Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Tucson: CHILD EXTRAS NEEDED FOR U of A SHORT FILM!!!

 

From: Zacharia Lorenz [mailto:zglorenz@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:08 AM
Subject: EXTRAS NEEDED FOR U of A SHORT FILM!!!

 

EXTRAS NEEDED FOR U of A SHORT FILM!!!

CASTING CALL FOR EXTRAS for a 5-minute short film produced by students at the University of Arizona in the Bachelor of Fine Arts program. Looking for young boys and girls, 7 - 12 years old as extras in a classroom scene. There will be NO AUDITIONS. Please RSVP with our Producer, Zacharia Lorenz, and show up on set before the call time. We will be filming this Friday, March 2 from 2:30pm to 5:00pm at Cholla High School (2001 West Starr Pass Blvd.). 

NOTE: All children under the age of 18 MUST be accompanied by a parent/legal guardian

LOOKING FOR: 10-15 boys and girls (7-12 years old)

WORKING TITLE: The Thing You Love Most

Written & Directed by: James Bonanno & Shon Gale

Produced by: Zacharia Lorenz 

SYNOPSIS: Lily is an eight-year-old girl who uses her imagination to escape the reality of her parent's divorce. Part fairy-tale-esque fantasy, part realist drama, this film will be guided by Seuss-like narration. When Lily's parents forget to pick her up from school, she is forced to walk home late at night. Her imagination soon meshes with the real world and ominous shadow creatures fill the walls around her. Finally making it home, she eavesdrops on her parent's final argument, and retreats to the fort in her room. Ultimately her Mom joins her inside, and together they accept reality: Dad isn't coming back.

CONTACT: Zacharia Lorenz (Producer) – zlorenz@email.arizona.edu

NOTE: All children under the age of 18 MUST be accompanied by a parent/legal guardian

 

 

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Tucson: The BlackBox Theatre Auditions

 

From: BlackBox Productions, LLC [mailto:BlackBox_Productions_LLC@mail.vresp.com]
Sent: Monday, February 27, 2012 8:23 AM
Subject: The Beatles Slept Here, Auditions, and More!

 

The BlackBox Theatre
1330 E. Florence Blvd. Casa Grande, AZ 85122

 

 

Audition Notices

Don't Talk To The Actors By Tom Dudzick
Directed By Ken Ferguson
Monday, March 5th

BlackBox Theatre
1330 E. Florence Blvd.
Casa Grande, AZ 85122

Cast: 3 Males, 3 Females

The best laid plans go awry when the cast and crew of a Broadway-bound play resort to manipulation, diva-like behavior, and chaotic abandon to get what they want. Fledgling playwright Jerry Przpezniak and his fiancee are a couple of Buffalo greenhorns suddenly swept up in the whirlwind of New York's theater scene when Jerry's play is optioned for the big money, ego-driven world of Broadway. It's a young playwright's dream, but the crazy characters and dilemmas they encounter are the things theatrical nightmares are made of.

Questions or more info contact ken@blackboxaz.com

With Her Voice
Directed By JJ Freyermuth

Monday, March 12th at BlackBox Theatre at 730pm

Needed: several women to share their individually written monologues pertaining to issues significant to them.

Concept: What if every women had five minutes to address the world? What would be shared? Join JJ Freyermuth and BlackBox Productions for this original production that explores the concerns, desires and opinions of local women.

For more info contact JJ at: jj@blackboxaz.com

 

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Tucson: The BlackBox Theatre presents The Beatles Slept Here

 

From: BlackBox Productions, LLC [mailto:BlackBox_Productions_LLC@mail.vresp.com]
Sent: Monday, February 27, 2012 8:23 AM
Subject: The Beatles Slept Here, Auditions, and More!

The BlackBox Theatre
1330 E. Florence Blvd. Casa Grande, AZ 85122

 

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This Weekend at BlackBox Theatre! 

 

The Beatles Slept Here

BlackBox Teen Theatre Presents:

The Beatles Slept Here By Craig Sodaro

February 29th 7:30
March 2nd at 7:30PM
March 3rd at 2PM

$7


Check out the Casa Grande Dispatch Article



 

February

Kids Improv Class
Ages 8-12
2/28


The Beatles Slept Here
Wednesday
2/29

March

Adult Improv Class
3/1

The Beatles Slept Here
3/2, 3/3


EXiT 185 Improv Comedy

3/3

Up Too Late Comedy Show
3/9

A Very Mayhem Valentine
3/10

Wildman Phil's
"What's In Your Pocket?"

3/16

Kush County
3/30

Blood Splatter book signing with MuVChat Movie
3/31

 

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Saturday, February 25, 2012

Tucson: Arizona Opera Internships Available in Development and Marketing

Arizona Opera Internships Available in Development and Marketing

Arizona Opera Internship: Arizona Opera seeks intern(s) to assist full-time staff members with a variety of fundraising and administrative tasks, including but not limited to: mailings and donor communications, special events, research and other clerical duties. Three to six month commitment desired. Regular office hours are 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., however intern hours are flexible. Some evening and weekend hours may be required. Applicants should be working towards or have completed a degree with an arts or non-profit focus and have future career interests in Development and/or Arts Administration. 

Please send your cover letter and resume to humanresources@azopera.org .


Development:


Grants

  • Assist grant writer in researching Foundation/Corporation relationship history and Grant qualifications
  • Sort through grant files and create summaries for each file

Annual fund

  • Assist in mailing acknowledgment letters twice a week
  • Conduct prospect research
  • General filing


Marketing:

Assist in launch of Young Opera Goers program

  • Branding, benefits, activities and events

Assist in maintenance of AZO’s Social Media 

  • Gathering questionnaires and posts from Artists for AZO Blog
  • Gathering fun facts about upcoming season and the company

Candidates must have exceptional written and verbal communication skills, strong organizational skills, the ability to work independently as well as with a team, extremely detail oriented with precise results, and show discretion, maturity and composure. Experience or interest in working in a performing arts or nonprofit setting and a knowledge of opera, music or the performing arts is preferred. Proficiency in Microsoft Office software and the Internet required. This un-paid internship is available for college credit. AZO is now accepting applications for Summer, Winter and Spring. Please send your cover letter and resume to humanresources@azopera.org .

 

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Tucson: Casting Call, short promotional piece - paid

Male and Female Actor Needed (Tucson)


Date: 2012-02-22, 12:09PM MST
Reply to: 
wz9gf-2865120095@gigs.craigslist.org [Errors when replying to ads?]


 

We are shooting a short promotional piece with an entertainment news magazine feel. We are looking for 2 upbeat and charismatic male and female actors with a "career professional" look to do some scripted on camera narrative. The shoot would be approx 2 hours. Please send headshot and links to your reel or videos if you have them. This is a paid gig. More info will follow if we contact you. 

·         Location: Tucson

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

·         Compensation: $100 hr

 

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Tucson: Casting Call, low budget horror short

Male and Female Actors For Short Film


Date: 2012-02-23, 12:13PM MST
Reply to: 
mbtp8-2866934367@gigs.craigslist.org [Errors when replying to ads?]


 

Hello, 

I am producing and directing a low budget horror short to be shot in Tucson and Nogales, Arizona this March. This is not a story in the typical horror genre, although the script is primarily influenced by slasher and adventure movies from the 80's (i.e. Friday the 13th v. The Goonies). 

I am casting for six roles:

(2) Teenage boys 17 - 21, preferably of Mexican-American descent.
(1) Teenage girl 17 - 21
(1) Detective, male or female (Age 30+)
(1) Serial Killer. . .
(1) Woman (30 - 45ish) (to play dead)

Please attach headshot.

Many Thanks, 

Adam Valencia

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·         Compensation: no pay

 

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Tucson: ARIZONA OPERA AUDITIONS FOR CHORUS FOR THE 2012-2013 SEASON

Auditions

ARIZONA OPERA ANNOUNCES AUDITIONS FOR CHORUS FOR THE 2012-2013 SEASON

Saturday, March 3 from 12:00 noon-3:00 p.m. at Dove of Peace Church in Tucson
The Church is located at 665 W Roller Coaster Rd, Tucson, AZ 85704

Friday, March 16, 6:00-8:30 p.m. at the Arizona Opera rehearsal space 
2150 W. Broadway Road, Suite 106, Mesa, AZ 85202

Saturday, March 17, 10:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m., at the Arizona Opera rehearsal space 
2150 W. Broadway Road, Suite 106, Mesa, AZ 85202

Each auditioner is to prepare two arias, one in Italian and one in French, and you will be asked to sight-read a couple of short passages. Each auditioner will be scheduled for a 5-minute slot. A pianist will be provided, or you may bring one with you. 

To sign up for an audition time please call Keri Muir at (602) 819-9291.

Supernumeraries

Have you (or someone you know) ever dreamed of being on the opera stage– but, well, can’t sing or have no prior performance experience?  Consider being a supernumerary, which is a non-singing, non-speaking volunteer role. (Think “extra.”)  Arizona Opera is looking for supernumeraries for our upcoming winter production of “Aida.”  We are looking for men to play Egyptian soldiers in the grand procession of “Aida.” There is no formal audition for these men; we will cast from applications. Rehearsals take place mostly on weekends, but there are a few weeknight dress rehearsals. No previous experience is necessary.  Please contact Keri Muir at (602) 819-9291 or kmuir@azopera.com.

 

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Tucson: Arizona Opera Internships Available in Development and Marketing

Arizona Opera Internships Available in Development and Marketing

Arizona Opera Internship: Arizona Opera seeks intern(s) to assist full-time staff members with a variety of fundraising and administrative tasks, including but not limited to: mailings and donor communications, special events, research and other clerical duties. Three to six month commitment desired. Regular office hours are 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., however intern hours are flexible. Some evening and weekend hours may be required. Applicants should be working towards or have completed a degree with an arts or non-profit focus and have future career interests in Development and/or Arts Administration. 

Please send your cover letter and resume to humanresources@azopera.org .


Development:


Grants

  • Assist grant writer in researching Foundation/Corporation relationship history and Grant qualifications
  • Sort through grant files and create summaries for each file

Annual fund

  • Assist in mailing acknowledgment letters twice a week
  • Conduct prospect research
  • General filing


Marketing:

Assist in launch of Young Opera Goers program

  • Branding, benefits, activities and events

Assist in maintenance of AZO’s Social Media 

  • Gathering questionnaires and posts from Artists for AZO Blog
  • Gathering fun facts about upcoming season and the company

Candidates must have exceptional written and verbal communication skills, strong organizational skills, the ability to work independently as well as with a team, extremely detail oriented with precise results, and show discretion, maturity and composure. Experience or interest in working in a performing arts or nonprofit setting and a knowledge of opera, music or the performing arts is preferred. Proficiency in Microsoft Office software and the Internet required. This un-paid internship is available for college credit. AZO is now accepting applications for Summer, Winter and Spring. Please send your cover letter and resume to humanresources@azopera.org .

 

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Tucson: Auditions, the Red Barn Theatre's production of "MAME!"

"MAME" needing a few people (Red Barn Theatre)


Date: 2012-02-25, 12:16AM MST
Reply to: 
robertulsrud@yahoo.com


 

I still need a few people to complete my cast of the Red Barn Theatre's production of "MAME!"
A few young women, and a few young men are needed to fill out the cast.
Specifically, I'm looking to fill the role of "ITO", Mame's Asian houseboy. The role does not have to be played by an Asian,(although I'd like to), but somebody who might "pass"as Asian. (i.e. Chicano,)
Please contact Director Robert Ulsrud, at (520)733-0733. or send resume' and picture to robertulsrud@yahoo.com
The show will open May 11 and run Friday, Saturday @ 7:30 P.M. and Sunday @ 2:00 P.M. closing June 3. rehearsals are scheduled for Monday thru Thursday evenings with not everyone needed for all rehearsals until we run the show.
Thank You. 

·         Location: Red Barn Theatre

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Tucson: Casting Call, UofA short film

CASTING CALL (University Of Arizona Drama Building)


Date: 2012-02-25, 4:03AM MST
Reply to: 
eossip@email.arizona.edu


 

University Filmmakers Organization at the University of Arizona is holding a casting call for their spring short!!!! The Casting call will take place on FRIDAY MARCH 2 FROM 2-4 AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA DRAMA BUILDING ROOM 114. The film takes place in the glitz and glitter of 1920's Hollywood where young actor Gene France discovers the bloodied corpse of a call girl in his apartment. Fearing he's been framed, he attempts to cover up the murder in order to preserve his career. We are currently planning on filming the last weekend in March, two weeks after spring break. We are looking to cast all major characters! Below is a list and short description of the characters we are trying to cast!

Gene France (20 -- 26 yrs): Tall, black hair, thin mustache, with an air of brooding sophistication. Gene is a young up and coming actor with an inferiority complex who has the blossoming career everybody wants, yet he's not satisfied. He constantly falls into episodes of self-loathing that cause him to descend into darkness.

Frank "Goldie" Goldberg (32 -- 50 yrs): Medium height, thick body type, but still very animated and agile. Goldie is a somewhat experienced producer who is attempting to establish himself as a big tycoon in the movie business. He seems overtly friendly and playful, but has a ruthless side that lurks just underneath the gloss.

Viviana Rosetti: (20 -- 26 yrs): Brunette or red hair, tall for a woman, carries herself with discrete dignity. She is a well educated east coast city girl who happens to charge people for sex. She does not classify herself as a common sex worker, which her repeated customer Gene France does not seem to understand.

Woman # 2 (20 -- 26 yrs): Blonde. She is a high class socialite that thinks highly of herself and enjoys watching men like Gene France make fools of themselves.

Producer # 2 (38 -- 50 yrs): Older, seasoned producer. He is Frank "Goldie" Goldberg's only confidant.

Please bring a head shot and a resume. We will be posting short scenes for each characters audition too so please come prepared to read those (but we will have copies so you do not need to memorize if you do not want to)

If you can not make this time or date or if you have any additional questions please feel free to contact me at eossip@email.arizona.edu  

·         Location: University Of Arizona Drama Building

·         Compensation: No Compensation except all meals while on set and a copy of the film for reels a

·         OK for recruiters to contact this job poster.

·         Please, no phone calls about this job!

·         Please do not contact job poster about other services, products or commercial interests.

 

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Thursday, February 23, 2012

Tucson: The Rogue Theatre announces its 2012-13 Season

 

From: The Rogue Theatre [mailto:rogue@theroguetheatre.org]
Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2012 6:06 AM
Subject: Discover the 2012-13 Season at The Rogue Theatre

 

The Rogue Theatre

300 East University Boulevard, Tucson, AZ - 520-551-2053 - www.TheRogueTheatre.org 

 

 

 

ANNOUNCING

OUR 2012-2013 SEASON

 

Great literature.

Challenging ideas.

Intimate setting. 

 

 

Journey to the West

by Mary Zimmerman

September 6 - 23, 2012

A Chinese epic from the 16th century brought to life by the acclaimed Mary Zimmerman: the monk Tripitaka's 17-year journey to India to receive scrolls of wisdom from the Buddha.  He is accompanied on this odyssey by the immortals Monkey, Pig, and a reformed cannibal as they experience episodes of hardship and enlightenment.  A great and canonical work of the East rendered in a fanciful yet profound style.



The Night Heron

by Jez Butterworth

November 1 - 18, 2012

The sighting of a rare bird has brought attention to the remote fens of England where two middle-aged men, recently unemployed and being blackmailed for a horrible secret, struggle to survive in a broken cabin.  One of them, Wattmore, is recreating an iconostasis, a vast painting of saints, which dominates the stage as both men, their lodger, and those they are running from all seek their own kind of salvation.  A black comedy that owes a great deal to Harold Pinter.



Mother Courage

by Bertolt Brecht

January 10 - 27, 2012

What many regard as Brecht's masterpiece, Mother Courage profiteers from a constant state of war, as she loses her children to it one by one.  Her cynical manipulation of the miseries of others robs her of her title, and at the play's end, she is mother to no one.  Written in a burst of energy after the invasion of Poland, it is one of our principle ruminations on the nature of war.



Kafka's Monkey and Metamorphosis

by Franz Kafka

Kafka's Monkey adapted by Colin Teevan; Metamorphosis adapted by Cynthia Meier

February 28 - March 17, 2013

Two parables about the modern world. In Kafka's Monkey, a chimpanzee reveals to us what it is to be human.  In Metamorphosis, a young man awakes to discover that he has become an enormous insect and struggles to adjust to his new existence.



Richard III

by William Shakespeare

April 25 - May 12, 2013

Shakespeare's most charming monster manipulates and murders his way to the throne of England, seducing the audience as he ensnares his victims.  In

Richard III, mortal fear finds its place in politics.  While Richard's deformities encase a hideous heart, the play's language is among the most graceful in the Shakespearean canon.

 

Great plays await!

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Purchase season tickets by May 13, 2012 and receive

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New this season: a Saturday matinee!

 

See the Tickets page for detailed schedule
and ticket purchase options.

 

 

THE NEW ELECTRIC BALLROOM
begins performances tonight! 

 

Please join us for this heartbreaking story by one of Ireland's most exciting new playwrights about sisters who spend their waning years reliving their sexual awakening at the dance hall outside their rural Irish fishing village.

For more information about The New Electric Ballroom,
visit our website.

To purchase tickets to The New Electric Ballroom, click here.

 

 

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Tucson: The Comedy Playhouse presents A Pair of Plays by J. M. Barrie and more ...

 

From: bruceb1786@aol.com [mailto:bruceb1786@aol.com]
Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2012 12:45 PM
Subject: The Comedy Playhouse March 2012 Newsletter

 

The Comedy Playhouse

www.thecomedyplayhouse.com

"Come for the fun of it!"

March 2012

A Pair of Plays

By J. M. Barrie

Continues Through March 4th

    A Pair of Plays by J. M. Barrie continues at The Comedy Playhouse through March 4thA Pair of Plays by J. M. Barrie consists of The Old Lady Shows Her Medals and A Well Remembered Voice.  Written during World War I, these heart-warming comedies depict ordinary people filling the void in their lives that had been caused by The Great War.

     James Mathew Barrie (1860-1937) is best remembered today as the author of Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't  Grow Up.  The character of Peter Pan first appeared in Barrie's 1902 novel Little White Bird or Adventures in Kensington Gardens.  The book was written for adults and was rather dark and foreboding.  Barrie took the story, lightened it and expanded it and created the play.  The play premiered in 1904 and was an immediate hit.  Barrie later took the characters and reworked the story again in his 1911 novel Peter and Wendy.

  The Old Lady Shows Her Medals is the story of a lonely charwoman and her attempts to be part of the war effort.   Feeling left out and alone, she invents a fictitious son in order to gain standing among her friends.  What's she to do when "her son" appears at her door?

  A Well Remembered Voice shows a husband and wife dealing with the loss of their son. The wife has turned to spiritualism, while the husband denies his feelings of affection for his son.  Suddenly, a well remembered voice reminds a father of his love for his son.

   Enjoy Joan O'Dwyer, Paul Hammack, Denise Blum, Frank Solis, Rebecca Niesen, with newcomers Ben Ritchie and Belle Dunfee and Bruce Bieszki, as The Comedy Playhouse presents A Pair of Plays by J. M. Barrie.  Admission is $18, with discounts available.  A Pair of Plays by J. M. Barrie plays now through March 4th.  Performances will be Friday and Saturday evenings at 7:30pm and Sunday afternoons at 3:00pm.

  The Comedy Playhouse is located at 3620 N. 1st Avenue at the northeast corner of 1st Avenue and Prince Road.  The Comedy Playhouse has lit, adjacent parking A Pair of Plays by J. M. Barrie is appropriate for ages eight and up.

  Call 260-6442 for reservations or e-mail bruceb1786@aol.com.

   Remember to check the theater listings in the Thursday's Arizona Daily Star's Caliente section and the current edition of the Tucson Weekly for information about what's playing at The Comedy Playhouse!

Website: www.thecomedyplayhouse.com

Email: bruceb1786@aol.com

Coming in March….

The Comedy Genius of

G. K. Chesterton

March 9 – March 18

The works of G.K. Chesterton return to The Comedy Playhouse, March 9th with The Comedy Genius of G. K. Chesterton.  The Comedy Genius of G. K. Chesterton will consist of 10 of Chesterton's humorous essays and a collection of his famous witticisms.

   G. K. Chesterton's literary output was huge.  G. Bernard Shaw, his "friendly enemy" referred to him as "a man of colossal genius."  Chesterton wrote over 80 books, several hundred poems, roughly 200 short stories, nearly 4000 essays and several plays.  He wrote drama and art criticism, politics, theology, nature and humor. 

  Join Nell Summers, Denise Blum, Paul Hammack,  and Bruce Bieszki as The Comedy Playhouse presents The Comedy Genius of G. K. Chesterton.  Admission is $12, with discounts available.  The Comedy Genius of G. K. Chesterton plays March 9thh to March 18th.  Performances will be Friday and Saturday evenings at 7:30pm and Sunday afternoons at 3:00pm.

  The Comedy Playhouse is located at 3620 N. 1st Avenue at the northeast corner of 1st Avenue and Prince Road.  The Comedy Playhouse has lit, adjacent parking The Comedy Genius of G. K. Chesterton is appropriate for ages ten and up.

  Call 260-6442 for reservations or e-mail bruceb1786@aol.com.

   Remember to check the theater listings in the Thursday's Arizona Daily Star's Caliente section and the current edition of the Tucson Weekly for information about what's playing at The Comedy Playhouse!

Website: www.thecomedyplayhouse.com

Email: bruceb1786@aol.com

Also Coming in March…

The Mystery Genius

Of Arthur Conan Doyle's

Sherlock Holmes.

The Comedy Playhouse will present The Mystery Genius of Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes from March 23 through March 31.  The Mystery Genius of Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes is the second in the brand new The Mystery Genius of… series.

  Tony Eckstat and Drew Kallen return again to bring life to the famous detective and his loyal partner.  The Mystery Genius of Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes will consist of four of the classic Doyle stories presented in concert format.  Included in the show will be The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb and The Adventure of the Norwood Builder.

  Match wits with the master detective as, Tony Eckstat, Drew Kallen, Cristin Phibbs and Bruce Bieszki present The Mystery Genius Arthur Conan  Doyle's Sherlock Holmes.  Admission is $12, with discounts available.  The Mystery Genius of Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes plays March 23rd  to March 31st.  Performances will be Friday and Saturday evenings at 7:30pm and Sunday afternoons at 3:00pm.  (Only One Matinee)

  The Comedy Playhouse is located at 3620 N. 1st Avenue at the northeast corner of 1st Avenue and Prince Road.  The Comedy Playhouse has lit, adjacent parking The Mystery Genius of Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes is appropriate for ages ten and up.

 Call 260-6442 for reservations or e-mail bruceb1786@aol.com.

   Remember to check the theater listings in the Thursday's Arizona Daily Star's Caliente section and the current edition of the Tucson Weekly for information about what's playing at The Comedy Playhouse!

Website: www.thecomedyplayhouse.com

Email: bruceb1786@aol.com

 

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Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Tucson: Opening Thursday at LTW: WIT by Margaret Edson

 

From: Christopher Johnson [mailto:rumspringaandcoke@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2012 5:17 PM
Subject: [SPAM] Opening Thursday: WIT by Margaret Edson

 

Don't miss Etcetera's opening night performance of Margaret Edson's Pulitzer Prize-winning play, WIT.

Thursday, February 23 at 7:30 PM. All other shows play Fridays & Saturdays at 10:30 PM.

 

Contact: Christopher Johnson

Artistic Director of Etcetera,

the late-night arm of Live Theatre Workshop

(520) 425-4163 | RumspringaAndCoke@gmail.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Etcetera, the late-night arm of Live Theatre Workshop, proudly presents

Wit

by Margaret Edson

Directed by Christopher Johnson

Assistant Direction by Dawn C. Sellers

Featuring Ryan Butler, Paul Cerepanya, Glen Coffman, Casi Omick, Toni Press-Coffman, Carley Preston and Robbie Sanchez

February 23 - March 10, 2012

Opening Night Performance: Thursday, February 23 at 7:30 PM

All other performances play Friday and Saturday Nights at 10:30 PM

All tickets are $10 at the Box Office | To make your reservation call (520) 327-4242

Approx. running time: One hour and forty minutes with no intermission

For more information go to www.EtceteraLateNight.com

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

Located on the North side of Speedway between Rosemont and Craycroft

Produced by Special Arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc.

 

THIS PRODUCTION CONTAINS ADULT LANGUAGE AND NUDITY.

NO ONE UNDER 16 ADMITTED.

 

                        Vivian Bearing, Ph.D., a renowned professor of English who has spent years studying and teaching the brilliant and difficult metaphysical sonnets of John Donne, has been diagnosed with terminal ovarian cancer. Her approach to the study of Donne: aggressively probing, intensely rational. But during the course of her illness—and her stint as a prize patient in an experimental chemotherapy program at a major teaching hospital—Vivian comes to reassess her life and her work with a profundity and humor that are transformative both for her and the audience.

 

“...a brutally human and beautifully layered new play…you feel both enlightened and, in a strange way, enormously comforted.”

-The New York Times

 

“A dazzling and humane new play that you will remember till your dying day.”

-New York Magazine

 

ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHT

Margaret Edson is an American playwright. She graduated with a B.A. in Renaissance History from Smith College, and received a master's in English literature from Georgetown University. Her jobs have included being a bicycle shop sales clerk and a volunteer ESL teacher. Edson's first play was Wit, first produced in 1995 at South Coast Repertory in California, about a John Donne scholar who is hospitalized for and dying of ovarian cancer. Edson did use her work experience in a hospital as part of the background in writing the play. At the time of its first New York production in late 1998, Edson was a kindergarten teacher at Centennial Place Elementary School (Atlanta, Georgia). The play won her the 1999 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The award brought her a large amount of publicity, including an interview on The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer on PBS. Edson has written a second play, SATISFIED, whose subject is "country-gospel radio in Kentucky" --still unproduced. She currently teaches 6th grade social studies at Inman Middle School in Atlanta, Georgia.

 

ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES

RYAN BUTLER - Jason Posner - has appeared in productions of THE FOREIGNER (Ellard), WORDS, WORDS, WORDS (Milton), A CHRISTMAS CAROL (Bob Cratchit), WEST SIDE STORY (Diesel), ALL MY SONS (Frank) and most recently with Etcetera as Morse Code (ROBOTS VS. FAKE ROBOTS), Jack (SAY YOU LOVE SATAN), Ensemble (THE BOOK OF LIZ), Mark (JAILBAIT) and as himself in THE WIZARDS HAVE LANDED. Ryan’s directing credits include An American Millionaire and An Evening at Fleet Street: Highlights from Sweeney Todd. Ryan graduated from Northern Arizona University in 2009 with a M.A. in English Literature and from the University of Arizona in 2005 with a B.A. in Classics and Theatre.

 

GLEN COFFMAN - Dr. Kelekian - is a founding member of Winding Road Theater Ensemble. His Tucson directing credits include MIXED MESSAGES for Borderlands Theatre, OF MICE AND MEN for Beowulf Alley, and HOLY SPIRIT ON GRAND AVENUE, LEMON SKY, PICNIC and ALL MY SONS for Live Theatre Workshop. Independent productions include THAT SLUT! and NEW HOUSE NEW DOG. At the University of Arizona he directed productions of TRACERS and TROJAN WOMEN. For Winding Road he directed the inaugural production DOROTHY PARKER’S LAST CALL as well as THE LION IN WINTER, FIFTH OF JULY and A HUMAN EQUATION. As an actor he has performed locally in LOVE! VALOR! COMPASSION!, THE LARAMIE PROJECT, WHITE PEOPLE and Winding Road Theater Ensemble’s production of ARMOR.

 

CHRISTOPHER JOHNSON - Direction - is proudly in his fifth season as the Artistic Director of Etcetera, the late-night arm of Live Theatre Workshop, where he has directed PERSEPHONE OR SLOW TIME, THE BOOK OF LIZ, THE WIZARDS HAVE LANDED, MY NAME IS RACHEL CORRIE, SAY YOU LOVE SATAN, ROBOTS VS. FAKE ROBOTS (2010 MAC Award nomination - Best Director, comedy), KILLER JOE (2010 MAC Award nomination - Best Director, comedy), Richard O’Brien’s THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW (2010 MAC Award nomination - Best Director, musical), DANNY AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA, THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST, I WROTE THIS PLAY TO MAKE YOU LOVE ME, THE PENIS MONOLOGUES, SAVAGE IN LIMBO, BUG, A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM and TITUS ANDRONICUS. Since 2004, Christopher has acted in 29 Etcetera productions. He has performed elsewhere with The Rogue Theatre, Winding Road Theater Ensemble, Fairbanks Shakespeare Theatre, Borderlands Theatre, Invisible Theatre, Brachiate Theatre Project, 1984 Theatre, Old Pueblo Playwrights and Tucson’s Shakespeare Under The Stars. He was recently nominated for the 2011 Buffalo Exchange Arts Award for Emerging Performance Artists in Arizona.

 

CASI OMICK - Ensemble - is thrilled to be a part of this production of WIT. She was most recently seen at Live Theater Workshop in the All Together Theatre production of THE THREE MUSKETEERS, and has previously performed with the late-night troupe in PERSEPHONE OR SLOW TIME. Also a fixture behind the scenes, Casi recently served as production stage manager for the Etcetera production of JAILBAIT.

 

LUCILLE PETTY - Production Stage Manager - is honored to be a part of the Etcetera ensemble, where she was last seen in JAILBAIT (Claire), THE BOOK OF LIZ (Cecily), ROBOTS VS. FAKE ROBOTS (Neck Brace), MR. MARMALADE (Lucy) and in Richard O’Brien’s THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW (Rasputina). Lucille has previously served as production stage manager for KIMBERLY AKIMBO, MY NAME IS RACHEL CORRIE, THE EATING DISORDER TALENT SHOW, DANNY AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA, THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST and KITTY KITTY KITTY. Other acting credits include PICNIC (Millie), ARMOR (Cynthia) and FIFTH OF JULY (Shirley). Lucy is the in-house videographer for Etcetera and can be found on YouTube as ‘ALucyInABucket.’

 

TONI PRESS-COFFMAN - Vivian Bearing - has performed in Tucson as Isabella Bird (TOP GIRLS), Katherine (A PERFECT GANESH), Bo (LAST NIGHT OF BALLYHOO), Dorothy (INSPECTING CAROL), Fanny (ON THE VERGE or THE GEOGRAPHY OF YEARNING), Katerina (ANTON IN SHOW BUSINESS), Flo (PICNIC) and Aunt Sally (FIFTH OF JULY). Toni is a founding member of Winding Road Theatre Ensemble, which recently produced a developmental workshop of her new play UNITED. Toni was last seen with Etcetera as Garlic Press in ROBOTS VS. FAKE ROBOTS and directed the late-night ensemble’s production of WHITE PEOPLE. Later this season, Etcetera will produce Toni’s play TOUCH.

 

CARLEY PRESTON - Susie Monahan - has been seen with Etcetera as Debra (KIMBERLY AKIMBO), The Bouncer (SAY YOU LOVE SATAN), Carol (OLEANNA), Magenta (Richard O’Brien’s THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW) and Mrs. Person (KITTY KITTY KITTY). She has also served as Assistant Director for the Etcetera productions of ROBOTS VS. FAKE ROBOTS and KILLER JOE. Other Tucson credits include performances with Arizona Onstage (ASSASSINS and THE MEMBER OF THE WEDDING). Miss Preston graduated with a BFA in Theatre Production from the University of Arizona where you may have caught her in THE CIDER HOUSE RULES, DANCING AT LUGHNASA, CAROUSEL and MIDWIVES.

 

ROBBIE SANCHEZ - Ensemble - has appeared in several roles at Pima Community College including Billy Bones (TREASURE ISLAND), Elisha J. Whitney (ANYTHING GOES), Joe (THE TIME OF YOUR LIFE), The Intruder (SEE HOW THEY RUN), Quince (A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM) and John Arable (CHARLOTTE’S WEB) in addition to ensemble roles in 1000 CRANES, CINDERELLA and RAMONA QUIMBY. He has an Associate of Fine Arts in Theatre from Pima Community College and recently performed in the Winding Road Theater Ensemble workshop production of UNITED by Toni Press-Coffman. This is his first appearance with Etcetera, save a recent stint as an audience plant in THOM PAIN (BASED ON NOTHING). 

 

DAWN C. SELLERS - Assistant Direction - has been music director for The Rogue Theatre’s productions of Pinter’s OLD TIMES, Ibsen’s GHOSTS and Shakespeare’s THE TEMPEST, Shaw’s MAJOR BARBARA, Margulies’ SHIPWRECKED!, Walsh’s THE NEW ELECTRIC BALLROOM, as well as assistant director for their productions of Karnad’s NAGA MANDALA, and Ibsen’s GHOSTS. Her monologue, ‘The Red Wagon,’ was produced as part of Etcetera’s THE PENIS MONOLOGUES and her play, FROZEN HEART, was produced by Etcetera in 2010.  

 

 

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