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HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME - 4 PERFORMANCES LEFT!
by G Michael Skerritt 17 Apr '18

17 Apr '18

The Happy Ending Lyric Players presents HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME Based on Victor Hugo's original book and Disney's great 1996 movie featuring The Chagrin Falls Studio Orchestra MISS OPENING WEEKEND? NOT A PROBLEM! FOUR PERFORMANCES LEFT! 7 PM Wednesday April 18 8 PM Friday April 20 8 PM Saturday 21 2 PM Sunday 22 This show is among the first produced in North America and is uniquely staged in First Baptist Church of Greater Cleveland's beautiful Gothic Sanctuary at 3630 Fairmount Boulevard (at Eaton Road) in Shaker Heights, and backed by the Chagrin Falls Studio Orchestra! This is an event NOT to be missed! Tickets: $20 Adults $15 Students and Seniors VIP Packages (Premium Seating and Complimentary Refreshment): $60 each or 2/$100 TICKETS ON SALE NOW! For tickets and more information visit firstbaptistcleveland.org/hunchback Tickets Also Available at the Door

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Final Weeks! Accepting New Plays through April 30!
by Playwrights Local 17 Apr '18

17 Apr '18

PLAYWRIGHTS LOCAL Announces its 2018 OPEN SUBMISSION PERIOD New ten-minute, one-act, full-length, and radio plays by writers from Northeast Ohio accepted from January 1 - April 30, 2018. No fee for submitting! Playwrights Local seeks original, unproduced plays for our 2018-2019 season and events, including: - The 4th Annual Cleveland Playwrights Festival - Play Lab development program - Roundtable staged reading workshop - Our new podcast play series - ...and more! Playwrights may submit up to three pieces: - One ten-minute play - One one-act (30-60 pages) or full-length play (60-120 pages) - One radio/podcast play (25-60 pages) All unproduced, original plays for adult audiences are accepted, including one-person plays. (Not accepted: children’s plays, musicals, adaptations of copyrighted material, and translations.) Find more information at http://playwrightslocal.org/submissions/. NO SUBMISSION FEE Open to all playwrights age 18 or older who are permanent residents of any county in Northeast Ohio, as pictured at http://wikitravel.org/upload/e n/6/69/NE_Ohio_Counties.png. Submissions open at 12:01am on January 1, 2018, and close at midnight on April 30, 2018. Early submissions are encouraged. Selections will be announced by August 31, 2018. For guidelines and additional information, see http://playwrightslocal.org/submissions/. ABOUT US Playwrights Local is a 501(c)(3) theater company based in Cleveland. As a playwrights’ center, our goal is to provide a home base for all novice and experienced dramatic writers in Northeast Ohio—that is, to serve as a creative outlet for anyone interested in writing for the stage and screen. We offer free classes, produce original plays, provide networking opportunities, and engage the community through outreach projects. Playwrights Local strives to increase the impact of original theater on the community and to raise the profile of area playwrights both within Greater Cleveland and beyond.

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Opening: Galamac’s columbinus Opens Thursday in Akron
by Jeremy Clarke 17 Apr '18

17 Apr '18

Galamac’s *columbinus* Opens Thursday in Akron *Akron, OH *(April 17, 2018) – Galamac’s inaugural production of the all too timely play *columbinus*, by the United States Theatre project, written by Stephen Karam and PJ Paparelli, dramaturgy by Patricia Hersch, conceived by PJ Paparelli, opens this Thursday, April 19 at 8PM at The Well CDC/Citizens Akron Church (formerly The First Presbyterian Church of Akron) in Middlebury. Produced and directed by Jeremy A. Clarke and Omar Mack, the production will honor the original play which was developed following the Columbine High School massacre of 1999 in Littleton, Colorado based on records, transcripts, police records, and interviews from the community; following recent events in America, now seems like the perfect time to re-examine a dialogue of high school adolescence, mental health, and safety, while also looking at how grief affects a community and the power of knowing the truth in the event of a tragedy. The cast includes Sam Marazita, Frank Lucas, Jeremy A. Clarke, Logan Peters, Jackson Clarke, Alexis Robles, Tessa Gaffney, Mary Grace Bentivegna, and Jake Sustersic. Performances are Thursday, April 19th through Sunday, April 22nd, with the April 20th performance coinciding with the 19th anniversary of the massacre, which will be followed by a vigil to honor the victims. Tickets are $12 and are available on Eventbrite.com and will be available at the door (NOTE: Credit/Debit card surcharges will apply online and at the door). A portion of box office sales will be donated to the National Compassion Fund, a program of the National Center for Victims of Crime that help victims of mass crime. Rounding out the creative team is Production Manager Jordan Edelstein, with Production Design by Jeremy A. Clarke and Omar Mack, PR design by Donovan McDowell, and Choreography by Omar Mack. *ABOUT THE PLAY*: *columbinus* had a co-world premiere on March 8, 2005, at Round House Theatre, Silver Spring, MD. (Jerry Whiddon, Producing Artistic Director, and Ira Hillman, Managing Director), and then on May 6, 2005, at Perseverance Theatre in Juneau, Alaska, (PJ Paparelli, Artistic Director, and Jeffrey Herrmann, Producing Director) in conjunction with the United States Theatre Project. Originally produced in New York by New York Theatre Workshop. *PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE*: April 19 – 22, 2018 Thursday – Saturday, 8 PM; Sunday, 3 PM *LOCATION*: Citizens Akron Church, 647 E Market St, Akron, OH 44304 -- *Jeremy A. Clarke* *Freelance Director/ Actor/Producer/Technician * 330-631-5202

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CPT Seeking Stage Managers
by Lauren Calevich 17 Apr '18

17 Apr '18

Cleveland Public Theatre is seeking Stage Managers and Assistant Stage Managers for Station Hope on Saturday, May 5th, 2018 at St. John's Episcopal Church. Low time commitment, stipends available, great way to get to know and get involved at CPT. Help us to make this beautiful and powerful community event happen! For more information on Station Hope, please visit http://www.cptonline.org/station-hope/. If you are a Stage Manager interested in hearing more about this opportunity, please email Lauren Calevich, Station Hope Event Manager at lcalevich(a)cptonline.org<mailto:lcalevich@cptonline.org>.

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AUDITIONS for "The Casual Tree Ward" May 19 at con-con
by convergence-continuum 17 Apr '18

17 Apr '18

CONVERGENCE-CONTINUUM AUDITIONS SATURDAY, MAY 19TH, 2-4 pm for _THE CASUAL TREE WARD _ BY ROBERT HAWKES DIRECTED BY SUSAN SOLTIS at the Liminis Theater, 2438 Scranton Rd, Cleveland 44113 in the historic Tremont neighborhood WORLD PREMIERE! The goddess FREYJA (or is she?) is tending Yggdrasil, the World Ash Thee (or is it?), trying to protect it from increasing drought. An itinerant WATER-BEARER tries to persuade Freyja to go with him to where water is plentiful. She refuses. Does the world really depend on this single tree, or is this a self-generating myth? All is made clear (or is it?) when ODIN, the One-Eyed God (or is he?) shows up to resolve all questions and save us all (or can he?). ROLES FOR TWO MEN, ONE WOMAN. (See description in paragraph above.) All three roles are available. Ages flexible. The play will open Friday, August 24th and run Thu-Sat through September 15th (11 performances) at convergence-continuum’s Liminis Theater. Rehearsals will begin in mid-July. Actors will be paid a stipend for their participation. (No Equity contracts are available for this production.) Please prepare a pair of contrasting monologues not to exceed three minutes in combined time. You may be asked also to read from the script. If you are new to convergence-continuum, or think you might be unfamiliar to Robert Hawkes (playwright will be present), please bring headshot and résumé. Auditions will be scheduled in 15-minute slots for four applicants. EMAIL ROBERT HAWKES AT RHHAWKES(a)GMAIL.COM (NOTE SECOND “H”) TO SCHEDULE A TIME.

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Announcing the Cast of HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH - Blank Canvas Theatre
by info＠blankcanvastheatre.com 17 Apr '18

17 Apr '18

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Magnificat High School presents The Diary of Anne Frank this weekend
by Dale Van Niel 16 Apr '18

16 Apr '18

*MAGNIFICAT HIGH SCHOOL* *presents* *THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK* * by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett, newly adapted by Wendy Kesselman * *Directed by Maryann Nagel* *April 20 & April 21 at 7:00pm; April 22 at 2:00pm* *Magnificat Center for the Peforming Arts* *20770 Hilliard Blvd - Rocky River* *Tickets available at **www.magnificat.tix.com* <http://www.magnificat.tix.com/>*. Adults $13/Students $8* In this transcendently powerful new adaptation, Anne Frank emerges from history a living, lyrical, intensely gifted young girl, who confronts her rapidly changing life and the increasing horror of her time with astonishing honesty, wit and determination. An impassioned drama about the lives of eight people hiding from the Nazis in a concealed storage attic, *The Diary of Anne Frank* captures the claustrophobic realities of their daily existence -their fear, their hope, their laughter, their grief. Each day of these two dark years, Anne's voice shines through: "When I write I shake off all my cares. But I want to achieve more than that. I want to be useful and bring enjoyment to all people, even those I've never met. I want to go on living even after my death." In this gripping adaptation by Wendy Kesselman, from the original stage play by Goodrich and Hackett, newly discovered writings from the diary of Anne Frank, as well as survivor accounts, are interwoven to create a contemporary impassioned story of the lives of people persecuted under Nazi rule. This is an adaptation for a new generation able to confront the true horrors of the Holocaust. *Women of Faith Who Learn, Lead, and Serve* *Dale Van Niel | Performing Arts Center Manager* 20770 Hilliard Blvd. | Rocky River, OH 44116 School: *440.331.1572 x284* | Fax: 440.895.2045 <+440.895.2045> | Cell: *440.476.1198*

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IMPROV DROP - INS RETURN! MARC MORITZ , Instructor (SECOND CITY / IMPROVOLYMPIC / AEA/MFA
by Marc Moritz 16 Apr '18

16 Apr '18

*Hey Fellow Improvisers / Actors / Newbies!* *SPRING HAS SPRUNG (Almost)* *IMPROV DROP-IN SESSIONS!* *Our wildly successful **IMPROV DROP- IN CLASSES Return!* Offering *Weekly IMPROV Drop-In Classes* for those with a *Fear of Commitment*! *START ANYTIME! * *SATURDAY IMPROV DROP-INS* SIX WEEKS. *6 Week Session -Saturdays - April <x-apple-data-detectors://1>28-June 2* These Drop-In Classes focus on the basics of performance improvisation. Topics covered include: agreement (“yes and”); active listening; using the environment; basic narrative skills; understanding stage status; and making your fellow improviser look good. Students learn how to initiate scenes, build upon their scene partners' offers, and create scenes with a solid foundation. *HEY OLD TIMERS:* *Bring a Friend to the first class and pay $5 for that class! * *FOR FURTHER INFO / RESERVE A SPACE CONTACT:* *INSTRUCTOR - MARC MORITZ *( SECOND CITY, IMPROVOLYMPIC,AEA,MFA ) *marcmoritz(a)gmail.com <marcmoritz(a)gmail.com>*

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Olde Towne Hall Theatre presents Barefoot In The Park
by Lenny Putz 16 Apr '18

16 Apr '18

Olde Towne Hall Theatre Presents Neil Simon’s “Barefoot in the Park”. Directed by Kim Mihalik. Performances are April 20, 21, 27, 28, May 4, 5 at 7:30 pm and April 29 at 3:00 pm. Call 440-327-2909 for reservations. Adults $12, Seniors and Children $10. The theater is located at 36119 Center Ridge Road, North Ridgeville, OH (just W of Rt 83) Neil Simon's Barefoot in the Park is a romantic comedy focusing on a pair of newlyweds, Corie and Paul, as they begin married life in a tiny, 5th-floor walk-up apartment in a Manhattan brownstone. Paul is a strait-laced attorney; Corie has a far more spontaneous, free spirit. As the young couple contend with a lack of heat, a skylight that leaks snow, several long flights of stairs, oddball neighbor Victor Velasco, and Corie's well-meaning mother, they must also reconcile their own personal differences in how they approach life's challenges. Adjusting to married life isn't so easy! -- *Lenny PutzLifelines Media, LLC <http://www.lifelinesmedia.com>* *216-224-8941Vision Around the Globe*

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CSU Opera Scenes ROCK!
by Kira Seaton 16 Apr '18

16 Apr '18

The Cleveland State University School of Music, in partnership with the Music Department of Cuyahoga Community College, Western Campus, will present an evening of Opera Scenes - some great stuff planned!This Saturday, April 21st at 7:30pm - in Drinko Hall of the music and Communications Building, 2001 Euclid Avenue. Free, open to the public, so come enjoy! Come See:A shortened version of Purcell's Dido and Aeneas Scenes from Phantom of the Opera Scenes from Mozart's Don GiovanniThe Finale from Rossini's La Cenerentola (Cinderella) Questions? call Kira Seaton at 216-269-7575! Thanks, NEOhioPal!

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