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2019 Open Submissions Closing Soon - Playwrights Local
by Greg Smith (Playwrights Local) 16 Apr '19

16 Apr '19

================================================== 2019 OPEN SUBMISSIONS OF NEW PLAYS ================================================== PLAYWRIGHTS LOCAL 2019 OPEN SUBMISSION PERIOD CLOSING SOON! NEW TEN-MINUTE, ONE-ACT, FULL-LENGTH, AND RADIO PLAYS BY WRITERS FROM NORTHEAST OHIO ACCEPTED FROM JANUARY 1 - APRIL 30, 2019. NO FEE FOR SUBMITTING! Playwrights Local [1] seeks original, unproduced plays for our 2019-2020 season and events, including: * Staged readings of plays of all lengths in our annual Cleveland Playwrights Festival; * Development of full-lengths in our Play Lab program; * Readings of one-acts and full-lengths in our Roundtable workshop; * Production of audio plays in our PodPlay series; * Consideration of full-lengths for production in our 2020-2021 season. Playwrights may submit up to three pieces (1 per form): * One ten-minute play (10 pages or less) * One one-act (30-60 pages) or full-length play (60-120 pages) * One radio/podcast play (25-60 pages) All unproduced, original plays for adult audiences are accepted, including one-person plays. (Not accepted: children’s plays, musicals, adaptations of copyrighted material, and translations.) Find more information at http://playwrightslocal.org/submissions/ [2]. NO SUBMISSION FEE Open to all playwrights age 18 or older who are permanent residents of any county in Northeast Ohio [3]. Submissions open at 12:01am on January 1, 2019, and close at midnight on April 30, 2019. Early submissions are encouraged. Selections will be announced by August 31, 2019. For guidelines and additional information, see http://playwrightslocal.org/submissions/ [4]. ABOUT US Playwrights Local is a 501(c)(3) theater company based in Cleveland. As a playwrights’ center, our goal is to provide a home base for all novice and experienced dramatic writers in Northeast Ohio—that is, to serve as a creative outlet for anyone interested in writing for the stage and screen. We offer free classes, produce original plays, provide networking opportunities, and engage the community through outreach projects. Playwrights Local strives to increase the impact of original theater on the community and to raise the profile of area playwrights both within Greater Cleveland and beyond. Links: ------ [1] http://www.playwrightslocal.org/ [2] http://playwrightslocal.org/submissions/ [3] https://wikitravel.org/upload/en/6/69/NE_Ohio_Counties.png [4] http://playwrightslocal.org/submissions/

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Attend GroundWorks Gala for FREE
by Rebecca Burcher 16 Apr '19

16 Apr '19

*Experience GroundWorks annual gala, It Takes Two! firsthand as a volunteer! * It Takes Two! is GroundWorks DanceTheater’s annual fundraising gala, a highly-anticipated Dancing with the Stars-style competition featuring local celebrity dancers paired alongside GWDT dancers. The event will commence at 7pm on April 27th and we are looking for volunteers to help out with the event to help make it run as smooth as possible. Volunteers will be asked to work the event from 6pm-10pm and will assist with registration and live voting, all while getting to watch the performances themselves! Volunteers will receive a meal and a drink ticket for their assistance and we encourage all volunteers to stay after the performance and help us dance the night away! There will be a small volunteer training the week of the Benefit for those helping with registration, but we will provide food and it won't take long. We want registration to go as seamlessly as possible, so having a training session before the Benefit will help the process and give everyone a chance to familiarize themselves with the event technology. If you are interested, please fill out this form <https://groundworksdance.ejoinme.org/MyEvents/ItTakesTwo2019/Volunteer/tabi…>. I will be in touch with those on the list very soon! We thank you for considering being a volunteer. Without volunteers like you, the event wouldn't be possible.

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Acting Coach
by Lara Mielcarek 16 Apr '19

16 Apr '19

Lara Mielcarek is now accepting acting students. She coaches out of theatres on both the West and East side of Cleveland, providing down-to-earth classes to improve your acting skills or prepare for auditions. She is happy to work with anyone willing to put forth the effort- from the novice to the professional. Come expand your imagination through neutral mask exploration, work toward becoming proficient with Shakespeare's verse or put together a dynamic audition package. $40 per session or $60 for a pair- bring an actor friend to work with you! (Session bundles at a discounted rate- 2 classes- $75, 3 classes- $90) All sessions are approx 60 minutes Small groups welcome. "I have 14 years of experience performing Shakespeare and a proven track record of success in helping private students get into prestigious programs. I've taught Audition Technique at CSU for years and love to help you learn to showcase your talent." Lara has been a member of Actors Equity since 2010. MFA-Penn State University/BFA-Kent. Cleveland Critics' Best Actress award 2015, 2017. Email- lara.mielcarek39(a)gmail.com with any questions or to schedule an appointment.

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Wake Up And Live's Actors Studio (WUAL) Needs Additional Female Cast Member
by sue holland johnson 16 Apr '19

16 Apr '19

Wake Up And Live’s Actors Studio (WUAL) Needs Additional Female Cast Member WUALPresents “Black and Blue Rhapsody,”by Richard Asbury. co-Directed by Anthony HarrisBrown and Richard Asbury Female Character needed forrole of Mary Ellen: Bl female. Mid-20’s – early 40’s. Capable of aging thecharacter, over 20 years. Mary Ellen, Mail Carrier, notafraid to express her feelings about political, social, and cultural issues. A ‘bubbly,’energetic woman, Mary Ellen is an optimist who brings a hopeful attitude tomost situations. “Black and Blue Rhapsody” isan exciting drama about the ongoing attitudes, beliefs, perceptions andbehaviors experienced between African American neighborhoods and policecommunity relations. “Blackand Blue Rhapsody” raises the question, “Does anything change except the date?”when it comes to African American and police community relations? The story unfolds at the Rainey Institute, 1705 E. 55th Street, Cleveland, OH 44103. Saturday, June 1st, 7:00 P and Sunday, June 2nd,3:00 P. Rehearsals beginning, Wed. 4/17, 6:00 P, Maple Hts. Library. Next rehearsal, Sat. April, 20, 2:00 P. Van Aken Blvd.Script emailed in advance.Conflicts negotiated.Stipend. Note: If interested, and availableto audition for the role, Wed. 4/17, 6:00 P, Maple Hts. Library, contactRichard Asbury, Playwright, a.z.writer2015(a)gmail.comfor arrangements. If interested, but not available to read Wed.4/17, please submit headshot and resume to: Sue Johnson, wakeupandlives(a)gmail.com, by Thursday, April 18th. Thanks . . . Sue Johnson, SAG/AFTRADirector, Wake Up And Live's Actors' StudioProducer, "Wake Up And Live with the Arts"wakeupandlives(a)gmail.com . . . . ."Black and Blue Rhapsody" is Coming, Soon! Go to https://youtu.be/ShevLSq5l2I to learn more!

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Get Hep Swing celebrates 20th anniversary at Swing Prom at The Beachland Ballroom April 27th
by Valerie Salstrom 16 Apr '19

16 Apr '19

Get Hep Swing celebrates 20th anniversary at Swing Prom at The Beachland Ballroom April 27th Saturday, April 27th at The Beachland Ballroom Doors open - 7 pm Beginner-friendly Jitterbug lesson - 7:30-8 pm No partner or experience required. The Jazz Vipers featuring Sweet B - 8 pm Swing Prom King & Queen crowned - 9:30 pm $15 per person Tickets may be purchased directly from Valerie Salstrom or The Beachland Ballroom. $18 day of show Purchase tickets online at https://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/1839385?utm_medium=bks&fbclid=IwAR… We are going back to the birthplace of the modern swing dance scene in Cleveland, Ohio. The Beachland Ballroom is where so many of us saw our first live concerts that made us want to get up and take to the dance floor with triple steps, rock steps, swivels, spins, and kicks. Celebrate Get Hep Swing’s 20th Anniversary at the annual Swing Prom on Saturday, April 27th with Get Hep Swing's creators Valerie Salstrom and Joel Plys. Whether you are a swing dancer or swing music fan from 1999 or 2019, this is a not-to-be-missed event. We have exciting plans for the evening including - Adam Lee and Brittney Caraway joining forces to present you a truly unforgettable night of swing music from The Pitt Vipers featuring Sweet B. A performance by internationally acclaimed swing dance champions, Alexis Davila and Cyle Dixon. A beginner-friendly jitterbug lesson with Valerie Salstrom and her first dance partner and co-creator of Get Hep Swing, Joel Plys. A photo op spot for you and your friends to show off in your prom attire. The chance to win swell prizes if you are elected to the swing prom court. Dress to impress. Get Hep Swing - Valerie Salstrom and Joel Plys created the Cleveland-based swing dance company in 1999 to share their passion for all forms of swing dance from the 1920s through the 1950s. They spent many nights dancing to live music and especially loved the time they spent tearing it up at The Beachland Ballroom. They cannot wait to return and cut a rug with you all. Joel currently lives in Southern California and we are so pleased that he is able to make it back to Cleveland to celebrate this momentous occasion with his long-time and new swing dance friends. Valerie continues to operate Get Hep Swing and you can often see her teaching, dancing, performing, competing, and judging all over Cleveland, the United States, Europe, and Asia. Musical guests - The Pitt Vipers featuring Sweet B. - A little big band with a classic swing sound, tailor-made for dancing with arrangements by Adam Lee. Featured dancers - Alexis Davila and Cyle Dixon - Alexis Davila and Cyle Dixon have been studying swing dance for over nine years and are graduates of Valerie Salstrom’s youth program, The Cleveland Junior Jitterbugs. Alexis and Cyle have performed, competed, and taught all over the United States.

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CWRU MaDaCol Dance Concert!
by Meredith Bruch 16 Apr '19

16 Apr '19

*MaDaCol Dance Concert **brought to you by The Departmnet of Dance at Case Western Reserve University! Be sure to reserve your ticket before we sell out!! Looking forward to seeing you! * The Department of Dance at Case Western Reserve University is pleased to announce this spring’s production of MaDaCol (Mather Dance Collective) presented on *April 18 and 19 at 8:00 p.m.*and *April 20 at 7:00 p.m. and 8:30 p.m.*Performances will feature new dance works by graduate students Brandon Gregoire and Yuting Zhao, undergraduate Amanda Lindamood, and the return of a work by CWRU alumna Ziying Cui. MaDaCol, one of the university’s oldest undergraduate student organizations, offers an important creative outlet for CWRU graduate and undergraduate students, faculty, staff, and the greater Cleveland community members. *About the Works:* Set to a dramatic composition by Silvestre Revueltas, Yuting Zhao’s *Vicissitudes *looks into the past to shed light on moments when a group of people interact with each other. There is solidarity, but also exclusion, and manipulation. Though you never know, by the end of the day, how much or how little is within control. Brandon Gregoire’s new work, *HELLION*, explores dynamics shifts within a group of people. Within this group emerges an individual with a mischievous personality and selfish agenda to make the group partake in a different movement quality. Little does this individual know, the group will morph and change as one, leaving the ‘hellion’ to fall behind and be forgotten. *Resonance*is a quintet choreographed by Amanda Lindamood for her senior creative capstone project in dance, set to music by composer Gyorgy Ligeti. This is an abstract work in three sections featuring a solo done by the choreographer. Returning to the MaDaCol stage, CWRU alumna Ziying Cui’s *Poem of “Drum”*is set to a percussion composition by Hok-Man Yim wherein drumbeats represent spiritual guidance and the strong and intense beat in our hearts. *Tickets and Location:* All performances take place at Mather Dance Center located at 11201 Bellflower Road, on the Case Western Reserve University campus. All tickets are $7 and may be purchased at Mather Dance Center prior to each performance. Only cash or check are accepted upon purchase. Early arrival is suggested due to limited seating. No reservations and no advance sales will be made. For more information, please visit dance.case.edu.

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STAGE MANAGER WANTED
by fctheatre 16 Apr '19

16 Apr '19

French Creek Theatre<http://metroparks.cc/theatre.php> seeks a STAGE MANAGER immediately for INTO THE WOODS directed by Anthony Trifiletti, currently in rehearsals / production dates: May 31-June 16 Interested parties contact Brian McNally by email<mailto:bmcnally@metroparks.cc> or phone at (440) 949-5200 x229

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TECHNICAL DIRECTOR WANTED
by fctheatre 16 Apr '19

16 Apr '19

French Creek Theatre<http://metroparks.cc/theatre.php> seeks a TECHNICAL DIRECTOR for the remainder of the 2018-2019 season<http://metroparks.cc/french-creek-theatre-schedule.php> Interested parties contact Brian McNally by email<mailto:bmcnally@metroparks.cc> or phone at (440) 949-5200 x229

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COH Pilot Casting
by Luka Blackhill 16 Apr '19

16 Apr '19

Casting Call for Colors Of HIM Pilot. Shot takes place on Cleveland's Westside Cast of COLORS of HIM must be comfortable with: Mature and vulgar language. Themes of Drug Abuse, Homosexuality, Gun Violence and Strong Sexual content ** Trigger Warning** Landon “Tooth” Roberts Black Male Late 20s 5’11 and Taller A Headstrong male. Landon is sharp and Street smart, but continues to let his heart make decisions for him. Landon’s father is a CEO of a major Company, He gives Landon a gift of controlling the drug arena of cleveland's west side. Landon now in a lead position has a unconventional connection to EZRA, Will he keep it together or will his heart take over yet again? After a intense and scary party Landon saves Ezra from a stampede of fleeing people. Ever since then Landon continues to finds ways to stay close and rotate around the world of Ezra until the moment when he eventually melts into the only one who truly loves him. This is love story of little words. Jamell “Iggy Saint” Sigh POC Male Late/Early 20s -- The new kid on the block. Jamell is the Up and coming dealer on cleveland's west side. Him and his gang are a threat to the established gang led by Landon (Tooth). Is he in over his head? Sometimes oblivious to surroundings he finds himself in a heated battle of who's drugs are better. Iggy is romantically Involved with Indy. Indy, who is known as a Vixen. She seems a little shady. What could she be up to? Would Jamell the “Drug Jock of Cleveland” win this battle or are the cards stacked against him? Amonn Brothers POC Male Late/ Early 20s -- Known as the Heartbreaker, Amonn is at a crossroads. The long lasting friendship with Ezra maybe over. After Locking lips with Ezra one dark night, Amonn Uses the Friendship as a gateway to explore his sexuality by projecting his sexual aggression onto the only true friend he has had in a while. His masculinity is in question, but only by him. Will Amonn come out of the suppression and make a new life for himself? What happens when he finds out about Ezra and this Mystery guy Tooth? Detective. Oliver Vance POC Male Late 30s -- A sly overzealous detective wanting to solve the big drug case. This Character is cut and dry. He’s an off campus cop who is in a relationship with a mistress, could she be his downfall? Drugs have taking over cleveland’s west side, and it’s up to Oliver to make this wrong a right, but what happens when he becomes too close to the case. Clive Roberts Black Male Late 30s Businessman Clive is the CEO of a metal manufacturing company. Clive is blinded by all things money, He is soon to retire, leaving his only son to take over his job. Clive gives a heavy portion of drug distribution to Landon. “If you can’t handle some junkies, How can you handle a my millions?” A money hungry Clive will soon meet another side of Landon. Giving him a try in the dark side of business before handing him the company. Will his son break? . Send Your Name and Head Shot or Recent picture. And hope to see your Audition! This is Filmed and Based in Cleveland/ Cleveland Westside *Colors of HIM is an unpaid gig until further notice**

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THIZ GIRLZ LYFE Opens May 3
by Playwrights Local 16 Apr '19

16 Apr '19

Playwrights Local & Powerful Long Ladder Ensemble Present THIZ GIRLZ LYFE A play by Ernesta Jefferson Directed by Terrence Spivey SHOWDATES May 3 - 18, 2019 Friday - Saturday at 7:30 p.m. & Sunday at 2:30 p.m. VENUE Creative Space at Waterloo Arts 397 East 156th Street Cleveland, Ohio 44110 LINKS Show Page: http://www.playwrightslocal.org/thizgirlzlyfe/ Direct Ticket Sales: https://bit.ly/2SvhZSr ABOUT THE PLAY “Thiz Girlz Lyfe” tells the story of Nasheema Morgan, an exotic dancer in present-day Cleveland, Ohio. Nasheema appears to have everything she needs: a house, a handsome man, and a loving daughter. But beneath that facade, things are spiraling out of control. Nasheema’s husband expresses his anger with violence and belittling. The party scene that she turns to puts her daughter at greater risk. Nasheema can only deal with so much before she must find a way out. TICKETS General Admission with Accommodations Upon Request $18 Adults | $15 Seniors & Groups | $12 Students info(a)playwrightslocal.org | (216) 302-8856 CAST Nasheema………Lorrainna Worthern Will……….Michael L May Quita……….Samone Cummings Rich/Lt. Dan/Jason……….Sean Dubois Day Ms. Getwright/Mrs. Lewis……….Rochelle Jones Mrs. Morgan……….Irma R. McQueen Sandy/Teresa……….Arien Hodges Angel/Johnetta……….Nyrie Stallworth CREATIVE TEAM Stage Manager……….Geraldine Harris Costume Designer……….Harold Crawford Lighting Designer……….Marcus Dana Sound Designer……….Beau Reinker Set Designer……….Prophet Seay Prop Designer……….Lisa L. Wiley Board Operator……….Calvin Lane Carpenter……….Tom Hayes # # #

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