From: Nathan Christensen [mailto:sevenlivelyarts@gmail.com]
Sent: Saturday, May 28, 2011 1:29 PM
Subject: The Matinée Show: Pay-What-You-Will on June 2
Seven Lively Arts presents
The Matinée Show
Script by Nathan Christensen
Directed by Megan Mioduski
Featuring Micah Bond, Anthony Keech and Rebecca Sweet
The Matinee Show – Tucson’s old-fashioned, weekly variety show – is excited to announce that this Thursday, June 2, will be a pay-what-you-will performance. Audience members are welcome to pay as much or as little as they want, and then enjoy our mix comedy sketches, live music, guest interviews and surprises.
This week’s special guest is Sheila Foraker, a competitive cyclist and bicycling advocate. After teaching music in the public schools for 18 years, Sheila shifted her focus to her love of cycling, and she currently works for Perimeter Bicycling Association of America, which organizes the annual El Tour de Tucson. Sheila is Perimeter’s director of Education and Advocacy, as well as being event director for Perimeter’s Fun Rides and Cochise County Cycling Classic. In addition, Sheila is a board member of the Coalition of Arizona Bicyclists, and has been a race official for Race Across America since 2006.
PAY-WHAT-YOU-WILL PERFORMANCE
2:00 p.m., Thursday, June 2nd
The Comedy Playhouse, 3620 N. 1st Ave (at Prince), Tucson, AZ
REGULAR PERFORMANCES
2:00 p.m., Thursdays through July 28
$24 General, $20 Seniors & Military, with discounts available
The Comedy Playhouse, 3620 N. 1st Ave (at Prince), Tucson, AZ
For reservations, call (520) 844-2135
For more information, go to www.TheMatineeShow.com
Running time is two hours with one intermission.
ABOUT THE SHOW
Remember those wonderfully cheesy, TV variety shows of yesteryear? Whether it was the music on The Ed Sullivan Show, comedy sketches on The Carol Burnett Show, down-home knee-slappers on Hee Haw, or the zany antics of Laugh-In or The Muppet Show, you never knew what to expect next – but it was sure to be entertaining!
Now a new performing arts company called Seven Lively Arts is bringing back the fun with THE MATINEE SHOW, a brand new, old-fashioned, live variety show. The show features comedy sketches by a young, professional cast, live music, door prizes, and a special guest each week.
Special guests include Kristi Loera from Live Theatre Workshop (May 19); Marilyn Cresci from The Red Hat Society (May 26); Sheila Foraker from Perimeter Bicycling Association of America (June 2); Ben Collinsworth from Tucson Botanical Garden (June 9); Susan Freud from The Mini-Time Machine Museum of Miniatures (June 16); James Reel from KUAT-FM Classical Radio (June 23); David Fitzsimmons, political cartoonist from Arizona Daily Star (June 30); and Bruce Bieszki from The Comedy Playhouse (July 7).
Anyone is welcome to suggest future guests on our website, www.TheMatineeShow.com. If we bring them on the show, you’ll receive two free tickets to come see them!
ABOUT THE COMPANY
Seven Lively Arts (producer) is a new performing arts company created by nationally award-winning writer and former Tucson Weekly theater critic, Nathan Christensen. Its mission is to create unique theatrical events that focus on the aspects of live performance that film and TV cannot imitate: interacting with the viewer, engaging the imagination, and creating authentic, personal experiences. Upcoming projects include interactive plays designed to be performed in living rooms and private gatherings, and audio-based plays where the spectators become the performers.
Nathan Christensen (writer) received his MFA in musical theater writing from New York University, and has studied under such writers as William Finn (Spelling Bee, Elegies), Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty (Ragtime, Seussical), and Michael John LaChiusa (Hello Again, The Wild Party). With his writing partner, Scott Murphy, he has received a Richard Rodgers Award and a Jonathan Larson Award, and was named to the Dramatists Guild’s “50 to Watch” list. Their musical adaptation of Lois Lowry’s novel The Giver was showcased in New York last fall, starring Broadway legend Terrence Man in the title role, and will be seen this summer in festivals at Theatreworks (Palo Alto, CA) and The Village Theatre (Seattle, WA).
Megan Mioduski (director) graduated with her Masters in Acting from the Actors Studio Drama School in New York. During her time in school, she was featured on two episodes of Inside the Actors Studio and had the opportunity to study with prominent Equity actors. She learned techniques in Stanislavski, Meisner, Stella Adler, and many more. After graduation, she spent a year performing in New York until she was signed by the Los Angeles agency Avalon Artists. Megan has been directing theater in NY and LA for the past five years and is excited to bring her knowledge and expertise back to Tucson.
ABOUT THE CAST
MICAH BOND is only nineteen years old, but has been performing in theater productions around Tucson for six years. With Christian Youth Theater he performed the roles of Captain Hook, the Cowardly Lion, and, most recently, Curly in Oklahoma! In addition, he took the stage in Red Barn Theater's production of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum as Captain Miles Gloriosus. Micah has earned a Bachelor's degree in Communications, and plans to pursue an additional degree in Musical Theatre at the University of Arizona.
ANTHONY KEECH is a comedic actor who has been acting not only around Tucson, but also has taken his talents to most recently New York City for International Model and Talent (IMTA), where he won Best Actor for Theatre, Sitcom, and Commercial Print. Anthony's production experience includes performing in The Glass Menagerie, The Taming of the Shrew, and Arsenic and Old Lace, and was voted Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor by his peers in those productions. Anthony is currently attending the theater program at Pima Community College, and is currently with talent agency Tucson Model Group.
REBECCA SWEET is an actor and dancer whose past theatre credits include Zombies from the Beyond (Zombina), The Music Man (Marian), 42nd Street (Chorus Girl), and various principal roles in musical theatre and opera showcases, including scenes from Phantom of the Opera, Chess, and ! Rebecca also worked as a stuntwoman and gunfighter with the Dragoon Street Players at Trail Dust Town, and she has performed with several ballet companies, both as a soloist and corps de ballet member. A graduate of University of Phoenix, Rebecca is currently working on a bachelor’s degree in psychology and continuing her dance training at Arizona Ballet Theatre.
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