August 2022 - NEohioPAL - lists.neohiopal.org

Kennelly Review: Frozen @ Playhouse square
by Laura Kennelly 17 Aug '22

17 Aug '22

Do siblings always get along? The national tour of Broadway’s *Frozen*, now at Playhouse Square’s State Theatre through September 11, offers one sparkling answer as two young sisters discover their powers and limits. This kid-friendly show, based on the 2013 Disney film, has music and lyrics by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez. With book by Jennifer Lee and choreography by Rob Ashford, it is directed by Michael Grandage. For the rest of the review, see https://coolcleveland.com/2022/08/theater-review-frozen-playhouse-square-by…

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WUAL Needs To Fill Roles for “Healing Arts” Project
by sue johnson 16 Aug '22

16 Aug '22

*WUAL Needs To Fill Roles for “Healing Arts” Project * *Wake Up And Live’s Actors Studio (WUAL)* *Presents* *A Playwrights Showcase about Mental Health* *“Wake Up to Healing Arts: Using Performance and Media for Direction, Hope, Health, and Total Well-being”* *Directed by* *Eric Schmeidl* *Need: * *2 teens: 13-18 yrs. 2B or, 1B/1W* *2 police officers: Late 20’s+. 2W or, 1W/1B, 2 Male or, 1M / 1F * The Actors will appear in a showcase of the playwrights’ original works scheduled for Covid-friendly productions, *Performance: Saturday, Sept. 10, 7:00 P, * *2 *Rehearsals, Thurs. 9/8, Fri. 9/9, 6 – 9 P. Actors may play multiple characters in the same, and/or different, plays. See plays on the *website, wualstudio.org <http://wualstudio.org/>. * Please submit professional Headshot and Resume to *wualstudio(a)gmail.com <wualstudio(a)gmail.com>**,* *by Fri. 8/19* There will be a stipend paid. Please go to the website: *wualstudio.org.*to <http://wualstudio.org.to/> see details about the project. See the page with *"Call for Artists" *to get an idea of the characters. Sue Johnson Director, Wake Up And Live's Actors' Studio Producer, "Wake Up And Live With the Arts" wualstudio(a)gmail.com wualstudio.org

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Calling all dancers, ages 18+!
by Anna Cerveny 16 Aug '22

16 Aug '22

CALLING ALL DANCERS ages 18+, from the professionals to the beginners, looking for a fun performance opportunity, chance to train, and meet new people: Come out for Cleveland Dance Project's tenth OPEN CALL placement auditions, all levels of dance experience welcome :) Auditions are Sunday Aug 28, at the Pivot Center, broken down into levels (beginner- advanced/professional) to make everyone comfortable! We will do our best to place everyone who attends in at least one piece! More details at our Facebook event here: https://fb.me/e/3sgO7DdGT Register to save your spot at: www.clevelanddanceproject.com/s10auditions 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>

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Adult all level hip hop
by Anna Cerveny 16 Aug '22

16 Aug '22

Join Cleveland Dance Project in our weekly adult all level hip hop classes with Nina Rossi! Wednesdays 7:30-8:30pm at Emjaez in Bay Village. This int/adv class series has a heavy emphasis on choreography across hip hop sub-genres while developing footwork, tut, and style skills for attendees. This class is an opportunity to explore challenging choreography in an empowering, inclusive environment. Pre-registration is required. $15 drop in rate. wellnessliving.com/login/cdp. You must make an account before registering for class OR you can venmo us @clevelanddanceproject. 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>

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Audition notice
by Patricia Potter 16 Aug '22

16 Aug '22

Auditions for "Leaving Iowa" will be held at The Little Theatre of Tuscarawas County on Sunday, August 21 and Monday, August 22 at 6:30. 4 males and 4 females will be cast. The show is a touching comedy about family vacations in the family car. Auditioners will cold read from the script. The show runs three weekends beginning October 7, 8, 13,15,21,22 (7:30 pm) and matinees 9,16 and 23 (2:30) Rehearsals begin September 29. For more information, email director Pat Potter at potter(a)roadrunner.com.

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auditions for THE MEMO by Vaclav Havel aug 23& 24
by doctor celery 16 Aug '22

16 Aug '22

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Open House & Free Trial Classes at The Studio in Independence!
by The Studio 16 Aug '22

16 Aug '22

Join us at The Studio in Independence for our Open Houses Aug 18 & Aug 20! Take one of our trial classes, meet staff and register for fall dance classes. *August 18 - 4:30-7:30pm* *Trial Classes* Kid/Teen Jazz -5:30-6:00 Kid/Teen Yoga 6:30-6:50 All-levels Vinyasa 6:50-7:10 Restorative Yoga 7:10-7:30 *August 20 - 10:30-12pm* *Trial Classes* Kid/Teen Ballet -10:40-11am Kid/Teen Hip Hop -11:10-11:30am RSVP HERE <https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60b094eaca922a6f94-open> *Located centrally in Independence, Ohio, The Studio offers top notch instruction in a variety of dance styles, including competitive as well as recreational. We offer classes for children 2 1/2 and up as well as a program for adults. We believe dance is for EVERY body!* *The Studio* *216-901-1914* www.thestudio6928.com

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convergence-continuum hiring Designers/ SM for two productions
by Cory Molner 16 Aug '22

16 Aug '22

convergence-continuum is hiring designers for the following productions: INSURRECTION: HOLDING HISTORY by Robert O'Hara Oct14-Nov 5 directed by Jeannine Gaskin A collage-and-meta exploration wherein a modern-day black graduate student finds himself and his 189-yr-old grandfather transported back to slavery times and the Nat Turner rebellion. Insurrection is a work unafraid to utterly confound most traditional narrative assumptions, and in a surreal version of history also manages to address contemporary police violence against African-Americans, to explore who has the right to tell whose story, to look critically at African-American attitudes toward homosexuality, and to explore how different generations adhere to different rules. Open Positions: - Lighting Designer - Sound Designer - Stage Manager THE MOST FABULOUS STORY EVER TOLD by Paul Rudnick Dec 2-17, directed by Denise Astorino A stage manager, headset and prompt book at hand, brings the house lights to half, then dark, and cues the creation of the world. Throughout the play, she's in control of everything. In other words, she's either God, or she thinks she is. Act One recounts the major episodes of the Old Testament, only with a twist: Instead of Adam and Eve, our lead characters are Adam and Steve, and Jane and Mabel, a lesbian couple with whom they decide to start civilization (procreation proves to be a provocative challenge). Act One covers the Garden of Eden, an ark, a visit with a highly rambunctious Pharaoh and finally even the Nativity. Along the way, Mabel and Adam invent God, but Jane and Steve are skeptical. This brings about the Flood, during which Steve has a brief affair with a rhinoceros and invents infidelity. No longer blissful, Adam and Steve break up only to be reunited as two of the wise men at the Nativity. Act Two jumps to modern day Manhattan. Adam and Steve are together again, and Steve is HIV positive. It's Christmas Eve, and Jane is nine months pregnant even though she always thought of herself as the butch one. The two women want to marry and want Adam and Steve to join them in the ceremony. A wheelchair-bound, Jewish lesbian Rabbi from cable access TV arrives to officiate. The ceremony is interrupted as Jane gives birth, and Steve confides to Adam that his medication isn't working and that he'll probably not survive much longer. Bound by their long life together, and the miracle of birth they've just witnessed, the two men comfort each other even though they know their remaining time together will be short. Open Positions: - Lighting Designer - Sound Designer - Costume Designer - Stage Manager Designers will work closely with the Production's Director, the Executive Artistic Director, and Production Manager. Lighting Designers will serve as Master Electrician and are responsible for hang, focus, and programming for the show. Costume Designers have access to our costume inventory as well as a modest costume budget. All positions will receive a stipend of $400.00 To Apply: Please submit your resume, design portfolio (if available), and what positions you are interested in. Cory Molner Executive Artistic Director, convergence-continuum Theater (He/Him/His)cmolner(a)convergence-continuum.org convergence-continuum's mission is to produce alternative/experimental theatre work by living playwrights and new plays by local playwrights. The company seeks to create up-close, environmentally-staged productions that challenge the status quo and extend the boundaries of theatre. >From the beginning, convergence-continuum has been known as the producer of innovative, new plays that aren’t likely to be seen anywhere else in the region – works by living playwrights only. Most are Ohio or Cleveland premiers by playwrights currently emerging onto the theatre scene with daring, ground-breaking, topical, challenging, off-the-wall works, which convergence-continuum presents in inventive, frequently multi-media, productions. The company has also produced a number of world premieres by adventurous Cleveland playwrights creating within non-conventional genres.

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Auditions for Spark Theatre's 2022-23 Season
by Rachael Endrizzi 16 Aug '22

16 Aug '22

Spark Theatre Company is seeking performers for its 2022-2023 touring show program. These productions usually have 1 public performance but primarily travel throughout NE Ohio to schools as assemblies for approximately 15 performances. Actors do not need to be available EVERY day throughout the touring timeline, but should have general availability during school days and/or flexibility in their schedules. Actors receive a stipend beginning at $500 and are reimbursed for travel to schools at the IRS rate of $0.58/mile. *My Robot * By Finegan Kruckemeyer This production is the United States premiere of the Australian play, My Robot by award-winning playwright, Finegan Kruckemeyer and will be directed by Erin E. Dolan. When Ophelia and her family move to a new house by the seaside, she is feeling alone and unimpressed by her new surroundings...until she assembles her new friend, Olivetti, the robot. Together the pair faces daring rescues, local bullies and the sea! Children will discover that we’re all just made from pieces, and that when we feel less than whole we can find – or make – a part that fits! *Rehearsals Begin: *Mid-September around actor availability *Performances: *October 10th-November 4th, 2022 *Available Roles:* *Ophelia-* (female identifying, any type, adult to play young girl) compassionate, smart, inquisitive, and lonely, Ophelia has just moved to the seaside with her family and hasn’t made any friends. She finds an unusual collection of items with the instructions “Make Me” and builds Olivetti, the piece she was missing. *Dad/Orson/Otis/Ogilvie- *(male identifying, any type, plays various ages) This track requires an actor to play multiple roles including Ophelia’s father, a lonely child, a bully, and a neighbor. *Olivetti-* (any gender, any type, not age specific) a robot created by Ophelia who is smart, compassionate, silly, and adventurous. This actor may be utilized as the robot’s voice through a microphone and operating the character remotely. *Miss Courageous: Women of Science* By Joanna Halpert Kraus Elizabeth Blackwell, the first woman doctor in the United States with a medical degree, and Marie Curie, discoverer of radium, helped make possible today's scientific community where discovery knows no gender. This show invites students to share their obstacles and fight the prejudices against them before savoring their triumphs. *Rehearsals Begin:* February 20, 2023 *Performances:* March 20th-April 14th, 2023 *Available Roles:* *Seeking 4 actors total *to play Elizabeth Blackwell, Marie Curie, and several other characters throughout the story. All actors will play multiple roles. Casting may include 2 men, and 2 women, or 3 women and 1 man. All types are encouraged to apply. *EMPEROR’S NEW CLOTHES: SPRING CO-PRODUCTION w/ LCCC* by Erin E. Dolan When two strangers arrive in the city of Logos, they call attention to themselves by claiming to be able to make the most magnificent and magical clothing. Emperor Caecus cannot resist such a claim, especially when he finds out that the magic in the cloth means that those who are unfit for their position cannot see the garments made from the fabric. The ensuing silliness can only be sorted out by the most intelligent and sensible person in the empire, a child name Captiosus. This adaptation is written by Cleveland playwright, Erin E. Dolan! This show is a co-production with LCCC Theatre Department. Auditions will be held in person at a later date to include LCCC students, but actors interested in being involved are encouraged to submit their interest early. Casting may vary for public performances and the touring performances based on actor availability. *First Rehearsal: *March 6th *Public Performances:* April 20th-22nd *Touring:* May 1st-26th *Available Roles:* *Narrator/Conciliario/Captiosus* *(Any Type) *– The strong thread that holds our story together as the narrator, with distinct differences between the easily confused advisor, Conciliario, and very intelligent child, Captiosus. *Emperor Caecus/Puppet Townspeople (Any Type) *– Incredibly vain, silly and overly confident. It is hard for him to see the truth because he is surrounded by “yes men.” *Barbarus/Accola/Puppet Townspeople (Any Type)* – A stranger who is often in a strange land, who can use rhyme and reason to almost always get what is desired. Also plays Accola, the neighbor of Captiosus and Pater (or Mater). *Peregrinus/Mater or Pater (Mother or Father/Puppet Townspeople) (Any Type) *– Companion of Barbarus, who uses a great ability for pantomime to trick others into seeing what is not there. Also plays the Mater (Mother) or Pater (Father) of Captiosus. *To Audition: *For MY ROBOT, please record the side(s) for which you would like to be considered located at https://www.sparktheatre4youth.org/employment. Send a link to this video along with your headshot, bio, and any known conflicts to SparkTheatre4Youth(a)gmail.com. Sides do not need to be memorized, and a phone video is fine. For MISS COURAGEOUS and EMPEROR’S NEW CLOTHES, please submit headshot and resume, along with a video reel OR recorded monologue to SparkTheatre4Youth(a)gmail.com. Please include which shows/roles you would like to be considered for. Callbacks will be held as needed. *DEADLINE TO SUBMIT FOR MY ROBOT is 08/25/2022. *Casting for the rest of the season will continue as needed throughout the fall. -- Rachael Endrizzi Producing Artistic Director Spark Theatre Company *www.SparkTheatre4Youth.org <http://www.SparkTheatre4Youth.org>* 440-707-6887

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The Singing Angels - Open Auditions!!!
by Carol Thompson 16 Aug '22

16 Aug '22

The Singing Angels Ohio's Premier Youth Chorus 2022 OPEN AUDITIONS Submit a video audition online now through September 10th OR Call to schedule a private audition time OR Audition in person on Saturday, September 3rd, from 10:00 am - 2:00 pm Visit singingangels.org for detailed audition information. Girls and Boys 4th grade thru age 16 No experience necessary- seeking youths who love to sing!! Prepare to sing a song of your choice, no accompaniment 2nd or 3rd Graders - call to enroll in The Littlest Angels Training Chorus!! Auditions are held at our rehearsal studios: 3600 Biddulph Avenue, Suite A Cleveland, OH 44109 Rehearsals begin on September 10th, 2022 For further information: Visit singingangels.org or contact Tom Deastlov at Tom(a)singingangels.org<mailto:Tom@singingangels.org> or (216) 432-5555 x1800

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