January 2024 - NEohioPAL - lists.neohiopal.org

Kids Film School: Make a Harry Potter Movie!
by Young Filmmakers Academy 04 Jan '24

04 Jan '24

Young Filmmakers Academy’s award winning 8 Week Film School program is enrolling for winter session. Kids 10-17 can enroll and become immersed in the Wizarding World of Harry Potter. Under the guidance of professional film and TV producers students will produce an iconic scene from the blockbuster series. Topics include: *Screenwriting * *Directing* *Camera Operation* *Lighting* *Sound * *Editing* *Special Effects* *Hair & Makeup* *Wardrobe and more.* Enroll today at www.youngfilmmakersacademy.org

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Opportunity - Jesus Christ Superstar
by gmskerritt＠aol.com 04 Jan '24

04 Jan '24

HAPPY NEW YEAR from the HAPPY ENDING LYRIC PLAYERSCalling all ACTORS, SINGERS, and DANCERS! FACT: In the Andrew Lloyd Weber-Tim Rice "rock opera" Jesus Christ Superstar the Men's and Women's Ensembles (Chorus) is active in 18 of the 23 musical numbers. FACT: In 16 of those 18 musical numbers the Men's and Women's Ensembles dance and/or move within their capabilities, and enjoy singing one or more of the many solo lines available. FACT: Performing to the music of the 27-member Chagrin Valley Studio Orchestra in the beautiful 500-seat Gothic Sanctuary of the First Baptist Church in Shaker Heights, OH is a treat you won't find with every community theater. FACT: If you are available, and want to participate in this mega-production for the theater experience of a lifetime, director G. Michael (Mike) Skerritt wants to hear from you. Rehearsals start Saturday, January 13 at 2 PM at the church at 3630 Fairmount Boulevard in Shaker Hts. SCHEDULE: Rehearsals 2-5 PM Saturdays & Sundays, 7-9:30 PM Tuesdays & Wednesdays start Jan. 13.Performances 7:30 PM Fridays March 15 & 22, 7:30 PM Saturdays March 16 & 23, 2 PM Sundays March 17 and 24. FACT: Singing and dancing are helpful and healthful activities when Old Man Winter keeps you from your warm weather diversions. Don't let the NE Ohio clouds and snow get you down! FACT: If you let me know of your interest via an email to gmskerritt(a)aol.com or a text to (216) 533-8077 and leave your contact information, you will hear back from me right away. Thanks!

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Youth Theatre Classes in Akron
by Wandering Aesthetics 04 Jan '24

04 Jan '24

Wandering Aesthetics is offering two youth theatre classes at Summit Artspace in Akron beginning on Saturday, January 20th. *TO REGISTER: watheatre.com/youth <http://watheatre.com/youth>* *SKETCH YOU LATER!* Ages: 5 - 9 Entire Session: $180 *(Sale Price:$165.00)* ****Scholarships are available (Please email info(a)watheatre.com <info(a)watheatre.com>)“Live from Summit Artspace…it’s Saturday Morning!!!”* Sketch You Later! is a 12-week theatre class designed to introduce students to the concept of sketch comedy. Using a series of improvisational games, the performers will learn the basics of sketch comedy – from structure to characterization – and create their own vignettes. Working with Mr. Kyle and Mr. Matt, the students will devise their own sketch comedy performance to be shared with family and friends on the final day of class. *There will be a final presentation on Saturday, April 13th.* *Saturdays @ 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM (1/20 - 4/13)* *Level Up!* Ages: 9 - 14 Entire Session: $180 *(Sale Price:$165.00)* ****Scholarships are available (Please email info(a)watheatre.com <info(a)watheatre.com>)* *Power up your acting!!!* Level Up! is a 12-week class that takes a deep dive into the expressive art-form known as theatre. Discover the power of gestures, the expression of the voice, the significance of text, and much more, as the students explore all the art-form has to offer. *There will be a final presentation on Saturday, April 13th.* *Saturdays @ 10:45 AM - 12:00 PM (1/20 - 4/13)* *Both classes will be held at:* Summit Artspace 140 E. Market St., Akron, OH 44308 *TO REGISTER: watheatre.com/youth <http://watheatre.com/youth>*

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Fairview Park City Schools High School Job Opening - Auditorium Rental Manager
by Ian Atwood 04 Jan '24

04 Jan '24

https://www.applitrack.com/fairview/onlineapp/jobpostings/view.asp?internal… Mrs. Jessica Atwood Fairview High School Social Studies Department Chair Director of Stagecrafters Director - International Thespian Troupe 8671 Drill Team Advisor p: (440) 356-3500 x.4105 e: jatwood(a)fairview.k12.oh.us 4507 West 213 Street Fairview Park, OH 44126 www.fairviewparkschools.org www.fairviewparkschools.org/fairviewstagecrafters *#WarriorPride* *Learn Differently * *Care Deeply **Aspire to Excellence*

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AUDITIONS for August Wilson's JITNEY at Beck Center Announced!
by Scott Spence 04 Jan '24

04 Jan '24

Audition Info for…. “*JITNEY*” by August Wilson Beck Center for the Arts in Lakewood is pleased to announce Open Call auditions for August Wilson's "*Jitney*" directed by Jimmie Woody. Auditions will be by appointment only, and will take place at Beck Center. Interested performers should schedule their appointments by calling the Beck Center Box Office during normal business hours at *216-521-2540*. Open Call auditions will occur *Tuesday, January 16th and Wednesday, January 17th* with slots beginning at 6PM each of those days. Callbacks will occur the weekend of January 17th/18th TBD. Director Jimmie Woodie requests one brief (90 seconds or less) contemporary monologue. If auditioner does not have a prepared piece readily available, a monologue or cutting from the play will be provided at the time of the audition. "*Jitney*" opens on April 5th and closes May 5th. Performances are Fri/Sat evenings and Sunday afternoons only. Rehearsals will begin circa late February. It is anticipated that 2 AEA contracts (Special Appearance) will be offered. All other non Equity performers 18 and over receive a stipend for their participation. *Show/Roles: * Regular taxi cabs will not travel to the Pittsburgh Hill District of the 1970s, and so the African-American residents turn to jitneys—unofficial, unlicensed taxi cabs—that operate in the community. This play portrays the lives of the jitney drivers at the station owned by Jim Becker. *Cast* · Jim Becker, the well-respected manager of the jitney station. In his 60s. · Doub, a driver, cautious and slow going, a Korean War veteranIn his 50’s · Fielding, a driver, an alcoholic, formerly a tailor who clothed Billy Eckstine <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Eckstine> and Count Basie <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Count_Basie>. In his 50's/60's · Turnbo, a driver, notorious for being a gossip. In his late 30's/40's · Youngblood (Darnell Williams), a driver. Recently returned from Vietnam, working several jobs to provide for his family. In his late 20s. · Rena, Youngblood's girlfriend and the mother of his young son, Jesse. In her late 20’s · Shealy, a flamboyant bookie <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bookie> who uses the jitney station as the basis of his operations. In his 30/40's · Philmore, a local hotel doorman and a frequent jitney passenger. In his 40's · Booster (Clarence Becker), Becker's son, who has just completed a 20-year prison sentence for murder. In his late 30s. {More} *Extended SYNOPSIS* *Jitney* is the eighth play in August Wilson’s Pittsburgh Cycle. It takes place in The Hill District of Pittsburgh in 1977, in a gypsy cab station, during Pittsburgh’s period of so-called “urban renewal.” As the city tries to shut down businesses, including the cab station, to make way for new buildings, we meet five gypsy cab drivers struggling to survive. Wilson’s ensemble piece puts human faces to the process of gentrification seizing the United States, telling of the specific human struggles of Becker, Youngblood, Turnbo, Fielding and Doub as they cling to a nostalgic past, while reaching for an uncertain future. Becker, the owner of the cab station, descends into an emotional spiral when his son, Booster, comes out of jail, where he served time after murdering his ex-girlfriend who falsely accused him of raping her. Youngblood has saved up enough money to buy a house for himself, his girlfriend, and their two-year-old son, Jesse, but even this grand gesture fails to redeem him in the eyes of his girlfriend, Rena, who refuses to forgive him for his unfaithful past. Turnbo is an older man who is distressed with the manners of the young people today, especially those of fellow cab driver, Youngblood, and is obsessed with comparing their actions to those he remembers from his happier past. Recovering alcoholic Fielding, who used to be a tailor, is waging an ongoing battle against his alcoholism, even as his continued drunkenness threatens his job. Doub is a Korean War Veteran, and a longtime jitney driver, who equates his time at war where ‘they never paid him no mind’ to the experiences he and his black colleagues have with white men today. Over the course of the play, all five of these men and the characters that come in and out of their lives pose questions about how we can heal past wounds and leap into a less-than-certain future. *About The Director:* *Jimmie Woody (DIRECTOR)* Some of his most recent directorial credits include: ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’ by Harper Lee, ‘Clybourne Park’ by Bruce Norris and ‘Raisin in the Sun’ by Lorrainne Hansberry (Weathervane Playhouse), ‘The America Play’ by Suzan-Lori Parks (University of Akron), ‘The Split Show’, ‘How Blood Go’, and ’The Bomb’ by Lisa Langford (Convergence Continuum & Cleveland Public Theater), ‘Glass Menagerie’ by Tennessee Williams, ‘For Colored Girls…’ by Ntosake Shange, ‘Jitney’, ’Two Trains Running’ & ‘Joe Turner’s Come and Gone’ by August Wilson (Cuyahoga Community College (Tri-C Metro)), ‘365 days/365 Plays’ by Suzan-Lori Parks (Cleveland Public Theater), ‘MLK Day’ by Jimmie Woody, ‘The Colored Museum’, by George C. Wolfe & ‘When the Chickens Came Home to Roost’ by Laurence Holder (Karamu House), ‘Seedfolks’ by Paul Fleischman (Tri-C JazzFest Cleveland, Cleveland Public Library and the Cleveland Botanical Garden), ‘Underground Griots’ by Natalie Parker & Keith Josef Adkins (Cleveland Public Theatre, The National Black Theater Festival and Here Café NYC), ’Wilberforce’ & ’Hollis Mugley’s Only Wish’ by Keith Josef Adkins and (Cleveland Public Theatre, The National Black Theater Festival & New York Hip Hop Festival), ‘The Baachae’ written by Wole Soyinka (Cleveland Public Theatre and Columbia University), ‘Song’ by Daniel Gray Kontar and ’InCogNegro’ by Lisa Langford (Cleveland Public Theatre). Jimmie received his M.F.A. in acting from Columbia University. He is a 2012 Creative Workforce Fellow and is currently a Resident Teaching Artist of Theater and Digital Media at Center for Art-Inspired Learning and he’s an acting professor at Cuyahoga Community College.

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Beck's "A Doll's House PART 2" AUDITIONS coming up Jan. 8/9. Sign up Today!!!
by Scott Spence 04 Jan '24

04 Jan '24

Audition Info for….. *A DOLL’S HOUSE PART 2* Beck Center and Guest Director Don Carrier will hold Open Call Auditions for Lucas Hnath's award winning "*A Doll's House, Part 2*" on *Monday, January 8th and Tuesday, **January 9th* by appointment only. Appointment slots will be available beginning at 5PM each day and can be scheduled by calling the Beck Box Office at *216-521-2540* during regular business hours. Auditioning actors are asked to prepare a brief (no more than 90 second) contemporary monologue. Auditioners may also choose to read a provided monologue or cutting from the show. "*A Doll's House Part 2*" opens May 31st and plays in Beck's intimate Studio Theatre until June 30th with performances on Friday/Saturday Nights and Sunday afternoons. Rehearsals will begin in very late April. It is anticipated that 2 AEA contracts (Special Appearance Tier 2) will be available for this production. In addition, all non Equity performers 18 and over are paid a stipend for their participation. Callbacks for this production will occur sometime during the weekend of January 13/14 TBD. *Show/Role Info:* *Written as a sequel to Ibsen’s A Doll’s House, Lucas Hnath's A Doll’s House Part II is an intermission-less relentless reunion of Nora with her daughter, husband and housekeeper. Comedic and passionate, the characters advocate for their point of view as they excavate the past and try to find a way to the future. * *SEEKING:* *NORA – Female, 40 – 45, any ethnicity. Nora returns to the life she left behind 15 years after she slammed that door. Strong, independent and determined to stay free and unencumbered. Like any one who is opinionated she will have her admirers and detractors. Not sentimental. * *TORVALD – Male, 45 - 50, any ethnicity. Has Torvald changed over the years since Nora’s departure? We see him as a mellow middle aged man who was bewildered with his wife’s departure those 15 years ago. He is genuinely astonished at her return and allows the bitterness he has held, to finally explode. * *ANNE MARIE – Female, 55 – 70, Caucasian. Anne Marie took on the role of “woman of the house” after the departure of Nora. She is wise, wry and pretty tired after years of work from being the nanny and later the surrogate mother. She holds a certain amount of resentment towards Nora as well. Frank and wry. * *EMMY - Female, 20 - 25, any ethnicity. Just a little girl when her mother left 15 years earlier, Emmy still possesses many of Nora’s traits: confidence, saying what she wants, a certainty. She is conflicted: she needs her mother’s help but also has anger around her mother leaving her as a young girl. That she prioritized her needs above her daughters. * *ABOUT THE DIRECTOR:* DONALD CARRIER is an actor, teacher and director who has worked extensively in theatre and film across North America. He spent nine seasons at the Stratford Festival, three seasons at the Old Globe under renowned director Adrian Noble and two seasons at the Shaw Festival. He has worked at the Shakespeare Theatre, Studio Theatre, the Huntington Theatre, the Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, the Intiman Theatre, the Great Lakes Theatre, the Wilma Theatre, Notre Dame Shakespeare Festival, The National Arts Center, CanStage, Maltz Jupiter Theatre and TheatreWorks, among many others. For the Cleveland Play House, he has appeared in SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE, ALL THE WAY, LUNA GALE, THE CRUCIBLE, THE LITTLE FOXES, LINCOLNESQUE, NOISES OFF!, TEN CHIMNEYS, IN THE NEXT ROOM, OR THE VIBRATOR PLAY AND YENTL. Film and TV credits include: TWICE IN A LIFETIME, THE PASSION OF AYN RAND, HOLLYWOOD OFF-RAMP, THE WIVES OF WINDSOR, DEAD BY MONDAY AND EARTH: FINAL CONFLICT. Directing credits include: MIDDLETOWN, THE LIAR, PASSAGE, FIFTH OF JULY, CLYBOURNE PARK, THE MISANTHROPE AND TOO TRUE TO BE GOOD, CWRU/CPH MFA Acting Program; THE TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA, Notre Dame University; TWELFTH NIGHT, Colorado College; Assistant Director for CYRANO DE BERGERAC, Stratford Festival; THE CRUCIBLE, AS YOU LIKE IT, CYMBELINE, CWRU Theater Department; WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?, REALLY, REALLY, SEMINAR, Beck Center; BECKY SHAW, Dobama Theatre; OTHELLO, Texas Shakespeare Festival; ELLIS ISLAND: AN AMERICAN DREAM, VIOLINS OF HOPE AND DISCOVERING ROMEO AND JULIET with the Cleveland Orchestra. Don is a 2016 Lunt Fontanne Fellow. Don is the Director of the CWRU/CPH MFA Acting Program.

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Auditions for Stonewallin by Kari Barclay at convergence-continuum
by Cory Molner 04 Jan '24

04 Jan '24

Convergence-continuum announces auditions for Stonewallinby Kari Barclay PLAY DESCRIPTION: "Stonewall Jackson coughs, and out comes glitter."Stonewallin' is a queer coming-of-age story in the American South full ofwitchcraft, war re-enactors, and ghosts. The winner of the inaugural So.QueerPlaywriting Contest, Stonewallin' explores the gap between symbolic politicsand material politics in racial history and offers an account of attractionrarely seen on stage. The witches are up to something in the small-town South.When Marsha moves from Berkeley to Virginia to reconnect with her family’sroots, she finds a barista with an astrology obsession, a Confederate monumentgone missing, and the makings of a bisexual love story — if she wants it. Withhumanity, humor, and as many layers as a biscuit, this new play explores thefamilies we choose, the families we don’t, and the folks making magic in achanging South. AVAILABLE ROLES: · Tommy Jackson—a witch looking for a soulmate; white, twenties,feminine-of-center · Marsha Lyons-a wanderer trying to find home; black, thirties, bisexual andhomoromantic (more on that later) · Mamaw Jackson—an elder hoping to make sense of a changing world; Tommy’sgrandmother, white, sixties, old school and casually racist · Elijah Lyons—a city council member trying to protect his community; Marsha’solder brother, black, late thirties, big into respectability politics · Stonewall Jackson—a Confederate general brought back to earth against his will;white, late thirties, has wartime trauma ABOUT THE AUDITIONS: January 14th, NOON January 15th, 7PM Have a1-2 min dramedy monologue prepared. If not, sides will be available uponrequest. Auditions will occur at the LIMINIS Theatre, 2438 Scranton Rd.Cleveland, OH 44113. Please sign up for an audition time slot here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0945A9AB29A3FBC25-47058074-stonewallin#/ PRODUCTION DATES: Production will be Friday Arch 29th through April 20th , withperformances Thursday – Saturday at 8pm. For questions, please contact the Director Jeannine Gaskin at Jeannine.Gaskin(a)gmail.com All Roles receive a $400 stipend. Cory MolnerExecutive Artistic Director, convergence-continuum Theater(He/Him/His)

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MLK Event!
by Sharron Foxx 04 Jan '24

04 Jan '24

Please see the flyer below for a dramatic reading on January 15, 2024 at Nottingham United Methodist Church. Contact information is on the flyer. Thanks!

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Big THANKS to the 23 contributors (thus far) that have donated to NEohioPAL's annual campaign for support.
by Fred Sternfeld 04 Jan '24

04 Jan '24

Dear Subscribers, A big THANK YOU to the 23 people or organizations that have contributed thus far to our 2024 campaign. Those who have contributed and chosen to have their name or organization listed in 2024 (and 2023) <https://fredsternfeld.com/neohiopal-contributors-22/>are at this link <https://fredsternfeld.com/neohiopal-contributors-22/>. NEohioPAL is now in its 26th year of providing people like you a valuable tool that draws together Northeast Ohio's arts community. Your donation keeps this unique performing arts resource alive and free to all readers and posters. This email is the launch of our one month campaign for contributions to support Neohiopal. If it is within your means, or your organization's budget to contribute, your support is greatly appreciated. You can see the organizations and individuals who contributed and chose to b e listed for 2023 at this link <https://fredsternfeld.com/neohiopal-contributors-22/>. NEohioPAL supporters are organizations, performers, artists and arts lovers who recognize the value of staying in touch with our region's arts scene. They are also people who realize that we have some very real expenses: web hosting, bandwidth, utilities, supplies and our time keeping the site free of SPAM and running smoothly. If you have ever learned of an audition, found a job, promoted your event or had a great night out at a performance, please consider supporting our efforts through a donation. To donate, please go to https://fredsternfeld.com/support-neohiopal-22/. At that site you will find many ways to volunteer your financial support: Paypal, Venmo, Google Pay, Apple Pay, Zelle or by check. Here are suggestions to help you decide what to donate: 3 cents per day = $10 per year 14 cents per day = $50 per year 20 cents per day = $75 per year *27 cents per day = $100 per year* *50 cents per day = $182.50 per year* *1 dollar per day = $365 per year* Thanks for your participation in making the arts scene in Northeast Ohio vibrant and collaborative. Warm Regards, Fred Sternfeld <https://fredsternfeld.com/> NEohioPAL founder and administrator Noah Budin <https://www.noahbudin.com/>, Daniel Alpern <https://www.facebook.com/carddude99> NEohioPAL associate administrators Conrad Yoder <https://www.linkedin.com/in/conradyoder/> Webmaster P.S. We will post this message to NEohioPAL several times a week for the next month or so. After that, we will not do a direct "ask" again until this time next year. If a modest donation is not currently in your budget, information on how to support NEohioPAL will always be in the footer of each message. P.S.S. To reach one of the administrators with a concern or issue, use ONLY this email address: neohiopal-owner(a)lists.neohiopal.org P.S.S.S. The Neohiopal Main Page - It leads to the faqs, support and contributor pages: https://fredsternfeld.com/new-neohiopal-main-22/ neohiopal-owner(a)lists.neohiopal.org fredsternfeld(a)neohiopal.org https://fredsternfeld.com/support-neohiopal-22/ https://fredsternfeld.com/new-neohiopal-main-22/ <http://www.fredsternfeld.com/neohiopal/>

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News, Updates and Last Call for January's Acting Classes
by The Houde School Of Acting 03 Jan '24

03 Jan '24

Last Call for January’s Classes! We have new in-person and online classes starting in January, as well as a Demo Reel shoot on January 27! Hi All! We have some exciting news for January! *First, we have some new classes to announce:* *Online* *Improv,* Thursdays 7PM ET (starts January 4) *Sign up here: http://tinyurl.com/s8bxdp85 <http://tinyurl.com/s8bxdp85>* *Young Actors Class,* Ages 8-14 - Mondays 530PM ET (starts January 8) *Sign up here: http://tinyurl.com/yc6jyxjv <http://tinyurl.com/yc6jyxjv>* *In-Person* *Introduction to Combat, *Sundays at 5PM (starts January 7) *Sign up here: http://tinyurl.com/4p7eepw6 <http://tinyurl.com/4p7eepw6>* *Next, we have a demo shoot scheduled for January 27!* Our next demo shoot will be January 27, 2024! We will be filming in our Interrogation and Office sets. This gives you the option to play several roles including; Detective, Suspect, Boss, Employee, Co-Worker, Assistant, Attorney, Client, Etc. *Sign up here: http://tinyurl.com/2p8e988m <http://tinyurl.com/2p8e988m>* *Lastly, it’s last call for January’s classes, here’s what’s left;* *Meisner Technique - Online:* Sundays 6-8PM ET (begins 1/7/24) Mondays 5-7PM ET (begins 1/8/24) Tuesdays 5-7PM ET (begins 1/9/24) Tuesdays 10PM-12AM ET (begins 1/9/24) Wednesdays 6-8PM ET (begins 1/10/24) Wednesdays 9-11PM ET (begins 1/10/24) Thursdays 5-7PM ET (begins 1/4/24) *Script Analysis - Online* Mondays 7-9PM ET (begins 1/8/24) *Improv - Online* Thursdays 7-9PM ET (begins 1/4/24) *Young Actors Class - Online* Mondays 530-7PM ET (begins 1/8/24) *Business of Acting - Online* Fridays 7-9PM ET (begins 1/5/24) *In-Person Classes Available* *Meisner Technique * Mondays 630-830PM ET (begins 1/8/24) Wednesdays 430-6PM ET (begins 1/10/24) Wednesdays 6-8PM ET (begins 1/10/24) *Introduction To Combat* Sundays 5-7PM ET (begins 1/7/24) *Improv* Sundays 7-9PM *Register for Classes Here:* *https://www.houdeschoolofacting.com/online-registration <https://www.houdeschoolofacting.com/online-registration>* Email us back with any questions. We are happy to hear from you!

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