Old Pueblo Playwrights weekly meeting, July 31, 2023

 

From: David Zinke <dzinkmeister@yahoo.com>
Sent: Sunday, July 30, 2023 7:12 PM
Subject: Reminder/Invitation to attend OPP weekly meeting, July 31, 2023

 

Old Pueblo Playwrights cordially invite you to attend their weekly ZOOM meeting, Monday, July 31, 2023 beginning at 7 pm. 

 

NO PLAY READING IS SCHEDULED FOR THIS MEETING. 

 

 Members and friends are encouraged to attend and participate in what is always a lively discussion.  

 

We will likely address several topics germain to our New Play Festival scheduled for April 2-7. 2024. 

 

Among those topics: 

The process we will use to select the plays to be included in our next festival.

How we will proceed to generate interest of willing and available directors.

A firm deadline for possible eligibility in next NPF. 

A basic time frame for auditions and rehearsals. 

(schedule of Mondays now through Fesival opening below)

 

NOTES/PLUGS:  

ARTS EXPRESS THEATRE "ANASTASIA" 

CLOSING WEEKEND AUG 4-6 

 

LIVE THEATRE WORKSHOP  "VENUS IN FUR" AUG 3 - 20

 

SCOUNDREL AND SCAMP 24/7 PLAY IN A DAY FESTIVAL AUG 11-12

 

Attached, please find the latest and most current updated lists of  paid members and  available readers.  These documents are intended to replace all previous versions. 

 

UPCOMING OPP ATTRACTIONS:

AUG  7   "Gathering the Flock" by Debra Vassallo   

                        CAST: Bethany: Meaghan Jones

Noah: Richard Michael Thompson

Pastor Steve: David Youngerman

Jeff: David Updegraff

Belinda: Audrey Gambach

Pat: Chad Eggen

Stage Directions: Liisa Rose

Facilitator: David Sewell

 

AUG 14             ZOOM "His Father's Son" by David Zinke  (2^nd read)

                                Cast:  (Readers to be announced)

Aaron S. Hawkins-Smith   43  Tall, dark, handsome, athletic, Harry's husband    

Harry  C. Smith   47  Tallish, blonde, youthful, hirsute, Aaron's husband   

Bucky    25  Fire Island resident, Puppy cos-player    

Judith   73 years young.   Lesbian novelist, pet-sitter, neighbor    

Sue         51  lipstick lesbian,  Judith's "girl-friend"   

Lydia      45 born again in San Diego    Marks' mom

Mark     24  Lydias' son

Stage directions   

Facilitator:

AUG 21            HYBRID  "The  Benevolency Provides" by Dave Sewell (100 min)

AUG 28            (OPEN) ZOOM   

SEPT.   4           HYBRID     33 WEEKS TO FESTIVAL

SEPT    11        ZOOM

SEPT    18         HYBRID

SEPT    25        ZOOM

OCT.     2          HYBRID

OCT     9          ZOOM

OCT     16         HYBRID

OCT     23        ZOOM

OCT     31        ZOOM  HALLOWEEN

NOV     6          HYBRID

NOV     13        ZOOM

NOV     20         HYBRID

NOV     27        ZOOM

DEC     4          HYBRID

DEC     11         ZOOM

DEC     18         HYBRID   POSSIBLE NPF ELIGIBILITY DEADLINE?

DEC     25        CHRISTMAS DAY   NO MEETING

JAN   1^ST  MONDAY  NEW YEARS DAY   102 DAYS TO FESTIVAL  NO MEETING

JAN      8          ZOOM

JAN      15         HYBRID   MLK DAY  NPF AUDITIONS? 

JAN      22         ZOOM

JAN      29         ZOOM

FEB      5          HYBRID  55 DAYS TO FESTIVAL

FEB      12         ZOOM

FEB      19         HYBRID

FEB      26         ZOOM

MAR     4          HYBRID   22 DAYS  TO FESTIVAL '

MAR     11         ZOOM

MAR     18        HYBRID

MAR     25        ZOOM

APRIL     1         HYBRID  FESTIVAL TOMORROW

APRIL    2-7, 2024  OPP NEW PLAY FESTIVAL

 

 

 

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AUDITION NOTICE! • Teatro Dignidad is looking for a few great performers!

 

From: A. Wilson-Gunn <btgtteatrodelacalle@gmail.com>
Sent: Sunday, July 30, 2023 2:35 PM
Subject: Teatro Dignidad and Elaine Romero's El Tiradito

 

AUDITION NOTICE!   •   Teatro Dignidad is looking for a few great performers!

 

WE ARE STILL LOOKING FOR: Performers of diverse backgrounds to participate in our upcoming production of Elaine Romero's El Tiradito.  This brand-new play by celebrated playwright Elaine Romero will open our exciting 23/24 Season this September (rehearsals scheduled to begin mid-August 2023)!  Come explore the here and now with us!

WHERE: Auditions have already been held, but we are still casting.  For more information, please immediately contact-

 

Alida Holguín Wilson-Gunn

BlacktopGunn Theatrics: Teatro de la Calle

BTGTteatrodelacalle@gmail.com  •  520-465-7908

 

 

Sacred Space to Honor Migrants & Community…

 

El Tiradito by Elaine Romero

 

El Tiradito, a sacred space dedicated to love and mistakes, becomes a place to contemplate the mistakes of a nation.  This new play by renowned playwright Elaine Romero explores stories of lives lost in a deadly triangle and lives lost to our vast deserts.  She asks us to examine our own humanity through the eyes of a people tossed aside, and the love of those left searching…

 

Needed:

·      Performers of diverse backgrounds ages 24-60-ish.

(persons of color, including Latinx/e strongly encouraged to audition)

·      Some theatrical experience required 

·      Contracted Payment Provided

·      Email headshot and resume to BTGTteatrodelacalle@gmail.com

 

CHARACTERS

El El El, Ranch owner (40s-60s)

SERAFINA, his wife (40s)

JUAN OLIVERAS, Sara's husband and El TIRADITO (20s-30s)

AMELIA, a mother (20s-50s)

GLORIA, a lost sister (20s)

JOURNALIST (20s)

ACTIVIST (30s-60s)

 

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Alida Holguín Wilson-Gunn
BlacktopGunn Theatrics:

Teatro de la Calle

Workshops/Education 

Outreach/Marketing

gunndrama@aol.com

BTGTteatrodelacalle@gmail.com

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GASLIGHT THEATRE presents THE REVENGERS

THE REVENGERS

JUNE 8 TO AUGUST 27 2023 SELECT DATES
THE GASLIGHT THEATRE 7010 E BROADWAY BLVD

 

 

Join us at the Gaslight Theatre for this fun-filled, musical melodrama! It is a time of peace and prosperity across the galaxy. What is the cosmic force keeping the balance of the Universe? The Energy Cube! Safe somewhere on the Planet Earth, its exact whereabouts are only known by the beloved group of superheros, The Revengers! But trouble is brewing on the distant Planet of Xerox. Long forgotten and overlooked, the Evil Ruler, Zanor, seeks power and control over the Universe. Will Zanor succeed? Get your tickets today to find out!! *Fun for ALL AGES!

 

Tickets:  https://gaslighttheatre.csstix.com/?eventType=4

 

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"GEORGIA McBRIDE" AT ATC IS VIGOROUSLY FILLED WITH LAUGHS, DISCO, GLITZ AND SOAP BUBBLES

by Chuck Graham, TucsonStage.com

photo by Tim Fuller

The full cast in costume to present "The Legend of Georgia McBride."

First of all, “The Legend of Georgia McBride” by Matthew Lopez is a whole lot of hip-shaking fun with drag queens. But more than that, the Arizona Theatre Company's production directed by Meredith McDonough is an equally rambunctious and heartfelt celebration of life, especially family life – and a wonderful reminder that joyful humor has the power to unite us all.

For sure, it is impossible to be angry at anyone when you are laughing so hard. Also, “Georgia McBride” premiered in 2014 before gender issues became as politicized as they are today.

In the program notes, company artistic director Matt August writes “We at ATC recognize the vital importance of doing this play NOW, in the face of the anti-diversity and anti-drag sentiment that is sweeping the country.”

This particular music-filled journey of discovery begins in Panama City, a coastal town on the panhandle of Florida known in some circles as The Redneck Riviera. Casey (Kevin Kantor) definitely has a gritty low budget determination to survive no matter what. He's an Elvis impersonator at Cleo's Bar, and has the white jumpsuit to prove it.

But business isn't so good at Cleo's. Eddie (James Pickering) the club owner wants to pump up some excitement with a different act. His cousin Miss Tracy Mills (Courter Simmons) suggests a drag show. After all, she knows this business from the bottom up.

Only, there's no room here for Elvis. Then with his future already looking bleak, Casey discovers his wife Jo (Renea S. Brown) is pregnant. What's a poor boy to do? With a deep breath, Casey takes a stab at going drag. Miss Tracy is more than happy to teach him the ropes...or rather, the wigs!

“What state were you born in? What's the name of the first girl you kissed? That's your drag name,” commands Miss Tracy. Quicker than you can say “These tights are too tight,” the legend of Georgia McBride is born.

Their drag revue is an instant hit in Panama City. As the shows, the sets and the costumes get bigger and bigger, ATC keeps pulling out more stops, releasing more brakes, riding more insistent disco beats until, without ever looking back, leaps with a big plunge straight into all that glitz!

Backstage, Miss Tracy is also urging Casey to keep digging down inside himself, getting deeper in touch with his female side, feeling that surge of feminine power.

"The only limits are the limits of our imagination,” Miss Tracy keeps insisting.

Completing the cast are towering, broad shouldered and delicate Rexy (Armand Fields), along with ensemble members Marshall Glass and Max Murray.

The wildly fanciful costume designs by Patrick Holt and expansive scenic designs by Collette Pollard don't waste a drop of that imagination. Equally rich are the original music and sound design by Lindsay Jones, the original lighting design by Paul Toben; coupled with the adapted lighting design by Victoria Bain and David Shocket. Their extra effort deserves extra credit.

My favorite part was seeing how deftly Rexy can maneuver on roller skates. That and the swirling mirror balls combined with waves of wafting soap bubbles filling the stage in the grand finale that brought the hand-clapping audience to its feet.

"The Legend of Georgia McBride,” running approximately 100 minutes without intermission, continues through June 24 with 7:30 p.m. evening performances, 2 p.m. matinees, in the downtown Temple of Music and Art, 330 S. Scott Ave. Tickets are $25-$85. For details and reservations, atc.org or phone 833-ATC-SEAT.

COVID protocol does not require masks but they are being encouraged.

EVERYTHING ON STAGE IS A LITTLE FASTER AND FARTHER OUT IN THE GASLIGHT'S "THE REVENGERS"

by Chuck Graham, TucsonStage.com

photo  copyright: Brian Gawne/The Gaslight Theatre 

Janee Page flaunts her evil ways as the wicked sorceress Ruby Witch.

Make way for a whole brand new show at the Gaslight Theatre, written and directed by Katherine Byrnes and Mike Yarema to keep up with the times, becoming the first Gaslight production to include smart phones, computer messaging and references to TikTok.

The song list has a fresher flavor as well, as we meet “The Revengers,” a daring collection of super-powered heroes caught up in fanciful (and elaborately costumed) adventures across time and space, turning worm holes into galactic freeways stretching from the top of Mount Everest to the cold space of dying planet Zerox, where desperate times demand desperate actions.

Deep in this Interstellar Universe, reality makes its own rules, the action is zippy and plot lines zingy, often turning on the surprises of a single pun. To power the beating heart of digital intrigue in this race for supersonic survival is the indomitable multi-hued Energy Cube, for whoever holds The Cube holds the ultimate power.

And when the greatest scene stealer is a massive bright green and muscular, eternally angry character known as the Insatiable Bulk (David Orley), well, you know today's Hollywood influencers on the big screen are a long way from the Land of Oz.

Borrowing a bit from Norse mythology, the troubled brothers Thor, Lord of Thunder (Jake Chapman) and Loki, Monarch of Mischief (Todd Thompson) soon turn against each other, even though both are wearing battle helmets that flaunt equally menacing wings and horns.

Loki, raising the level of mendacity in his Mischief, tricks Thor into handing over the radiating Cube, thus endangering the very existence of Earth itself. Can Loki accelerate global warming and turn us all into cinders?

Loki is joined by a strikingly mysterious sorceress filled with evil body language to match her devious attitudes, the relentless Ruby Witch (Janee Page), whose sinister powers become quite convincing.

She is opposed by the intimidating Lady Steel (Heather Stricker), a female force for good, clad all in red, with muscle power to match.

Using his brains and brawn for bad deeds is Zanor (Yarema), the evil mastermind in black. We know he's the dude in charge because his helmet has more horns than anybody else.

Meanwhile, back on Terra Firma, in the highly advanced laboratory of renowned astrophysicist Dr. Erika Selving (Samantha Cormier) and her eager lab assistant Janey (Erin Thompson), more unexpected threats are lurking.

For the Gaslight's traditional olio add-on, the gang stays closer to home, turning to that family favorite TV show, “The Brady Bunch,” showcasing early 1970s fashion favorites such as bright orange shirts tucked into flowered pants – and that was just the boys!

As each Brady appeared on stage – Marcia, Jan, Cindy, Greg, Peter, Bobby, mom Carol and dad Mike, as well as Alice the housekeeper – it was like deja vu all over again.

Looking bouncy as ever, their song list included “Sunshine Day,” “I'm A Believer” and “Come On, Get Happy.” Some of the special guests stopping by were Davy Jones, the Partridge family and...my personal favorite...Kermit the frog singing “It Ain't Easy Being Green,”

“The Revengers” runs through August 27 with performances at various times Tuesdays through Sundays in the Gaslight Theatre, 7010 E. Broadway Blvd.

Tickets are $27 plus tax, with special discounts for groups, students, seniors, military, first responders, and children age 2-12. For details and reservations, 520-886-9428, or visit www.thegaslighttheatre.com

OLDEN TYMES FILL THE GASLIGHT STAGE IN THIS TIGHTLY STRUNG PRESENTATION OF "ROBIN HOOD"

By Chuck Graham, TucsonStage.com

photo by Brian Gawne/ The Gaslight Theatre

True love links the iconic hearts of Robin Hood (Mike Yarema) and Maid Marian (Janee Page) amid the arboreal splendor of  Sherwood Forest when they sing "Rockin' Robin!"

When it comes to being a straight arrow, nobody does it better than Sir Robin of Locksley – more popularly known in recent centuries as Robin Hood.

Gaslight Theatre is here to remind us of the tales spread about this idealistic Englishman of Olde by presenting its own lively Gaslight stage version titled, “Robin Hood” or “It Sherwood Be Fun.”

Mike Yarema has the title role, strutting about with his Merry Men: Little John (Brian Hale) and Will Scarlett (Jacob Brown). Before the performance is over, they will be jousting on horseback, swinging from ropes, sword fighting the Sheriff of Nottingham (Todd Thompson), and chasing all manner of lords a-leaping, sometimes wearing sunglasses.

Meanwhile the dastardly Sheriff is joined by Sir Guy of Gisbourne (Jake Chapman), the sorceress Countess (Heather Stricker) and her assistant, Wormwood (David Orley) who is the nefarious provider of rare ingredients for her dark potions.

Together they oppose the noble Robin's cheery band by casting evil spells, predicting the future with the aid of a mystical black eight-ball and singing several songs that prominently include “evil” in the lyrics.

At the heart of this confounding conflict are a pair of defiant beauties: the humble peasant lass Fiona (Erin Thompson) and the irresistible maid herself, Maid Marian (Janee Page).

 Whenever Robin and Maid Marian see each other, cheerful birds descend from the theater's overhead rigging to chirp cheerfully, just like they always did in those old Disney movies. 

The Gaslight's traditional olio segment following the main show is particularly bright and shiny – a bell-bottom swaying, fanciful, fantastical multi-hued tribute to the Beatles and their sea of unbridled psychedelic joy.

Thoroughly researched in art styles and color combinations, the presentation begins with those four mop tops wearing Nehru-styled gray suits and acting all proper, right on through a 10-song program to the dazzling magical mystery tour, while their beloved yellow submarine keeps making appearances – first seen far away, then closer and closer until a very large portion of it is onstage with the resplendent lads themselves.

The Beatles are played by Yarema, Chapman, Thompson and Brown. Not to be outdone are the Gaslight's own Go-Go Girls – Page, Stricker and Thompson – in equally resplendent mini skirts and other fashions recalling that epic costumery of the 1960s.

Joyful choreography by Katherine Byrnes, mind-sweeping costume designs from Renee Cloutier, wrapped in lighting by David Darland and Michael Mueller, with spirited backdrops and stage designs by Tom Benson complete this vigorous journey of the heart. The co-directors are Byrnes and Yarema, with musical direction by Josh Lamoreaux.

“Robin Hood” and the Beatles olio continue through June 4, with performances Tuesdays through Sundays at the Gaslight Theatre, 7010 E. Broadway Blvd. Reservations are required. For complete details, visit www.thegaslighttheatre.com or phone 520-886-9428.

Santa Cruz Shoestring Players PRESENTS 45 Minutes from Broadway

 

45 Minutes from Broadway

 

followed by our Olio performed by the cast...
Stage Door Canteen

Music by George M. Cohan

Book by Shubert Fendrich

Regina Ford, Director

Kara Reynolds, Assistant Director

August 17 & 18, 2023 at 7:00 pm

August 19 & 20 at 3:00 pm

 

Dick Foster’s Broadway show is opening, but he’s having serious problems.  Stubborn leading ladies and minimal working capital are just a few of his headaches.  An aspiring young actress, Mary Collins, walks on the stage and could be the one to save the show, if only they had the money to put it on.  Meanwhile, ’Legs’ Ruby is on the run from the mob and brings with him a side-splitting array of characters.  Just as all appears lost for Dick and his dream show, an ’angel’ arises with the financial backing.  Mary gets her big chance at stardom, and the show goes on!  This play is filled with appealing character roles including delightful chorus girls and goofy gangsters.

 

Tickets: https://performingartscenter.thundertix.com/events/208478

 

Community Performance and Art Center
1250 West Continental Road
Green Valley, AZ

(520) 399-1750
www.performingartscenter.org

 

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Santa Cruz Shoestring Players AUDITIONS for On Golden Pond

 

On Golden Pond

By Ernest Thompson
Chad Eggen, Director

Audition dates:
Monday, August 28, and Tuesday, August 29, at 6:00 pm

AUDITIONS ARE BY APPOINTMENT
Contact Chad Eggen at eggenc1@gmail.com
or Marijane Milton at mjmilton@yahoo.com

 

On Golden Pond focuses on aging couple Ethel and Norman Thayer, who spend each summer at their home on a lake called Golden Pond. Norman is a curmudgeon who has an estranged relationship with his daughter, Chelsea. Nevertheless, Ethel and Norman agree to care for Billy, the son of Chelsea's new boyfriend, and an unexpected relationship blooms. The 1981 movie version starred Katharine Hepburn, Henry Fonda, and Jane Fonda.

 

If you are unable to attend the auditions, special arrangements will be made for you. Crew positions are also available. For more information, contact Chad Eggen at eggenc1@gmail.com, or Marijane Milton at  mjmilton@yahoo.com.

Show runs October 27 - November 5

 

https://www.santacruzshoestringplayers.com/auditions

 

 

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