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Four days to Giselle in Cleveland
by Cleveland City Dance 08 May '18

08 May '18

Just four days until we welcomd Diana Yohe and Joseph Parr as they dance "Giselle" with City Ballet of Cleveland at the Breen. Also on the show is Kent State University Professor Jeffrey Rockland's "Shades of Blue".� Here is a rehearsal clip from last week� �https://www.facebook.com/ClevelandCityDance/posts/1853572858027390?notif_id=1525735396686756&notif_t=page_post_reaction&ref=notif Tickets to the Saturday, May 12 at 7:00 pm can be purchased in advance online at www.cityballetofcleveland.org The performance is at the Breen Center for the Performing Arts with free parking. Cleveland City Dance, Home to City Ballet of Cleveland � � � 13108 Shaker Square Cleveland, OH 44120 www.clevelandcitydance.com / 216-295-2222

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Upcoming Auditions for "Bye Bye Birdie" at Weathervane Playhouse
by Fred Gloor 08 May '18

08 May '18

Auditions are by appointment. ACTIVELY SEEKING A DIVERSE AND AGE-APPROPRIATE CAST. Please arrive 15 minutes early and plan to stay one hour. For more information about this show, visit TAMS WHITMARK'S page HERE: http://www.tamswitmark.com/shows/bye-bye-birdie/<https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tamswitmark.com%2Fshows%2Fb…> Directed by Susan Wallin, Music Directed by Ron Hazelett and Choreographed by Marissa Leenarts AUDITION DATES Sunday, May 20 from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. Monday, May 21 from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. Callbacks, if necessary, will take place on Tuesday, May 22 from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. CLICK HERE http://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f054aaaa62aa2f49-byebye<https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.signupgenius.com%2Fgo%2F20f…> to book your audition appointment online. REHEARSALS Rehearsals will start the week of May 27 and take place Sundays 2:00 - 5:00 p.m. and Mondays through Thursdays from 6:30 - 9:30 p.m. Technical rehearsals are mandatory and take place on: Sunday, July 29 from noon to 10 p.m. Monday, July 30 from 6 to 10 p.m. Tuesday, July 31 from 6 to 10 p.m. Wednesday, August 1 from 6 to 10 p.m. PRODUCTION DATES "Bye Bye Birdie" will play for 16 performances on Weathervane's Mainstage from August 2 to 19, 2018. Performances will be Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 12:30 p.m., Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 2:30 p.m. WHAT TO PREPARE 32 bars of music in the style of Bye Bye Birdie. You will need sheet music in the correct key. An accompanist will be provided. Bring a headshot and/or resume if you have one. Bring your calendar with you in order to declare any conflict dates for rehearsals. Actors age 10 and older. Thank you!

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Award-winning playwright seeks to pre-cast male lead for new dramatic comedy
by Mark Little 08 May '18

08 May '18

Award-winning playwright seeks to pre-cast male lead for new dramatic comedy to play the first three weekends in November in North Olmsted. Male Caucasian capable of playing age 20-25 with good comedic skills. Compensation - $ 1,000 in free legal services (NOT CASH) Call (440) 724-4538 or email at lavellearb(a)aim.com --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. http://www.avg.com

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IMPROV DROP-INS CONTINUE! -MARC MORITZ Second City / Improvolympic (AEA, MFA) -INSTRUCTOR
by Marc Moritz 08 May '18

08 May '18

*Hey Fellow Improvisers / Actors / Newbies!* *SPRING HAS SPRUNG !* *IMPROV DROP-IN SESSIONS!* *THIS SATURDAY!* We are confirmed with a space for our upcoming Drop-In : *Saturday,May 12th@ 11am*@ *-12:30pm* JIM METRISIN PHOTOGRAPHY STUDIO 1400 East 30th. St. #307 <https://maps.google.com/?q=1400+East+30th.+St.+%23307+Cleveland,+Ohio+44114…> <https://maps.google.com/?q=1400+East+30th.+St.+%23307+Cleveland,+Ohio+44114…>Cleveland, Ohio 44114 <https://maps.google.com/?q=1400+East+30th.+St.+%23307+Cleveland,+Ohio+44114…> Plenty of Parking *Our wildly successful **IMPROV DROP- IN CLASSES Return!* Offering *Weekly IMPROV Drop-In Classes* for those with a *Fear of Commitment*! *START ANYTIME! * *SATURDAY IMPROV DROP-INS* SIX WEEKS. *6 Week Session -Saturdays - April 28-June 2* *11am-12:30pm* These Drop-In Classes focus on the basics of performance improvisation. Topics covered include: agreement (“yes and”); active listening; using the environment; basic narrative skills; understanding stage status; and making your fellow improviser look good. Students learn how to initiate scenes, build upon their scene partners' offers, and create scenes with a solid foundation. *HEY OLD TIMERS:* *Bring a Friend to the first class and pay $5 for that class! * *FOR FURTHER INFO / LOCATION AND TO RESERVE A SPACE CONTACT:* *INSTRUCTOR - MARC MORITZ *( SECOND CITY, IMPROVOLYMPIC,AEA,MFA ) *marcmoritz(a)gmail.com <marcmoritz(a)gmail.com>*

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Opens Friday! The Panther Dancer by Logan Cutler Smith
by Playwrights Local 08 May '18

08 May '18

*Playwrights Local PresentsA World PremiereTHE PANTHER DANCERA new play by Logan Cutler SmithDirected by Jimmie Woody------------------------------SHOWDATESMay 11 – 26, 2018Thursday, Friday, & Saturday at 7:30 pmHalf-price Preview: Thursday, May 10 at 7:30 pmVENUECreative Space at Waterloo Arts397 East 156th StreetCleveland, OH 44110TICKETS$18 Adults | $15 Seniors & Groups | $12 Studentshttp://www.playwrightslocal.org/the-panther-dancer/ <http://www.playwrightslocal.org/the-panther-dancer/> (216) 302-8856------------------------------The Panther Dancer is an innovative new play that digs deep beneath the iconicity of a childlike American star. A series of inventive vignettes, this knowing parody follows a young wonder as he strives to become, in his own person, the very greatest show on earth. Tracing the arc of his campaign, the play becomes a playful synthesis of biography and tabloid journalism–a sidelong glance at a meteoric rise and a catastrophic fall.CASTAndrea BelserRobert BranchCorin B. SelfKim SimbeckAnthony VelezCREATIVE TEAMStephanie Bahnij...Stage ManagerChelby Benson...Set DesignerInda Blatch-Geib...Costume DesignerWes Calkin...Lighting DesignerTyler Collins...Social Media CoordinatorDrake Crowind...Projection DesignerSusan Dicken...Production ManagerTom Hayes...CarpenterJocelyn Laracuente...Assistant DirectorDavid Todd...DramaturgBrianna Williams...Sound Designer------------------------------COMPANYPlaywrights LocalCleveland, Ohiohttp://www.playwrightslocal.org/ <http://www.playwrightslocal.org/> *

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Dreamwork: A Playshop for Healers, Artists and Seekers ~ June 9
by nealdragon＠aol.com 08 May '18

08 May '18

Dreamwork: Opening to Sacred Sleep A Playshop for Healers, Artists and Seekers with Neal Szpatura “...you can reach in the darkness and find something like a treasure that is hidden.... And that is what your dream is about. It's bringing back information to your conscious mind that has always been there because you wouldn't dream about it if you didn't have it already within you. It's yours.” ~ Isabelle Allende, from Writers Dreaming There is no finer physician, artist, teacher, coach or spiritual director than your own dreams. Dreamwork is a powerful and beautiful resource for healing, spiritual growth and connection, creativity, and personal evolution. This playshop will help you explore your DreamTime through teachings and techniques from many times, cultures and traditions, in a comfortable, friendly, supportive teaching circle. Learn about dreamwork’s history and practice from ancient Egypt until now. Receive and practice simple techniques to engage, focus and interpret your dreams so you can begin working with their wisdom and guidance, NOW. Saturday, June 9, 2018 10 am – 4 pm Spiritual Life Society and Yoga Center of Hudson 1 East Main Street, Hudson OH Dress comfortably in loose clothing and for the weather. Bring mats, wraps, eyeshades, note-taking material, etc. and be prepared to work on the floor if you wish. (Working in a chair will be fine.) Please bring a lunch and any drinks or snacks you may need to sustain you. And please feel free to bring any small personal charms or power objects to be charged by the good work of the assembled circle. Investment: $75.00. Class size will be limited. For questions or reservation info please contact Lisa Whitefeather at whitefeather144(a)gmail.com (or IM via Face Book) Please note: To ensure a place in the circle, pre-payment is strongly encouraged. Please send a check made out to Neal Szpatura – or cash -- to Neal Szpatura Shaman’s Path PO Box 18006 Cleveland Heights, OH 44118 (Refunds of $60 will be offered to anyone who must cancel on or before June 6. No refunds will be granted after that time.) ~ Neal Szpatura is a shamanic practitioner, dreamwork teacher, writer, Tarot reader and intuitive consultant. He has studied with the Foundation for Shamanic Studies, and with indigenous teachers from North and South America, Africa and Australia. Neal teaches shamanic practice, dreamwork and intuitive development, and works with clients on sacred path issues. His website, which is dusty and covered in cobwebs, is www.shamanspath.org Blessings and Sweet Dreams!

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PICKWICK AUDITIONS - MALE ACTOR - PAID
by Michael Rogaliner 08 May '18

08 May '18

PICKWICK & FROLIC AUDITIONS 2035 East 4th Street Cleveland, OH 44115 The High School Reunion Revenge Murders Pickwick's Newest Murder Mystery Comedy 1 MALE (Around 28 years old) Auditions: Wednesday, May 23 7pm - 8pm Or By Appointment Please e-mail your interest to rogalinerm(a)sbcglobal.net for planning purposes. Digital photos & resumes welcome. This is a scripted show with audience interaction. If you can not make this audition, contact above e-mail address for alternate date. Rehearsals begin August 2016. 4 days per week. Opens September 22, 2018 through August 2019. One performance most weekends on Saturday nights. Pay is $75 - $100 per show. (approx. 30-35 Shows) Please know possible rehearsal and performance conflicts. AUDITION PREPARATION ACTING: Readings from script will be provided Short comic monologue optional CHARACTER BOBBY BOOTHBY: Former President of the Drama Club, Paranoid and Comically Cynical Pickwick & Frolic is located between Euclid and Prospect on East 4th Street in downtown Cleveland across from the House of Blues Restaurant. Written & Directed by Michael Rogaliner Music Directed by John DiSanto

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Audition Workshop grades 7-12 with Mad Factory and Neos in Oberlin!
by Nina Fisher 08 May '18

08 May '18

What: A 3-Sunday audition workshop focusing on singing, acting, and dancing. Where: New Union Center for The Arts, 39 S. Main Street, Oberlin 44074 When: Sundays May 20th, 27th, and June 3rd. 9:30am-4:00pm each day with an informal performance for family and friends on the final day. Who: Students currently in grades 7 through 12! Cost: $150 Presented by: The MAD* Factory (www.madfactory.org) and Neos Center for Dance (www.neosdancetheatre.org) To register: Call Linda at 440-774-7062 Other Details: Students should bring a musical theatre song they would like to be coached on and a monologue no longer than 1 minute. Participants should wear closed toed shoes or bring soft dance shoes if available, and dress comfortably. Pack a lunch! All students receive a t-shirt! Some days will also include Skype Q+A sessions with professionals in the industry. Sign up today to join other teens with a passion for musical theatre!

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Auditions for AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY
by Avenue Arts Marketplace & Theatre 08 May '18

08 May '18

Avenue Arts Marketplace and Theatre announces auditions for: AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY Avenue Arts Marketplace & Theatre is located at 324 Cleveland Ave. NW Canton, Ohio 44702 SYNOPSIS: A vanished father. A pill-popping mother. Three sisters harboring shady little secrets. When the large Weston family unexpectedly reunites after Dad disappears, their Oklahoman family homestead explodes in a maelstrom of repressed truths and unsettling secrets. Mix in Violet, the drugged-up, scathingly acidic matriarch, and you've got a major new play that unflinchingly—and uproariously—exposes the dark side of the Midwestern American family. Directed by: David Lee, Co-Artistic Director Auditions will be held May 29th and 30th from 7-9pm All auditioners are asked to come prepared to cold read from the script. We also ask that you bring a current headshot and resume with you to auditions. Rehearsals will begin June 3rd and will generally be held Sunday-Thursday. Show dates are August 10th, 11th, 17th and 18th at 8pm and August 12th at 2pm. CHARACTERS: Beverly Weston (Male, 60-75) - father and patriarch, an alcoholic and one-time world class poet, polite, soulful, melancholic and ultimately suicidal. Violet Weston (Female, 55-70) - mother and matriarch, devious and cynical, suffering from mouth cancer, addicted to prescription drugs, mostly depressants and narcotics, experiences drug-induced episodes but is sharp-tongued and shrewd, aware of the family's many secrets and not hesitant to reveal them for her own benefit. Barbara Fordham (Female, 35-50) - eldest daughter, mother of Jean and wife of Bill, though they are currently separated, a college professor, tries to gain control of her chaotic mother, dilapidated marriage, and pot-smoking 14-year old daughter, wants to save her marriage, but has intense need to control everything around her as it falls apart. Ivy Weston (Female, 35-50) - middle daughter, stereotypical quiet librarian, mousy, only daughter to have stayed back home, teaches at local college, calm and patient exterior hides a passionate woman gradually growing cynical, secretly having an affair with her "cousin", Little Charles, plans to move to New York with him. Karen Weston (Female, 30-45) - youngest daughter, is newly engaged to Steve, whom she considers the "perfect man", lives with him in Florida, planning to marry him soon, can talk of little but her own happiness even at her father's funeral, chooses to lie to herself about her sleazy fiance. Bill Fordham (Male, 40-55) - Barbara's estranged husband and Jean's father, a college professor, he has left his wife for a younger woman, one of his students, but wants to be there for his family, his marriage is disintegrating and his patience is slowly running thin. Jean Fordham (Female, 16-25) - Barbara's and Bill's smart-tongued daughter, smokes pot and cigarettes, is a vegetarian, loves old movies and is bitter about her parents' split, more naive than she would like to believe. Keith Heidebrecht (Male, 40-55) - Karen's fiancé, a Florida businessman (whose business, it is hinted, may be less than legitimate), not the "perfect man" that Karen considers him; sexually molests Jean after the two smoke pot together. Mattie Fae Aiken (Female, 45-60) - Violet's sister, Charlie's wife and Little Charles' mother, as jaded as her sister, constantly belittles her son and antagonizes her husband. Charlie Aiken (Male, 50-65) - Mattie Fae's husband and presumed father of Little Charles, a genial man, was lifelong friend of Beverly, struggles to get Mattie Fae to respect Little Charles. "Little Charlie Aiken (Male, 25-40) - son of Mattie Fae and Beverly but, like everyone else, believes Charlie is his father, unemployed and clumsy, his mother calls him a "screw-up", is secretly having an affair with Ivy, his “cousin”. Johna Monevata (Female, 20-30) - Cheyenne Indian woman, whom Beverly hires as live-in housekeeper shortly before he disappears, Violet is prejudiced against her, but she wins over the other family members with her cooking skills, hard work, and empathy, the silent witness to much of the mayhem in the house. is the most compassionate and morally grounded of all the characters, at times swoops in saving characters from despair and destruction. Sheriff Deon Gilbeau (Male, 35-50) - high-school classmate and former boyfriend of Barbara's TO SIGN UP: http://www.signupgenius.com/go/60b0c4bafa82ca3fe3-august <http://www.signupgenius.com/go/60b0c4bafa82ca3fe3-august> Please email all questions to avenueartstheatre(a)gmail.com <mailto:avenueartstheatre@gmail.com>

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Porthouse Theatre Hiring Facilities Manager for 2018
by Koneval, Joni 08 May '18

08 May '18

Porthouse Theatre, Kent State University’s summer professional theatre, seeks to hire a Facilities Manager for its Summer 2018 season. Interested applicants should contact Karl Erdmann at kerdmann(a)kent.edu or 330-672-0117. FACILITIES MANAGER FOR PORTHOUSE THEATRE, KENT STATE UNIVERSITY Start Date: May 29, 2018 End Date: August 14, 2018 Total Stipend: $5000 This is a full time position with Porthouse Theatre with hours that include evenings and weekends. Position reports to Production Manager and Managing Director of Porthouse Theatre. Responsibilities include, but not limited to, the following: 1. Maintaining the operations of the Porthouse Theatre, Read Pavilion, Thornbury Picnic Pavilion, Hackett Pavilion and the grounds of Porthouse Theatre at Blossom Music Center. This includes responsibility for the condition of the lawn and flowerbeds, the picnic tables, the parking lot, signage on the property, the pavilions, the theatre, the dressing rooms, and the public and company restrooms. Prepare all buildings and grounds for opening and closing of the season and work all events and performances for the season. 2. Supervise, train, and work with student workers on the Facilities and Concessions Staff at Porthouse Theatre to do daily maintenance of theatre, concessions area, picnic Pavilions, flowers and flower beds and dressing rooms to maintain the overall appearance and safety of the Porthouse Theatre and grounds. 3. Keep the insect and pest situation under control. 4. Assist the Production Manager and Managing Director to facilitate and solve maintenance, concessions, personnel and materials problems as needed. 5. Coordinate with box office and house management in matters of audience control, audience safety, parking and special needs during all performances and events. 6. Work closely with the Porthouse nightly staff member in charge for performances to maintain a high level of customer service. 7. Attend all staff and front of house meetings. 8. Work with the Assistant Concessions Manager to supervise the running of the Porthouse concessions operation to include maintaining the inventory, ordering, bookkeeping, training and supervising. 9. Work with Assistant Concessions Manager to arrange for the timely deposit of all concessions receipts. 10. Work with Assistant Concessions Manager to maintain the Concession Stand standards as set by the Food Service Operation License we have with the Summit County Health District. Joni L. Koneval, Marketing Associate School of Theatre and Dance | Porthouse Theatre Kent State University (330) 672-0116 Office | jkoneval(a)kent.edu kent.edu/theatredance|porthousetheatre.com

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