanette HallA radical women's collective attempts to resist the authoritarian inclinations of their recently elected government. Based partially on research into contemporary and Weimar-era collectively organized communitarian projects, and in part developed out of conversations with the performers. The play, in the tradition of the German lehrstück (learning play), takes place in a heightened moment that borrows from both historic Weimar-era, Germany and contemporary America. Featuring: Brooke Turner, Sydnee Savannah Williams, Brittany Ganser, Bryce Evan Lewis, Kenzie Critzer and Esma M Eddeb Baldwin Wallace University Department of Theatre and Dance commissioned Weimar to appear as part of their 2017-2018 season. Act One will be read. Approximately 40 minutes with no intermission. Monday, May 8 Rastus and Hattie by Lisa LangfordNeedra is an African-American scientist who’s perfectly happy being perfectly post-racial; in fact, she’s researching a way to excise racial trauma from Black people’s DNA. Needra and her best friend Marlene, who is white, have the perfect post-racial friendship—perfect until Marlene’s husband finds two robots who challenge Needra’s understanding of race and history in America. In the early 1930s, Westinghouse experimented with mechanical robots who were supposed to make life easier by doing all the stuff humans didn’t want to do: cooking, cleaning, fighting wars, etc. However, one robot, Rastus, was Black. Seriously. He had brown skin, an afro, and was dressed not unlike a slave. I started wondering why a time-saving robot had to be Black and what did Blackness mean in post-Obama America. Rastus & Hattie comes out of all that. Featuring: Courtney Brown, Gordon Hinchen, Samantha Richards, Eric Sever, Amy Schwabauer and Greg White. Approximately 2 hours with an intermission Monday, February 6 The Dangerous House of Mookie Wilson by Cornell Calhoun III Cleveland, Ohio 1954. The Wilson Girls are all grown up and somebody just killed their daddy on 105th. Do they remain ladies or become gangsters?"If you roll the dice, you move the mice." Featuring: Darryl Tatum, Terrell Cole, Christine Johnson, Mia Jones, Leatron Twitty, Zoe Isabela McClain-Ferrell, Carla Macon and Courtney McLain Approximately 1 hour & 10 minutes with no intermission Dobama Theatre is located at 2340 Lee Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 44118 in the Library Annex Building of the Main Branch of the Cleveland Heights Public Library. For more information, please call 216.932.3396

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Voices of Canton, Inc. (VOCI) to perform IMAGINE: a tribute to John Lennon
by via NEohioPAL 01 May '17

01 May '17

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Carol Olson colson(a)voicesofcanton.org 330-455-1000 Photos Available Upon Request Voices of Canton, Inc. (VOCI) to perform IMAGINE: a tribute to John Lennon CANTON, OH – April 28, 2017 Enjoy a night of Beatles and Lennon music wrapped around an adaptation of John Lennon, inspired by interviews he gave throughout his career, and culminating with his final interview which was given only hours before his tragic shooting. Hear musings about the early days where he and Paul were discovering their prowess as songwriters, about how he and Yoko met, her influence on the Beatles, how the fab four never could quite work out a reunion....and much more! Under the direction of Dr. Jon C. Peterson, Voices of Canton will present Imagine, a musical and theatrical tribute to the life and legacy of John Lennon. Favorite tunes by the Beatles will be performed by the chorus and the Sing Stark! band, led by P.J. Chavez. Amidst the music, excerpts from some of John Lennon’s radio interviews will be dramatically recreated by Rob Johansen, who created the concept for the program and authored the script. Rob Johansen is thrilled to make the trek to Canton to perform with Voices of Canton. Originally from New York, Rob came to the midwest to attend the Indiana University Graduate School for Acting. He loved it so much he stayed. Rob has had the good fortune of making his living exclusively through theatre for 21 years. Although Rob works at Regional Theatres across the county, he is proud to call Indianapolis his home. In his time in Indy, Rob has co-founded a successful theatre company, appeared in almost fifty shows at the Indiana Repertory Theatre, become a professional fight choreographer, and taught and directed at five colleges. Rob's biggest passion is volunteering at the Humane Society where he helps train stray and mistreated dogs to become great family members. Imagine will be held at Timken Auditorium (McKinley High School – Downtown Campus) on Saturday, June 3 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for students and may be purchased online at www.voicesofcanton.org or by calling VOCI at 330.452.4098. The school is located at 521 Tuscarawas St W, Canton, OH 44702. The evening’s performance is sponsored in part by Quonset Hut – 3234 Cleveland Avenue NW, Canton. Contact Information: Telephone: 1-330-455-1000 Email Address: colson(a)voicesofcanton.org

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