March 2021 - NEohioPAL - lists.neohiopal.org

$15 Broadway Jazz Master Class
by Anna Cerveny 05 Mar '21

05 Mar '21

Calling all adult dancers, join Cleveland Dance Project for the next class in our Spring Master Class Series: Broadway Jazz with Lauren Dangelo! Sunday 3/7 1-2:30pm Above The Barre (1450 W Bagley Rd) Ages 16+, all levels welcome Preregistration is required as space is limited for social distancing. $15 per class, $12 for a 5 class card. www.clevelanddanceproject.com/masterclasses *Lauren Dangelo began dancing in Cleveland, Ohio. In addition to training at local schools, she attended summer programs at Cincinnati Ballet. Lauren graduated in 2014 magna cum laude with her BFA in Dance Performance. Upon graduating, Lauren went on to dance with the Charlottesville Ballet under the direction of Sara Jansen Clayborne. There, she danced both soloist and corps de ballet roles in both classical ballets; The Nutcracker, The Firebird, Sleeping Beauty, as well as other original compositions. She also danced in several original contemporary works, most notably by Colby Damon from Ballet X, and Steven Melendez from New York Theatre Ballet, among others. Lauren now considers herself a freelance dancer; working with companies and creatives around the country. As of late, she has had the opportunity to dance with ODC in San Francisco, CA, where she had the pleasure of dancing Kate Weare's work, Giant; New Dialect in Nashville, TN under the direction of Banning Bouldin, Sidra Bell, Kun-Yang Lin/Dancers', amongst others. Recently, Lauren has performed in the Broadway and commercial industries by working as the dance captain on the show Chicago: The Musical.* Anna Cerveny Director Cleveland Dance Project clevelanddanceproject(a)gmail.com web <http://www.clevelanddanceproject.com> / facebook <http://www.facebook.com/clevelanddanceproject>/ instagram <https://www.instagram.com/clevelanddanceproject/?hl=en> / Dance With Us <http://www.clevelanddanceproject.com/s7auditions> / Pro Company <http://www.clevelanddanceproject.com/cdpcompany>

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Sharon Shaffer Voice Lessons
by Sharon Shaffer 04 Mar '21

04 Mar '21

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Virtual chat with local playwrights
by Bob Abelman 04 Mar '21

04 Mar '21

On Thursday, March 18 from 7-8 pm, join me, theater critic Bob Abelman, and local playwrights Eric Coble (“The Velocity of Autumn”), Lisa Langford (“Rastus and Hattie”) and George Brant (“Grounded”), as we Zoom chat to discuss the act of creating plays during and for the pandemic, what live theater will look like once playhouses are reopened, and so much more. There will be a Q&A open to participants and some theater-related giveaways. Registration is FREE but required at cjn.org/abelman.

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Student Performing & Visual Arts Competition
by A. Harris Brown 04 Mar '21

04 Mar '21

*CLEVELAND NAACP ACT-SO 2021 HAS LAUNCHED* Join us for a student and parent informational: Saturday, March 6, 2021 at 3:00 PM EDT. We're looking for talented and creative High School students (grades 9th-12th) to be part of this year's ACT-SO competition. Students that compete locally will win either Gold, Silver and Bronze Medals along with cash prizes, and a chance for scholarships. Gold medal winners will move on to compete on a National level. *Learn more about ACT-SO at the March 6th Meeting* <http://bit.ly/NAACPACTSOPERFORM21> Feel free to email us with any questions or for additional information at: clenaacpactso(a)gmail.com *NAACP ACT-SO ORIENTATION MEETING * Saturday, March 6, 2021 | 3:00 PM EDT. *Click here to register for the meeting: *http://bit.ly/NAACPACTSOPERFORM21 -- _____________________________________ *A. Harris Brown* My mission is to instill a desire for growth by living an exemplary life as an effective and exceptional father, friend, educator, leader, performer and supporter to those that shall cross my path in life. "Always know that you are a Masterpiece, because you are a Piece of the Master." *www.AHarrisBrown.com* <http://www.AHarrisBrown.com> Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/pages/A-Harris-Brown/1390895144556938?ref=hl> │ Twitter <https://twitter.com/mranotherlook> │ Instagram <https://instagram.com/mr.anotherlook/> │ YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh8toAK9PlRWf5Sy7Bjl8jQ/feed>

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SHOW INFORMATION: Theatre is COMING BACK at Olde Towne Hall this Spring!
by Dena M. Warmuth 04 Mar '21

04 Mar '21

ARE YOU TIRED OF SITTING IN YOUR HOME? DO YOU WANT TO GET OUT AND *SAFELY* WATCH A THEATRE PRODUCTION... OUTDOORS? *Olde Towne Hall Theatre*, in North Ridgeville, OH *In Cooperation with* the *Lorain County Metropark System* PRESENTS: *RING OF FIRE: The Music of Johnny Cash* * (Masks and Social Distancing will be enforced)* Created By: Richard Maltby, Jr. Conceived By: William Meade Orchestrated By: Steven Bishop and Jeff Lisenby Produced through special arrangement with: Theatrical Rights Worldwide Director: Sharon Godsey Music Director: Randy Wysocky Stage Manager: Dena M. Warmuth DISCLAIMER: *Production not recommended for children, due to some adult language in the script. * *FEATURING: * *SONGS IN MUSICAL INCLUDE*: Max Daniels Country Boy Sammy Ezell Five Feet High and Rising Jack Freas Daddy Sang Bass Miranda Keller Ring of Fire Tyler Milicic Folsom Prison Blues Sophia Robson A Boy Named Sue Marrisa Vega Ragged Old Flag I Walk the Line I've Been Everywhere *PERFORMANCE DATES AND TIMES: * Friday, April 16, 2021 @ 7:00PM Saturday, April 17, 2021 @ 7:00PM *PERFORMANCE VENUE: * Sunday, April 18, 2021 @ 2:00PM Lorain County Metroparks Vermilion River Reservation Mill Hollow Amphitheatre 51211 North Ridge Rd. *No Admission fee, but donations are / will be * Vermilion, OH 44089 *gladly and thankfully accepted*. For Questions and more information, contact: oldetownehall(a)gmail.com, or call: 440-327-2909. You may also connect with us on Facebook, YouTube, and Instagram. We look forward to seeing you there! Thank you for your support! <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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Beck Center The Teen Untitled Sketch Show
by Julie Gilliland 04 Mar '21

04 Mar '21

CONTACT: Julie Gilliland at jgilliland(a)beckcenter.org<mailto:jgilliland@beckcenter.org> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 4, 2021 Beck Center for the Arts Flips The Script For The Teen Untitled Sketch Show Lakewood, OH-Beck Center for the Arts<http://www.beckcenter.org> announces The Teen Untitled Sketch Show<https://www.beckcenter.org/youth-shows/youthshows-teen>. Available for convenient streaming, this production allows for maximum creativity Beck Center students. Beck Center's upcoming Youth Theater production presents a unique opportunity to bring out more than these students' acting skills; this process also allows for real life writing for stage experience. For the first time in Beck Center Youth Theater history-the play is being written by the students who will perform in it. Many of these students have performed in past Beck Center Youth Theater productions written by instructors and directors Rachel Green and Russ Stich so they have been close to the process of crafting a new production. The pandemic created an opportunity for students to take a turn in the writer's chair to write "together" via Zoom, and craft the sketches they will be performing. The production will be filmed in-person, with all participants masked, and socially-distanced. Students of Beck Center, not limited to youth theater classes, were invited to audition for this piece. Patrick Ciamacco<http://www.blankcanvastheatre.com/mission-history/> directs and guides the writing process. Patrick has a history with Beck Center for the Arts, as a director and performer, including performing as a last minute replacement for a lead role in a past holiday production. In addition to directing, designing and performing all over the Cleveland area, Patrick is also the Artistic Director and a co-founder of Blank Canvas Theatre.<http://www.blankcanvastheatre.com/> Patrick says, of this experience of directing a teen show, while working with the 24 students, "This has been one of the roughest years... but theatre, and everyone involved in this show, help make each day a bit better. With the nature of our lives these days, artists are starved to create and collaborate. So we thought it would be fulfilling for the students to not only act in a piece... but also to create that piece from scratch. Putting all of their creative minds to work to create a truly original show." A student from this production even designed the show art. It is truly a collaborative effort. This limited virtual engagement runs March 25 to 28, 2021 on any device in the comfort of your home, as part of Beck Center for the Arts' 73rd Youth Theater Season. The show will stream on-demand starting Thursday, March 24 and run through 8:00 pm EST on Sunday, March 28. For more information please visit beckcenter.org<https://www.beckcenter.org/youth-shows/youthshows-teen>. Beck Center is located at 17801 Detroit Avenue<https://maps.google.com/?q=17801+Detroit+Avenue&entry=gmail&source=g> in Lakewood. Programming at Beck Center for the Arts is made possible through the generous support of the Ohio Arts Council. Beck Center gratefully acknowledges the generous funding provided by the citizens of Cuyahoga County through Cuyahoga Arts and Culture. Beck Center for the Arts is a not-for-profit 501(c)3 organization that offers professional theater productions on two stages, arts education programming in dance, music, theater, visual arts, early childhood, creative arts therapies for individuals with disabilities, free gallery exhibits year-round, and outreach education programming. ###

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LAST WEEKEND Five World Premiere 15-Minute Musicals
by Julie Gilliland 04 Mar '21

04 Mar '21

Due to popular demand, extended to March 7, 2021! This is the final weekend! 5 x 15: Five World Premiere 15-Minute Musicals Tenth Collaboration of Baldwin Wallace University Music Theatre Program and Beck Center for the Arts Lakewood, OH-Beck Center for the Arts<http://www.beckcenter.org> proudly announces its tenth collaboration with Baldwin Wallace University Music Theatre Program<https://bwmt.bw.edu/>, in the form of virtual world premieres of five fifteen-minute brand new musicals, chosen by National Alliance for Musical Theatre<https://namt.org/newmusicals/15-minute-musical-challenge/>. National Alliance for Musical Theatre<https://namt.org/newmusicals/15-minute-musical-challenge/> (NAMT) created the "15-Minute Musical Challenge" to celebrate the power of musical theatre during the spring of 2020. Executive Director, Betsy King Militello shares: "In all times, but especially challenging times, we believe that musical theatre has the power to elevate the human experience and uplift each other. The 15-Minute Musical Challenge, inspired and supported by the Alhadaff Family Charitable Foundation, was developed to inspire creativity during the early days of social distancing. We are thrilled to see five of the winning musicals see further development with Beck Center for the Arts and Baldwin Wallace University." Scott Spence<https://www.beckcenter.org/about/leadership>, now in his 30th season as artistic director of Beck Center for the Arts shares, "Pandemic or no, we were determined that this 10th anniversary of the Beck Center/Baldwin Wallace collaboration must go on. With the addition of the National Alliance for Musical Theatre as a partner, we could not be more excited to offer the World Premieres of five brand new musicals. Composers and lyricists from around the country have been working with us since August 2020 and it's thrilling to put all of this collaboration to work on a national level." Beck Center continues its proud collaboration with Baldwin Wallace University Music Theatre Program<https://bwmt.bw.edu/> (BWMT) with Victoria Bussert<https://bwmt.bw.edu/staff-team-members/victoria-bussert> leading the program. Also a director of one of the winning pieces, Perpetual Sunshine and the Ghost Girls, Victoria says, "I was very honored to be asked to read a large number of the 15-minute musicals for NAMT and to serve on the final selection committee. The creativity of these pieces is truly inspiring; it's thrilling for our BWMT students to have the unique opportunity to work with our guest directors and these fantastic writing teams." The creative teams behind the music, lyrics, and performances of these virtual productions are award-winning, talented, and diverse individuals. Perpetual Sunshine and the Ghost Girls, musical director Matthew Webb<https://bwmt.bw.edu/staff-team-members/matthew-webb>. This short musical is an all-woman+ through-composed musical theatre piece about the capitalist exploitation of workers' bodies and rights in the face of a national public health crisis. The show is based on the true story of the women who fought United States Radium Corporation in the 1920s for knowingly poisoning them and subsequently changed United States labor laws forever. This is the first 15 minutes of the full length piece-in-progress. Music by Lynne Shankel<https://lynneshankel.com/> and words by Sara Cooper<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sara_Cooper>. Holo, set in 2189 in a holograph museum, the curator and holographic Kyle enter into a unique relationship which recounts the year 2020 and the pandemic that came with it on an ever repeating loop. Book, music, and lyrics by Nico Juber<https://maestramusic.org/profile/nico-juber/>. Ciara Renee<https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4946636/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1> directs. Rodeo Clowns is a queer, western epic about two eccentric outcasts who save the heart of their disintegrating town. This whip crack comedy act features a colorful musical-country score. Dale Sampson <https://namt.org/festivals/2017/?writer=dale-sampson> is the book writer. Marc Campbell<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MisterWives> wrote the music. Sara Bruner<https://www.greatlakestheater.org/about/our-staff/sara-bruner> directs. Musical direction is by Matthew Webb. Monster on the Lawn is directed by Jon Martinez<https://www.abouttheartists.com/artists/494793-jon-martinez>. This fifteen-minute musical centers around Ricky, a six-year-old boy with a growing imagination, wakes up to see a whale-like creature laying on his front lawn. When an incoming hurricane threatens to separate Ricky from his family and his home, he seeks comfort in the presence of this strange and seemingly-quiet monster. Obed De La Cruz wrote book, music, and lyrics. Musical direction is by Lindsay Miller. Eric Jones<https://www.morningstarmediagroup.org/news> wrote book and lyrics for White Man's Burden, music by Joshua S. Davis<https://joshuadavismusic.com/>. Directed by Ed Ridley<https://edridley.com/index.html> Jr. This irreverently funny and powerful mini-rock musical, White Man's Burden, takes place inside of the world of sideshow "freaks" who have been killed because of the color of their skin. They are led by an emcee who is part ringmaster/part infomercial host. He spotlights the oppression and suffering of African Americans during 400 years through a musical kaleidoscope of songs. This limited virtual engagement runs February 12 to February 28, 2021 March 7, 2021 on any device in the comfort of your home, as part of Beck Center for the Arts' 87th Professional Theater Season. For more information on this world premiere musical theater project please visit beckcenter.org.<https://www.beckcenter.org/shows/5x15> Tickets, priced at $20 for one viewer, and $30 for two or more viewers, and $40 for arts lovers who want to support Beck Center can be purchased at https://www.showtix4u.com/event-details/44593.

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Call for AdditionalAuditions: Extended Deadline, Wed. 3/11/2
by sue johnson 03 Mar '21

03 Mar '21

*Call for Additional Auditions: Extended Deadline, Wed. 3/11/21* *Wake Up And Live’s Actors Studio (WUAL)* *Presents* *A Playwrights Showcase* *“Wake Up to Life: Out of the Ashes”* *Co-Directed by* *Jeannine Gaskin * *&* *Ansley Valentine* Wake Up and Live’s Actors Studio is seeking additional actors for its upcoming project, “Wake Up to Life: Out of the Ashes ” which features 4 African-American playwrights, *Adetokunbo **(Ade) Borishade, “To Be or Not to Be African”* *Evonne Fields-Gould, “Where Winter Rests on a Wounded Heart”* *Peter A. Fields, “That Guy”* *Rebecca Morris, “Au Pare”* https://youtu.be/kIDZYXNE34g The Actors will appear in a showcase of the playwrights’ original works scheduled for live Covid-friendly productions, Saturday, May 15, 6:00 P, and Sunday, May 16, 3:00 P, at Rainey Institute. Rehearsal schedules, via Zoom, TBD. Live performances may be replaced, or supplemented with Zoom, etc. All roles are available. Actors may play multiple characters in the same, and/or different, plays. All auditions will be virtual only. Please email a current headshot, resume and a 1-2 minute monologue to *wakeupandlives(a)gmail.com* <wakeupandlives(a)gmail.com> *by Wed. 3/11/21*. Please submit professional Headshot and Resume to *wakeupandlives(a)gmail.com* <wakeupandlives(a)gmail.com>*,* *by Wed. 3/11/21* While we are accepting virtual / video auditions, you may be required to attend an in-person call-back, if needed. For in-person, masks must be worn at all times. 6-foot social distancing will be closely practiced for safety purposes. *Note:* For copy of complete Character Breakdowns, contact wakeupandlives(a)gmail.com Sue Johnson Director, Wake Up And Live's Actors' Studio Producer, "Wake Up And Live With the Arts" *wakeupandlives(a)gmail.com* <wakeupandlives(a)gmail.com>

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Virtual Screenwriting Session: Registration ends soon!
by Sarah Smith 03 Mar '21

03 Mar '21

Registration ends THIS Friday March 5th for the first virtual screenwriting session for ohio screenwriters! All experience levels are welcome! I have some great activities planned to help stimulate creativity, and you'll get to meet other screenwriters throughout the state! Don't miss out! Event will take place on Sunday, March 7th via zoom from 1pm until 2:30pm and will be hosted by stowe story labs alumni, Sarah Elizabeth Smith. Register using the link below. https://forms.gle/v6pZBaydFgRh8kyx8 | | | | | | | | | | | VIRTUAL SCREENWRITING SPRING SESSION Sunday, March 7, 2021 1pm on zoom | | |

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FEED YOUR HEAD; GOT YOUR EYE CANDY!
by Joseph Bauer 03 Mar '21

03 Mar '21

*"Because They’re Young,"*blockbuster urban crime novel by rock star bad boy author Joey Bauer is a must-have affordable Amazon paperback and eBook hottie. This young adult/new adult thriller is the riveting tale of fearless teenage prisoners at Los Angeles' notorious Juvenile Hall rising up and, led by a charismatic young social worker, fighting the Law hard and to the finish. Based on a true story as lived by the writer of teen rebels vs. ruthless old people in suits, it is one cutting edge crazy exciting page-turner; total shock and awe awaits you between these covers. Book it or wish that you had.

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