Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Casting Call, Three male actors 16-22, feature film

Reply 2x9h5-3776175842@gigs.craigslist.org [?] 

Posted: 2013-04-30, 11:00AM MST

3 young actors 16-22 needed for feature film (Tucson)

Three male actors needed for feature film. Must be between the ages of 16-22, non-union, non-sag. Younger actors than 18 need parental permission (parents are welcome to be on set) Shooting will be for roughly three hours at the last week of May. Perfect opportunity for someone who wants to get into acting or a student who already is. Characters are underage "hooligan" types who are trying to bum cigarettes off of customers walking into a shopping market. This part will be very small but pivotal. All ethnicities, body types, and personalities welcome. Please submit headshot for consideration. Film is being shot on RED and will be submitted to film festivals. Actors will receive credit and a copy of the film when it is finished. Thank you.

·         Location: Tucson

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Studio Connections offers Musical Theatre Summer Camp

 

From: Sue [mailto:smbishop11@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2013 6:28 PM
Subject: Studio Connections offers Musical Theatre Summer Camp

 

Studio Connections Musical Theatre Summer Camp

This three-week musical theatre camp is for young actors, age 8-18.

JUNE 3-21, 2013, Monday-Friday, 9:30 am - 3 pm, on the grounds of St. Francis in the Foothills, 4625 E. River Rd. (at Swan)

Learn the craft of singing, acting, movement, and stagecraft as we explore an exciting camp journey that culminates in a production of GUYS AND DOLLS, JR.

Tuition: $495. (a $50 non-refundable deposit will reserve a space and be applied to tuition once registered).

For more information and to enroll, visit www.StudioConnections.net or call Robert Encila at 520-270-7049.

Healthy snacks will be provided. Students must bring their own lunch.

Our Instructor: Robert Encila is a professional actor, singer, and director of over eighty productions. He is also a certified master teacher who has worked for twenty-two years in both public and private schools, and has trained students from the early grades through college and beyond. He has appeared locally with Borderlands Theater and Arizona Theatre Company and is a frequent performer at BB King’s and Birdland in New York City. He is a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association.

Studio Connections is a 501 (c)(3), not-for-profit organization dedicated to providing excellence in visual and performing arts education fostering leadership, artistic voice, and peaceful community building. We serve the needs of children, youth, and adults in a safe, nurturing, and collaborative environment

 

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The Comedy Playhouse presents The Comedy Genius of H. H. Monro

 

From: bruceb1786@aol.com [mailto:bruceb1786@aol.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2013 5:09 PM
Subject: The Comedy Playhouse April 2013 Newsletter

 

The Comedy Playhouse

www.thecomedyplayhouse.com

3620 N. 1st Ave.

Tucson , Arizona  85719

(520) 260-6442

 

 

 

Enjoy a night

Of Comedy

By H. H. Munro

 

Opens May 3rd 

 

 

   The Comedy Playhouse will open The Comedy Genius of H. H. Monro of Friday May 3rd.

 

  Hector Hugh Munro (18 December 1870 – 13 November 1916), better known by the pen name Saki, and also frequently as H. H. Munro, was a British writer whose witty, mischievous and sometimes macabre stories satirised Edwardian society and culture. He is considered a master of the short story and often compared to O. Henry and Dorothy Parker. Influenced by Oscar Wilde, Lewis Carroll, and Kipling, he himself influenced A. A. Milne, Noël Coward, and P. G. Wodehouse.

 

  Included in the night's presentation will be the stories, Laura, The Open Window, and The Stalled Ox.

 

 

   The Comedy Genius of H. H. Monro features Tony Eckstat, Joan O'Dwyer, Denise Blum and Bruce Bieszki.

 

  The Comedy Genius of H. H. Monro runs May 3rd through May 11th.    Admission is $12, with discounts available. 

 

  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 H. H. Munro 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

 

 

Southern Fried Safecracker

 

Starts May 17th

 

 

  Take a Kentucky colonel, a British duke, a detective, a safecracker and a door-to-door omlet pan salesman, mix them up together and what do you get?

 

  You get a crazy farce by Dana Manley which will open May 17th   at The Comedy Playhouse. 

 

  Southern Fried Safecracker will play through June 23rd.

 

  Hold on to you hats and join the fun with Comedy Playhouse favorites Frank Solis, Colin Roberts, Callie Hutchinson and Paul Hammack bring this lively farce to life.

 

  Admission to Southern Fried Safecracker is $18, with discounts available. 

 

  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.   Southern Fried Safecracker 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

 

 

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Equipped studios for rent - 4th Ave - special offer for TTA List Members

 

From: Jolie Roberson [mailto:jolie.roberson@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2013 2:50 PM
Subject: Re: Submitting to the TucsonStage blog

 

For TTA List Members, we will offer a discount Monday-Friday before 3pm.  The offer would be $20/hr for one of our smaller studios (1300sf).  =)  Thank you so much!


It's a good, clean space with professional sound equipment that is perfect for dance, art, theater, and events.  Photos and more info here: http://www.breakouton4th.com/studio.html

Three large studios for rent with professional sound equipment, mirrors, both hardwood and marley floor available.  Conveniently located downtown close to public transportation, this space is perfect for dance and fitness, theater, and art classes as well as rehearsal space for theater groups or even private events!  

Three large studios (2000sf and two 1300sf studios)
Professional sound equipment
Marley and hardwood floors available
Easy parking, street and lot
Black diamond projector in largest studio
Conveniently located downtown
Close to public transportation

Call 520-670-1301 or email to book your studio space today!


Jolie Roberson - www.skirtfulloffire.com
Tribal Bellydance & Instruction

For event dates, please take a look at my calendar page: http://www.skirtfulloffire.com/blog/performanceclass-schedule/

 

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UA's I DREAM IN WIDESCREEN AT TUCSON FOX THEATRE MAY 11, 2013!

 

 

From: UA School of Theatre, Film & Television [mailto:uatheatre@uatheatre.pmailus.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2013 2:04 AM
To: drmemory@pipeline.com
Subject: UA's I DREAM IN WIDESCREEN AT TUCSON FOX THEATRE MAY 11, 2013!

 

UA School of Theatre, Film & Television

 

Don't miss

I DREAM IN WIDESCREEN

SATURDAY, MAY 11, 2013 AT THE FOX TUCSON THEATRE

DOORS OPEN 6:00PM; SCREENING AT 7:00PM

ADMISSION: FREE



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School of Theatre, Film & Television's

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More info: http://tftv.arizona.edu/news/220


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"RICHARD III" SHAKESPEARE'S SERIAL MURDERER

By Chuck Graham, TucsonStage.com

 

 

Some clever stage effects, a strong cast and assiduous editing by the play’s director, Cynthia Meier,  keep  Shakespeare’s sprawling historical drama, “Richard III,” moving right along.  Joseph McGrath has the title role building momentum as this mad character stewing in his own evil intentions.



Close at hand is David Morden as Richard’s bloody accomplice, the Duke of Buckingham. These two are so convincing as actors, the famous scene where Richard finally goes too far in his bloody ambitions and the Duke pulls away from him becomes the evening’s most powerful moment.



Matt Bowdren stands tall as the Earl of Richmond who leads the forces of good, amassing his army off stage while we watch as Richard begins to lose his grip on the crown.



We know the worst is nearly over and the end is near when Richmond appears to confront Richard in battle -- the one where Richard nearly defeated famously shouts “A horse, a horse. My kingdom for a horse.”



Giving the women a strong presence are Susan Arnold as the Duchess of York, Cynthia Jeffery as  Queen Elizabeth (Queen to Kind Edward IV), Kathryn Kellner Brown as Queen Margaret and Marissa Garcia as the long-suffering Lady Anne, forced by politics to later marry Richard although he was responsible for the death of her husband.



Shakespeare plays are always famous for their body counts, leaving the final scene strewn with bodies and remorse. But Richard is more of a serial murderer, going down the line eliminating those who next present the most dangerous threat. As Richard’s personal body count rises, vengeance begins to foment.



Appearing on a balcony above and behind the stage proper, the three members of Odaiko Sonora play several large drums and other percussion instruments.  In this setting the drummers give a hearty battlefield atmosphere to the royal conflicts taking place below them.



What’s remarkable is how much those drums add to the foreboding atmosphere that clouds and clogs the minds of this royal court. Whether it is a racing heartbeat, a clash of arms or the sudden silence of no heartbeat, it is impossible not to respond.

“Richard III” continues through May 12 at the Rogue Theatre, 300 E. University Blvd., with performances at 7:30 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays. Plus a 2 p.m. matinee on May 11. Pre-show music 15 minutes before every performance.

Tickets are $30. For details and reservations, 520-551-2053, www.theroguetheatre.org

 

Monday, April 29, 2013

WONDERS STIRRED IN "TO THE WONDER"

By Chuck Graham, TucsonStage.com

 

 

The ever more abstract filmmaker Terrence Malick won’t be acquiring many new fans with his newest release, “To the Wonder.” But he shouldn’t be losing many, either, in its current run at the Loft Cinema, 3233 E. Speedway Blvd.



In fact if you love how Malick’s films have continued to grow more emotionally spare since “The Thin Red Line” (1998), followed by “The Tree of Life” in 2011, you will be quite happy here.



Languid outdoor visuals fill the screen for 112 minutes. The actors, especially Olga Kurylenko as Marina, are often seen spinning with their arms outstretched. This reluctance to choose a specific direction often takes place in the vast landscapes of rural Oklahoma.



There is very little dialogue, especially for Ben Affleck as Neil, the indecisive lover and then husband of Marina. Appearing in the middle of the story, and given very little to do is Rachel McAdams as Jane, a high school girlfriend of Neil.



Appearing occasionally for brief spurts like an omen of foreboding – a metaphor of Christianity itself -- is Javier Bardem as Father Quintana, an even more troubled man of the cloth.



There is so little conversation that you could describe “To the Wonder” as a silent film which is briefly dialogue enhanced from time to time.

There is lots of beauty, in a scenic sense, as the contrasting backdrop for sad lives wandering like streams searching for a way to the sea. This pairing recalls “The Thin Red Line” with its brutal attacks surrounded by tropical splendor during World War II in the Pacific Theater.



Plot-wise, some of it takes place in the culture rich environment of Paris. The rest of it takes place in utilitarian Oklahoma, rural as well small town in its architecture. Neil is the Oklahoma oil engineer in Paris, befriending Marina, who is actually a Ukranian expatriate with a 10-year-old daughter.



Neil and Mariana fall rapturously in love in Paris, move to Oklahoma where Neil works for one of the oil companies. He becomes hesitant to marry Marina. She moves back to Paris.



He takes up with Jane from his Oklahoma boyhood, but soon misses Mariana. She misses him. They are back in Oklahoma, and do get married, but life doesn’t go smoothly.



So this entire journey of the heart is told in scenes shuffled like cards so there is no particular difference between flashbacks and current events.



Yet, “To The Wonder” does feel satisfying. While there is nothing conventional about the film, there is within it a kind of poignant wisdom that would be difficult to reach any other way.

 

Casting Call, Feature Film "Arizona Nevada"

Reply 883pw-3773422034@gigs.craigslist.org [?] 

Posted: 2013-04-29, 7:04AM MST

Arizona Nevada Feature Film CASTING (Tucson)

 

Arizona Nevada, a cool planet films production, is currently casting for the following roles. The film is being filmed, guerilla style, on a low budget. We will be in production on various dates in May.

Best Friend #1, female, early to mid 20's. Laura's spoiled and pampered shopping/spa partner.
Best Friend #2, , female, early to mid 20's. Laura's spoiled and pampered shopping/spa partner.
Wait Staff, multiple roles available.
Newly engaged couple, male and female, late 20's.
Housekeeper, female, 30's-50's. Laura's hard-working housekeeper.
Wedding guests, multiples roles available. If you look like you would attend the wedding of a hip graphic designer and a sassy burlesque dancer, we need you!

If you are interested, please respond with head shot and resume to this message. 

Thank you!!!!

www.arizonanevadamovie.com


·         Location: Tucson

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

·         Compensation: no pay

 

About the Director/Producer:

I am Oscar Jimenez and I live and work in Tucson, Arizona. My work is heavily influenced by borderland dynamics. I live to tell stories about culture clashes, broken expectations and emotional deserts. Since I was raised with Mexican telenovelas, my work is tinted with melodramatic touches. Catholic imagery and ceremony tend to show up in my creative projects. When I was growing up (literally on the Mexican/USA border) I wanted to be a fashion designer and a movie director. I studied Advertising Art at the Southwest University of Visual Arts in Tucson but I did not pursue a career in the commercial art field,instead working as a social worker. My social work career has given me infinite opportunities to study human behavior, providinga fertile foundation for my goals as a storyteller. I have been making short films for the last decade;much of my work is abstract and experimental in nature. I have also worked as a garment artist, making costumes for local performers and theatrical productions. When I wrote and directed the short feature Esmeralda del Desierto (2009), I was able to combine my love for garment design and filmmaking when I told the story of a Mexican transgender woman who travels to the United States to pursue a career in the fashion industry. In 2011 I made Winkey Smiley Face, a narrative short that explored themes of long term monogamous relationships and frustrated sexuality. With Arizona Nevada I continue to explore themes of humanity, disconnectedness and redemption.

I am driven to create stories about people who feel incomplete and are in search of themselves as fully realized beings. The three main characters in the full-length film Arizona Nevada have each lost their sense of humanness and are desperately attempting to reclaim it in order to feel at peace. Arizona Nevada is a horror story where the demons are extensions of ourselves, the haunted houses are our own environments and the possessions are social constructions. The characters have fallen prey to their own life chances / choices. Laura, Jacob and Edward are theatrical manifestations of specific periods from my own journey to happiness. Laura represents privilege, and the way too much privilege can stagnate human development. Jacob represents overindulgence and the manner in which too much freedom can trivialize certain aspects of humanity. Edward represents self-hatred, or the way in which social norms can make you hate who you are. A fourth character is Las Vegas, a city where visitors go to reclaim youth, wealth, lust and passion.

 

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Sunday, April 28, 2013

Lonely Street Productions presents Man in Black-The Music of Johnny Cash starring Robert Shaw

 

From: Trish Thayer [mailto:trishthayerlsp@gmail.com]
Sent: Sunday, April 28, 2013 7:05 PM
Subject: Man in Black-The Music of Johnny Cash starring Robert Shaw

 

Lonely Street Productions presents

“MAN IN BLACK: THE MUSIC OF JOHNNY CASH”

starring Robert Shaw and the Lonely Street Band”

Celebrate the life and music of Johnny Cash with this critically acclaimed concert production featuring the most popular songs from his nearly 50 year career. Starring national touring and recording artist Robert Shaw (from the Chicago cast of Broadway's smash-hit musical "Million Dollar Quartet") and his Lonely Street Band playing your favorite Cash hits - from the early days of "Folsom Prison Blues" and "I Walk the Line" on through the decades, including "Ring of Fire", "A Boy Named Sue", and "Ghost Riders in the Sky."  This concert brings to life the authentic Cash sound that's been described as "steady like a train, sharp like a razor." With first-rate costumes, world-class musicians, and top-notch production values, this is a must-see for anyone who's ever enjoyed the music of The Man In Black!

 

Saturday, May 18, 2013 at 7:30 PM

The Courtyard at Plaza Palomino

2970 N. Swan Rd., Tucson, AZ

Tickets on sale at all Bookmans locations, Antigone Books,

Dark Star Leather or online at www.rhythmandroots.org/tickets

 

This show will be performed in 3 other surrounding area venues:

Wednesday, May 15, 2013 at 7:30 PM

Desert View Performing Arts Center

39900 S. Clubhouse Dr., Saddlebrooke, AZ

Call 520-825-2818 for tickets or online at www.dvpac.net

 

Thursday, May 16, 2013 at 7:00 PM

Quail Creek Country Club - Madera Clubhouse

2055 E. Quail Crossing Blvd., Green Valley, AZ

Call 520-393-5822; Mon-Fri 8-5 and Sat 10-12

 

Friday, May 17, 2013 at 7pm

The Highlands at Dove Mountain

4949 W. Heritage Club Blvd., Marana, AZ

Call 520-579-9574 for tickets

 

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"UPSTREAM COLOR" AN ABSTRACT HUE

 By Chuck Graham, TucsonStage.com


Shane Carruth (“Primer”) is an extremely independent filmmaker with an intense following of equally independent film followers – those people with no time for the simplistic mongering of basic emotions by the cynical major film studios turning out all those big box office attractions.


You know who you are.


“Upstream Color,” now playing at the Loft Cinema, 3233 E. Speedway Blvd., is Carruth’s second film, equally abstract and open to a wide range of interpretations.


As writer/director/composer/co-star and co-editor, Carruth doesn’t need to explain his motives to anyone. Joining him are two actors playing characters with titles for names, the Thief (Thiago Martins) and The Sampler (Andrew Sensenig).


Joining Jeff (Carruth) as co- star is Kris (Amy Seimetz), although Kris gets the lion’s share of lines. She becomes kind of the ping-pong ball being knocked back and forth among these men as the game dictates.


With a rich philosophical pallet of symbols, totems and metaphors, “Upstream Colors” encourages imaginative interpretations. My personal take (which is still being formulated as we speak) is to compare these messages to those in “The Matrix” -- but without the movie stars and big budget special effects.


Mind control is the heart of the matter. Carruth the writer thinks of society as one big laboratory experiment, with coldly calculating scientists infecting a few humans with tiny “thought receivers” in the form of little white worms.


Once these little worms have absorbed the personalities of their hosts, the worms are removed and put into various pigs being raised as another part of the experiment. The scientists are then free to observe the pigs as if they were human society, which they are in the mental sense because they now express the same emotional responses.


But then, as the scientists train the pigs to express more desirable reactions, the worms in the pigs begin controlling the habits of the people who were once the worms’ human hosts.


So we watch as Kris, the most troubled human, keeps trying to find out what is wrong with her, while Jeff, the Thief and the Sampler have their own agendas to pursue.


None of this is expressed directly. Everything is implied. Carruth as director maintains a gentle pace so there is time to ruminate and reason a bit as developments go by. However the editing, done with co-editor David Lowery, loves to go jumping about.


This is probably intended to be disorienting, which it certainly is. But the confusion will add pleasurable opportunity to those cineastes that enjoy sorting out all the conflicting elements of any film.


The acting and cinematography in “Upstream Color” are quite good. This picture is several cuts above those low-budget indie sketches done with oodles of heart but only minimalist techniques.


So get into the proper frame of mind before buying your ticket, settle back in that Loft seat with some extra coffee, chocolate, wine, etc, and let the thinking begin.

Outoor film screenings at Cinema La Placita - May 2013

Every Thursday evening at 7:30, May through August, hundreds of Tucsonans enjoy the cool summer evenings and a pleasant summertime event.

 

$3 per person includes popcorn!

 

See the current schedule here: http://www.cinemalaplacita.com/

 

 

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Saturday, April 27, 2013

WomanKraft Art Center auditions for STARR MOUNTAIN, an original play

 

From: grace rhyne [mailto:gerhyne.garay@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, April 26, 2013 3:37 PM
Subject: WomanKraft PR

 

WomanKraft Art Center

388 S. Stone Ave.

(520)-6229-9976

Womankraft.org

 

STARR MOUNTAIN

Friday, July 26  and Saturday July 27th at 7:00 PM and Sunday, July 28 at 2:00 PM. Tickets are $5.00 WomanKraft Members, $7.00 Non- members. Starr Mountain is an original play by local playwright Linn Lane, produced by the WomanKraft Mixed Media Players as a staged performance and directed by Gayle Swanbeck, is a quirky tale of the exploits and interactions of homeless and inner city people being moved by the government into an upper middle class desert neighborhood. Characters include Anne, a writer who has inherited a home form her aunt; Fredonia, a homeless woman being aided by her Social Worker, Marilyn; an eccentric guy named Newport Bob, not from Newport, and Zaaz also not from Newport.. or anywhere else you might be familiar with. Reservations and pre-payment required. Call (520)629-9976 for tickets and audition information.

 

KARAOKE NIGHT AT WOMANKRAFT

Tickets will be $3.00 for WomanKraft Members, and $5 to non-members. Saturday, June 29th, 8:00-10:00 PM. Please call (520)629-9976 ext. 2 for audition appointments and ticket information.

 

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Friday, April 26, 2013

Red Barn Theatre world premiere of "Taking On Macbeth"

 

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Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2013 10:17 PM
Subject: Press Release

 

VETERAN CAST BRING LOCAL PLAYWRIGHTS WORK TO LIFE IN WORLD PREMIERE

Tucson, AZ.  April 25, 2013 - The Red Barn Theatre Company made a dream come true for local playwright Vince Flynn when they invited him to direct his own play, Taking on Macbeth, as part of their 2013 season.  This entertaining comedy-drama will open May 10th and run through May 26th.

 

Taking on Macbeth was developed in sessions with the Old Pueblo Playwrights, and debuted last year as a staged reading at their new play festival. These plays are performed by actors reading from scripts, offering the writer an opportunity to see and hear audience reaction and receive helpful feedback. “Having a full-out production, however, is any playwright’s dream,”  Flynn says, “and being able to cast my own characters and move them off the page and onto the stage is about as good as it gets.”

 

The play centers on a father and son. Martin, the father, played by Ken Beider, is a local celebrity and a veteran actor who owns a popular bar in a large Midwestern town. His son AJ, played by Matt Brown, is an ex-Marine recently returned from combat. The local theatre group is staging Macbeth this year, and everyone knows that Martin is a shoo-in for the title role—everyone, that is, but the director, and AJ.  Even though he is an inexperienced actor, AJ has caught the director’s eye and is now a candidate for the lead. Martin’s understanding wife,  the very flamboyant director, and AJ’s new girlfriend all raise the stakes in this dynamic play.  Tucson theatre veterans Ina Shivack, Dan Reichel and Renata Rauschen play the remaining characters respectively.  “With a cast like this, the experience, the depth…how can a guy go wrong.  Each of the cast have added a bit of themselves to the characters and have helped bring them to life.”

 

No stranger to theatre, Flynn has been a high school drama teacher since 1970 in international schools in Europe and Asia as well as in schools in the United States. He has directed numerous school and community plays and musicals. He also wrote the book and lyrics for Affair Exchange, a musical comedy that enjoyed a successful run at The Playhouse in San Francisco.

 

The world premiere of “Taking On Macbeth” will open on May 10th and continue through May 26th.  Performances will be on Friday and Saturday nights at 7:30 with Sunday matinees at 2. For more information or to make reservations call 887 6239.

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Thursday, April 25, 2013

BIG LAUGHS IN THIS "FOX"

By Chuck Graham, TucsonStage.com

 

 

“Stop making sense,” David Byrne so famously said, “And go see ‘The Fox on the Fairway’ at Invisible theatre.”



Well, no, he didn’t say that last part. But it is still excellent advice. A cast of wild and wacky actors led by director Susan Claassen have unleashed one of the most enthusiastically uninhibited productions this company’s stage has seen in quite a while.



Making sense is never required. In fact the less you think about the logic in this comedy of bad bets, broken hearts and tacky fashions, the better.



Ever wonder what it would look like if a very proper lady accidentally let a raw oyster slip down the front of her dress? You won’t be wondering any longer.



Ken Ludwig (“Lend Me A Tenor,” “Moon Over Buffalo”) is the playwright here, with farce on his mind and garishly garbed golfers in his gun sights. Ludwig himself says “farce, essentially, is broad comedy.”



If this “Fox” was played any more broadly, you’d have to be adjusting the horizontal hold on your reality.



In a cast of equals, Lucille Petty is a bit more equal in using the manic pace to get her laughs while boosting her portrayal of frustrated young love in the Tap Room of the Quail Valley Country Club.



She plays the innocent Louise, an employee at the club, in love with Justin (RD Mower), her well-meaning swain forever misunderstood by Mr. Bingham (William Hubbard), the impeccably dressed country club boss.



Mower, who graduates from the University of Arizona theater school next month, makes his IT debut this month looking like he can anticipate a fine career in show business.



Bingham is the propriety-obsessed straight man to Dickie (Jack Neubeck) the millionaire-without-a-clue so proud of his ludicrous golf sweaters and exuberantly clashing pants. Being sensitive to the feelings of others isn’t high on Dickie’s list of things to do, either.



The plot is so totally irrelevant to the pleasure of watching all this overbearing hubris get turned into shaved ham, it is scarcely worth describing. But there are professional requirements.



So Dickie goads Bingham into betting $200,000 plus Bingham’s wife’s antique shop that Dickie’s country club team can beat the Quail Valley team in the annual golf tournament (which Quail Valley traditionally loses).



In to add their complications are Pamela (Lori Hunt) the free-living manhunter who never got over her teen crush on Bingham, and Muriel (Victoria McGee), Hubbard’s harridan wife who harbors a few secrets of her own.



You needn’t know anything about golf to get the jokes. Their conversation provides all the necessary information. The game itself, with first one side than the other out in front, takes place off stage with an announcer giving us the play-by-play.



“The Fox on the Fairway” continues through May 12 at Invisible Theatre, 1400 N. First Ave., with performances at 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays and Thursdays, 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 3 p.m. Sundays. Tickets are $28, group discounts available. For details and reservations, 882-9721, www.invisibletheatre.com

 

The System Is Broken Casting (new additional roles) - Urgent

 

From: thesystemisbroken.movie@gmail.com
Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2013 10:04 AM
Subject: The System Is Broken Casting (new additional roles) - Urgent

 

We're only three weeks away from filming our feature film, and we're urgently looking for actors for the following roles.

 

=========== Call For Actors, The System Is Broken (Feature Film/SAG ULB)===========

 

Production Title: The System Is Broken

Production Company: The System Is Broken – The Movie

Playwright or Screenwriter: Ignatius Lin

Director: Ignatius Lin

 

Compensation: SAG – Contract Pending/Non-Union

 

 

Synopsis

The System Is Broken is a fictional political drama about how grassroots volunteers advocate voting rights for under-represented people in a Presidential Campaign. See our concept trailer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHAv5Ohsy_E or visit http://www.thesystemisbroken-movie.com for more details about this project.

 

 

Film/Video: Feature Length

Talent Type: Adults (No Nudity)

 

 

Character Breakdown

Diego (Male, Co-star)

50-60 Latino. Boisterous and charismatic, he uses his street smarts to try to do something good and help the Hispanic community realize their right to vote. A Vietnam War veteran, Diego was broken from his experiences in the war. Now, he has finally turned his life around and is the head of the Latino Office. Stage combat experience preferred but not required. Fluency in Spanish a plus but not a must.

Actor Type: Danny Trejo

 

Election Official (Male, supporting)

30~40 White. Cold. Bureaucratic. Unfeeling. He purposely turns minority voters away for bogus reasons because he is prejudice. He later tries to burn down Pete and Diego's office. Looking for brave actors unafraid to play this unsympathetic character. Stunt and stage combat experience a must. 

 

Senator Casey (Male, supporting)

50-60 White. Democratic Presidential candidate. He has a clean and honest image. Thoughtful, articulate and well respected, but like most politicians, he is a political opportunist. 

 

Trino (Male, supporting)

40~50 Latino. Earnest. Hardworking. Loving. A laborer. Female lead’s undocumented immigrant father, facing deportation. 

 

Jane (Female, supporting) 

22~23 Open ethnicity. Preferably White. Hispanic not preferred. Male lead’s ex-fiancée who cheats on him with her boss. Intelligent. Hardworking. Actress must be comfortable with onscreen making-out, performing in underwear. NO nudity required.  

 

Jane's Boss (Male, supporting)

30~40 Open ethnicity. Preferably White. Has the charm of an older man (wisdom, experience, confidence). Has an affair with Jane. Actor must be comfortable with onscreen making-out, performing in underwear. NO nudity required.   

 

High School Bully (Male, supporting)

15~18 Open ethnicity. He picks on the female lead because her dad is undocumented and beats up the male lead. Stage combat/stunt experience preferred but not required.

 

Minor speaking roles

Middle-age Hispanic actors and actresses as political campaign volunteers. 

 

Background Actors

Middle-age Hispanic actors and actresses as political campaign volunteers, crowd at a rally. 

 

What To Prepare

-Everyone should submit their head shot, resume, and online reel (if available) ASAP. If we’re interested we’ll contact you for the next step.

 

Next step

-For Tucson actors, we’ll schedule you for a local audition.

-For actors outside of Tucson, we prefer you can come to Tucson for an audition. A less preferred method will be to do a Skype audition.

Character side(s) will be provided when we contact suitable candidate and set up appointment.

-Tentative Start Shoot Date: May 13th, 2013

 

 

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Studio Connections/St. Francis in the Foothills Youth Theatre presents BYE BYE BIRDIE

 

From: Sue [mailto:smbishop11@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2013 8:27 AM
Subject: Studio Connections/St. Francis in the Foothills Youth Theatre

 

Studio Connections Youth Theatre in collaboration with St. Francis of the Foothills presents the musical

BYE BYE BIRDIE

Book by Michael Stewart
Music by Charles Strouse
Lyrics by Lee Adam

Directed by Samantha Cormier and Robert Encila

Performances are May 9, 10, 11 at 7:00 PM

St. Francis in the Foothills, 4625 E. River Rd.

General admission is $8.00 at the door.

BYE BYE BIRDIE is one of the most captivating musical shows of our time. It is a satire done with the fondest affection, and tells the story of a rock and roll singer who is about to be inducted into the army. An English Teacher, What Did I Ever See in Him?, Put on a Happy Face, One Boy, A Lot of Livin' to Do, Kids, Rosie and Spanish Rose are musical theatre classics. This is the tops in imagination and good old fashion fun.

Winner of 4 Tony Awards and The Outer Critics Circle Award for Musical

For more information, please call Robert Encila, 520 329-3707.

 

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