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Teen Acting & Coaching Workshop at WRP
by B W 10 Jun '18

10 Jun '18

Teen Acting Class to be taught by Harriet deVeto The class is open to high school age students for a four week run of 1.5 hours each class. The cost is $100. The class starts July 5th 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM Week 1: Intro & expectations Week 2: Choosing projects Week 3: Analyze, develop, discuss Week 4: Justify results, perform, critique “I have made theatre my life. As a former professional Equity actor, I have performed from New York to California & in most of the regional & community theatres in Northeastern Ohio, starting with the Cleveland Playhouse as a child. Western Reserve Playhouse has become a favorite theatre of mine after performing in six shows here in the past eight years. Teaching & sharing some of my theatre knowledge & experiences will hopefully benefit young people with similar interests.” - Harriet DeVeto

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Seeking Filmmakers who need Fuding
by alexpmichaels＠prelude2cinema.com 10 Jun '18

10 Jun '18

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Casting Call for Film in Downtown Canton, OH
by Dual Phoenix 10 Jun '18

10 Jun '18

We are casting for a Full Feature length Movie in Canton, OH. This movie will be about the everyday life of a Comic Shop Owner and his Various Customers. If interested please contact Dualphoenix71(a)gmail.com or come to the Casting Call at the Stark County Main Branch Library at 715 Market Ave N, Canton, OH 44702 on June 30th from 1-4 PM. The following is a list of Character Sides: TOM — 50 something year old Shop Owner. Tom almost always seems happy. He is quick-witted, intelligent, easy going, and a fountain of knowledge both comic book oriented and other. He is hard to anger but not someone you want to deal with when he gets angry. He is charitable to a fault... some might call him an “easy touch” but his charity stops if he thinks someone is trying to take advantage of him. He tries not to be judgmental but is still a good judge of character. BOB (JON) – Customer/friend/employee. Jon seems happy-go-lucky but that facade hides his depression and low self-esteem. He seems to speak without a filter but, in truth, measures his every statement. He is very intelligent and a voracious reader. He is sharp-witted with a tongue to match. ANGIE (DANI) – Defender of those she cares about and also Jon’s wife. Dani is very intelligent but worries that others do not notice and only see her as “Jon's Wife”. She is not someone a person wants to get on the wrong side of. If she believes in something she is nearly fanatic in her loyalty and is devastated if the person or thing lets her down. WAYNE (SHANE) - mid 20s not the brightest bulb in the chandelier possibly from taking one too many falls from ladders while doing local wrestling shows. Shane is actually much smarter than he would seem at first glance but since he often is the last to get the joke seems like a bit of a dullard. He is good looking and knows he is and in his world, that is more important than being smart. KAREN - mid-20s Shane’s wife. Karen is a very pretty lady with a great shape and impeccable taste which makes it a puzzle as to why she is married to Shane. She has probably never had many close friends just people who wanted to be around her because of who she was and how she looked, therefore, she doesn't trust many people. She is very much used to getting her own way. DEBRA (SUSAN) - Late teens hot looking girl who wandered into the shop one day and for some inexplicable reason, becomes totally enamored with Tom. Susan is a very intelligent person...her knowledge is way beyond her years. She is very defensive and very feisty. Unfortunately, she has been Physically, Mentally, Emotionally, and Sexually abused most of her life. She is being raised by “foster Parents” who do not treat her very well and is generally a loner who does not fit in very well anywhere. Being accepted by Tom has been a new experience and she is trying very hard to understand why...In the past, the only reason men wanted anything to do with her always involved sex and she can't wrap her mind around there being any other reason. She has EXTREMELY low self-esteem. TREVOR (TRAV) - Mid-late 20s Afro-American man. Trev is a fairly angry young man. He has gotten into quite a bit of trouble as he just does not believe rules and laws apply to him. He seldom takes responsibility for his actions. He considers himself a lady’s man and does have more than a few sexual encounters notched in his belt but probably has little understanding of true love. Despite all those flaws he is, at heart a good guy who is always eager to help people who need help. BEN (CHRIS) - Mid-late 20s Afro-American man…Trev’s buddy from childhood. Chris comes from a very dysfunctional family (his mother is an alcoholic and his father completely out of the picture). Despite having spent much of his younger years running wild on the streets he has a good grasp of right and wrong and has never been arrested. He grew up feeling like the runt of the litter so it is very important to him to be strong. His physique is very important to him and he is always working out. Unfortunately, he is less worried about his mental physique and thus not very good scholastically. (Both Ben and Trevor look to Tom as a father figure) OFFICER DAN (designated O. D.)- local cop. Dan has known Tom since he was in College (so long before he became a police officer). Dan is very honest and his job is very important to him and he does it very well. He and Tom joke about Dan's lack of enthusiasm but Dan is diligent in making certain he does his job as well as he can. He truly tries to make a difference at making the city safe. However, when he is in the shop he is just one more “Kid in A Comic Shop” ...Though he is not against playing the “I Am The Law” card to win an argument with the other “Kids”. NORBERT - customer. We really do not know much about Norbert but judging by his interactions one would gather he has not been treated well by others most of his life. He is socially awkward, shy, and used to being made fun of. It takes all the courage he can muster just to walk into the shop and ask about “His Magazine” all the while fearing he will be made fun of or physically assaulted...just for being different. ROBIN - A local hooker. Robin's situation is not that much different than many other women who get caught up in this sort of street life. She is a smart, vulnerable, lady who fell for the wrong guy and lost everything she once had. She is not strung out on any hard drugs so she has a chance to escape this life but that window of escape is getting smaller and smaller. “Life on the Streets” is starting to take its toll on her. She is becoming more jaded and there is a hardness creeping into both her looks and her attitude. RICH (RON) – Customer/friend. Rich is “The New Guy”. He has only been coming into the shop for a few weeks but he has found a “home” among these other members of this non-exclusive club. He is amiable, relatively intelligent and quite able to hold his own in any conversation/ discussion/argument with the rest of the “Gang”. MARK - mid 20s Yuppie type but very gay. Mark wears his homosexuality like a “Badge of honor” probably because he had to keep it hidden for so many years of his life. There is a bit of an edge to Mark. He has been humiliated and abused for most of his life so is generally defensive and very quick to strike back if he thinks he is being attacked. JOE – a generic customer GEORGE – a generic customer ART – a generic customer age late 50s or early 60s

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Audition Reminder! "Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County"
by margaret hnat 10 Jun '18

10 Jun '18

Bay Village Community Theater will hold auditions for a staged reading of Mark Twain's "Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" Monday and Tuesday June 11 and 12 @ 7 pm at St. Barnabas church hall (corner of Wolf and Bradley Rds., Bay Village). Director and adapter Preston Postle is looking for four actors, 2-3 men and 1-2 women, including "one old geezer" (presumably male). Performances will be the third weekend of July. Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script. For additional information, please call 440-847-8494

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Bouffons, Bowling & Beer: OCTP performs Central Concern @ Mahall's 6/15 & 6/16 @ 7:30 pm
by Pandora Robertson 10 Jun '18

10 Jun '18

Have you ever seen bouffon clowns in a bowling alley? Come see Ohio City Theatre Project's (OCTP) zany cast perform our new work *Central Concern* at Mahall's 20 lanes, Lakewood's hip 90-year-old vintage bowling alley. Using music, mockery and mayhem, *Central Concern* aims to be delightfully depraved and entertaining. *Central Concern* takes a satirical look at the history of the American real estate industry and how it championed property values often at the expense of civil rights. Warning, this show contains explicit language and mature content. Facilitated post-show talkbacks immediately follow both shows. On Saturday night only a free interactive mini-theater workshop happens right after the talk-back. *Basic Info:Dates:* Friday & Saturday, June 15 & 16 @ 7:30 pm *Location:* Mahall’s 20 Lanes, 13200 Madison Ave., Lakewood, Oh 44107 <https://maps.google.com/?q=13200+Madison+Ave.,+Lakewood,+Oh+44107&entry=gma…> *Admission:* $15 Includes Show, Drink Ticket & One Free Bowling Game *Reservations: * Just a heads up that Mahall's online ticket site <https://mahalls20lanes.ticketfly.com/> has been on the fritz this past week but the good news is that you can make a reservation the low tech way by calling 216 521-3280 and leave your name on the ticket reservation list. Again you can phone 216 521-3280 and make a reservation. *More info: * online: www.ohiocitytheatreproject.com or Facebook email: bouffon(a)ohiocitytheatreproject.com *Cast of Central Concern:* Wesley Allen, Roxana Bell, Christopher Walker, and Stephanie Wilbert *Musicians*: Daniel McNamara and Jonathan Apriesnig *Creative production team :* Pandora Robertson (Director, Playwright), Daniel McNamara (Music Composer), Robert Peck (Lighting Design), Carolyn Dickey (Costume Designer), and Kitty Wen (Stage Manager & Line Producer Intern)

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Review of "Soho Cinders" at Mercury Theatre
by Bob Abelman 10 Jun '18

10 Jun '18

Mercury offers feel-good boy-meets-boy fairytale, ‘Soho Cinders’ Bob Abelman Cleveland Jewish News, The News Herald, The Morning Journal Member, American Theatre Critics Association Composer George Stiles and lyricist Anthony Drewe have made a career out of adding music to famous fairytales like “The Ugly Duckling,” “The Three Little Pigs” and “Mary Poppins,” and bringing them to the stage. In Mercury Theatre’s “Soho Cinders,” a show that received its world premiere in London’s off-West End in 2012 and has rarely been seen elsewhere since, the Cinderella story has been significantly re-envisioned. Its infrequent stagings are no doubt due to the nature of its reincarnation as a decidedly naughty modern musical rather than the quality of the work itself, which is arguably some of Stiles and Drewe’s best. For more of this article, go to www.clevelandjewishnews.com/columnists/bob_abelman/

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ATT: FILMMAKERS
by Joseph Bauer 10 Jun '18

10 Jun '18

"Pals," my screenplay, is production-ready, and I have access to full funding. What I don't have is an executive producer nor a director. If you are experienced, work well with others and ambitious, please forward your resume to me at: Joeybauer1967(a)gmail.com. The story, a dark comedy, takes place in a Jewish deli and focuses on a young African-American waitress, who referees as a couple of life-long buddies, now in their 70's, battle over an estate fairly, until the gloves come off and sparks fly.

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Coach House Theatre Community Rummage Sale
by Cassandra Capocci 09 Jun '18

09 Jun '18

Coach House Theatre in Akron will host its first annual Community Rummage Sale July 14-15, 2018 9am-5pm. Clean out your closets, your basements, your attics, your garages and sell your stuff with us!! 10'x10' outdoor spaces are available for rent for $30 each. Theatres/choir groups/arts organizations may rent 2 adjoining spaced for $50. Contact ccapocci(a)akronwomanscityclub.org to rent your space. Deadline to rent is July 1st. Spaces are first come first serve. Guidelines and information will be sent with your application form.

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Addams Family Auditions
by Marc Howard 09 Jun '18

09 Jun '18

AURORA COMMUNITY THEATRE AUDITIONS FOR: *The Addams Family**: * *A New Musical Comedy* Based On Characters Created By Charles Addams Book: Marshall Brickman Book: Rick Elice Music and Lyrics: Andrew Lippa Director: Andy Knode Music Director: Michael Nickley Choreographer: Jen Justice Producer: Marc C. Howard *When:* Monday, July 30, 6:00pm - 9:00pm Wednesday, August 1, 6:00pm - 9:00pm Callbacks August 4, 10:00am - 2:00pm *Where:* Aurora Community Theatre 115 East Pioneer Trail Aurora, OH 44202 *Performances:* October 26 - November 17, 2018 Aurora Community Theatre 115 East Pioneer Trail Aurora, OH 44202 *Rehearsals:* Full week rehearsals begin the week of Sept 2, 2018 * Preparation:* A song to show your vocal range, and ability to act through song. Bring sheet music in correct key, pianist will be provided. Please bring a current headshot or photo. Seeking Roles 6 Men, 4 women Principal Roles, and 8 - 10 chorus Audition Sign Up, Go To: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0d4fafa629abfa7-theaddams An original story, and it’s every father’s nightmare. Wednesday Addams, the ultimate princess of darkness, has grown up and fallen in love with a sweet, smart young man from a respectable family – a man her parents have never met. And if that weren’t upsetting enough, Wednesday confides in her father and begs him not to tell her mother. Now, Gomez Addams must do something he’s never done before – keep a secret from his beloved wife, Morticia. Everything will change for the whole family on the fateful night they host a dinner for Wednesday’s ‘normal’ boyfriend and his parents. Characters *Character Description: * *GOMEZ ADDAMS* (40's to 50's; tenor - Bb to G#) Of Spanish descent who takes great pride in his family and revels in all it means to be an “Addams.” Smart, comedic actor short in stature but large in heart. *UNCLE FESTER* (30's to 40's; tenor - C# to C# preferably at belt) Androgynous family member who serves as the musical’s narrator. Larger than life, an energetic, joyous, child-like presence. Vaudeville style comedian, willing to shave his head. *PUGSLEY ADDAMS* (teens; tenor - Bb to F#) Charming, funny, pudgy boy who loves being tortured by his sister. He wants to ensure he won't lose his sister to her new boyfriend, so he takes matters into his own hands. *LURCH* (unknown; bass - Eb to F) Tall, very tall. The Addams butler, knows all, speaks in moans and groans, but not a cartoon version of himself. Movement is slow, very slow. Character actor with large stage presence. *MAL BEINEKE* (40's to 50's; tenor - C# to Bb) Stuffy father of Lucas and exasperated husband to his rhyming wife, Alice. Everything Gomez is not. At one time was a follower of The Grateful Dead but has lost that side of himself. *LUCAS BEINEKE* (20's; tenor - C# to C#) The romantic, 'average' young man who has fallen in love with Wednesday Addams and plans to marry her. Caught in the middle of the two families. Pop voice. *MORTICIA ADDAMS* (40's to 50's; alto - G# to Bb) The real 'head' of the Addams family, as sexy as she is witty. Feels her husband is hiding something from her and will use any tactic to lure the secret out. Strong dancer. *WEDNESDAY ADDAMS* (20's; soprano - Bb to F) Sharp, witty, dry humored. When she finds love with a “normal” boy, Lucas her internal excitement is trying to bust through her cold emotionless exterior. *ALICE BEINEKE* (40's; soprano - G# to G#) Quirky, often speaks in rhyme. Picture perfect Mother to Lucas, stuck in a dull marriage with Mal until her wild side breaks free. *GRANDMA ADDAMS* (100+; belt - G# to F#) Feisty 102-year-old that is fun and quirky and has stopped caring what others think a long time ago. Strong comedic character actress. *THE ANCESTORS* (various genders, ages, and vocal ranges) Ensemble singer/dancers who serve as a Greek Chorus of sorts bring fun with a quirky sensibility. Each actor will create an Addams Family Ancestor character fill out the show and move the story forward. Examples of the Ancestor characters are Bride, Groom, Stewardess, Saloon Girl, Flapper, Pilgrim, Conquistador, Caveman, Cavewoman, Soldier, Sailor, etc.

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Indian music in Kent, Sat., 6/23/2018 (sarangi + tabla)
by David Badagnani 09 Jun '18

09 Jun '18

Standing Rock Cultural Arts' "Around the World" Music SeriespresentsA program of North Indian classical musicfeaturing Samuel Salsbury, sarangiwith Josh Sherman, tabla8:00 p.m., Saturday, June 23, 2018 (final concert of the 2017-2018 season)North Water Street Gallery 300 N. Water Street, Suite HKent, Ohio$10 suggested donation (or pay what you can)preceded by 7:30 p.m. meet-and-greet featuring light food and drinks The final concert of our third season will be a special program of Indian classical music performed by Samuel Salsbury on the sarangi, a rarely heard bowed string instrument of North India, with tabla accompaniment provided by Josh Sherman. The evening will include exquisite selections from the Hindustani tradition of North India, to which Salsbury has devoted intensive study since 2014. Using an instrument that is 125 years old, he will present a full classical raga and two bhajans (devotional songs). Following the performance (which will be presented in one set, without intermission), Salsbury will share stories and photographs from his many extended stays in India, and authentic Indian food from Namaste Cuisine will be served. About the artists: Samuel Salsbury, an Akron native who is also a fine and versatile violinist, improviser, and recording artist, is one of the few non-Indians to play the sarangi, a bowed instrument with 39 strings, whose rich and resonant tone is known for penetrating deep into the hearts of listeners. For the past five years, he has spent between three and four months of each year in the holy city of Varanasi, taking daily lessons with his guru, Pt. Santosh Mishra, an 8th-generation sarangi master. While there earlier this year, he presented three solo concerts; this will be his first in Northeast Ohio since his return home. As a violinist, Salsbury brings soulful depth to a wide assortment of musical styles and situations. Probably best known for his kirtan performances, he has played with many of the world’s leading kirtan artists in the creation of sacred chants rooted in Hinduism and yoga practice. Although he received classical training at the Cleveland Institute of Music, his eclectic musical background has also included performances in the genres of rock, blues, jazz, avant-garde, and Cajun/zydeco. His spiritual journey dates back to early childhood and has taken him to such countries as Cyprus, Egypt, Israel, Japan and, most recently, India. In 2018 he released a CD of original music with Kent musician Mike Hovancsek, entitled The Market of Kashi. Josh Sherman is a Northeast Ohio-based hand percussionist specializing in tabla and East Indian rhythms. He has studied tabla privately for over 13 years with a number of renowned tabla teachers, some of whom he has also had the honor of performing with on multiple occasions. His longest period of study has been with Jim Feist, a disciple of Pt. Yogesh Samsi, one of the foremost exponents of the Punjab gharana of tabla playing. Sherman currently performs as a soloist as well as with several groups (including instrumental world fusion ensemble Global Connections, kirtan ensemble Enchanted Hearts, and the hyper-rhythmic Rudraksh Rhythm Ensemble), and has performed in cross-cultural settings with musicians and dancers of many different styles from around the world. Performance venues of note include Severance Hall, House of Blues, Cain Park, Ingenuity Fest, Tri-C Jazz Fest, Parade the Circle, Cleveland Museum of Art, and the Starwood Festival. He has also conducted workshops for all ages on Indian rhythm theory and other drumming-related topics for the Starwood Festival, Ingenuity Fest, and many Passport Project programs. Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/925056504340452/ Samuel Salsbury Music Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/samuelsalsburymusic/ Josh Sherman website: http://www.joshshermantabla.com/ * * * * * The North Water Street Gallery is conveniently located just a block north of the intersection of Main and Water Streets in Kent, Ohio, with free street parking on both sides of the street. Seating is limited, so arrive early for the best seats. ---------------- Established in 2015, the "Around the World" Music Series is a concert series presenting outstanding musicians from diverse cultures in an intimate setting. Concerts are held approximately every other month in the new theater space of the North Water Street Gallery in downtown Kent, Ohio. The series is an initiative of Standing Rock Cultural Arts, and is curated by ethnomusicologist David Badagnani. The series is made possible by the support of Drs. Terry E. and Sara Stone Miller and the Ohio Arts Council. Standing Rock Cultural Arts Facebook page:https://www.facebook.com/SRCAKent Standing Rock Cultural Arts official site: http://www.standingrock.net/AroundWorldConcertSeries.html http://www.standingrock.net/

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