Tucson: Open Audition - web show: "Don't Be That Guy."

 

Filming Opportunity - Open Audition (6484 E Broadway, Denny's Restaurant)

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Date: 2010-12-29, 8:37PM MST
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We are looking to find a new cast member, who can periodically appear in place for another, for our web show: "Don't Be That Guy." We are trying to create a fanbase in Southern Arizona. We are very serious, and this is an opportunity for you to become somewhat exposed. If you would like to know what type of material you will be dealing with, go to www.dbtg.webs.com. The website is not in its final creative stages yet. We need to be able to get back on the filming wheel within the next couple of weeks. Our interviews will be held at Denny's Restaurant on Broadway near Park Place Mall, on January 4th, starting at 11 AM. If you are our new member, you will win a free meal at Denny's, or if you want, a $10 gift card to Walmart. (Both not applicable.......sorry). You can contact us at 520-954-0538. 

·         Location: 6484 E Broadway, Denny's Restaurant

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Tucson: Audition, "The Women" by Claire Booth Luce - Red Barn Theatre

 

**Casting Notice** "The Women" by Claire Booth Luce (Red Barn Theatre Company)

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Date: 2010-12-29, 10:16PM MST
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Ladies and Ladies (no gentlemen, sorry guys) 
The play you girls have been waiting for. 

"The Women" 
By Claire Boothe Luce 

The Red Barn Theatre Company will be 
presenting the critically acclaimed play and 
inspiration for the 1939 smash hit movie 
of the same name. The play opens 
March 4, 2011 and runs until March 20th 
with performance on Friday and Saturday nights 
at 7:30 and Sundays at 2:00 

Auditions will be held January 10-11, 2011 
at the Red Barn Theatre, 948 N. Main. If 
neccessary, call back auditions will be held 
on January 12, 2011. 

January 10-11 
Sign In - 6:30pm each evening 
Auditions - 7:00pm each evening 
January 12 
Call Backs - 7:00pm If necessary 

Due to an expected high number of actresses 
wanting to audition, we ask that those interested 
please email your headshots and resumes to 
srs2223@live.com. If you don't have a headshot, 
please include a recent photograph of some type. 
We do ask, if you are sending a photo, let us see 
your face, not one of you waving hi to mom and 
dad at the edge of the Grand Canyon taken from 
50 feet away. 

"The Women" centers around a group of New 
York society women and their men. More precisely, 
their men troubles. It is a faced paced play driven 
by dialog. With it's catty remarks and witty reparte, 
it is an incredibly funny piece. 
At this time, all roles are open. It is a large cast, and 
other than the principals and a few supporting roles, 
there are many "one scene" characters. Actresses 
will be cast as two or three of these characters to 
be able to utilize your time and talents to their fullest, 
and frankly, these characters have some of the best 
lines in the show. The age range is open so all are 
welcome to audition. 

There is also a call for the part of "Little Mary" who 
is the daughter of the main character. Her age range 
should be between 10 and 14 as the character can 
be made a bit older than the script calls for. A note to 
the parents: The subject matter of the play is infidelity 
and divorce. Some parents may find it too mature for 
their child or the subject may hit too close to home. 
Some children are a little more emotionally 
advanced and understand what things mean. Only you 
can be the judge and make that decision. Little Mary 
is in four scenes, two in act one and two in act two. 
Parents are welcomed to accompany their child through 
rehearsals and be there through performances. If the 
parent will not be the one attending, it is asked that 
the director or stage manager be introduced in advance 
to the person delegated by the family to accompany 
or pick up your child. 

·         Location: Red Barn Theatre Company

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·         Compensation: no pay

 

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Tucson: the da Vinci Players present America Hurrah

 

From: Robert Encila [mailto:robencila60@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2010 11:30 PM
To: drmemory@pipeline.com

 

Studio Connections and the da Vinci Players present America Hurrah by Jean-Claude van Itallie, at St. Francis Theatre, 4625 E. River Road. Performances are February 4-20.

 

America Hurrah premiered Off-Broadway as a trilogy in 1966, ran 640 performances and was widely hailed as the watershed play of the sixties. It was the first major dramatic expression of the anti-Vietnam war movement, catching theatergoers by surprise. The play finds its Tucson revival as an updated double bill (Interview and TV), directed by Robert Encila, who recently collaborated with the playwright on the play’s current version.

 

Friday and Saturday performances are at 7:30 PM, and Sunday matinee at 2:00 PM. Tickets are $15 general and $12 students/seniors. For reservations, call 731-1559 or log on to www.brownpapertickets.com.

 

"… amusing, startling and invigorating, a stage along the road to a real theatre of commitment in America." - Eric Bentley

 

"I think you’ll be neglecting a whisper in the wind if you don’t look in on America Hurrah. 

There is something afoot here...” - The New York Times

 

“Brilliant!” - Harold Pinter

 

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Tucson: Borderlands Theater audition - touring Coyote y Culebra Youth Project

 

From: Eva Tessler [mailto:wetborderdog@hotmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2010 6:24 PM
Subject: Borderlands Theater audition notice

 

BORDERLANDS THEATER AUDITION NOTICE

 

Borderlands Theater is looking for a few great performers!!

We are looking for: Performers of diverse backgrounds to participate in our touring

Coyote y Culebra Youth Project; now in its 5th inception.   

 

Auditions will be held at the Borderlands Offices downtown (40 W. Broadway) Saturday, January 15, 2011 between 10am-3pm, with Callbacks Sunday, January16th, between 6pm-9:30pm.  Must call Borderlands for appointment and additional information: Office - 520-882-8607.  Rehearsals will begin March 3^rd with touring performances starting late March early April, 2011.

 

Needed:

• Quality Performers of diverse backgrounds ages 19-40.

  (persons of color strongly encouraged to audition)

• Improv, Movement, and some Voice Training a plus

• Contracted Payment Provided 

 

 

Coyote y Culebra Youth Project:

presents

Wind in the Shadows

Voices from Our Border Youth

 

Coyote y Culebra Youth Project is designed to empower students by nurturing their voices through writing beyond academic confines.  Borderlands Theater will capture these wonderful Border stories into an original script, bringing them to the stage under the direction of Alida Gunn, with images by social justice photographer Josh Schacter. 

Thank you,

 

 

Alida Wilson-Gunn

Borderlands Theater Education Outreach

awilsongunn@borderlsandstheater.org

www.borderlanstheater.org

Office: (520) 882-8607  

 

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Tucson: Special Events in January from All Together Theatre at LTW!

 

From: Christopher Johnson [mailto:rumspringaandcoke@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, December 27, 2010 2:05 PM
Subject: Special Events in January from All Together Theatre at LTW!

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

ALL TOGETHER THEATRE, the family series at Live Theatre Workshop, presents

BRINGING LITERATURE TO LIFE!

Directed and conceived by Michael Martinez

Featuring Amanda Gremel, Richard Gremel, Christopher Johnson, Kristi Loera, Michael Martinez, Lucille Petty and Carley Preston

 

January 9, 2011

Sunday afternoon at 1:00 PM | Seating Limited!

All tickets only $5 at the Box Office

To make a reservation call (520) 327-4242

Running time: 50 minutes with no intermission

For more information go to www.LiveTheatreWorkshop.org

LIVE THEATRE WORKSHOP - 5317 E. Speedway | Tucson, AZ 85712

Located on the North side of Speedway between Rosemont and Craycroft

 

Children of all ages are invited to bring their favorite books to Live Theatre Workshop and watch as stories jump off the page and on to the stage! A team of actors will choose books from the audience to read aloud and perform through collaborative improvisation and audience participation. Fun for the whole family with surprises around every page!

 

ROCKIN’ DANCE PARTY

with ONE-MAN TRAIN!

Directed by Michael Martinez and David Ragland

Featuring

Ryan Fagan, Amanda Gremel, Richard Gremel, Michael Martinez and David Ragland

 

January 16 and 23, 2011

Sunday afternoons at 1:00 PM

All tickets only $5 at the Box Office

To make a reservation call (520) 327-4242

Running time: 50 minutes with no intermission

For more information go to www.LiveTheatreWorkshop.org

LIVE THEATRE WORKSHOP - 5317 E. Speedway | Tucson, AZ 85712

Located on the North side of Speedway between Rosemont and Craycroft

 

Join us for a live children’s musical event! Introducing a new kid’s rock band who plays rockin’ versions of classic kids songs and hilarious original children’s music: ONE-MAN TRAIN! The whole family is invited to come up on stage to rock out and dance to some of our favorite songs and some new classics!

 

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Tuson: The Rogue Theatre presents THE TEMPEST

 

From: The Rogue Theatre [mailto:rogue@theroguetheatre.org]
Sent: Monday, December 27, 2010 2:46 PM
Subject: Experience the magic of THE TEMPEST at The Rogue Theatre

 
The Rogue Theatre
presents

THE TEMPEST
by William Shakespeare
 
Directed by Cynthia Meier

January 6-23, 2010

 

In this last play authored by Shakespeare, we find a Duke and his young daughter, unfairly banished to a mystical island with only a misshapen monster and an inhuman spirit as company. There the Duke studies and masters the art of magic, and through shipwrecks and storms, he wins justice and sets the world aright. When he retires at the end of the play, we hear Shakespeare's own voice at the end of a brilliant writing career displaying his exquisite mastery of dramatic and emotional poetry.

Featuring John Wilson (Professor Emeritus from the UA Dance Department) as Prospero

Of the creative team for this production, Cynthia Meier says, "We've assembled an extraordinary cast for this production, beginning with Dr. John Wilson as Prospero.  Guest Artist Patty Gallagher is returning to the Rogue as Ariel; Equity actors David Morden and Joe McGrath share the stage with newcomer UA Repertory star, Ryan DeLuca; Ballet Tucson's prima ballerina, Jenna Johnson, will also make her first appearance on the Rogue stage.  And the list goes on!--including the musical talents of pianist Dawn Sellers and harpist Paul Amiel.  The cast is the "stuff that dreams are made on" and this production should be an exceptional feast for the New Year."

• The Tempest previews on Thursday, January 6, 2011 at 7:30 P.M. Tickets for the preview performance are $19.
• Opening Night is on Friday, January 7, 2011.
• Regular performances of Ghosts continue on Saturday, January 8 through Sunday, January 23, 2011.
• Curtain times are Thursday through Saturday at 7:30 P.M. and Sundays at 2:00 P.M.
• A musical pre-show will begin fifteen minutes prior to every performance.
• Tickets are $25 and can be purchased online at TheRogueTheatre.org or by calling 520-551-2053.
• Thursdays, January 13 and January 20 are "$25 or pay-what-you-will" performances. Reservations are encouraged.
• Half-price student rush for remaining tickets begins 15 minutes before curtain with valid student ID.
• Free parking is available in our lot off Herbert Avenue (the alley just east of the theatre).

Cynthia Meier (Director) is the Managing and Associate Artistic Director for The Rogue Theatre for which she has adapted and directed James Joyce's The Dead, directed Nāga Mandala, The Four of Us, Othello, Animal Farm, Orlando, Happy Days, The Good Woman of Setzuan, The Fever and The Cherry Orchard, and performed in many of the productions including The Goat for which she received the Arizona Daily Star's 2008 Mac Award for Best Actress. A co-founder of Bloodhut Productions, Cynthia has also performed in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Arizona Repertory Theatre), A Streetcar Named Desire (Arizona Theatre Company), Blithe Spirit and A Midsummer Night's Dream (Michigan Repertory Theatre), Romeo & Juliet and Chicago Milagro (Borderlands Theatre), A Namib Spring (1999 National Play Award winner), and Smirnova's Birthday, The Midnight Caller, and The Ballad of the Sad Cafe (Tucson Art Theatre). Cynthia is a Faculty member in Speech at Pima Community College and holds a Ph.D. in Performance Studies from the University of Arizona. In 2000, Cynthia was awarded the Tucson YWCA Woman on the Move Award.

The cast of The Tempest includes:

• Nic Adams (Sebastian) is the General Manager for The Rogue Theatre for which he has worked, both onstage and off, in productions of Ghosts, Nāga Mandala, Othello, Krapp's Last Tape, Not I, Act Without Words, Orlando and Six Characters in Search of an Author. He is the artistic director of The Now Theatre, which co-produces the "Rogue After Curfew" series, and can next be seen in The Rogue's production of The Decameron.
   
• Philip G. Bennett (Alonso) is a graduate of the American Stanislavski Theatre, where he served as Assistant Artistic Director, actor and instructor. He made his professional debut on the New York stage in 1970 as Lopakhin in Chekhov's, The Cherry Orchard, and played such roles as Cabot in Desire Under the Elms, Horatioin Hamlet, Constantine in The Seagull, and Bird in Peter Brook's Royal Shakespeare production of Convocation of the Birds.
   
• Jon Benda (Gonzalo) is a part of "Not Burnt Out, Just Unscrewed" a local improv comedy group.  He studies acting at the Philip G. Bennett TheatreLab.
   
• Leanné Whitewolf-Charlton (Ceres) has performed with The Rogue Theatre in Endymion, Red Noses and The Good Woman of Setzuan.   A member of the Arizona Repertory Theatre, she was last seen as Anna Trumbell in the ART production of  What I Did Last Summer, The Widow in The Taming of The Shrew, Edith Frank in The Diary of Anne Frank, and Medea.  Favorite Arizona credits include Maud Moon/Albertinein Borderland's production of Dust Eaters, as well as Linda Waterman in Fiction for Beowulf Alley Theatre.
   
• Carrie J. Cole (Iris/Dramaturg) first collaborated with The Rogue Theatre as fight director for last season's Othello, and has joined The Rogue as dramaturg for the 2010-2011 season. Carrie has previously been seen on Tucson stages playing Rosalind in As You Like It, Rosaline in Love's Labour's Lost, and Alais in A Lion in Winter. An assistant professor in the UA's School of Theatre, Film, & Television, Carrie oversees the BFA Dramaturgy Program, and serves as Resident Dramaturg for Arizona Repertory Theatre.
   
• Ryan DeLuca (Trinculo) has been in Invisible Theatre's Bleacher Bums and many of UA's ART productions, including What I Did Last Summer, Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, and Leading Ladies. Ryan was nominated in Arizona's MAC Awards for Actor of the Year in Arizona Onstage Productions' Falsettoland and won for Arizona Onstage Productions' The Bible Belt. He will also be Jay in Arizona Theatre Company's upcoming performance of Lost in Yonkers.
   
• Patty Gallagher (Ariel) is Associate Professor of Theatre Arts at University of California Santa Cruz where she teaches movement, mask, Balinese dance, and clown traditions. With The Rogue Theatre she performed the roles of Shen Te in The Good Woman of Setzuan, Ranevskaya in The Cherry Orchard, Winnie in Happy Days (most recently for Rogue's tour to Bangalore, India), Sonnerie and Scarron in Red Noses, Orlando in Orlando, the Player in Act without Words, Emilia in Othello and Rani in Naga Mandala. She has worked with Shakespeare Santa Cruz, The Folger Shakespeare Theatre, California Shakespeare Theater, The New Pickle Circus, Ripe Time Theatre, Two River Theatre, Teatro Cronopio and Grupo Malayerba.
   
• James Robert Giza (Mariner/Assistant Stage Manager) studies acting locally with Philip G. Bennett at the Bennett TheatreLab. He received his training in assistant stage management at the Juilliard School, where he worked as a production assistant through the school's Professional Intern Program.
   
• Jenna Johnson (Juno) graduated as a full scholarship student from Harid Conservatory for Dance.  She attended Indiana University, also on scholarship, before joining Atlanta Ballet.  In 1995, she left for Europe, where she was accepted as a soloist with the Romanian National Opera Ballet in Bucharest where she danced from 1995 to 1997.  She then joined the Oleg Danovski Ballet Theater as a principal in 1997.  Ms. Johnson returned to the United States in 2003 to dance with Oakland Ballet.  She joined Ballet Tucson in 2004 and has performed principal roles in the company's productions of Giselle, Sleeping Beauty, Dracula, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Swan Lake, Cinderella and The Nutcracker.
   
• Joseph McGrath (Caliban) is the Artistic Director for The Rogue Theatre for which he has performed in Ghosts, Nāga Mandala, Othello, Krapp's Last Tape, A Delicate Balance (winner of the Arizona Daily Star 2009 Mac Award for Best Actor), Animal Farm, Orlando, Six Characters in Search of an Author, Happy Days, The Goat, The Cherry Orchard, The Good Woman of Setzuan, The Dead and The Fever. He authored and directed Immortal Longings for The Rogue and has directed The Balcony, Endymion, The Maids (winner of the Arizona Daily Star 2007 Mac Award for Best Play), Red Noses and Our Town. Joe is a graduate of the Juilliard School of Drama. In Tucson, he has  performed with Ballet Tucson, Arizona Theatre Company, Arizona Opera, Tucson Art Theatre, and Arizona OnStage.
   
• David Morden (Stephano) has directed The Rogue Theatre's productions of Ghosts, A Delicate Balance, The Goat (2008 Arizona Daily Star Mac Award), Six Characters in Search of an Author and Krapp's Last Tape, Not I and Act Without Words. David has appeared with The Rogue Theatre  in Othello,  Our Town,  Animal Farm, Orlando, Six Characters in Search of an Author, Red Noses, The Cherry Orchard, the preshow to The Maids and Endymion. He has acted locally with Arizona Opera, Arizona Onstage Productions, Actors Theatre of Phoenix and Green Thursday Theatre Project.
   
• Robert Anthony Peters (Ferdinand) has performed with The Rogue Theatre as Oswald in Ghosts, Cassio in Othello, and George Gibbs in Our Town. In 2001, he completed his BS at the University of Arizona in Marketing and Entrepreneurship, was subsequently a Koch Fellow in Washington, DC, and went on to train at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute in New York City. A few of his films that are available to the purchasing public are The Pursuit of Happyness, Revolution Summer, The Village Barbershop, and Wasted.
• Brian Taraz (Antonio) has appeared with The Rogue as Jacob Engstrand in Ghosts, Kappanna in Nāga Mandala, as the Duke in Othello and as Joe Stoddard in Our Town. Previously, Brian performed the role of Harold in Black Comedy at Beowulf Alley Theatre Company. In San Diego, Brian has performed in numerous Shakespeare plays such as Macbeth, Twelfth Night and A Midsummer Night's Dream, as well as Marat/Sade, Book of Days, The Trial and I Hate Hamlet.
   
• Dallas Thomas (Miranda) last appeared at The Rogue Theatre as Juliet in Immortal Longings. Recent Tucson credits include Don't Talk to the Actors, Natives (Invisible Theatre), Wait Until Dark (Beowulf Alley Theatre), and Prelude to a Kiss (Live Theatre Workshop). Dallas performs with Stories that Soar! and teaches for SharMoore Children's Productions. This spring, Dallas will appear in Invisible Theatre's production of Premiere.
   
• John Wilson (Prospero) started his performing life at age four as a hoofer and tapped his way into his teens when he played his first Shakespearean role, Snug the Joiner, in A Midsummer Night's Dream.  In college and summer stock he honed his skills as a both a comical and classical actor in productions of Molière, Pirandello, Ibsen, Shaw, Williams, Strindberg, Congreve, the Absurdists and the Bard. After a tour as a Marine Corps helicopter pilot, he completed joint PhDs in dramatic literature and dance at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He has choreographed ninety eight works for college and professional companies during his career as professor of dance and has won eight teaching excellence awards.
   

 

 

 

   

Shakespeare's THE TEMPEST:
Romance & Drama

An Open Talk featuring

Peter E. Medine, UofA Professor of English

 

Wednesday, December 29, 2010

5:30-7:00 P.M.

Free and open to the public

Shakespeare scholar Peter E. Medine will give us some insight into this brilliant masterwork of Shakespeare.

 

Peter E. Medine received his B.A from Northwestern University, his M.A. and Ph.D. in English from the University of Wisconsin at Madison. In 1969, he joined the faculty of the University of Arizona, where he is currently Professor of English.  He has held research fellowships at the Huntington Library in San Marino, California, and at the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C. Mr. Medine has directed six summer institutes on Shakespeare and Milton which were funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities; total funding from NEH for the institutes is over a million dollars. He has also been an active participant in the College of Humanities Seminars for which he has received several awards for Outstanding Teaching. Mr. Medine has authored, edited, or co-edited seven books. While Mr. Medine's teaching interests have concentrated on such authors as Shakespeare, Spenser, and Milton, he has recently taught seminars in a concurrent reading of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice and James Joyce's Ulysses.

 

 

 

 

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Tucson: Casting Call, 2 male actors to play a father and son - Paid

Casting Call (Tucson)

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Date: 2010-12-27, 9:52AM MST
Reply to: cabueckers@hotmail.com

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Casting for a small project. We need 2 male actors to play a father and son. They do not look a like... Looking for Male 40 red hair, tough looking, blue collar type and a Boy 8-12 who can play younger. Boy must be Caucasian with black hair and/or half Native American. Pay is $100 each for 1 day shoot. We are shooting Jan 12 in Tucson. Please send resume and head shot to cabueckers@hotmail.com. 

·         Location: Tucson

·         it's NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests

·         Compensation: $100

Note: Casting for minors should require parental/guardian consent and involvement.

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Tucson: Casting Call, 2 male actors to play a father and son - Paid

Casting Call (Tucson)

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Date: 2010-12-27, 9:52AM MST
Reply to: cabueckers@hotmail.com

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Casting for a small project. We need 2 male actors to play a father and son. They do not look a like... Looking for Male 40 red hair, tough looking, blue collar type and a Boy 8-12 who can play younger. Boy must be Caucasian with black hair and/or half Native American. Pay is $100 each for 1 day shoot. We are shooting Jan 12 in Tucson. Please send resume and head shot to cabueckers@hotmail.com. 

·         Location: Tucson

·         it's NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests

·         Compensation: $100

Note: Casting for minors should require parental/guardian consent and involvement.

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Tucson: Bisbee's Obscure Productions presents Inherit the Wind

 

From: Bisbee's Obscure Productions [mailto:bisbeesobscure@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, December 27, 2010 6:53 AM
Subject: BOP Inherit the Wind

 

December 27, 2010

 

Contact: Rae Jones

theaterbisbee@gmail.com

(520) 432-2901

For Immediate Release

 

B. O. P. Takes on the Scopes “Monkey” Trial

 

On January 21, 2011, Bisbee’s Obscure Productions will open the classic courtroom drama, Inherit the Wind, by Jerome Lawrence and Robert Edwin Lee. Thirty of Bisbee’s best actors, directed by Rae E. Jones, are deep into rehearsals, and the characters are intense and fascinating. Inherit the Wind, set in 1925, captures the emotion-packed division between fundamentalist religious believers and civil libertarians. Creationists seek to keep Darwin’s On the Origin of Species out of the classrooms. Civil libertarians fight for free speech and to keep religious censorship out of education. William Roberts and Eugene (Gene) Conners square off as fictionalized versions of William Jennings Bryan and Clarence Darrow, oratorical giants of their day, in courtroom scenes that were “torn from the headlines” long before Law & Order was cool.

 

The issues of free speech, religious tolerance and intolerance, and local control arise again and again in our society, just one of the reasons BOP to choose this play. The dichotomy of beliefs seems to be at a new emotional high right now, separating our citizens into warring camps. After seeing this drama, open-minded playgoers of all beliefs will come away with considerable food for thought.

 

Performances of Inherit the Wind are scheduled for 7:30 pm on January 21, 22, 28 & 29, 2011, with 3:00 pm matinees slated for January 23 and 30. Mark your calendars now so as not to miss an outstanding show. All performances will be held in the theater at Central School Project, 43 Howell in Old Bisbee. Bisbee’s Obscure Productions is grateful for the support of the Bisbee 1000 and Central School Project.

 

Tickets are $10 in advance at Atalanta’s Music and Books, the Bisbee Food Coop, and the Bisbee Visitor Center or by mail from BOP. Purchase tickets online for $11 at shopbisbee.com. Tickets at the door will be $12 for adults and $10 for students with ID. For more information, call BOP at (520) 432-2901, email theaterbisbee@gmail.com or mail to PO Box 277, Bisbee AZ 85603.

 

 

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Tucson: Arizona Onstage Productions looking for actors - help with rehearsal - Comps for MASTER CLASS

 

From: kevin johnson [mailto:kjohnson.stage@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2010 5:41 PM
Subject: Arizona Onstage Productions looking for actors - help with rehearsal - Comps for MASTER CLASS

 

 

Arizona Onstage Productions is looking for two or three actors to help stand in and read for rehearsals for the upcoming production of MASTER CLASS. 

 

The times needed are:

 

1PM - 3PM

December 27th, 28th and 29th.

We rehearse at The BASIS School, right off of Alvernon and Speedway.

I can provide scripts (email) in advance if you wish to look over the material.

I can offer TWO comps for the upcoming show of MASTER CLASS for each of those actors that help with this.  There will also be snacks, of course.

 

Please contact Director Kevin Johnson at

kjohnson.stage@gmail.com

 

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Tucson: 1000th Performance Celebration-Carnival of Illusion

 

From: brooke@carnivalofillusion.com
Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2010 12:57 PM
Subject: 1000th Performance Celebration-Carnival of Illusion-Press Release

 

For Immediate Release · December 22, 2010

 

 

“CARNIVAL OF ILLUSION” CELEBRATES 1,000 PERFORMANCES

WITH FUNDRAISER TO BENEFIT DEGRAZIA FOUNDATION

 

Tucson, Ariz. – National award-winning entertainers Roland Sarlot and Susan Eyed of the popular Vaudeville-inspired theater show “Carnival of Illusion” will celebrate their 1,000^th performance in January 2011 at the Doubletree Hotel Tucson. Ticket sales from the celebration weekend shows of January 21 and 22 will benefit the DeGrazia Foundation’s education program.

 

“The arts completely opened my childhood to entirely new possibilities,” explained Roland Sarlot, co-creator of Carnival of Illusion. “You never know how similar opportunities will help the next generation explore their future.”

 

Eyed grew up in the Midwest with fond memories of Arizona artist Ted DeGrazia. “My family received Arizona Highways magazine and each month I would quickly scan the magazine looking for his artwork. It's an honor to come full circle and be able to support the DeGrazia Foundation,” Susan added.

 

The DeGrazia Foundation has helped thousands of Tucson-area school students explore art over the years by paying for bus transportation for field trips to DeGrazia Gallery in the Sun, a 10-acre site in the foothills north of Tucson.

 

“School programs have been devastated by budget cuts,” says DeGrazia executive director, Lance Laber. “When Roland and Susan suggested supporting our educational program, we were thrilled. We’ve known them as artists building something unique and wonderful, and they’re passionate about sharing their success with future generations,” Laber explained.

 

In “Carnival of Illusion,” guests are transported back in time when magic flourished as an art. Sarlot and Eyed combine magic and mystery, humor and secrets in their popular, intimate theater shows, which are available Friday and Saturday evenings at the Doubletree Hotel Tucson. Show guests also receive a two for one dinner bonus at the Doubletree restaurants.

 

The 2009 national recipients for “Excellence in Magic,” Sarlot and Eyed were featured performers during a recent run of 21 shows at the world famous Magic Castle in Hollywood and have performed as house entertainers at the world’s top resorts.

 

Their 1000^th show will be celebrated during the weekend performances on Friday, January 21 and Saturday, January 22, 2011 at the Doubletree Hotel Tucson, 445 S. Alvernon Way, Tucson, AZ. Tickets available at www.carnivalofillusion.com or (520) 615-5299. Event partners include Cox Media, Broadway in Tucson, Doubletree Hotel Tucson at Reid Park, ShowUp.com, and the DeGrazia Foundation.

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Interviews available upon request

Media information at www.carnivalofillusion.com/press/

Media Contact: 520.615.5299

 

 

 

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Tucson: Casting Call, 48 Hour Shoot Out - Nine Buddhas Films

48 Hour Shoot Out (Tucson)

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Nine Buddhas is going to compete in the January IFP Phoenix 48 Hour Shoot Out. 

On Friday, January 14 (at 6:00 PM), they give us a genre (drama, comedy, horror, action, suspense), a line of dialogue, and a prop. We write, shoot, and edit a film in the designated genre using the specified dialogue and prop that we turn in on Sunday (at 6:00 PM). 

All of the films that are successfully completed are shown at the Phoenix Art Museum and compete for a host of prestigious prizes (Best Film, Best Actor, Best Screenplay, Best Special Effects. . .) 

The competition is intense, but it is great fun. There's no monetary compensation -- but who needs money when you get title credit, a copy of the DVD, and tasty eats during the shoot. 

Let me know if you want in! 

Chris 
Nine Buddhas Films 
ninebuddhas@gmail.com 

·         Location: Tucson

·         it's NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests

·         Compensation: no pay

 

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Tucson: The Comedy Playhouse presents "The Big Idea"

 

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Subject: The Comedy Playhouse December Newsletter

 

The Comedy Playhouse

www.thecomedyplayhouse.com

"Come for the fun of it!"

December  2010 Newsletter

The Big Idea coming to

 The Comedy Playhouse

January 7

    

Clayton Hamilton was a Broadway critic.  He had and idea for a play.  He approached, the noted playwright,  A. E. Thomas and The Big Idea is the result of their collaboration. 

 

Richard Howard, a writer, desperately needs  $ 22,000.  Elaine Foster finds out about his problem and suggests that he write about it.  Richard responds " I can't sell a short story for $ 22,000."  Elaine answers, "No, but you can sell a play for $22,00, so write a play."  So, Richard begins to write about his problem.  By the middle of the second act, Richard has written everything the audience has seen in the play.  From that point on, Richard has trouble sorting fact from fantasy, as he searches for "the Big Idea" that will give his story and his life a happy ending.

 

The Big Idea was originally produced by Cohan and Harris, (yes, that's George M. Cohan) It was originally titled Wanted: $ 22,000.  It was such a new idea that Broadway critics didn't know what to make of it.  The play broke so many theater conventions, that stodgy New York critics were uncomfortable.  Out of town critics, were more accepting and The Big Idea had a successful run throughout the country.

 

Over the years, many other plays have broken the very same rules and audiences have come to accept the good-natured pokes at theater convention. The Big Idea stars Paul Hammack and Denise Blum and features Colin Roberts, Sean O'Connell, Simon Goldstein, Rebecca Neisen and Bruce Bieszki.

 

The Big Idea opens January 7 and continues through February 19.  Performances are Friday and Saturday evenings at 7:30pm and Sunday afternoons at 3:00pm.  Admission is $18.00 with discounts available for seniors and students.

 

Call 260-6442 for reservations.

 

The Comedy Playhouse is located at 3620 N. 1^st Avenue, at the northeast corner of Prince Road and 1^st Avenue.  The Comedy Playhouse has lit, adjacent parking.

Come for the fun of it!

 

Final Performances of

A Christmas Carol

The final performances of the 2010 version of A Christmas Carol will take place during the next two weeks.  Come and enjoy James Gooden and the rest of the company at the Comedy Playhouse as they take you on the classic journey of hope and redemption.

Adapted by James Gooden, from Charles Dickens' classic novella, A Christmas Carol is a holiday show the whole family will enjoy.

Call 260-6442 for reservations.  Tickets to A Christmas Carol are $18.00 with discounts available for seniors and students.

The Comedy Playhouse is located at 3620 N.  1^st Avenue at the northeast corner of Prince Road and 1^st Avenue.

Featured performers in A Christmas Carol are James Gooden, Alex Greengaard, Bruce and Char Purrington and Rebecca Neisen.

A Christmas Carol

Final Performances

December 21  Tuesday            7:30pm

December 22  Wednesday       7:30pm

December 23  Thursday          7:30pm

December 26  Sunday             3:00pm

                      Matinee

December 28  Tuesday              7:30pm

December 29  Wednesday       7:30pm

December 30  Thursday          7:30pm

 

 

Coming in February…

"Holmes and Watson II"

An ALL NEW adaptations of the classic short stories by A. Conan Doyle

Tony Eckstat and Drew Kallen return to their roles as the famous sleuth and his partner.

 

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