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FREE OPERA AT THE DUMHAM TAVERN MUSEUM, SUNDAY AUG. 27
by Cliff Wilson via NEohioPAL 22 Aug '17

22 Aug '17

*Family Friendly Performance* with *FREE Admission*, food, wine & beer! Concert starts at 6:30 PM. Bring lawn chairs, blanket and picnic basket. VIP Reception at 5:00 PM in the air conditioned barn. *Cleveland Opera Theater's* wildly popular *Opera for All* Concert featuring highlights from the upcoming season and operatic favorites! - Free Parking Adjacent to the Dunham Tavern Museum - On-Site Security - Minutes from the freeway and in the Cleveland Clinic area. DUNHAM TAVERN MUSEUM, 6709 Euclid Ave, in MidTown Cleveland. More information: visit www.clevelandoperatheater.org or phone 216-512-0268 -- Cliff Wilson Artistic Administrator Cleveland Opera Theater cwilson(a)clevelandoperatheater.org <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_cam…> Virus-free. www.avg.com <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_cam…> <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2>

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Zone Entertainment - Dancers, DJ, Technicians, Event Support
by Cierra Larson via NEohioPAL 22 Aug '17

22 Aug '17

Seeking dancers, DJ's familiar with all of today's hits, and seeking event production technicians familiar with audio/moving head lighting/video for part-time hours. Most of the work is on the weekends but additional during the week (warehouse) hours are available as well! Please reach out to Cierra(a)ZoneCleveland.com -OR- Apply today at zonecleveland.com/workatzone -- * CIERRA LARSON* | General Manager Zone Entertainment Group, LLC. o: 440-439-8800 | m: 216-280-9387 Cierra(a)ZoneCleveland.com | www.ZoneCleveland.com [image: Zone Entertainment | High-Energy, Interactive Entertainment | 8x Winner - ISES Ohio WOW! Awards] <http://zonecleveland.com> [image: Facebook | Zone Entertainment] <http://facebook.com/ZoneCleveland>[image: Twitter | Zone Entertainment] <http://twitter.com/ZoneCLE>[image: Instagram | Zone Entertainment] <http://instagram.com/ZoneCLE>[image: YouTube | Zone Entertainment] <https://www.youtube.com/user/ZoneEntertainmentDJs/featured>[image: Linked In | Jeff Dick] <http://lnkd.in/b5gksqR>

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Actors and Actress
by harrisonproductions1986 via NEohioPAL 22 Aug '17

22 Aug '17

"Christmas in July"we are looking for a few more actress and actors for a short film call Christmas In July. if intersested please send your head shots to Harrisonproductions1986(a)gmail.com and i will send you more information on the up and coming film. Thank you Sent from my Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7.

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ONE HOUR COSTUMING at French Creek
by fctheatre via NEohioPAL 22 Aug '17

22 Aug '17

ONE HOUR COSTUMING! 60 minutes of games, exercises and exploration to introduce a love for theatrical costuming! Grades 2-5 Saturday, September 9th $1 Pre-register by 9/6. For more information or to register visit here<https://reservations.metroparks.cc/programs/47779/> or call (440) 949-5200 Ext. 226 French Creek Theatre 4530 Colorado Ave Sheffield Village, 44054

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TEEN ACTOR TRAINING at FRENCH CREEK
by fctheatre via NEohioPAL 22 Aug '17

22 Aug '17

TEEN ACTOR TRAINING This three-week class will introduce students to the concepts and skills necessary for grounded, thoughtful and engaging acting. Grades 6-12 Mondays / 6-7pm (9/11, 9/18, 9/25) $15 Pre-register by 9/6. For more information or to register visit here<https://reservations.metroparks.cc/programs/47782/> or call (440) 949-5200 Ext. 226 French Creek Theatre 4530 Colorado Ave Sheffield Village, 44054

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Jazz under the Stars: Akin for Jazz, Saturday, Aug. 26, 7pm, Medina
by Thomas Sigel via NEohioPAL 22 Aug '17

22 Aug '17

Ohio Regional Music Arts and Cultural Outreach (ORMACO) closes out its 2017 Jazz Under the Stars concert series on August 26, 2017 at 7pm at Medina’s Uptown Park with the popular group Akin for Jazz. Tim Akin and his ensemble will play tunes from the American Songbook. Tim is a Keyboard, Bass and vocalist musician based out of Hudson Ohio. With his rock background, Tim has been apart of multiple bands now including Akin for Jazz, which has been performing since August 2005. Tim studied music at The University of Akron. Bring your lawn chairs, family, picnics and blankets and sit back and enjoy this top-notch concert. In the event of rain, the concert will be held at the United Church of Christ, 217 East Liberty Street, Medina. For more information please visit www.ormaco.org or call 330-722-2541 <(330)%20722-2541>.

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Celebrate Craft – Brews and Performance – at this month's ELECTRIC PRESSURE COOKER CABARET
by Wandering Aesthetics via NEohioPAL 22 Aug '17

22 Aug '17

The Electric Pressure Cooker Cabaret AWARD-WINNING “Anything Goes” Open Mic–style Cabaret The Electric Pressure Cooker Cabaret – Akron’s most ELECTRIC open mic – is back just as Wandering Aesthetics <https://www.facebook.com/WATheatre/> gears up for the upcoming launch of Bigger Than A Breadbox! Saturday, August 26, 2017 @ 8 PM Aqueduct Brewing 529 Grant St #106, Akron, OH 44311 $5 cover charge or pay-what-you-can at the door The Electric Pressure Cooker Cabaret is open the public. Audience members can pay their covers ahead of time and artists can pre-register for a performance slot online at epcooker.com <http://epcooker.com/> or via phone at 330.612.3090. ALL PROCEEDS WILL GO TO: Support #EPCooker <https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/epcooker> team members and to help reach Wandering Aesthetics’ Year Two match for The Electric Pressure Cooker… presents Bigger than a Breadbox. Bigger Than A Breadbox – launching this Fall – is one of the 27 winners of the of the 2015 John S. and James L. Knight Foundation’s Knight Arts Challenge Akron. #AkronBreadbox needs to raise $75,000 in matching funds over two years - but only $37,500 over the next 15 months. For more information (including the up-to-date funds raised) visit akronbreadbox.com <http://akronbreadbox.com/> or email watheatre(a)gmail.com <mailto:watheatre@gmail.com>. ABOUT THE EVENT: The AWARD-WINNING Electric Pressure Cooker Cabaret is piggybacking off of the growing Friday*Night*Mic at everyone's favorite brewery – Aqueduct Brewing <https://www.facebook.com/pages/Aqueduct-Brewing/445716669099319> – for another month of "ANYTHING GOES" entertainment! Blooming from humble beginnings in the basement of a Highland Square flower shop, the #EPCooker is an artist-driven event that sees over 100 audience members, 20+ performances and 6 non-stop hours of art. Registration for performers begins at 7:30 pm. Performances begin between 8:00 - 8:30 pm. Anyone may sign up for a 12-minute slot. Performers may pre-register at epcooker.com <http://epcooker.com/>. An emcee, house drum kit, keyboard and sound system (with operators) are provided. This month's emcee: Comedian & Improviser Ruben Ryan <https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=23321688>! ALL varieties of acts are encouraged to perform. Previous acts have included: monologues, acoustic musicians, comedians, feats of strength, play readings, experimental art, dancers, scenes from plays, improvisation, devised work, full rock bands and performance artists. But the sky is the limit; no art is too taboo for the #EPCooker! ALL levels – from beginner to the most experienced – are encouraged to perform. Those under 18 are permitted to attend (and perform!) with adult supervision. The #EPCooker is not just an Open Mic. It is an open and welcoming community of artists. It is also a great networking event, a great place to improve stage presence and a great place to develop as an artist. Comedian Sarah Jones, Storyteller Kyle Jozsa, Just Go With It Improv, Copper Pennies and many other acts premiered at the #EPCooker. Aqueduct Brewing has a quality selection of craft beer, cider and food available for sale. Outside beverages are not permitted. Outside food is allowed. ABOUT THE EMCEE: Ruben Ryan <https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=23321688> has been doing improv comedy almost half his life and performing on stage even longer. You can catch him performing Short-Form with Point of No Return Improv <https://www.facebook.com/pnrimprov/> and Something Dada <https://www.facebook.com/SomethingDada/> or Long-Form with Just Go With It Improv <https://www.facebook.com/justgowithitimprov/>. He is what he does... He's also been known to do some stand-up and appear in plays. If you're really lucky - or from Barberton - you may have seen him in the movie "Circle Track Summer". Either way, Ruben is an out-there kind of guy!

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OPEN CASTING CALL!
by MarinellaHume Casting via NEohioPAL 21 Aug '17

21 Aug '17

Open casting call! Seeking PAID background actors! BEFORE YOU ATTEND PLEASE... 1. CREATE A FREE PROFILE ON OUR SITE: WWW. MARINELLAHUMECASTING.COM 2. FOLLOW OUR FACEBOOK PAGE MARINELLA HUME CASTING CLEVELAND 3. SIGN UP TO RECEIVE CASTING NOTICES *VERY IMPORTANT!!!* Sign up under “Join my list” on our FB page AUGUST 26 & 27 11AM-4PM Location: Beachwood Place Mall 26300 Cedar Road Beachwood, OH 44122 Please arrive in business casual attire. Hair and makeup ready and well groomed! We will be taking free photos of you for your profile on our database! Must be 18+ to attend open call or be accompanied by a legal guardian ****If unable to attend please still create a free profile on our site so we can potentially cast you in a future project****

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Review of “Eleemosynary” at Chagrin Valley Little Theatre
by Bob Abelman via NEohioPAL 21 Aug '17

21 Aug '17

CVLT offers a gracious and graceful rendering of ‘Eleemosynary’ Gwendolyn Kochur, Community Theater Critic Cleveland Jewish News “There’s something about the Wesbrook women,” Echo confides to the audience. “We have this expectation about ourselves. To be extraordinary.” In the same fashion, the CVLT delivers a production that is as extraordinary as the characters it features. For more of this review, which is supported by a Cleveland State University civic engagement grant, go to https://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/news/culture/

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REVIEW: "THE CHRISTIANS", in Canton
by Tom Wachunas via NEohioPAL 21 Aug '17

21 Aug '17

A Helluva Dilemma By Tom Wachunas “I don't like to commit myself about heavenand hell - you see, I have friends in both places.” - Mark Twain “Hell is empty and all the devils are here…”- William Shakespeare “The safest road to hell is the gradual one- the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, withoutmilestones, without signposts.” - C.S. Lewis “For Christians, this present life is theclosest they will come to Hell. For unbelievers, it is the closest they willcome to Heaven.”― Randy Alcorn Whether you call itanecdotal or apocryphal in nature, there’s enough evidence for the veracity ofa journalist’s 1940s encounter with comic and movie actor W.C Fields – a man certainlynot known to be religious, but rather famous for his lascivious pursuit ofmistresses and booze. Fields was seen anxiously perusing a Bible in the waningdays of his life. When asked why, Fields replied simply that he was “lookingfor loopholes.” For many folks, the thought of an eternity spent burning in Hellis no laughing matter. So maybe Fields’ guilt-riddled conscience was promptinghim to seek a back door entry to Heaven, or an emergency fire exit, so tospeak. Christian doctrine tells us that Hell is theultimate, very real and eternal destination for the unsaved. God’s fieryjudgement on unrepentant sinners. LucasHnath’s play, The Christians, is acogent and captivating look at whathappens in a modern-day evangelical megachurch when that belief is seriouslychallenged. Here then is the story of a painful schism caused by a pastor’sventuring to the outer edges of ecclesiastical possibility. He proposes that Hell,as the Church had always understood it to be, does not in fact exist. For this, the final installment of the summerseries by Seat of the Pants Productions, Director Craig Joseph went toconsiderable lengths in finding an actual church that would agree to stage theplay – specifically, the spacious fellowship hall in downtown Canton’s ChristPresbyterian Church. It was a brilliant decision, right down to treating theaudience as congregants gathered for a worship service, complete with live band(Steve Miller on piano, Scott Thomas on drums, and vocals by Lisa Kaye Pyles)playing contemporary praise tunes, a projection screen posting churchannouncements and song lyrics, and prayer time. And of course, there’s asermon, but one like no other ever delivered to this faithful congregation. Scott Stachiw delivers a genuinely charismaticportrait of Pastor Paul. But his gently measured, soothing manner belies thedisturbing nature of the radical new teaching he’s laying out for his ministry.He explains how his rationale was born while sitting on the toilet and having aconversation with God. It’s an unorthodox burning bush encounter if ever therewas one. As the Pastor describes his divine revelation, Andy Simmons, playingthe fervent young Associate Pastor Joshua, squirms quietly in his chair as he’sclearly having a tough time digesting the implications. At one point hepassionately presents his objections, quoting supportive Scripture, only to bemet by the Pastor’s equally passionate counter-arguments. And so begins the fallout, slowly at first,but with ever-increasing momentum as members of the congregation becomesirrevocably divided, taking their financial support with them – a pragmaticconcern sensitively voiced by Tom Stephan playing one of the church Elders. Meanwhile, JulieConnair, playing a concerned congregant, is remarkably poignant as she pleads fora deeper understanding of her Pastor’s intentions, meanings, and motivations.She finds neither clarity nor lasting comfort in his answers to her urgentquestions. Similarly moving in emotional resonance is Meg Hopp as the Pastor’swife, feeling blindsided by her husband’s decisions, which he seemsincreasingly unable to defend with any certainty. Questioning the veryintegrity of their marital relationship, she sadly observes how difficult it isto discern between God’s will and our own wishful thinking. An especiallyfascinating narrative device here is the ever-present hand-held microphone,used by not only the Pastor as he addresses his flock at the beginning of theplay, but by all of the characters as they speak their lines throughout most ofthe proceedings. It’s as if the sermon itself is more than just the Pastor’sprepared script, but in fact an amplified continuation of a living sermon – theongoing thoughts and responses of the entire congregation of...us. Navigating throughperceived loopholes of Biblical interpretation can become a precarious plungedown the proverbial rabbit hole. That said, Lucas Hnath’s writing doesn’t succumbto preachy histrionics, melodramatic propaganda, or obtuse Christianapologetics. What we get instead is the uncanny sensation that these actorsaren’t really acting so much as offering an unabashedly honest look at the complexreality of ideological impasses. Their sincerity is so palpable and disarmingthat we become not merely passive witnesses to a church’s plight, but engaged,sympathetic neighbors sharing the innermost spiritual struggles of a onceharmonious community. Church as microcosm of our turbulent times? For all of theinterpersonal Stürm und Drang thattranspires during The Christians, thecharacters never stoop to the murderous rancor so prevalent in today’s societalconflicts. What still reigns clearly enough in this story is a spirit that’s inwoefully short supply amidst those conflicts, and that would be…love. The Christians, a Seat of the PantsProduction, directed by Craig Joseph, at Christ Presbyterian Church, 530Tuscarawas Street W., in downtown Canton, Ohio / Performances at 8 p.m. on Aug.25 & 26, 2 p.m. on Aug. 27 / Tickets $20 at www.christianscanton.evenbrite.com For othercommentaries by Tom Wachunas on the performing and visual arts in the greaterCanton area, please visit his blog, ARTWACH, at www.artwach.blogspot.com

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