Friday, September 30, 2016

THE INVISIBLE THEATRE and THE LOFT CINEMA Presents "SUCH GOOD FRIENDS"

THE INVISIBLE THEATRE

and

THE LOFT CINEMA

Presents

A DISABILITY AWARENESS MONTH SCREENING

Of

SUCH GOOD FRIENDS

A documentary by Cyndee Wing and Film-IT Productions

With Theme Song by Amanda McBroom
(Composer of "The Rose") and Michele Brourman

Saturday, October 29, 2016 at 11:00 a.m.
(Doors open at 10:45 a.m.)

The Loft Cinema

3233 E. Speedway Blvd. Tucson, AZ

(September 30, 2016, Tucson, Arizona); SUCH GOOD FRIENDS is an award winning documentary chronicling the Invisible Theatre of Tucson's Pastime Players. For over 30 years, Susan Claassen, artistic director of the Invisible Theatre, has spearheaded this arts project. She, Gail Fitzhugh and a dedicated group of artists teach theatre, music and dance twice a week to exceptional education students. Verl, Danny, Beth, Janna, Meg and Jennifer have been members of this performance troupe. Their connections and ultimate friendship tells the story of two very different worlds coming together through the power of the arts. In the documentary, we witness how they have changed the lives of the other individual participants and a community. We also see how this project has changed their lives. We meet their families and follow them as they embark on adulthood. We watch them as they make choices and struggle with the rigors of putting together their theatrical performance —THE ME INSIDE OF ME.

This production is made possible in part through the generous support of
The David C. and Lura M. Lovell Foundation

SUCH GOOD FRIENDS

Saturday, October 29, 2016 at 11:00 a.m.
(Doors open at 10:45 a.m.)

The screening will be held at

The Loft Cinema

3233 E. Speedway Blvd. Tucson, AZ.

FREE! Seating is very limited!
Running time for the screening and discussion —1 hr, 45 min
For information and special needs seating, call The Invisible Theatre at (520) 884-0672
www.invisibletheatre.com

SUCH GOOD FRIENDS is much more than a film about a theatre project in an inner-city public school. It is an unforgettable journey from heart to art. Each story is a triumph over the odds. Some make it to the final performance - others don't. Some students make it in life - others don't. Some are defined by their disability and others by their ability. SUCH GOOD FRIENDS is what makes the difference.

In speaking about this project, Susan Claassen says "PROJECT PASTIME exemplifies an innovative program that proves the idea that when artists, teachers, administrators, funding agents, students and parents come together we really can make a difference! It has been my dream to make a film that showed the world that we are only limited by limited expectations - Expect the most and that is what you will get! When I contacted my longtime colleague and award-winning filmmaker, Cyndee Wing, she immediately came on board. As a direct result of working on this documentary, Cyndee went back to school and supplemented her Master's Degree in Education in a post-graduate program and became a Board Certified Behavior Analyst. This program has been life-changing for everyone involved."

This documentary is the culmination of five years of filming. Our most recent collaborators are Amanda McBroom and Michele Brourman. When asked why she would write the theme song for the film, Amanda replied, "First of all, I would follow Susan Claassen to the ends of the earth. I think she is an astounding force for good and for art on the planet. Being able to participate with the Pastime Players is good art! And inspiration. And hope. And most of all, it is an example of the major importance participating in theater plays in the lives of young people. It is imperative that theater be brought back into the schools to feed the imagination and creative inspiration of every student. Theater jump starts the confidence in all young people, especially these fabulous kids in the Pastime Players. I am honored to be included in the project!"

Harriet Tubman said "Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world." It is the Invisible Theatre's hope that this film will be an inspiration for other communities around the world to create similar projects and to reach for the stars."

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"SUCH GOOD FRIENDS" CAST OF PLAYERS

THE PASTIME PLAYERS

Over a decade before the Presidential campaign of 2008, the Invisible Theatre's Pastime Players adopted the motto "Yes, We Can!" to help motivate our public school Special Needs programming. During the Pastime Player's inspiring musical performance, those three words come to life in a way that leaves no heart untouched and no soul unstirred! The Invisible Theatre's Pastime Players, under the direction of Susan Claassen, started as a workshop in 1984 and has grown into a prototype of innovative arts education programming that focuses on ability rather than dwelling on disability. The project is centered at the culturally diverse Doolen Middle School in the Tucson Unified School District. The students (ages 10-14) receive instruction from the artists of the Invisible Theatre in music, drama and dance. The year-long instruction culminates in the production of an original musical called

THE ME INSIDE OF ME.

No wonder there are outstanding ovations at each performance! No wonder these students have gained the respect and admiration of their peers and esteemed professionals including everyone from Dame Cleo Laine and Sir John Dankworth to the award-winning actor, Kathleen Chalfant!

The Pastime Player's Touring Troupe has performed throughout Arizona in such diverse venues as the state legislature, Raytheon Corporation, The City of Hope — National Spirit of Life Dinner and at the Senior Olympics Opening Ceremonies. Audiences have ranged in size from 20 to 5,000. The Pastime Players handled themselves brilliantly in each of these unique settings. The Pastime Players also help to educate a community about the special gifts we all have to share and showcase the best of America's public education.

The Pastime Players exemplifies an innovative project that supports the concept that when artists, teachers, legislators, administrators, funding agents, students and parents come together as a community, we really can make a difference! We are only limited by limited expectations: Expect the most and we get the most!

Some consider what these young people have achieved as mere dreams, but as Eleanor Roosevelt

said, "The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams!"

The Pastime Players have proven her right.

THE INVISIBLE THEATRE

The Invisible Theatre (IT) of Tucson, founded in 1971, is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization and is dedicated to producing quality theatre and arts education experiences for all facets of the community in an intimate setting that showcases local professional talent and guest artists. IT takes its name from the invisible energy that flows between a performer and audience, creating the magic of theatre. Film-IT productions is a part of the Invisible Theatre - Artistic Director, Susan Claassen and Associate Artistic Director, James Blair.

THE LOFT CINEMA

The Loft Cinema is a nonprofit, community-supported cinema that honors the vision of filmmakers, celebrates ideas and promotes the appreciation and understanding of the art of film. It is Tucson's premiere venue for art films — independent, foreign, alternative and classic narrative films and documentaries.

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Invisible Theatre presents SUCH GOOD FRIENDS 2016

 

From: CATHY JOHNSON [mailto:cathyj@flash.net]
Sent: Friday, September 30, 2016 12:13 PM
Subject: Press Release - SUCH GOOD FRIENDS 2016 - Invisible Theatre

 

 

 

 

THE INVISIBLE THEATRE

and

THE LOFT CINEMA

 

Presents

 

A DISABILITY AWARENESS MONTH SCREENING

 

Of

 

SUCH GOOD FRIENDS

 

A documentary by Cyndee Wing and Film-IT Productions

 

With Theme Song by Amanda McBroom

(Composer of "The Rose") and Michele Brourman

 

 

Saturday, October 29, 2016 at 11:00 a.m.

(Doors open at 10:45 a.m.)

 

The Loft Cinema

3233 E. Speedway Blvd.  Tucson, AZ.

 

 

 

(September 30, Tucson, Arizona); SUCH GOOD FRIENDS is an award winning documentary

 

chronicling the Invisible Theatre of Tucson's Pastime Players.  For over 30 years, Susan Claassen,

 

artistic director of the Invisible Theatre, has spearheaded this arts project.  She, Gail Fitzhugh and

 

a dedicated group of artists teach theatre, music and dance twice a week to exceptional education

 

students.  Verl, Danny, Beth, Janna, Meg and Jennifer have been members of this performance

 

troupe.  Their connections and ultimate friendship tells the story of two very different worlds coming

 

together through the power of the arts. In the documentary, we witness how they have changed the

 

lives of the other individual participants and a community.  We also see how this project has changed

 

their lives.  We meet their families and follow them as they embark on adulthood.  We watch them as

 

they make choices and struggle with the rigors of putting together their theatrical performance –

 

THE ME INSIDE OF ME.

 

 

This production is made possible in part through the generous support of

The David C. and Lura M. Lovell Foundation

 

 

SUCH GOOD FRIENDS

 

Saturday, October 29, 2016 at 11:00 a.m.

(Doors open at 10:45 a.m.)

 

The screening will be held at

The Loft Cinema

3233 E. Speedway Blvd. Tucson, AZ.

 

Free!  Seating is very limited!

 

Running time for the screening and discussion – 1 hr, 45 min

 

For information and special needs seating, call the Invisible Theatre at (520) 884-0672.

 

www.invisibletheatre.com

 

 

 

SUCH GOOD FRIENDS is much more than a film about a theatre project in an inner-city public school.  It is an unforgettable journey from heart to art. Each story is a triumph over the odds.  Some make it to the final performance - others don't.  Some students make it in life - others don't.  Some are defined by their disability and others by their ability.  SUCH GOOD FRIENDS is what makes the difference.

 

In speaking about this project, Susan Claassen says "PROJECT PASTIME exemplifies an innovative program that proves the idea that when artists, teachers, administrators, funding agents, students and parents come together we really can make a difference!  It has been my dream to make a film that showed the world that we are only limited by limited expectations - Expect the most and that is what you will get!  When I contacted my longtime colleague and award-winning filmmaker, Cyndee Wing, she immediately came on board. As a direct result of working on this documentary, Cyndee went back to school and supplemented her Master's Degree in Education in a post-graduate program and became a Board Certified Behavior Analyst. This program has been life-changing for everyone involved."

 

This documentary is the culmination of five years of filming. Our most recent collaborators are Amanda McBroom and Michele Brourman.  When asked why she would write the theme song for the film, Amanda replied, "First of all, I would follow Susan Claassen to the ends of the earth.  I think she is an astounding force for good and for art on the planet.  Being able to participate with the Pastime Players is good art!  And inspiration. And hope. And most of all, it is an example of the major importance participating in theater plays in the lives of young people. It is imperative that theater be brought back into the schools to feed the imagination and creative inspiration of every student. Theater jump starts the confidence in all young people, especially these fabulous kids in the Pastime Players. I am honored to be included in the project!"

 

Harriet Tubman said "Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world."  It is the Invisible Theatre's hope that this film will be an inspiration for other communities around the world to create similar projects and to reach for the stars."

 

 

 

"SUCH GOOD FRIENDS" CAST OF PLAYERS

 

 

THE PASTIME PLAYERS

 

Over a decade before the Presidential campaign of 2008, the Invisible Theatre's Pastime Players adopted the motto "Yes, We Can!" to help motivate our public school Special Needs programming.  During the Pastime Player's inspiring musical performance, those three words come to life in a way

that leaves no heart untouched and no soul unstirred! The Invisible Theatre's Pastime Players, under the direction of Susan Claassen, started as a workshop in 1984 and has grown into a prototype of innovative arts education programming that focuses on ability rather than dwelling on disability.  The project is centered at the culturally diverse Doolen Middle School in the Tucson Unified School District.  The students (ages 10-14) receive instruction from the artists of the Invisible Theatre in music, drama and dance.  The year-long instruction culminates in the production of an original musical called THE ME INSIDE OF ME.

 

No wonder there are outstanding ovations at each performance!  No wonder these students have gained the respect and admiration of their peers and esteemed professionals including everyone from Dame Cleo Laine and Sir John Dankworth to the award-winning actor, Kathleen Chalfant!

 

The Pastime Player's Touring Troupe has performed throughout Arizona in such diverse venues as the state legislature, Raytheon Corporation, The City of Hope – National Spirit of Life Dinner and at the Senior Olympics Opening Ceremonies.  Audiences have ranged in size from 20 to 5,000.  The Pastime Players handled themselves brilliantly in each of these unique settings.  The Pastime Players also help to educate a community about the special gifts we all have to share and showcase the best of America's public education.

 

The Pastime Players exemplifies an innovative project that supports the concept that when artists, teachers, legislators, administrators, funding agents, students and parents come together as a community, we really can make a difference!  We are only limited by limited expectations:  Expect the most and we get the most!

 

Some consider what these young people have achieved as mere dreams, but as Eleanor Roosevelt said, "The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams!"  The Pastime Players have proven her right.

 

 

THE INVISIBLE THEATRE

 

The Invisible Theatre (IT) of Tucson, founded in 1971, is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization and is dedicated to producing quality theatre and arts education experiences for all facets of the community in an intimate setting that showcases local professional talent and guest artists.  IT takes its name from the invisible energy that flows between a performer and audience, creating the magic of theatre.  Film-IT productions is a part of the Invisible Theatre - Artistic Director, Susan Claassen and Associate Artistic Director, James Blair.

 

 

THE LOFT CINEMA

 

The Loft Cinema is a nonprofit, community-supported cinema that honors the vision of filmmakers, celebrates ideas and promotes the appreciation and understanding of the art of film. It is Tucson's premiere venue for art films – independent, foreign, alternative and classic narrative films and documentaries.

 

 

 

 

 

Invisible Theatre

1400 N. First Avenue at Drachman

Tucson, AZ 85719

Box Office – (520) 882-9721

Administration – (520) 884-0672

Fax – (520) 884-5410

www.invisibletheatre.com

 

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ATC presents "An Act of God"

 

From: Steve Carr [mailto:scarr51@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, September 30, 2016 6:29 AM
Subject: Trading Spaces Star Paige Davis, 4-Time Oscar Nominee Marsha Mason Team Up in Arizona Theatre Company's "An Act of God;" 1st Time a Woman Takes on Heavenly Role

 

GOD COMES TO ARIZONA AS BROADWAY & "TRADING SPACES" STAR PAIGE DAVIS TAKES ON HEAVENLY ROLE IN SINFULLY FUNNY NEW COMEDY, AN ACT OF GOD

4-time Oscar nominee Marsha Mason directs sweetly outrageous Broadway hit

 

God isn't happy and She (that's right….She) is coming to Arizona to set the record straight in no uncertain terms about Her thinking and Her works in Emmy-winner David Javerbaum's irreverent, sinfully funny new comedy, An Act of God.

            Directed by four-time Oscar nominee and two-time Golden Globe winner Marsha Mason, the Arizona Theatre Company production plays Oct. 22-Nov. 12 at the Temple of Music and Art, 333 S. Scott Ave. in Tucson and Nov. 17-Dec. 4 at the Herberger Theater Center, 222 E. Monroe in Phoenix. Arizona Theatre Company's 2016-17 season is sponsored by I. Michael and Beth Kasser.

            Originally played on Broadway by Jim Parsons and Sean Hayes, God is a woman for the first time when Broadway and TV star Paige Davis arrives in Arizona with her devoted angels to answer some of the deepest questions that have plagued humankind since the Creation. Davis, who starred on Broadway as Roxie Hart in Chicago, Charity in Sweet Charity and hosted the landmark home-renovation TV show Trading Spaces takes on the heavenly role of God, the first time a woman has been cast in the role.

            Director Mason was nominated for Best Actress in a Leading Role for Only When I Laugh, Chapter Two, The Goodbye Girl and Cinderella Liberty.

            Javerbaum, the 13-time Emmy-winning head writer of The Daily Show With Jon Stewart, also is the mastermind behind the popular Twitter account God (@TheTweetofGod) and the book, "The Last Testament: A Memoir by God."

            Charles Isherwood wrote in The New York Times that the play is "a gut-busting funny riff on the never-ending folly of mankind's attempts to fathom God's wishes through the words of the Bible and use them to their own ends."  An Act of God," he added, "could be realized as one of God's better-realized creations."

            God will be joined by two loyal angels, James Gleason (Modern Family, The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd) and Max Lawrence.

Ticket prices are $25-$100 and are available in-person in Tucson at the Temple of Music and Art box office or by calling (520) 622-2823.  Tickets are available in-person in Phoenix at the Herberger Theater Center, or by calling (602) 256-6995 or online for performances in both cities at www.arizonatheatre.org.

            An Act of God will be followed by Fiddler on the Roof (Dec. 3-31 in Tucson, Jan. 6-29, 2017 in Phoenix).

For more information call (520) 622-2823 in Tucson, (602) 256-6995 in Phoenix or visit www.arizonatheatre.org.

 

BIOGRAPHIES
David Javerbaum (Playwright)
was the former Executive Producer of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.  His work for that program, including four years as Head Writer, has earned him 11 Emmy Awards, two additional Emmy nominations, two Peabody Awards, and Television Critics Awards for both Best Comedy and Best News Show. He was also Emmy-nominated for his work as a writer for The Late Show with David Letterman. He spent three years writing for the satirical newspaper and website The Onion. In 2011, his book The Last Testament: A Memoir by God was published by Simon & Schuster, and his affiliated Twitter account @TheTweetOfGod has over 1 million followers. Mr. Javerbaum and his frequent collaborator Adam Schlesinger have won two Emmy Awards for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics for their songs featured in the 2011 and 2012 Tony Awards, both performed by Neil Patrick Harris. They also received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Original Lyrics and Music for A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All!. Mr. Javerbaum and Mr. Schlesinger earned a 2008 Tony Award nomination for their songs in Cry-Baby. Mr. Javerbaum is a winner of the prestigious Kleban Award for Lyrics, and was the lyricist and co-librettist of Suburb, which won the Richard Rodgers Award for Musical Theater, as well as Best Off-Broadway Musical nominations from the Outer Critics Circle, the Lucille Lortel Awards, and the Drama League.

 

Marsha Mason (Director) has received Academy Award nominations for her roles in the films The Goodbye Girl, Cinderella Liberty, Only When I Laugh, and Chapter Two. She has also received two Golden Globe Awards for her roles in film. On television, her credits include The Good Wife, Madam Secretary, Grace & Frankie, the wildly popular Frasier, for which she received an Emmy Award nomination, and the biopic Life with Judy Garland. She also appears in a recurring role in the ABC hit comedy The Middle.  While most well-known for her roles on film, Mason has starred in a number of Broadway productions, including Impressionism (withJeremy Irons), Steel Magnolias, The Night of the Iguana, The Good Doctor, King Richard III and Cactus Flower, as well as Off-Broadway productions of I Never Sang for My Father, A Feminine Ending, Wintertime, Amazing Grace, and Old Times. Some of Mason's regional credits include starring in   Arms and the Man at the Old Globe Theater in San Diego, All's Well That Ends Well at the Shakespeare Theatre in Washington, DC, American Conservatory Theatre's A Doll's House, You Can't Take it With You, The Crucible, Cyrano de Bergerac, Hecuba for Chicago Shakespeare Co and Charles Busch's The Tale of the Allergist's Wife, Neil Simon's Chapter Two, Deathtrap and Steel Magnolias at the Bucks County Playhouse. Internationally, she has performed in Prisoner of Second Avenue in London. Mason has written her memoir, Journey: A Personal Odyssey. Marsha was very proud to have served for two years on the Tony Awards Nominating Committee.

 

Paige Davis (God) is making her ATC debut. Broadway: Boeing-Boeing (Gloria), Chicago (Roxie Hart). National tours: Sweet Charity (Charity), Chicago (Roxie), The Vagina Monologues, Beauty and the Beast (Babette). International tour: Chicago. Regional: Senga in the world premiere of Dancing Lessons at Barrington Stage Co., and again at TheaterWorks in Hartford, Connecticut, Maria in The Sound of Music at Pittsburgh CLO, April in Company at Missouri Repertory Theater, Val in A Chorus Line at Austin Music Theater, and Puck in A Midsummer Night's Dream at Chicago Cultural Center, and many others. Cabaret: Taking a Chance. Television: Hosted a new series for the Hallmark Channel, Home and Family, and she is the Emmy Award-nominated host of Home Made Simple on the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN). Audiences know her best as the effervescent star of Trading Spaces, TV's Emmy-nominated groundbreaking design-reality show. Ms. Davis' book, Paige by Paige, A Year of Trading Spaces, spent several weeks at the top of the New York Times Bestseller list. Paige lives in Manhattan with her husband, Patrick Page, and their adorable Maltese, Georgie. Visit www.paigedavis.com.

 James Gleason (Gabriel) is making his ATC debut. Broadway: An Act of God, Guys in the Truck, The Miser. Off-Broadway: Curse of the Starving Class, The Battle for the Pentagon Papers. Los Angeles Theatre: Stuff Happens (U.S. Premiere), History of American Film (Mark Taper Forum); The Weir (Geffen Playhouse). Regional: Streamers, Speed-the-Plow, Bedroom Farce, Snoopy (Original Cast and Cast Recording), Counselor–At-Law, State of the Union, Raisin in the Sun, Broadway Bound. National and International Tours: The Great Tennessee Monkey Trial, The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (LA Theatre Works). Television: Modern Family, Men of a Certain Age, Frasier, ER, First Monday, Days and Nights of Molly Dodd, Brooklyn Bridge, among others.  Film: Mother, Revenge of the Nerds, The World's Greatest Lover, American Dreamz, The Warren Beatty Project. Starred in and wrote the play Actor Under Fire. Member of the Groundlings (1977-1981).

 

Max Lawrence (Michael) is making his ATC debut, and is a proud company member and artist educator with Will Geer's Theatricum Botanicum in Topanga, CA. His Theatricum credits include To Kill a Mockingbird (Tom Robinson), A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Imaginary Invalid, All's Well That Ends Well, and The Merry Wives of Windsor. Other notable Los Angeles area credits include The Winter's Tale (Mine Is Yours Theatre Company), Twelfth Night (A Noise Within), Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse (Lewis Family Playhouse), and Hamlet (Knightsbridge Theatre). D.C. area credits include The Neverending Story and The Borrowers (Imagination Stage). He has also appeared in numerous short films and commercials.

 

CREATIVE TEAM

Scenic Design: Lauren Helpern

Lighting Design: David Lee Cuthbert

Costume Design: Kish Finnegan

Sound Design: Brian Jerome Peterson

Production Stage Manager: Glenn Bruner

Tickets for An Act of God start at $25 and are subject to change depending on time, date and section, and are available at www.arizonatheatre.org or by calling the box office at (520) 622-2823 in Tucson or (602) 256-6995 in Phoenix.  Discounts are available for seniors and active military.  A $10 student ticket pricing is now available for all performances.  Half-price rush tickets are available for balcony seating for all performances one hour prior to curtain at the ATC box office (subject to availability).  Pay What You Can performance is Tuesday, Oct. 25 at 7:30 p.m. in Tucson and Sunday Nov. 20 at 7 p.m. in Phoenix. Tickets are available for a suggested $10 donation. (Tickets must be purchased at the Temple of Music and Art or Herberger Theater Center starting one hour prior to curtain. Tickets are first-come, first served.  Cash only. Two tickets maximum per person.) For discounts for groups of 10 or more, call (520) 622-2823 in Tucson or (602) 256-6995 in Phoenix

Arizona Theatre Company offers accessibility services for patrons with disabilities for select performances.  Audio Description provides patrons with vision loss a running audio description of the movement and activities onstage through an infrared broadcast system.  An Audio-Described performance is offered in Tucson on Thursday, Nov. 10 at 2 p.m. and in Phoenix on Wednesday, Nov. 30 at 7:30 p.m. and Thursday, Dec. 1 at 2 p.m. Interested patrons with vision loss may request a tactile tour one hour prior to curtain. American Sign Language Interpretation is presented by professional, theatrically-trained ASL-interpreters for people who have deafness or hearing impairment.  An ASL-interpreted performance is offered in Tucson on Thursday, Nov. 10 at 7:30 p.m. and in Phoenix on Saturday, Dec. 3 at 4 p.m. Open captioning allows patrons to read the play's dialogue on an LED screen as the play progresses.  An open captioned performance is offered in Tucson on Thursday, Oct. 10 at 2 p.m. and in Phoenix on Sunday, Nov. 27 at 6 p.m. For open-captioned or ASL-interpreted performances, patrons should request seats best suited to ASL interpretation or captioning when purchasing tickets.  Large print and Braille playbills and infrared listening amplification devices are also available at every ATC performance with reservation. TTY access for the box office is available in Tucson at (520) 884-9723 or via Arizona Relay at (800) 367-8939 (TTY/ASCII).

 

Fact Sheet:
An Act of God

By David Javerbaum

Directed by Marsha Mason


Tucson Venue:
Temple of Music and Art

330 S. Scott Ave.

Tucson, Arizona

 

Previews Begin: Saturday, Oct. 22 at 8 p.m.
Opening Night: Friday, Oct. 28 at 7:30 p.m.
Closing Performance: Saturday, Nov. 12 at 8 p.m.

Total Running Time: 1:30 (no intermission)

 

Phoenix Venue:

Herberger Theater Center

222 E. Monroe St.

Phoenix, Ariz.

 

Previews Begin: Thursday, Nov. 17 at 7:30 p.m.

Opening Night: Saturday, Nov. 19 at 8 p.m.

Closing Performance: Sunday, Dec. 4 at 1 p.m.

 

Ticket Info:

Ticket prices are $25-$100 and are available in-person in Tucson at the Temple of Music and Art box office or via phone at (520) 622-2823, or in Phoenix at the Herberger Theater Center box office, by calling  (602) 256-6995 or online at www.arizonatheatre.org.

Contact:

Steve Carr, The Kur Carr Group, Inc., (602) 317-3040
 

About Arizona Theatre Company:

Arizona Theatre Company (ATC) is the preeminent fully professional theatre in the state of Arizona committed to inspiring, engaging, and entertaining - one moment, one production, and one audience at a time. Boasting the largest seasonal subscriber base in the performing arts in Arizona, ATC is the only resident company in the U.S. that is fully based in two cities providing its wide array of programming and community outreach across the region. Now in its 50th season, more than 130,000 people a year attend our performances at the historic Temple of Music and Art in Tucson, and the elegant Herberger Theater Center in downtown Phoenix. Each season of home-grown productions reflects the rich variety of world drama—from classics to contemporary plays, from musicals to new works—along with a wide array of community outreach programs, educational opportunities, access initiatives and new play programs. Designated The State Theatre of Arizona, ATC is led by Artistic Director David Ira Goldstein and a dedicated Board of Trustees.  

 

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Thursday, September 29, 2016

Tucson Improv Movement: Funny on 4th: NEW Show Times

 

From: Tucson Improv Movement <justin@tucsonimprov.com>
Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2016 7:00 AM
Subject: Funny on 4th: NEW Show Times

 

TIM Comedy Theater

Change in Show Schedule

We are excited to announce a change in show times starting this week into perpetuity.  Our early show on Friday and Saturday will now start at 7:30 PM instead of 7 PM!  Time to laugh a little later on 4th!

#Funnyon4th @ 7:30PM!

 

This Week's Show Schedule


Friday Night
7:30 PM - TIM Super Show (featuring Improv Collective & DDP)
9 PM - The Soap Box
10:30 PM - FREE Comedy with Air Force Pun

Saturday Night
7:30 PM - Improv Throwdown
9 PM - CageMatch

 

 

 

 

The Living Room Opening  - Drop in Improv Class this Saturday

The October edition of our monthly drop in class will by taught by Zack Armstrong. The theme of this month's class is: Introduction to the Living Room. Come learn this fun format as participants can expect to practice object work, give and take, split scenes, and big group scenes.

The class is two hours in length, costs just $5, and is capped at 15 participants register here!  It is recommended that participants either be enrolled or have completed TIM's Improv 101 (or the equivalent at another theater).

 

 

CageMatch Returns!
 

After a long hiatus, a fan favorite is back on the TIM schedule.  Enjoy new comedy teams and formats as two challengers get 20 show minutes each, the audience votes, and one takes the improv belt and returns next month to take on a new challenger.  Two teams enter, and one exits alive, well both exit alive, but you get the drill!  Saturday night at 9PM.  


This month's challengers

Oops! All Tom Sellecks - Amanda Tennyson, Daniel Kirby, Veronica Simone, and Zaq Race

Versus
Bullwinkle - Zack Armstrong, Andrew Hatch, and Tim Budinger

 

 

The Puns are Back!

 

This is your last week to catch Air Force Pun in our Friday at 10:30PM spot.  Next week a special Twilight Zone themed show takes over for the month of October.  Make sure you catch this FREE show! #Freeon4th

 

Tucson Improv Movement

329 E 7th Street

Tucson, AZ 85705



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Arizona Rose Theatre: Alexander Technique Workshop this Saturday

 

From: Arizona Rose Theatre [mailto:azrosetheatre@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2016 10:27 AM
Subject: Alexander Technique Workshop this Saturday

 

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Last chance to register for "Free Your Body Free Your Music" Alexander Technique workshop with certified Alexander instructor Rochelle Reea this Saturday, October 1st at 10:00 am.  Price goes up at the door.  If you are a performer of any kind (actor, singer, dancer) you will truly enjoy and benefit from this workshop.

 

Reea: Alexander Technique for Performers

Coaching for Actors, Singers, and Dancers (Professional/nonprofessionals welcome)

To Increase Creativity, Confidence, & Performance Skills

·          Re-educate the body for optimal lung capacity and breath control

·                    Lengthen the spine and increase range of motion and dexterity

·                    Improve posture for greater fluidity of movement

·                    Enhance musical techniques by gaining a greater command of your body

·                    Stop harmful patterns of movement that cause pain and poor performance

 

Rochelle Reea is a certified teacher of the Alexander Technique. Rochelle has been teaching the Alexander Technique for over 30 years. She has developed Movement Mastery programs for per-forming artists at universities across the US and internationally. She helps musicians relieve pain and reach their optimal perform-ance goals, extending career longevity.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1ST

10:30AM — 12:00PM

in the Lobby of the Berger Performing Arts Center

Registration: $40

$45 at the door

https://mkt.com/arizona-rose-theatre-company

information email katescallysoprano@gmail.com

 

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