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Considering Matthew Shepard: Presented by Cleveland Chamber Choir
by Kira McGirr 25 Sep '23

25 Sep '23

The 2023/24 Ninth Season of the Cleveland Chamber Choir, Northeast Ohio’s leading professional choral ensemble, opens with Craig Hella Johnson’s concert-length modern oratorio, *Considering Matthew Shepard.* Twenty-five years ago, on Oct. 6, 1998, two men offered to give Matthew Shepard, a gay student at the University of Wyoming, a ride home from the Fireside Lounge in Laramie. Instead, they drove him to the middle of nowhere, pistol-whipped and tortured him, tied him to a fence, and left him for dead. After Shepard lay in a coma for eighteen hours, a passing cyclist–who at first thought Shepard was a scarecrow–called for aid. Six days later, Shepard died from the brain damage. Craig Hella Johnson seamlessly weaves together passages from Shepard’s personal journal, interviews with his parents, texts from Rumi, Hildegard of Bingen, and a panoply of musical styles to create a work that *The Washington Post *says “demonstrates music’s capacity to encompass, transform and transcend tragedy.” The Choir will be joined by Lakewood Symphonic Mixed Choir for these performances, under the direction of Rayna Brooks. “Matthew Shepard’s story touched so many of us, and remains shockingly timely even as we approach the 25th anniversary of his death,” said Gregory Ristow, the Choir’s newly announced Artistic Director. “Johnson’s remarkable telling of it invites us all to a place of compassion and understanding, that is only heightened by his music.” Saturday, October 21, 2023 at 7:00pm, Avon Lake United Church of Christ, 32801 Electric Blvd., Avon Lake Sunday, October 22, 2023 at 4:00pm, Trinity Cathedral, 2230 Euclid Ave., Cleveland Both concerts are presented free of charge, with the choir’s philosophy that choral music is a vehicle for good in the world that should be accessible and welcoming to all. Free-will donations accepted. Register for your FREE tickets at clevelandchamberchoir.org A portion of donations collected will be directed to QYou, a program supporting queer youth through the LGBT Center of Cleveland. A pre-concert talk will be presented by Charles Edward McGuire, PhD, from Oberlin College & Conservatory, 45 minutes before each performance. This concert is presented with generous grants from The Cleveland Foundation, Ohio Arts Council, and Local 4 Music Fund and in collaboration with Avon Lake UCC and Trinity Cathedral Cleveland.

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Cast Announced - ZOMBIE PROM - Blank Canvas Theatre
by info blankcanvastheatre.com 25 Sep '23

25 Sep '23

Get your tickets NOW, as our Halloween shows often sell out! Blank Canvas Theatre Presents ZOMBIE PROM Book and Lyrics By John Dempsey Music by Dana P. Rowe Adapted by Mac Tumminelli Based on a story by John Dempsey and Hugh M. Murphy Oct 20 – Nov 4 Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays at 8:00pm Sundays at 7:00pm This girl-loves-ghoul rock ‘n’ roll Off Broadway musical is set in the atomic 1950s at Enrico Fermi High, where the law is laid down by a zany, tyrannical principal. Pretty senior Toffee has fallen for the class bad boy. Family pressure forces her to end the romance, and he charges off on his motorcycle to the nuclear waste dump. He returns glowing and determined to reclaim Toffee’s heart. He still wants to graduate, but most of all he wants to take Toffee to the prom. The principal orders him to drop dead while a scandal reporter seizes on him as the freak du jour. History comes to his rescue while a tuneful selection of original songs in the style of 50s hits keeps the action rocking across the stage. RATED: PG RUN TIME: 1hr 40min Tickets: $25 To purchase tickets for this show CLICK HERE<http://www.blankcanvastheatre.com/zombie-prom-tickets/> To see the cast and staff for this production CLICK HERE<http://www.blankcanvastheatre.com/zombie-prom-cast> Blank Canvas Theatre (at 78th Street Studios) 1305 West 78th Street, Suite 211. Cleveland, OH 44102 Blank Canvas Theatre provides professional quality productions, placing emphasis on entertainment at affordable prices and on safety.

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Wolf Creek Players Announces Auditions for "On the Farce Day of Christmas"
by Brian Westerley 24 Sep '23

24 Sep '23

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SEEKING ACTOR IMMEDIATELY- BUDDY THE ELF @ PGT
by Breanna Antoniades 24 Sep '23

24 Sep '23

The Players Guild Theatre is seeking an actor to play the role of "Buddy the Elf" in a non-equity production of ELF THE MUSICAL. The production is scheduled to open November 3, 2023 and runs through November 15, 2023, with 6 public performances on Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30, Sundays at 2:00, and 4 school matinees at 10:30 AM on November 7, 8, 14 and 15. This is a paid role with a stipend of $500.00. Those interested in the role should contact the director, Matthew Heppe, directly at mheppe32(a)gmail.com -Actors are asked to submit a brief video audition (2 minutes or less) of an upbeat musical theatre song. Rehearsals to start October 2, 2023. BUDDY – (High Baritone/Tenor. Range: B3 - G5) Any ethnicity, age 20s to 40s but boyish. Funny and warm with an infectious personality. He has been raised as one of Santa’s Elves and has the innocence of a child. He has outrageous enthusiasm for everything he sees and does but it is very genuine. We are seeking a comedian with great timing and impeccable physical comedic skills. Must be charming and extremely likable. The Players Guild Theatre at Kent State University at Stark, 6000 Frank Ave NW, North Canton, OH 44720 playersguildtheatre.com

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Time to Get Your Tickets! WUAL Presents An Evening of Staged Readings, Sat. 9/30
by sue johnson 23 Sep '23

23 Sep '23

*Hello, Arts Supporters . . .* *(Please share with your social media.)* *Get Your Tickets, Now!* *Wake Up And Live’s Actors’ Studio* *presents* * “Wake Up to Healing Arts: Using Performance and Media for Direction, Hope, Health, and Total Well-being, 2.0”* *Sat. Sept. 30 & Wed. Oct. 18* *Featuring actors* Roxana Bell = Emily Conti = Lori Ingram Michael Martin = Michael Sharon=Cassie White and Barbara Barrett, Jazz vocalist *Directed by Jeannine Gaskin* *Please come and enjoy staged readings of these creative playwrights.* I Turned Out Fine, by Natalya Duncan Stage Ready, by Peter A. Fields Soar Spot, by Allison Fradkin That Precious Sound, by Jeremy Gaydosh *Saturday, September 30, 7:00 pm* *Dunham Tavern Museum* *6709 Euclid Avenue* *Admission: $10.00* *Go to **wualstudio.org* <http://wualstudio.org/>* to purchase tickets. * *Prefer mail? contact wualstudio(a)gmail.com <wualstudio(a)gmail.com> for address.* *DONATIONS FOR THE HEALING ARTS WORK ARE GRATEFULLY ACCEPTED**.* and Shaker Heights Senior Luncheon Wed. Oct. 18. 1:00 pm Stephanie Tubbs Jones Community Center To RSVP, for the Senior Luncheon please contact Andrea M. Jewett Andrea.McNeil @shakeronline.com 216-491-1360 This performance features Barbara Barrett, Jazz Vocalist Become a “Healing Arts Producing Partner” Help us continue to address mental health challenges and help men, women and teens feel better through professional counsel, performing artists and plays and plays provided by The Healing Arts. Go to: wualstudio.org to buy tickets, make a donation, see YouTube podcasts and learn more about “The Healing Arts” These one-act plays and scenes portray individuals struggling with mental health issues such as depression and anxiety due to loss. These themes offer great insight to the struggles many share. The “Healing Arts” project also features community mental health professionals and performing artists in the fields of vocal and instrumental music, dance, poetry and more. Have you noticed the new TV commercials promoting prescriptions and medical resources to help those experiencing mental health challenges? Be sure to join us to see how the arts, also, can be used to help relieve challenges associated with mental health issues. Go to wualstudio.org to see YouTube Videos showing the role of medical health organizations and Performing Artists which Help Soothe and Heal Mental Health Challenges, experienced by men, women, teens and children. The Pandemic of 20021 and 2022 has caused ongoing increased manifestation of problems resulting from life issues such as, illness, isolation, loss of income, & other major losses, resulting in mental health problems which may be solved in non-clinical ways. We wanted to highlight the issues in a different way . . . By showing how performing artists’ use a variety of ways to help soothe and heal mental health challenges. *Will you help us? Become a “Healing Arts Producing Partner”* *Help us continue to address mental health challenges and help men, women and teens feel better through professionals, performing artists and plays.* *Go to: wualstudio.org <http://wualstudio.org> to buy tickets and donate, see YouTube & learn more about who we are and what we do. * *Be a “Producing Partner” in the “Healing Arts.”* *Questions: **wualstudio(a)gmail.com* <wualstudio(a)gmail.com> with partial funding from the Ohio Arts Council.

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Bass Chorister Needed
by David 23 Sep '23

23 Sep '23

Old Stone Church is seeking a Bass for its' twelve member choir. This is a paid position. Sunday mornings 8:30 am - 11:30 am. No regular weekday rehearsals, parking is accommodated with reserved spaces on Sunday. Holidays are required. (Christmas Eve & Easter) Skills: Trained voice / great sight reading skills / some "pop" chops wouldn't hurt! Please send interest / videos / recordings to David(a)oldstonechurch.org David Dettloff Director of Music and Musical Arts The Old Stone Church Loving Christ, Serving City since 1820 91 Public Square, Cleveland, Ohio 44113 0: (216) 241-6145<https://www.google.com/search?q=old+stone+church&rlz=1C1CHZL_enUS920US920&o…> oldstonechurch.org<https://oldstonechurch.org/> I Stream Our Sunday Service<https://www.youtube.com/c/OldStoneChurch> [cid:image001.png@01D9EE30.A15ABEA0]

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PAID POSITION –STAGE MANAGER & COSTUMER – BECK CENTER YOUTH THEATER
by Sarah Clare 23 Sep '23

23 Sep '23

Beck Center for the Arts’ Youth Theater is accepting resumes for Stage Managers and Costume Designers for its 2023 production of Going Medieval: A Ye Olde Comedie. This is a paid position. (Flat fee per production). The production is written and directed by Rachel Spence, and will perform in the Studio Theater at Beck Center for the Arts from December 8-17. Age range of student actors will encompass from 6–12. Please email cover letter and resume to sclare(a)beckcenter.org. No phone calls please. GOING MEDIEVAL: A YE OLDE COMEDIE Production Information: Potential Rehearsals: October 30 – December 2, 2023 Mon, Tue, Weds, Thurs, Fri: between 4:30 – 8:30pm Saturdays: between 2:00 – 6:00pm Sundays: between 12:30 – 5:00pm The show will NOT be rehearsing every day or the full time range listed. The director will pick the days that best accommodate everyone’s schedules – once conflicts and availability are known for the above dates. Tech Week: December 3- 7, 2023 Sunday between 12:00 – 7:00pm and Weeknights between 4:30 – 8:30pm All cast members are expected to attend ALL rehearsals during Tech Week. Performance dates December 8-17, 2023 All cast members are required to attend all performances. Fridays, December 8, 15 at 7:30pm Saturdays, December 9, 16 at 7:30pm Sundays, December 10, 17 at 3:00pm Student Matinees: Thursday, December 14 at 10:00 am * * * * * Beck Center for the Arts welcomes and engages individuals who share the goal of enhancing the human spirit through arts experiences. As an equal opportunity employer, Beck Center considers applicants for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, marital or veteran status, sexual orientation, or any other legally protected status. Learn more about us at www.beckcenter.org - Beck Center for the Arts is more than a non-profit organization that combines professional theater with arts education. We create art experiences. We are committed to creating an arts experience that is as individual as the people we serve with eclectic performances to suit many tastes, education opportunities for all ages and abilities, community outreach and free exhibitions.

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ANNOUNCING AUDITIONS – GOING MEDIEVAL: A YE OLDE COMEDIE– Beck Center Youth Theater
by Sarah Clare 23 Sep '23

23 Sep '23

Beck Center for the Arts Youth Theater, one of the oldest continuously running Youth Theaters in the country, will be holding auditions September 30 and October 1, 2023 for the second production of our 75th Season: GOING MEDIEVAL: A YE OLDE COMEDIE Written and Directed by Rachel Spence Dragons and wizards onstage? Surely, you joust! Armed with only a role-player's handbook and multi-sided dice, three modern day fantasy geeks are magically transported and forced to save the kingdom of Nerdvana. From the beloved author of past seasons All Greek To Me and The Real Valkyries of Valhalla, you’ll laugh along with this original fantasy spoof performed by Beck Center's talented youth. Huzzah-Ha-Ha!" Audition/Callback dates: (open to Beck Center students ages 6 to 12*) ALL AUDITIONS ARE IN PERSON • Saturday, September 30: 2:00 to 5:00pm • Sunday, October 1: 12:30 to 3:30 pm • Callbacks: Monday, October 2: between 4:30 and 8:30pm Please sign up for a five minute in-person time slot via Signup Genius https://tinyurl.com/GoingMedievalAuds We will send out an email to those who have signed up the Friday before auditions with the online audition form. Families will be able to submit their electronic resumes and headshots using the online audition form. *Please note: Youth Theater roles are only eligible to students who will be enrolled in our Fall 2023 semester. Actors do not need to be enrolled at the time of the auditions, however, participation in the actual production does require Beck Center enrollment in our Fall 2023 semester. Students do not need to be specifically enrolled in a Theater class at Beck Center to qualify. Students enrolled in a Fall 2023 semester online or in person class in Beck Center’s Dance, Music and Visual Arts Departments are equally eligible. There is NO additional participation fee required beyond enrollment. Bottom line: if you are accepting a role in the show, you will need to enroll prior to the start of rehearsals. Any questions, please feel free to contact Sarah Clare, Associate Director of Theater Education, at sclare(a)beckcenter.org. Our Fall 2023 catalog is available online on the Beck Center website What to Prepare: • Students are asked to prepare a short comedic monologue. Memorization is strongly encouraged. • Prepare a headshot or picture of your student, and resume for online submission • Please prepare a list of all potential rehearsal and performance conflicts We will send out an email the Friday before auditions with the online audition form. Families will be able to submit their electronic resumes and headshots using the online audition form. Potential Rehearsals: October 30 – December 3, 2023 • Mon, Tue, Weds, Thurs, Fri: between 4:30 – 8:30pm • Saturdays: between 2:30 – 6:30pm • Sundays: between 1:00 – 5:00pm The show will NOT be rehearsing every day or the full time range listed. The director will pick the days that best accommodate everyone’s schedules – once conflicts and availability are known for the above dates. Tech Week: December 3 – 7, 2023 • Sunday between 12:00 – 7:00pm and Weeknights between 4:30 – 8:30pm All cast members are expected to attend ALL rehearsals during Tech Week. Performance dates December 8-17, 2023 All cast members are required to attend all performances. • Fridays, December 8, 15 at 7:30pm • Saturdays, December 9, 16 at 7:30pm • Sundays, December 10, 17 at 3:00pm • Student Matinees: Thursday, December 14 at 10:00 am (NOTE: This will require missing school that morning.) All cast members are required to attend all performances. Please visit and join our Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Beck-Center-Theater-Education-Youth-Theater/8…

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by Monica Reneè Tea V 22 Sep '23

22 Sep '23

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CPT's Free Performance Exhibit "Reverie Oracle" starts tonight!
by Kim Furganson 22 Sep '23

22 Sep '23

Cleveland Public Theatre presents Reverie Oracle <https://www.cptonline.org/performances/seasons/2023-2024/reverie-oracle/> Created and directed by Executive Artistic Director Raymond Bobgan A FREE Immersive Event! September 22 and September 23, 2023 What do you get when you combine performance art, an art exhibit, and an oracle? The answer is Reverie Oracle, Cleveland Public Theatre Executive Artistic Director Raymond Bobgan's newest theatrical experience that is an improvisation of song, movement, poetry, and yes, flying. A highly immersive experience, patrons may walk through the "gallery" for a few minutes or stop longer to watch the oracle unfold. Patrons may come and go as they please from 7pm to 10pm. Complimentary snacks and beverages will be provided. The event is free to the public, and while no tickets are required, donations are suggested. Ensemble: Hosea Billingsley, Katie Boissoneault, Jordan Ficyk, Kynnedy, Brooke Lynlee, Colleen McCaughey, Martinique Mims, Nnamdi Okpala, Kat Shy, Kalindi Stockton, Alija Toles, Anastasía Urozhaeva, Eric Wloszek. THE CREATIVE PRODUCTION TEAM INCLUDES: Producer: Raymond Bobgan Line Producer: Anastasía Urozhaeva Technical Director: Joshua Smith Stage Manager: Angela Warholic Lighting Designer: Benjamin Gantose TICKET and SHOW INFORMATION Reverie Oracle is free and open to the public from 7pm to 10pm Friday, September 22 and Saturday, September 23, 2023, in CPT's Gordon Square Theatre located at 6415 Detroit Ave., Cleveland, Ohio 44102. Tickets are not required; however, donations are suggested. For more information go to www.cptonline.org<http://www.cptonline.org>. Click here<https://www.cptonline.org/plan-your-visit/> for COVID-19 Safety Protocols. [Icon Description automatically generated]The Gordon Square Theatre is ADA-compliant featuring a patron elevator and an all-gender, wheelchair accessible restroom.

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