PLAYWRIGHTS LOCAL SEEKS AN ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR MAY 2018 WORLD PREMIERE ABOUT THE POSITION Playwrights Local (http://playwrightslocal.org/) seeks an Assistant Director to work with Jimmie Woody on a premiere production of a new play. ‘The Panther Dancer’ by Logan Cutler Smith runs for three weeks in Cleveland in May 2018, with rehearsals beginning in early April. This position receives a modest stipend. Reply with a cover email and resume to playwrightslocal@gmail.com. ABOUT THE DIRECTOR Jimmie Woody’s recent credits include ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’, ‘Clybourne Park’, and ‘Raisin in the Sun’ (Weathervane Playhouse); ‘The America Play’ (University of Akron); and ‘Glass Menagerie’, ‘For Colored Girls…’, and ‘Jitney’ at Cuyahoga Community College. Find his full bio at http://www.dobama.org/artists/2017/7/18/jimmie-woody. ABOUT THE PLAY
‘The Panther Dancer By Logan Cutler Smith Directed by Jimmie Woody
Performances May 11 - 26, 2018
‘The Panther Dancer’ is an innovative new play that digs deep beneath the iconicity of a childlike American star. A series of inventive, offbeat-but-affecting vignettes, this knowing satire explores how a monolithic entertainer was created by our culture and, in turn, how he redirected that culture towards his own conflicting ends. ‘The Panther Dancer’ follows a young wonder as he strives to become, in his own person, the very greatest show on earth. Tracing the arc of his campaign, the play becomes a playful synthesis of biography and tabloid journalism–a sidelong glance at a meteoric rise and a catastrophic fall. Come along for this portrait of a timeless pop archetype rendered flatly, mattely, and in fast-forward. Find more info on the play at http://www.playwrightslocal.org/the-panther-dancer/.
ABOUT THE COMPANY Playwrights Local is a theater company based in Cleveland. Billed as a playwrights’ center, the organization’s goal is to provide a home for dramatic writing in Northeast Ohio. They offer classes and workshops, produce original plays, provide networking opportunities, and engage the community through outreach projects. Tax-deductible contributions to this 501(c)(3) group can be made at http://playwrightslocal.org/donate/.