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Stage Manager Needed-Paid Position
by techdirector＠ncmchorus.org 10 Mar '19

10 Mar '19

The North Coast Men's Chorus is looking for a Stage Manager for its March and June concerts. This is a paid position March concert "Wet" at Lakewood Civic Auditorium Schedule: Middleburg Heights United Church of Christ 7165 Big Creek Pkwy, Middleburg Heights, 44130 Rehearsal Saturday 3/16/2019 Rehearsal from 1pm to 5pm Lakewood Civic Auditorium 14100 Franklin Blvd, Lakewood, OH 44107 Run through Friday, 3/22/2019 from 4pm to 10pm Tech Rehearsal Saturday, 3/24/2019 from 4pm to 7pm Performance Saturday, 3/24/2019 from 8pm to 10pm Performance Sunday, 3/25/2019 call, 3:30pm to 5:30 June Concert "Burn, Baby Burn at Kulas Auditorium at John Carrol University Rehearsal dates to be determined Performances: Saturday, June 15th 8pm Sunday, June 16th 3pm Please contact Michael Rich at the email address below if you are interested. Thank you Michael Rich | Technical Director PRODUCTION DEPARTMENT techdirector(a)ncmchorus.org <mailto:techdirector@ncmchorus.org> www.ncmchorus.org <http://www.ncmchorus.org>

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Job openings for Lorain County Children's Pioneer Theatre
by Bette Lou Higgins 10 Mar '19

10 Mar '19

*STAFF POSITIONS OPEN FOR THE 2019 SEASON OF LORAIN COUNTY CHILDREN'S PIONEER THEATRE ARE:* *Music Director * The music director is the creative, artistic assistant to the Director. The music director is responsible for interpreting the script, auditioning the actors, selecting a cast, teaching and rehearsing the cast in their singing, polishing the songs and presenting the artistic creation for an audience. The Music Director also teaches workshops in music. *Choreographer: * The choreographer is the creative, artistic assistant to the Director. The choreographer is responsible for interpreting the script, auditioning the actors, selecting a cast, creating teaching and rehearsing the cast in their dances, polishing the dances and presenting the artistic creation for an audience. The Choreographer also teaches workshops in dance. * and Production Assistant: * The Production Assistant reports directly to the Executive Coordinator. The PA will be responsible for assisting in group activities for all age groups during the rehearsal process and any tasks assigned by the Executive Coordinator. This could include, small group instruction, assisting the costumer, tech director, or director during the run of the program. The following is a list of specific items that need to be done and a time frame for accomplishing your tasks. The Production Assistant has no financial oversight responsibilities. All promises of payment and/or gifts are to be approved by the Executive Coordinator BEFORE being made. *Anyone interested in these positions should e-mail a letter of interest and resume to Ms. Jennifer Knowlton at **jlk007(a)windstream.net <jlk007(a)windstream.net>* *For more information visit: www.loraincountychildrenspioneertheatre.org <http://www.loraincountychildrenspioneertheatre.org>*

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Intro to Woodwinds Class
by Seemann, Angelina 10 Mar '19

10 Mar '19

Have you ever wanted to learn more about instruments, or are you already in band but are considering picking up a woodwind? Green Music School is offering out first class of 2019, Intro to Woodwinds! Intro to Woodwinds taught by our new woodwind instructor, Josh Loar! This class is open to beginners and advanced students alike! This class will cover woodwind instruments such as clarinet, flute, saxophone, and more! Come learn about what makes woodwinds so interesting and beautiful! You might even get a chance to play these instruments! If you are a woodwind instrumentalist and would like to attend the class, you are more than welcome to bring your instrument along! The class will take place at *Green Music School*, l*ocated* at 2390 South Arlington Road, Akron, Ohio 44310. *Time & Day:* Friday, March 15th at 6pm *Cost:* $5 for students, $8 for non-students *Is this something you would be interested in? Sign up here <https://goo.gl/forms/9lEuhM6OzO8o2jLJ3> or email us at office(a)fallsmusicschool.com <office(a)fallsmusicschool.com> * <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campai…> Virus-free. www.avast.com <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campai…> <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2>

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Seeking Music Instructors
by Julia Mihalich 10 Mar '19

10 Mar '19

Hello, Portage Music Lessons is seeking to add new private instructors to our team. We are primarily looking for people who can teach Voice, Piano or Guitar to ALL age groups, but will accept other applications. Previous teaching experience is preferred. Those applying for a voice instructor position should be comfortable teaching multiple genres. If you are a qualified and passionate teacher looking to share your love of music with students, please send your resume and other related materials to portagemusiclessons(a)gmail.com Sincerely, Portage Music LessonsLocated in Mantua, Bainbridge and Streetsborohttps://www.portagemusiclessons.com/(330) 800-0168

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Review of Dobama Theatre's "The Nether"
by Bob Abelman 09 Mar '19

09 Mar '19

Net neutrality drives the drama in Dobama’s intriguing ‘The Nether’ Bob Abelman Cleveland Jewish News, The News Herald, The Morning Journal The prolonged, ear-splitting sound of cicadas during “Appropriate.” The spooky Civil War-era house with its creepy dead-eyed doll collection in “John.” The political and profane provocation that is “Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again.” Dobama Theatre seems to be daring an audience to attend its recent productions, including its current staging of Jennifer Haley’s “The Nether,” which received its world premiere in Los Angeles in 2013. If you are appalled by the pedophilia that dominates the HBO documentary “Leaving Neverland,” then you will most certainly find yourself leaving alone “The Nether” considering that its central character is an unapologetic pedophile whose online business provides a safe haven and playground for like-minded clientele. And if you sat dazed and confused over the concept of immersive virtual reality during “The Matrix” and “Inception,” then you will find yourself slack-jawed and cross-eyed during Dobama’s 90-minute dark drama, which is set in a virtual wonderland called The Nether. There are plenty of reasons not to see this play. But there are so many more reasons why you should. For more of this article, go to www.clevelandjewishnews.com/columnists/bob_abelman/

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Enjoy Irish live music and dance on St. Patrick's Day - family atmosphere
by Jack Kilroy 09 Mar '19

09 Mar '19

*A sober St. Patrick’s Day party and celebration, presented by Sober Seventeenth, Inc. and The LCADA Way, returns to Avon Lake’s elegant Ahern’s Banquet Center to offer a family friendly, rip-roaring good time from 5pm to 8pm on Sunday, March 17th, 2019 for the sixth consecutive year.* Admission includes food and great entertainment. Tickets are $20 and $6 for kids aged 10 & under. Advance sale and online tickets are only $17 and are available online at https://sober17.brownpapertickets.com and paper tickets are available at Casey’s Irish Imports in Rocky River, Ohio. ● Back by popular demand and directly from Ireland is James Kilbane. Kilbane is, famous for the 2005 “You’re a Star” televised competition and has gone on to achieve multi-platinum sales of his recordings in Ireland and become County Mayo’s number one singer. ● Making their Sober Seventeenth debut, The McNamaras from Cleveland performing traditional Irish tunes on flute, tin whistle, and fiddle; ● Guests will be greeted by bagpipe tunes by 13-year-old prodigy Reece Colovini. Reece is the youngest piper in the history of the 87th Cleveland Pipe Band, a competitive pipe band founded in Cleveland in 1987. ● The award-winning Burke School of Irish Dance will showcase authentic Irish culture through the performance of young Irish step dancers, always a crowd favorite. The Burke School of Irish Dance was founded by Theresa (Tessie) Burke of Elyria who has been teaching Irish Dance for the past sixty years. ● Fun for kids, including shamrock face-painting and a St. Patrick’s Day theme coloring contest with valuable prizes donated by Pat Catan's. Judge Sherry Glass of the Lorain County Juvenile Court will chair the panel of judges for the contest. ● A saintly serving of Irish and international favorites for every taste and appetite including: Corned beef, Swedish meatballs, Italian sausage, cheese crackers and veggies, fresh fruit display, chicken lollipop (gluten free), mini hamburgers, pasta marinara and pasta Mediterranean, tea, coffee and soft drinks. -- Jack Kilroy Tel. 440-759-1253 * People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.* (George Bernard Shaw, Irish writer) http://www.facebook.com/pages/John-P-Kilroy-Co-LPA/227957677221720 www.jackkilroy.com

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AUDITIONS for TUCK EVERLASTING directed by FRED STERNFELD
by fctheatre 09 Mar '19

09 Mar '19

French Creek Theatre<http://metroparks.cc/theatre.php> announces auditions for... TUCK EVERLASTING Book by Claudia Shear & Tim Federle Music by Chris Miller | Lyrics by Nathan Tysen Based on the novel by Natalie Babbitt Director - Fred Sternfeld Choreographer - Jen Justice Music Director - David Williams Set Designer - Derek Green Sound Designer - Stan Kozak Light Designer - Rob Peck Costume Designer - Inda Blatch-Geib Stage Manager - Charlene Hartley Dance Captain - Marlee Roberts Floyd The woods of Treegap, New Hampshire beckon eleven-year-old Winnie Foster to escape her humdrum, small town life. Once within, she discovers a spring with a powerful secret, and a boy with a mysterious past. Pursued by a strange man in yellow, she learns the truth about the connection between the boy's family and the water, and is forced to make a decision with everlasting consequences. PERFORMANCES July 19 - August 4, 2019 Fridays & Saturdays at 7:30PM Sundays at 3:00PM AUDITIONS Saturday, April 6 10:00AM-11:00AM BY APPOINTMENT Email<mailto:fctheatre@metroparks.cc> or call (440) 949-5200 to reserve a 5-minute slot Callbacks by invitation immediately following. Callbacks will consist of a dance audition and singing and reading from the script. *If you are unable to make this date, a video submission is acceptable. To inquire about a video submission, please write to director Fred Sternfeld<mailto:fredsternfeld@gmail.com>* PREPARATION · Present a memorized, one-minute song that is character / objective driven. Songs from the show or other Broadway musicals are acceptable. Please bring sheet music; an accompanist will be provided. · Present a memorized one minute contemporary monologue OR read a selection from the script. Sides will be available at auditions to look over. · Please bring a resume/headshot or a list of experience and picture of yourself. REHEARSALS Beginning June, 2019. Rehearsals will be scheduled based on availability of the cast on weekday evenings and weekend mornings, afternoons or evenings 4 to 5 times per week. There will also be one cast gathering in March or April for a meet and greet and read / sing through. CAST REQUIREMENTS Open roles highlighted. Seeking a multi-racial, multi-ethnic cast. All actors receive a stipend. WINNIE - CAST Calista Zajac JESSE TUCK - CAST Stephen Sandham MILES TUCK - CAST Aidan McKeon MAE TUCK - CAST Amiee Collier PA TUCK - Male, 40's. Once awakened, a vibrant, virile man. He is an indulgent father, a fond if forgetful husband, but a true soul with a deep well of love and profound understanding of the life around him. NANA - CAST Jeanne Task MAN IN YELLOW SUIT - Male, 60's. Creepy and persuasive, a man with an obsession, a secret. HUGO - CAST Josh McElroy BETSY FOSTER - Female, 30's. Winnie's mother. A gentle woman almost broken by grief and fear and loss. Adversity finds her brave and unbending. CONSTABLE JOE - Male, 60's. Seemingly a buffoon, his simple manner belies a sharp wit and kind heart. ENSEMBLE - Any gender, ages 10+. A strong singing and dancing ensemble that also plays other characters including the people working at and participating in the Carnival. CREATIVE STAFF FRED STERNFELD, DIRECTOR Fred is pleased to be returning to French Creek Theatre, where he has directed eight productions over the last ten years: Baby, Steel Magnolias, West Side Story, The Miracle Worker, The Fantasticks, The Glass Menagerie, Next to Normal and Death of a Salesman. Over the past 40 years, he has concentrated his efforts on directing more than 130 productions in Cleveland, Seattle and Dallas. Current local directorial credits include Other Desert Cities at Clague Playhouse, the upcoming Mamma Mia! at Chagrin Valley Little Theatre, You Can't Take It With You at Karamu House Theatre, Of Mice and Men at Coach House Theatre and Good People at Aurora Theatre. Fred is widely represented on Northeast Ohio stages through diverse projects, garnering numerous honors and awards, some of which are listed here: Company, Les Miserables: School Edition and A Little Night Music at Fairmount Performing Arts Conservatory, Next to Normal, West Side Story, The Miracle Worker and Baby at TrueNorth, Rent and Into the Woods at Hathaway Brown Theatre Institute, Yellowman and The Bluest Eye at Karamu Theatre, Saturday Night, Disney's Beauty and the Beast and Peter Pan at Beck Center, Ragtime, the musical, Conversations With My Father and Man of La Mancha at the JCC and Fiddler on the Roof and The Sound of Music at Cain Park. Additionally, he and his wife Randi recently started producing shows on Broadway - the off broadway hit (transferring to Broadway in February) Be More Chill, the upcoming revival of The Secret Garden and a new musical written by Jerry Zucker (film: Airplane, Naked Gun, Ghost) currently titled Intermission! The Musical! www.fredsternfeld.com<http://www.fredsternfeld.com>. DAVID A. WILLIAMS, MUSIC DIRECTOR David was born in Cleveland, Ohio into a musical family. His older brother, Wayne, was minister of music at East Mount Zion Baptist Church where the family attended and W.C. Handy was a cousin to their maternal grandmother. David began his professional career as a pianist for "The Gene Carroll/Entertainment Five Show" (WEWS-TV, ABC). In junior high school at the time, he was hired as music director for the last five years of its run. During this time, he sang with the Cleveland Orchestra Chorus and studied piano and voice at Cleveland State University. David also attended Summer Music Academy in Hudson, Ohio. There, he studied choral conducting with William Appling and Robert Shaw. David then left Cleveland to attend The University of Cincinnati-College Conservatory of Music. While there, he worked on productions of Carousel; Flora, the Red Menace; Chess; Evita; Into the Woods; and Two Gentlemen of Verona. In 1988, he earned his bachelor's degree in Jazz and Studio Music. Upon graduation, he began three years of sailing around the world with Princess Cruises. David would play the main lounge shows, with small combos, or solo piano bar. In 1991, David returned to Cincinnati and in 1993, earned his master's degree in Orchestral Conducting. He then moved to Ft. Lauderdale where he musically directed shows with Jean Ann Ryan Productions for the Norwegian Cruise Line fleet. These productions included George M; Chorus Line; Dreamgirls; Hello, Dolly; Pippin; Meet Me in St. Louis; and My Fair Lady. David left Ft. Lauderdale when he started conducting over six hundred performances of Smokey Joe's Café in Reno, Nevada; Germany; Switzerland; and Brazil. He later returned to Germany for productions of Beauty and the Beast and Grease. In 2007, David joined a company of West Side Story as assistant conductor/principal pianist. The tour included performances in Italy, Holland, South Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, and China. It was the fiftieth anniversary of the show and included the Chinese premiere. A U.S. tour of I Can't Stop Loving You, a Ray Charles tribute, followed. After this, he decided to move back home to be closer to his family. Back in northeast Ohio, David performs with the Cleveland Pops Orchestra at Severance Hall and has conducted productions of Ragtime; A Little Night Music; Les Miserables; 1940's Radio Hour; 13, The Musical; She Loves Me; Jesus Christ Superstar; Sideshow; Man of La Mancha; Five Guys Named Moe; The Boys from Syracuse; and Children of Eden at various theaters. JEN JUSTICE, CHOREOGRAPHER Jen is honored to be a part of this amazing production team of Tuck Everlasting at French Creek Theatre. She has been working in the Cleveland area as both a choreographer and performer for more than 20 years. Her work has appeared at several local venues, including Chagrin Valley Little Theatre, The Cassidy Theatre, Lakeland Civic Theatre, The Fine Arts Association, True North, Pickwick and Frolic, as well as several high school and youth theater productions. Favorite production credits include Chicago, Pippin, American Idiot, The Producers, Spamalot, Shrek, White Christmas, Seussical, Grease, Beauty and The Beast, Hairspray, Jesus Christ Superstar, Thoroughly Modern Millie, and Legally Blonde, as well as 7 installments of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. As a performer, Jennifer has appeared in local productions of Chicago (Roxie Hart), A Chorus Line (Cassie), Anything Goes (Reno Sweeney), Little Shop of Horrors (Audrey), Guys and Dolls (Miss Adelaide), The Addams Family (Morticia), The Pajama Game (Gladys Hotchkiss), Steel Magnolias (Truvy), You're A Good Man Charlie Brown (Sally), and most recently Rhetta Cupp in Theatre in The Circle's production of Pump Boys and Dinettes

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Lawrence School Seeks Rehearsal & Performance Accompanist for SHREK
by Patty 08 Mar '19

08 Mar '19

Lawrence School is seeking a highly skilled accompanist for their upcoming production of SHREK: The Musical. Interested accompanists should email music director, Stafford Merk ( smerk(a)lawrenceschool.org) Please include a resume, references, and contact information. *Rehearsals Dates Include: * *- *Saturday, 3/16 11-3 - Tuesday, 3/19 3:30 - 5:30 - Tuesday, 4/2 3:30 - 5:30 - Wednesday, 4/3 3:30 - 5:30 - Thursday & Friday 4/4 & 4/5 3:30 - 6:30 - Saturday, 4/6 11-3 - Sunday, 4/7 2-6 - Monday, 4/8 5-8:00 - Tuesday, 4/9 4:30 -8:30 (Dress Rehearsal) - Wednesday, 4/10 4:30 - 8:30 (Final Dress Rehearsal) *Performance Dates & Call Times Include: * - Thursday, 4/11 4:00 - 10:00 (Rehearsal & Performance #1) - Friday, 4/12 4:30 - 10:00 (Clean-up & Performance #2) - Saturday, 4/13 6:00 - 10:00 (Performance #3) - Sunday, 4/14 1:30 - 5:00 (Performance #4) Pay is competitive with other school-level productions. We look forward to having someone skilled and pleasant to join our team! -- <https://www.facebook.com/LawrenceSchoolLions/> <https://www.instagram.com/lawrenceschool/> <https://mail.google.com/> <https://twitter.com/lawrenceschool> <https://www.youtube.com/user/LawrenceSchoolLions/> * Patty Sternad* * 7th Grade World History Teacher & MS Cooking Specialist** P*: 330.908.6800 * W*: psternad(a)lawrenceschoo.org * Great minds don't think alike!*

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TONIGHT CURTAIN TIME 8 PM
by patricia dailyda 08 Mar '19

08 Mar '19

Driving Miss Daisy tonight in Strongsville, directed by Chris Bizub, ongoing weekends until March 17.

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Berko review: SCHOOL OF ROCK THE MUSICAL
by Roy Berko 08 Mar '19

08 Mar '19

*•••••••••••••••••••••••••••* *CAPSULE JUDGEMENT: I didn’t find the touring production to be as dynamic as the Broadway show, but few patrons are going to leave not entertained. Come on, the stage is filled with talented kids, loaded with shticks and gimmicks, a dynamic score enfolded in an easily followed, yet obvious, story. What’s not to like?* *To read the entire review go to: www.royberko.info <http://www.royberko.info>. To read the capsule judgements of the other Cleveland reviewers go to: www.clevelandtheaterreviews.com <http://www.clevelandtheaterreviews.com>* *••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••*

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