May 2018 - NEohioPAL - lists.neohiopal.org

***AUDITIONS TONIGHT!*** Blue, Miss Billie at Akron Civic Theatre
by Ma'Sue Productions 29 May '18

29 May '18

****CASTING CALL**** LOOKING FOR TALENTED ACTORS TO STAR IN *BLUE, MISS BILLIEAN ORIGINAL PLAY BY JOHN DAYO-ALIYA* *Seeking roles for:* Black Males 18-35 Black Males over 40 Black Females 18-50 White Males over 35 *May 29th | 7:00pm | Akron Civic Theatre* *Parking:* *Due to construction on Main St. everyone will be using the W BOWERY ST. Stage Door Entrance.* *Description* *Who was Billie Holiday? Was she the jazz starlet that captivated the hearts and imaginations of fans and fellow artists for over half a century; or a drug addled criminal, with a quick wit and even quicker fist? * *This is the question that haunts Fred Worthy, a music journalist and Billie admirer, who has taken on the arduous task of writing a biography about the legendary diva, 20 years after her death, only to discover the very public star lived most of her life in the darker regions **outside the glamour and confetti of the spotlights glare. Worthy soon realizes that in order to discover the truth about Billie he will have to confront the dark truths of his own past. * *"Blue, Miss Billie" is an intelligent, hilarious, stylish entry on one of the most fascinating and notorious personalities of the 20th century. A feast for the senses not to be missed. * *This show is non equity.* All actors are not expected to sing, this is primarily a play with some musical moments. *Roles Available* *T-Boone:* Billie's bassist and long-time friend *John Ives: *A nightclub booking manager *Louis: *Billie's husband and manager *Lorus / Ursula*: Billie's assistant to her assistant / An old rival recalling her time with Billie in her prime *SIGN UP HERE <https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60b0549aaac2da5fa7-blue> if you are planning to attend tonight.* *All additional questions about the production can be addressed at the audition, if you are able to attend. *

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NEO VOICE ACTORS and potential voice actors
by Colors Audio 29 May '18

29 May '18

You’re invited to join our LinkedIn discussion group called “neovo.” https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12058620 <https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12058620> This is not an email list. It’s a private forum that exists on the LinkedIn platform. Topics include performance tips, caveats, business "best practices,” notices of used gear for sale, requests to share expertise - and of course, discussions on how to get work. If you’re on LI, please connect with me and request an invitation to the group! Dan Popp Sound Czar, Colors Audio www.colorsaudio.com <http://www.colorsaudio.com/>

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Stretcher Needed
by Lisa L. Wiley 29 May '18

29 May '18

Cleveland Shakespeare Festival needs a stretcher for their production of Troilus and Cressida. Can you help?! We would like to borrow, rent or even possibly purchase a field/medical corps. type stretcher. Either wooden or aluminum poles are fine. If you have something you think might work, feel free to contact me with your information and details at Email: indigored01(a)gmail.com or text/call 419.366.3734. Thanks so much! Lisa -- Lisa L. Wiley *TD/Sound Design* *T**he Cleveland Shakespeare Festival* *2843 Washington Blvd. Cleveland, OH 44118* *indigored01(a)gmail.com <indigored01(a)gmail.com>* ᐧ

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In Need Of A Gurney
by Marc Howard 29 May '18

29 May '18

Aurora Community Theatre is looking for a usable gurney to borrow for their production of *Next To Normal. *If you have one to loan, please contact the show's director at marc.c.howard(a)gmail.com

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Seeking original musicals
by Bill & Mark Corcoran 28 May '18

28 May '18

There’s still time to submit your original show to Theatre in the Circle’s COCOON incubator for new musicals. http://theatreinthecircle.com/cocoon.html <http://theatreinthecircle.com/cocoon.html> Theatre in the Circle's COCOON is an incubator for new musicals where ideas, songs, characters, scripts and scores can develop and get professional support and mentoring. There are local new play workshops and development opportunities, but no one locally is offering a place to grow fledgling musicals. Imagine Playwrights Local, Playwrights Gym, Test Flight and Entry Point in 5/4 time on Sondheim-steroids. “Putting it together” with a faculty of veteran musical theatre mavens: playwrights, composers, story tellers, conductors, musicians, directors, designers and producers will review submissions, offer suggestions and help musical theater imagineers refine concepts, clear thorny plot problems, restructure and consider appropriate questions. Promising projects will be selected for workshops, staged readings or even fully-realized productions. COCOON submissions are now being accepted. http://theatreinthecircle.com/cocoon.html <http://theatreinthecircle.com/cocoon.html> Theatre in the Circle theatreinthecircle.com <http://theatreinthecircle.com/>

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DAREN STAHL HEADSHOTS AND PRODUCTION PHOTOGRAPHY
by beezersh＠aol.com 28 May '18

28 May '18

Greetings ! I am Daren Stahl. Also known as “Helen Todd’s husband” if you are in the musical theater or opera scene in CLE☺️. Read on if you are looking for new headshots or your first headshot. Or, if you need a production photographer. Happy summer to you all! Peace, ~Daren Stahl Photography Contact Daren Stahl: beezersh(a)aol.com https://darenstahl.smugmug.com/Events/Production-Portfolio/ Now booking for summer productions! Production shots are one of the best ways to promote your theater’s product. Outdoor productions or indoor, call or email today. Headshots $75 for a 1/2 hour session and up to 5 digitally retouched photos are yours to keep AS WELL AS print release on the rest of the session. Indoor, outdoor, B&W or color. "This has been a most enjoyable experience" ~ Evelyn “You have perfectly captured his essence -- his warmth and friendliness...... we are so appreciative to have these images as we mark this big milestone” ~ Julie Schedule your company's production shots today! Daren has taken production photographs for Mercury Theatre Company, Great Lakes Theater Actor-Teacher program, Heights Youth Theater, Theatre in the circle, and more. Production Photography $275 for a full-company dress rehearsal. Full Gallery access, downloads, and prints made available. SMALLER ENSEMBLES PAY LESS. "Thanks to Daren Stahl photography for the great pictures!" ~ Mercury Theatre Company To view Daren's pricing page and for longer portrait sessions, senior photographs and more, click below. https://darenstahl.smugmug.com/Site-Pages/n-p8xckD/Pricing To learn more about Daren and view his portfolio click below: https://darenstahl.smugmug.com/Events/Production-Portfolio/ Contact Daren Stahl: beezersh(a)aol.com

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August: Osage County Auditions TOMORROW!
by Avenue Arts Marketplace & Theatre 28 May '18

28 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. Steve 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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Re: [NEohioPAL] Review of "In the Blood" at convergence-continuum
by Bob Abelman 28 May '18

28 May '18

‘In the Blood’ at con-con earns a scarlet A Bob Abelman Cleveland Jewish News, The News Herald, The Morning Journal Member, American Theatre Critics Association Suzan-Lori Parks’ 1999 play “In the Blood” ends the way Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “The Scarlet Letter” – a novel about 17th century life in Puritan Massachusetts and the play’s source of inspiration – begins. Hester, standing silent on a scaffold while subjected to public humiliation, bravely shows contempt for a hard and pitiless world that offers no mercy to those who transgress its rigid codes of conduct. And, like the Hester of old, this one draws the same conclusion about her plight: “I don’t think the world likes women much.” The play rages acerbically, articulately and without subtlety against a system that grinds women like Hester down, and feels as vital and urgent today as when Hawthorne’s novel was first released. This con-con production captures all this and makes for an intriguing and thought-provoking evening of theater. For more of this article, go to www.clevelandjewishnews.com/columnists/bob_abelman/

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Call for Production Staff - Clague Playhouse
by Clague Playhouse News 28 May '18

28 May '18

Clague Playhouse is looking for Directors of Plays, Directors of Musicals, Musical Directors, Choreographers, Sound Designers, Prop Managers and Costume Designers. If interested, please send your resume to us at info(a)clagueplayhouse.com. - - - - - - - - - Clague Playhouse 1371 Clague Rd. Westlake, OH 44145 (440) 331-0403 Box Office Hours Wed. - Sat. 1-6pm www.ClaguePlayhouse.org "Like" us on Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/ClaguePlayhouse/>!

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Move Extra Celebration Day is May 30th. Join us for a shoot.
by alexpmichaels＠prelude2cinema.com 28 May '18

28 May '18

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