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FRIDAY AND SATURDAY! Audition for Parade at Near West Theatre
by Bailey Pfohl 31 Jan '20

31 Jan '20

Parade Book by Alfred Uhry Music and Lyrics by Jason Robert Brown Co-Conceived and Directed on Broadway by Harold Prince Spring Older Teen & Adult (ages 16+) Auditions: Jan 31 & Feb 1, from 6:00-9:00pm Near West Theatre, 6702 Detroit Ave, Cleveland, OH 44102 The tragic, true story. The trial of a man wrongly accused of murder brought to theatrical life. Amid religious intolerance, political injustice and racial tension, this Tony Award-winning musical expertly tells the story of a south trying to maintain its pre-war identity, a newspaper man looking for his big break, an ambitious prosecutor and, at its heart, the love story between a husband and wife as their world is being ripped apart. Parade is filled with soaring music and a heart-wrenching story, offering a moral lesson about the dangers of prejudice, and ignorance that should not be forgotten. About the Audition * No experience or pre-registration necessary. No prepared material needed. * A relaxed, playful and friendly atmosphere. * Wear comfortable clothing & shoes for dancing so you can move easily. * Group audition process. Actors are led through multiple improvisational exercises including acting, movement and singing. * All individuals should arrive 15 minutes early to register. * Auditions begin promptly at the designated time. Anyone arriving after the starting time will be asked to audition at the next scheduled time. For more information, call the Near West Theatre office at 216-961-9750. Or visit http://nearwesttheatre.org/pages/parade. Near West Theatre 6702 Detroit Ave, Cleveland, OH 44102 216.961.9750 www.nearwesttheatre.org<http://www.nearwesttheatre.org/> Near West Theatre builds loving relationships and engages diverse people in strengthening their sense of identity, passion, and purpose, individually and in community, through accessible, affordable, and transformational theatre arts experiences.

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Lakeland Theatre presents "If/Then"
by Martin Friedman 31 Jan '20

31 Jan '20

*Lakeland Civic Theatre* *Presents the Local Premier of* *If/Then* Music by *Tom Kitt* Book and Lyrics by *Brian Yorkey* Directed by *Martin Friedman* Sets and Lights by *Trad A Burns* Musical Direction by *Matthew Dolan* Costume Design by *Kelsey Tomlinson* Sound Designed by *Eric Simna * Choreography by *Kate Gibson * Production Stage Manager *Imani Robinson * *The Production:* This is the ninth collaboration between the dynamic lighting and set designer Trad A Burns and director Martin Friedman following the deeply satisfying and critically praised productions of “Sweeney Todd”, “Next to Normal”, “Violet”, “Light in the Piazza”, “Anyone Can Whistle”, "Bridges of Madison County", “Into the Woods” and “Death of a Salesman”. This production of "If/Then" features Sandra M. Emerick and Michael Snider. The play, by the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning team of composer Tom Kitt and lyricist Brian Yorkey, explores the life of Elizabeth, a newly divorced woman who returns to New York City to start over. As she connects with old, and new friends, she discovers that they have quite different opinions on what directions she should take and how to redefine herself. Elizabeth has to decide if she will seek out new adventures or build her professional career in the city. The musical plays out not only her possibilities but encourages the audience to as the same questions. *Production Dates and Times**:* “If/Then” opens on Friday, January 31, and run through February 16, 2020. There will be nine (9) shows; that is three (3) weeks of performances. January 31, February 1, 7, 8, 14, and 15 at 7:30 p. m. and February 2, 9, and 16 at 2 p.m. *Tickets**:* Tickets are $15 for adults, $13 for $7 for all students. Call 440.525.7526 for production information and 440.525.7134 for ticket purchases. Visit lakelandcc.edu/arts to order tickets online. FREE PARKING. 7700 Clocktower Drive Kirtland, Ohio 44097

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Actors Needed 2/5 & 2/6
by Kristina Michelle 31 Jan '20

31 Jan '20

North Coast Casting is currently seeking actors for a paid industrial shooting next Wednesday (2/5) and Thursday (2/6) in Painesville. We are still in need of one actor on Wednesday and two actors on Thursday. This is a day time shoot with a morning call time, so please only apply if you are available. Interested applicants can send an e-mail with a recent photo, resume, location, and contact information to kristina(a)worldeonline.com, with your availability for the two days included. Do not reply to this e-mail. Please use the e-mail given above. Actors will be finalized today, so submit as soon as possible. All types and ages welcome to submit.

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$12 Contemporary Master Class with Nicole Golonka
by Anna Cerveny 31 Jan '20

31 Jan '20

Join Cleveland Dance Project for a contemporary master class with Nicole Golonka from Groundworks on Sunday 2/2 from 1-2:30pm at Creative Movement Center in Broadview Heights. Ages 16+ only. $12 with pre-paid registration 24 hours in advance here: www.clevelanddanceproject.com/classes $15 at the door *Nicole Golonka is a performer, creator, and educator who identifies as an arts activist, values social justice in her work, and strives to increase arts access. A recent graduate from Loyola University Chicago in 2019, she holds degrees in dance and psychology. At the undergraduate level, she researched nationally and internationally (Havana, Cuba & Rome, Italy) by way of Loyola's Provost Fellowship. She has performed soloist roles in works by Rena Butler, Alice Klock, Carrie Hanson, Randy Duncan, Sarah Cullen Fuller, and Amy Wilkinson and studied with the San Francisco Conservatory of Dance, Northwest Dance Project, Vim Vigor, Opificio Certificate Program, and the Seldoms. To further her passion for the intersection of dance and disability, Nicole served as a host committee member for the Midwest Convening on Physically Integrated Dance in 2016, under the direction of Sarah Cullen Fuller, and collaborated on the dance films, "ALL" and "Dance the Vote". Professional performance residencies include Mandala Dance Company, Line Out Dance Company, E. Sperimenti Dance Co., Karen Fantasia, and Nicolas Grimaldi Capitello. As an emerging choreographer, she has created for both live performance and film and was recently featured in Chicago's Emergence Choreographic Showcase. Nicole is currently a company trainee with GroundWorks Dance Theater and teaches throughout the Cleveland area.* 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 <https://www.clevelanddanceproject.com/showcaseauditions>

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SANZARU by Greg A. Smith | Feb 14 - 16
by Playwrights Local 30 Jan '20

30 Jan '20

Playwrights Local Presents 2020 Play Lab Workshop Production SANZARU Written by Greg A. Smith Directed by Erik Andrews http://www.playwrightslocal.org/sanzaru/ A new work of devised theater created in Playwrights Local’s 2020 Play Lab incubator Featuring Minor Cline, Lauren B. Smith, & Casey Venema SHOWDATES Friday, February 14 at 7:30 pm Saturday, February 15 at 7:30 pm Sunday, February 16 at 3:00 pm Special post-show audience response session with Dr. Shane Breaux on Sunday, February 16 VENUE Creative Space at Waterloo Arts 397 East 156th Street Cleveland, Ohio 44110 SYNOPSIS See no evil. Hear no evil. Speak no evil. Three strangers wake up in an unfamiliar and seemingly inescapable room, with no knowledge of where they are, why they’re there, and--in Morgan’s case--why the hell her eyes have been removed. As their ability to communicate with each other becomes more and more fractured, so too do their relationships and--more worryingly--reality itself. Sanzaru is a thought-provoking and darkly humorous new collaborative work, created in Playwrights Local’s 2020 Play Lab incubator. TICKETS https://bit.ly/2mu1CXY $8 General Admission with Accommodations Upon Request info(a)playwrightslocal.org | (216) 302-8856 CAST Minor Cline……….Ira Lauren B. Smith……….Keegan Casey Venema……….Morgan CRITICAL RESPONSE SESSION Special post-show audience response session with Dr. Shane Breaux on Sunday, February 16 # # #

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DinoRoar is Holding Auditions for our 2020 Tour Season!
by Noah Hibbard 30 Jan '20

30 Jan '20

DinoRoar does live dinosaur shows at state and county fairs in Ohio and surrounding states, and is seeking enthusiastic performers and puppeteers for our 2020 touring season. Pay is $100 per performance day, and performers could make up to $10,000 this tour season, depending on availability. This is a contract based offer, and we are looking for performers that are available for as many as our performance dates as possible. Performance dates range from April-October, and include weekend and weekday performances. Hotel and travel costs are paid for by the company. Auditions are by appointment only. If you are interested in traveling with an energetic cast of dinosaurs and their handlers, want to schedule an audition, or have any questions, please reach out to us at nhibbard(a)imaginosproductions.com Noah Hibbard Dinosaur Brand Team Lead

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A Thank you to Mark and Bill Corcoran!
by joydecker＠roadrunner.com 30 Jan '20

30 Jan '20

Theatre in the Circle provides an important addition to the Cleveland Theatre Community. Mark and Bill’s talents and vision have combined to produce quality theater on University Circle; available to theatre lovers throughout the Cleveland Metropolitan Area. How lucky we are to have an Equity Theatre in a convenient location (with free parking)! Thanks again!

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"How to Be a Respectable Junkie" FREE PERFORMANCE, Thurs, Feb. 20, 6:30pm, at Parma-Snow Library
by Greg Vovos 30 Jan '20

30 Jan '20

HOW TO BE A RESPECTABLE JUNKIE FREE Performance,Thursday, February 20 (6:30pm) atthe Cuyahoga County Public Library (Parma-SnowBranch - 2121 Snow Rd.) After a powerfulperformance two years ago, HTBARJreturns to the library for a onetime FREE performance. The75-minute production will be followed by a talkback with the playwright, actor,and the man who inspired the play. You may register for the performance at this link. Seats are filling fast! Based on the truestory of a man from NE Ohio who overcame heroin addiction, HOW TO BE ARESPECTABLE JUNKIE is an award-winning play written by Greg Vovos andfeaturing Christopher Bohan*. It is a humorous, heartbreaking, but ultimatelyhopeful look into the struggles faced by those caught in heroin’s deadly grip. HTBARJ premiered at Dobama Theatre in the Summer of 2017 where it wasdirected by Nathan Motta and played to sold-out audiences and received bothcritical and audience acclaim, including a feature in the New York Times. Sincethen it has toured to colleges, art galleries, conferences, medical schools,and theatres both in and out of Ohio. Don’tmiss the opportunity to see it free, if you haven’t already! If you’d like to get afeel for what the play is like, here’s a link to an extendedtrailer. Please note, the playdoes have some profanity and depicts drug use. Any questions can beemailed to: respectablejunkie(a)gmail.com. Or you can like ourHOW TO BE A RESPECTABLE JUNKIE page on facebook. Twitter: @HTBARJ www.respectablejunkie.com "Sometimes, aplay simply must be seen because it speaks so many languages. "How to Be aRespectable Junkie," ... is something of a Rosetta stone.” AndreaSimakis, THE PLAIN DEALER "...a powerfulpiece of theater...brutally precise.” Christine Howey, SCENE “Everyso often a show comes along that hits with the intensity of a car wreck. Thisis such a show with no punches being pulled. At times humorous to counterbalance the raw nerve intensity it is a stark look at a national epidemic thatshows no sign of weakening. As brutal as it is, this is must see theater." Talkin' Broadway. How to Be ARespectable Junkie is a special evening of theater. Superb acting,within the confines of a meaningful script…absolute must-be-seen theater foranyone who goes to be informed, to share in a real experience. RoyBerko, CoolCleveland We are grateful to theCuyahoga County Public Library for enabling us to share thisimportant work with the community, free of charge. *Memberof Actors’ Equity Association

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AUDITIONS for KING LEAR directed by Michael Dempsey
by Michael Dempsey 30 Jan '20

30 Jan '20

*Mahoning Valley Players* announces *AUDITIONS* for *KING LEAR* by William Shakespeare, directed by Michael Dempsey. *KING LEAR* will be staged July 10-12 at Youngstown State University’s beautiful Ford Theatre in Bliss Hall, in association with YSU’s 2020 Festival of the Arts. NOTE: ALL ROLES ARE OPEN AT THIS TIME. An Equity Guest Artist Contract is possible for the role of Lear. A travel stipend may be available for actors traveling longer distances. AUDITIONS: WHEN: Sun-Mon, April 5-6 @ 7:00 pm. Callbacks will be Thursday, April 9 @ 7:00 pm. WHERE: Infinity Dance and Performing Arts. 7050 Market St Suite #102, Boardman, OH 44512 PERFORMANCES: One weekend, Friday-Sunday, July 10-12 REHEARSALS will begin in mid-May, and run (generally) Sun-Thurs evenings. AUDITION REQUIREMENTS: Bring a 2-minute classic monologue (preferred) or be prepared to read from the script. Head shots and resumes are preferred. Be prepared to list your rehearsal conflicts. * NOTE: ALL ROLES ARE OPEN AT THIS TIME. * *Actors of all ethnicities, ages and gender identities may audition, as well as performers with disabilities. Character ages listed below are as suggested by the text. Actors auditioning for King Lear should be in their 50s-? but be able to play the appropriate age. *ABOUT THE PLAY: *King Lear* stands like a colossus at the center of Shakespeare’s achievement as the grandest effort of his imagination. In its social range, it encompasses a whole society, from king to beggar, and invites us to move in our imagination between a royal palace and a hovel on a bare heath. Its emotional range extends from the extreme of violent anger to the tenderest intimacy of loving reconciliation. Offering some of Shakespeare’s greatest and strongest characters for both men and women, *King Lear * *is epic, personal and universal, with themes that are as important today as they were when it was written. *ABOUT THE DIRECTOR: *Michael Dempsey was trained at the National Theatre of Great Britain’s Summer Acting Programme (Shakespeare) and workshopped at the Royal Shakespeare Company, two of the most respected classical theatres in the world. He has over 30 years’ experience as an actor and director.* * CHARACTERS:* *King Lear *(late 70s-80s) The aging king of Britain and the protagonist of the play. Lear is used to enjoying absolute power and to being flattered, and he does not respond well to being contradicted or challenged. At the beginning of the play, his values are notably hollow—he prefers his two older daughters’ obvious flattery over the actual devotion of Cordelia, and he wishes to maintain the power of a king while unburdening himself of the responsibility. Nevertheless, Lear inspires loyalty in subjects such as Gloucester, Kent, Cordelia, and Edgar, all of whom risk their lives for him. *Cordelia *(20s-30s) Lear’s youngest daughter, disowned by her father for refusing to flatter him. Cordelia is held in extremely high regard by all of the good characters in the play—the king of France marries her for her virtue alone, overlooking her lack of dowry. Cordelia remains loyal to Lear de- spite his cruelty toward her, forgives him, and displays a mild and forbearing temperament even toward her evil sisters, Goneril and Regan. Despite her obvious virtues, Cordelia’s reticence makes her motivations difficult to read, as in her refusal to declare her love for her father at the beginning of the play. *Goneril *(40-50s) Lear’s ruthless oldest daughter and the wife of the duke of Albany. Goneril is jealous, treacherous, and amoral. Shakespeare’s audience would have been particularly shocked at Goneril’s aggressiveness, a quality that it would not have expected in a female character. Goneril challenges Lear’s authority, boldly initiates an affair with Edmund, and wrests military power away from her husband. *Regan *(40s-50s) Lear’s middle daughter and the wife of the duke of Cornwall. Regan is as ruthless as Goneril and as aggressive in all the same ways. In fact, it is difficult to think of any quality that distinguishes her from her sister. When they are not egging each other on to further acts of cruelty, they jealously compete for the same man, Edmund. *Kent *(40s-50s) A nobleman of the same rank as Gloucester who is loyal to King Lear. Kent spends most of the play disguised as a peasant, calling himself “Caius,” so that he can continue to serve Lear even after Lear banishes him. Kent is extremely loyal but gets himself into trouble throughout the play by being exceptionally blunt and outspoken. *Gloucester *(50-70s) A nobleman loyal to King Lear whose rank, earl, is below that of duke. The first thing we learn about Gloucester is that he is an adulterer, having fathered a bastard son, Edmund. Gloucester’s fate is in many ways parallel to that of Lear: he misjudges which of his children to trust. Also like Lear, Gloucester suffers tremendously for his mistakes. *Edmund* (30s-40s) Gloucester’s younger, illegitimate son. Edmund resents his status as a bastard and schemes to usurp Gloucester’s title and possessions from Edgar. He is a formidable character, succeeding in almost all of his schemes and wreaking destruction upon virtually all of the other characters. *Edgar *(30s-40s) Gloucester’s older, legitimate son. Edgar plays many different roles, start- ing out as a gullible fool easily tricked by his brother, then assuming a dis- guise as a mad beggar to evade his father’s men, then carrying his impersonation further to aid Lear and Gloucester, and finally appearing as an armored champion to avenge his brother’s treason. Edgar’s propensity for dis-guises and impersonations makes him a complex and at times puzzling character. *Fool *(25-70s) Lear’s jester. The Fool uses double-talk and seemingly frivolous songs to criticize Lear for the latter’s foolish mistakes. *Albany *(40-55*)* The husband of Lear’s daughter Goneril. Although Albany allows Goneril, Regan, and Cornwall to abuse their power, Albany himself is good at heart, eventually denouncing and opposing their cruelty and treachery. Yet Albany is indecisive and lacks foresight, not realizing the evil of his allies until quite late in the play. *Cornwall*—The husband of Lear’s daughter Regan. Unlike Albany, Cornwall is domineering, cruel, and violent, and he works with his wife and sister-in-law Goneril to persecute Lear and Gloucester. *Oswald *(30-40s) The steward, or chief servant, in Goneril’s house. Oswald obeys his mistress’s commands and helps her in her conspiracies. *King of France* (30-40s) Cordelia’s suitor and then husband. Masculine, strong and eminently capable. May be doubled with other roles. *Duke of Burgundy *(30-40s) Cordelia’s second suitor. Rejects Cordelia when Lear advises that there will be no dowry. May be doubled with other roles. * Ensemble* To play Old Man, Knights, Gentlemen, Servants, Messengers, Doctors, Captains, Herald, Attendants and peasants of the realm. For questions or more information, please contact the director at demzer(a)gmail.com or call 330-397-3667.

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[Event] Pop-Cleveland! @ Hofbräuhaus 2/6/2020
by Common Room Theatre 30 Jan '20

30 Jan '20

Pop-Cleveland! is the comedic quiz that asks 'How Cleveland Are You?'. The show blends sketch comedy and pub trivia into one hilarious night of laughs and competition. The sketches explore and showcase life in The Land, midwestern quirks, and local landmarks. The trivia appears throughout the show and challenges audience members in five unique rounds of mobile game play. Games are compatible with any smartphone and range from multiple choice quizzes to free form drawing. Now featuring: Sam Dee, Joe Briggs, Ali Max, James, Catullo, Beau Buccilli, and Ryan Santa. What: Pop-Cleveland! The comedy quiz show that asks 'How Cleveland Are You?' Who: Produced by Common Room Theatre Where: Hofbrauhaus. 1550 Chester Ave Cleveland, OH 44114 When: Thursday February 6th, 8 pm (Additional performances 2/13, 2/27,3/5, 3/12 all at 8pm) Tickets:http://www.commonroomtheatre.com/events ($10 online/$12 at the door) -- Common Room Theatre www.commonroomtheatre.com commonroomtheatre(a)gmail.com 216-714-3371

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