The Comedy Playhouse presents The Comedy Genius of O. Henry - IV

 

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Subject: Comedy Playhouse September Announcement

 

 

The Comedy Playhouse

www.thecomedyplayhouse.com

"Come for the fun of it!"

Get Ready to Admire…

The Comedy Genius of

O. Henry - IV

September 12-14

William Sydney Porter was born in 1862 in North Carolina. In his early years he tried his hand at several careers - pharmacist, draftsman, bank teller and journalist. In 1895, while working as a bank teller, he was accused of embezzlement. He fled the country but returned to stand trial in 1898.  He was found guilty and sentenced to five years in jail.

It was during his time in jail that he began to write under the pen name O. Henry.  Since he was a convict, he couldn't use his real name and expect to have his stories published.  He was released from jail after serving two years.

From then on, he supported himself and his family by writing his famous short stories.  Although the public adored him, critics at the time were cool to his work.  Readers were pleased by his "O. Henry endings," but the critics found them contrived.  

Time has changed the critical view of him.  His narrations are clever and witty, his stories are humorous and his endings never fail to surprise.

"The Comedy Genius of O. Henry" will run for only 3 performances from September 12^th to September 14^th. Performances will be Friday and Saturday evenings at 7:30 and Sunday afternoon at 3:00 (only one matinee).

CAST: Bruce Bieszki, Drew Kallen, Roger Owen and Nell Summers

Admission is only $12.00, with discounts available for seniors and students.  

The Comedy Playhouse is located at 3620 N. 1^st Avenue at the northeast corner of 1^st Avenue and Prince Road.  The Comedy Playhouse has lit, adjacent parking.  "The Comedy Genius of O. Henry" is appropriate for ages eight and up.

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

Website: www.thecomedyplayhouse.com

Email: bruceb1786@aol.com

 

The Mystery Genius of

Max Carrados, Blind Detective

September 26th – October 5th

Three Max Carrados mysteries will be presented. Ernest Bramah’s Max Carrados tales appeared alongside Sherlock Holmes in Strand Magazine, in which they had top billing and often outsold Conan Doyle at the time. George Orwell wrote that, “together with those of Conan Doyle, [the] Max Carrados stories are the only detective stories since Poe that are worth re-reading.”

Coming In October…

Murder on Vampire Island

By Peré Summers

 

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The Bennett Theatre Lab offering: ACTING FOR PLAYWRIGHTS - An exploration

 

From: Philip G. Bennett [mailto:philipgbennett@yahoo.com]
Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2014 12:29 PM
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www.TheatreLabConservatory.com

PROFESSIONAL ACTOR TRAINING IN THE STANISLAVSKY SCHOOL OF ACTING

 

ACTING FOR PLAYWRIGHTS - An exploration

A series of six week workshops for playwrights.  Improve your writing skills by experiencing the actor’s process first hand.  Use your script, or write one, to Explore:  Writing through Improvisation, Play Structure, Character, Dynamic Action and Conflict

Time:               Saturdays, 10:00 – 11:50 am (with the exception of Sat. October 18^th ;  3:30 – 5:30 pm)

Dates:              September 20 through October 25, 2014    (6 Weeks)

Fee:                 $180.00

Location:         The Historic Y - 738 N. 5^th Avenue at University Blvd., Tucson, AZ  85705

Contact:  Philip G. Bennett at - 520-468-1664 - philipgbennett@yahoo.com

 

WORKSHOP ONE

Class Outline:           The Stanislavsky System of Acting for Playwrights – An Overview

September

20                                Non-Verbal Action, (Obstacles, Adaptations,) Character Biographies and Backstory, Images Vocabulary of the System

27                                Visualization, Inner Monologue/Dialogue, Pauses, ellipsis, punctuation and Zones of Silence

October

4                                  Verbal Action, (Main Action and Counter Action) Dynamic Action and Conflict

11                                Telling the Story through Named Events, (Plot Development)

18                                Kernel (seeds), Themes, Through-Line of Action and the Supertask of the Character

25                                The Arc of Dramatic Action and Supertask of the Play

 

Philip G. Bennett, Artistic Director is internationally recognized as a master teacher of the Stanislavsky System of Acting with 45 years of experience. He holds a BA in Humanities and is a graduate of the renowned American Stanislavsky Theatre in New York, where he served as actor, teacher of acting and Assistant Artistic Director to Sonia Moore, émigré actress/director from the Third Studio of the Moscow Art Theatre.

During Mr. Bennett’s forty plus years of professional experience he founded the San Francisco Theatre Academy, with film affiliates in the Bay Area and Hollywood.  He is a recipient of the prestigious Hollywood DramaLogue Award for Best Direction and Debut of a New Company.  Graduate students appear regularly in film and television, and are accepted in conservatories and repertory companies in the US and the UK.  Mr. Bennett’s new textbook, written with co-writer Prof. Stephanie Daventry French,  An Actor in Training – Experiencing Stanislavsky for the 21^st Century  is being published by Routledge Academic Publishers, London and New York for world wide release in February 2015.

 

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Pianist/music teacher needed for High School production - paid

 

From: Kevin Johnson [mailto:kjohnson.stage@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2014 8:31 AM
Subject: Pianist/music teacher needed for High School production

 

 

BASIS High School (River and Craycroft) is looking for a pianist that can also help teach harmonies (quickly) for an upcoming production of the musical LUCKY STIFF.  They will be needed on Tuesdays from 3:50 - 5:30 - as well as play for the three performances in January.

The pay is $900.

If interested please send information to:

kevin.johnson@basistucsonnorth.org

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Kevin Johnson

Founding Artistic Director

Arizona Onstage Productions

www.arizonaonstage.org

LIVE THEATRE WORKSHOP OFFERS CRASH COURSE IN SHAKESPEARE

By Chuck Graham, TucsonStage.com

That most popular theatrical mash-up farce of the late 20th century, “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)” created by the Reduced Shakespeare Company, has received its own upgrade to meet the 21st century in “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) [Revised],” now playing at a break-neck pace in weekend performances at Live Theatre Workshop. 

Artistically, its goal is still the same: to boil down all 37 of Shakespeare's plays to a script that can be performed in some 90 minutes...plus intermission.

Under the manic direction of Rick Shipman, a trio of actors have been convinced to hurl themselves all about the stage, wear enough silly clothes to fill a Good Will clothing outlet and still maintain the professional qualities of precise timing, choreographic fluidity and amazing physical fitness.

There are even several minutes of sanity when an eloquent speech rises from a cascading detritus of tattered clippings to be delivered straight with no chaser – or chasee.

Patrick Burke is the one who delivers this pause for real Shakespeare, assuring us he could do any of the Bard's finest works if he just had a mind to. This solitary spot of calm mocks a sea of literary chaos that never stops throwing up familiar moments from the revered canon to smack against wacky references of something else entirely.

Joining Burke to pursue Shipman's madcap journey around this particular Maypole of hasty quotes and wrecking ball reactions are Matthew C. Copley and Chris Moseley. All three achieve distinction in their desire to show no restraint whatsoever.

Though I haven't seen the original 25-year-old “(Abridged}” version in a number of years, this new “(Abridged) [Revised]” version seems to have less Shakespeare in it and more fooling around. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

A healthy helping of raunchy humor is in there, too, which would actually be more in keeping with the iconic playwright's own tastes for ribald references. 

The bad boys of this abridgment are listed in the program as Adam Long, Daniel Singer and Jess Winfield. Thanks to their pop culture observations, we now get Shakespeare with cell phones, computers and, of course, a rapper who tells the story of Othello in the beats and rhymes of today.

But rest easy, you devotees of keeping William Shakespeare on his academic pedestal. The members of this company are not cynical thespians of ill repute. These actors don't come to bury Shakespeare, but to praise him – with laughter and applause.

"The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) [Revised]" continues through Oct. 11 at Live Theatre Workshop, 5317 E. Speedway Blvd. Performances are at 7:30 p.m. 

Fridays and Saturdays, 3 p.m. Sundays. An additional performance is 7:30 p.m Thursday, Oct. 9.  All tickets are $20, with discounts available. For details and reservations, 520-327-4242, or visit www.livetheatreworkshop.org

 

Casting: Mystery Dinner Theatre - PAID - ACTORS NEEDED IMMEDIATELY

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ACTORS DESPERATELY NEEDED 

REGULAR PAID GIG ($25-100 per show)

MUST BE AVAILABLE TO START REHEARSALS IMMEDIATELY

http://tucsondinnertheatre.com/

 

 

Immediate opening for an Experienced Actor capable of getting off book quickly. And  immediately available for Rehearsals. Must have excellent presence, a good memory and Transylvanian Vampire accent. Age range 20's to early 50's. Please call for details.

 

Call 520-624-0172

 

OR EMAIL RESUME AND HEADSHOT TO:

MysteryTheater@aol.com

Theater on the Move present “Death of the Real Monster… or Who Slew One of the Crew?”

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MURDER MYSTERY & DINNER THEATER!

Tickets on sale now! Theater on the Move in conjunction with the Columbian Association will once again present an exciting dinner and show. It's an original murder mystery called "Death of the Real Monster… or Who Slew One of the Crew?" This murder mystery revolves around a 1959 cast and crew making a very cheap horror movie on location at a somewhat haunted hotel. Show dates are 24 and 25 Oct: pre-show entertainment at 6 pm, show start at 7 pm. There will be a matinee on 26 Oct: pre-show entertainment at 12 pm, show start at 12:30 pm. All shows will be at the Knights of Columbus Hall (Sierra Vista, AZ). Dinner and show tickets are $35. Show only tickets are $15 in advance and $20 at the door. There will be no dinner tickets sold after 19 Oct. After 19 Oct only show tickets will be sold. Dinner will be a buffet meal catered by the Columbian Association. Menu consists of Raspberry Glazed Chicken and Burgundy Beef, accompanied by a medley of vegetables, potatoes, salad, water and tea, bread and butter and dessert. Theater on the Move will sponsor signature drinks for the show with a percentage of the sales going to Cochise Area Network of Therapeutic Resources (CANTER). For tickets and show information please contact Theater on the Move (520-222-8711); or use email: theateronthemove@yahoo.com; or face book: www.facebook.com/theateronthemove. Tickets will be sold at Knights of Columbus Hall during rehearsals by Theater on the Move. All rehearsals are M-F, 6-8 pm starting 4 Sep. Tickets are also available online at: www.eventbrite.com.

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St. Francis Theater presents A Midsummer Night's Dream

 

From: David Goguen [mailto:theplaysthethingdg@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, September 8, 2014 10:13 PM
Subject: A Midsummer Night's Dream at St. Francis Theater

 

A Midsummer Night's Dream  at St. Francis Theatre Sept 12 through 21

This beloved Shakespearian comedy is a delightful journey into a dazzling world of love, magic and merriment. The play depicts the events surrounding the marriage of the Duke of Athens, the madcap romantic escapades of four young lovers and the bumbling attempts of troupe of inept amateur actors to achieve recognition.  These characters are helped or hindered (or both) by a group of delightfully mischievous fairies from the forest. Considered one of Shakespeare's most inventive plays, the production is all the more intriguing for the updated staging by accomplished director Mike Wilkinson.  This highly entertaining production features local actors Mark Klugheit, Bree Boyd, Bob Evans, Nadia Fike, Robin Carson, Sara Jackson, Andrew Gray, Voyze Harris, Meagan Jones, Alex Greengaard, Sara Rohde, Katie Burke, Colleen Magee-Uhlik, Michaela Ivey, Kindle Vickers, Dave Sewell, and many, terrific talents.  A Midsummer Night's Dream is a brilliantly composed drama that thoroughly amuses while prodding us to examine the nature of love and the significance of our dreams.

 

A Midsummer Night's Dream will be performed Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 pm and Sundays at 3:00 pm on September 12^th, 13^th, 14^th, 19^th, 20^th and 21^st.  St. Francis Theatre is located at 4625 E. River Rd in Tucson (NW corner of River Rd. and Swan Rd). Admission is $12 to $20.

 

Tickets and more information available at BrownPaperTickets.com (enter "St. Francis Theatre" in the search box) or call 800-838-3006.  Tickets will be sold at the door as available.  Any questions can be emailed to: StFrancisTickets@gmail.com

 

 

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PCC Center for the Arts presents STUART LITTLE

 

From: Carol Carder [mailto:ccarder@pima.edu]
Sent: Monday, September 8, 2014 6:12 PM
Subject: Look what's happening in September: Pima Community College Center for the Arts

 

PCC Theatre Arts
STUART LITTLE
Sept. 24-Oct. 5
Fri. at 7 p.m., Sat. at 2 p.m. and
7 p.m., Sun. at 2 p.m.
Proscenium Theatre
An exciting family production adapted by Joseph Robinette, based on the book by the renowned children's author E.B. White. Directed by Mickey Nugent. Kids and adults alike will be captivated by this warm-hearted and exciting story about a most unusual mouse.
Tickets $8 with discounts for groups.

 

STUART LITTLE - Directed by Mickey Nugent. Families will delight in this tender and exciting story about a most unusual mouse. As the second son in a human family, Stuart encounters several adventures, big enough to match any imagination, as he struggles to survive in his over-sized world. Loved by most, except perhaps Snowbell the family cat, Stuart embarks on a journey of a lifetime after his best friend, the little bird Margolo, flees to escape being eaten.

Family Play Date
Sat., Sept. 20, 10:30 a.m.-Noon.
Black Box Theatre
A free community event. Learn more about the play STUART LITTLE, mingle with the cast and enjoy fun activities, tasty treats and a short preview scene in the "big" theatre.

Scout Theatre Night Adventure
Sat., Sept. 27, 7 p.m.

For girl and boy scouts and their leaders. The event includes discounted tickets to STUART LITTLE. Scouts can take a peak of the backstage area and learn about the sets, costumes, lighting and acting processes with an onstage Q&A session with the cast and director after the play.
Tickets $6.

 

https://www.pima.edu/community/the-arts/center-arts/now-playing.html

 

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UA’s Arizona Repertory Theatre presents LEND ME A TENOR

 

From: Pierce, Lisa Ann - (lisapierce) [mailto:lisapierce@email.arizona.edu]
Sent: Monday, September 8, 2014 3:50 PM
Subject: If YOU Need to Laugh

 

See the stage play that will make your cheeks hurt from laughing & smiling… See Ken Ludwig's Lend Me A Tenor starring "tomorrow's stars" at Arizona Repertory Theatre at the University of Arizona! It didn't win three Tony Awards, four Drama Desk Awards & an Olivier nomination for Best Comedy of the Year for nothin'! 

 

Some season tickets are still available to 'the lucky' for Arizona Repertory Theatre's 2014-15 season.

 

Lend Me A Tenor 

"A rollercoaster of fun for everybody in the building… a solid, constantly accelerating snowball of a comedy!" - Phoenix News Times

"The Big Winner!" - New York Daily News

"Non stop laughter." - Variety

"Uproarious! Hysterical!" - USA Today

"A rib tickling comedy." - The New York Post

 

F O R I M M E D I A T E R E L E A S E

CONTACT: Lisa Pierce, Dir. of Marketing & Development • 520.626.2686 • lisapierce@email.arizona.edu
The University of Arizona School of Theatre, Film & Television

Approx Run Time: 120 minutes • 15-minute Intermission • David Morden, Director • 520.621.3356 • dmorden@email.arizona.edu Media Photo Call: Wednesday, September 10, 2014 at 4:30pm in the Marroney Theatre

September 8, 2014

UA's Arizona Repertory Theatre presents LEND ME A TENOR
by Ken Ludwig, directed by David Morden

 

TUCSON, AZ - The greatest Italian tenor in the world, Il Stupendo, is scheduled to sing the lead in The Cleveland Opera's OTELLO. When his wife leaves him a "Dear John" letter, however, the distraught singer takes a double dose of tranquilizers. With curtain time rapidly approaching, opera management kicks into damage control on steroids and what follows is a laugh-out-loud chain reaction of mistaken identity, farcical plot twists, double entendres & musical mayhem. Winner of three Tony Awards, four Drama Desk Awards & nominated for an Olivier for Best Comedy of the Year, this musical farce is a side-splitting pleaser.

Dates & Times:

Previews: Sep 21 at 1:30pm, Sep 22 at 7:30pm
Evenings: Sep 24-27, Oct 2-4, Oct 10-11 at 7:30pm
Matinees: Sep 28, Oct 4-5, Oct 12 at 1:30pm

Place: Marroney Theatre on the UA campus located near the SE corner of Park Avenue and Speedway Boulevard.                                                                                        

 

Cost/Admission: Regular $28, Senior/UA Employee/Military $26, Student $19, Preview $17. For groups of 10 or more, deeper discounts apply.

Ticket Information: UA Fine Arts Box Office, (520) 621-1162 or theatre.arizona.edu or tftv.arizona.edu

Parking: Park Avenue Garage, located on Park Avenue just north of Speedway Blvd. Pre-paid parking is available for weekday evening performances. Saturday and Sunday there is no charge to park. If you have special needs for parking, please call UA Parking & Transportation Services at (520) 621-3550.

Media Contact: Lisa Pierce, (520) 626-2686, lisapierce@email.arizona.edu

Production Co-Sponsors: Shawn Edgar & Associates Keller Williams Southern Arizona + Victoria Terzano

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Diane Van Deurzen & Lisa Otey: Broadway! Sept. 8

 

From: Lisa Otey [mailto:lisa@owlsnestmusic.com]
Sent: Saturday, September 6, 2014 9:08 AM
Subject: [SPAM] Diane Van Deurzen & Lisa Otey: Broadway! Sept. 8

 

 

 

 

 

 

DIANE VAN DEURZEN & LISA OTEY
Songbook Series: Broadway!
Monday, Sept. 8, 7:00pm
Z Mansion, 288 N. Church
$15, www.lisaotey.com, 520.370.5912
all seats reserved 

Hi everyone,

We are so excited to present something new, The Songbook Series, beginning Monday, Sept. 8 with our tribute to current shows on Broadway! We had the wonderful opportunity to see 7 shows in 4 days this summer and want to share our experience with you. On Monday, Sept. 8, the Z Mansion parlor will set the stage for our musical adventure. We will share songs and stories from Beautiful: the Carole King Musical, Kinky Boots, If/Then, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Wicked, and Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill. You don't want to miss it!

Tickets for the Songbook Series are $15 and can be purchased online, www.lisaotey.com. You can also make a reservation by phone, 520.370.5912, and pay at the door. All seats are reserved. 

See you there!
-Diane & Lisa 

 

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Auditions: When Actors Fly | Zocalo Magazine - Tucson Arts and Culture

Auditions: When Actors Fly | Zocalo Magazine - Tucson Arts and Culture

September 6, 2014 | Dave Sewell

Diane Schwartz was not one to throw herself into the arms of a man she barely knew. But after a marathon audition session for a community theatre production of Noël Coward’s Private Lives, Diane couldn’t help herself. She had endured reading after reading for the part of Sybil, holding her own opposite a blur of Elyots, Amandas, and Victors. But in the end, when Diane was the last Sybil standing, and the director cheerfully informed her that she was in, she lost it at last. With a whoop of triumph, the normally reserved petite mother of two went airborne.

Read the entire article here: When Actors Fly

Despite struggles, money woes, local theater rallies

Despite struggles, money woes, local theater rallies

By Kathy Allen

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The last decade hasn’t been kind to Tucson theater.

The recession was marked by lower ticket sales, and the loss of government, corporate and private funds.

Nevertheless, as the 2014-15 season launches — Invisible Theatre’s “A Kid Like Jake,” which opened Wednesday, is the first of a slew of shows over the next few weeks — it’s clear things are getting better. Not great, mind you — theater companies, both community and professional, still struggle to mount shows and sell tickets. But if the number of organizations willing to take on that struggle is any indication, theater is on the way up in the Old Pueblo.

Read the entire article here: Despite struggles, money woes, local theater rallies

Share the stage at Red Barn Theater

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From: Rosemary Snow [mailto:redbarntheater@yahoo.com]
Sent: Saturday, September 6, 2014 6:27 PM
Subject: Share the stage at Red Barn Theater

The Red Barn Theater seeks independent troupes to share the stage and ticket
sales producing their own shows, or individual actors, directors and techies
to join RBT shows. Theater is at 948 N. Main Ave. Details at
http://redbarn-theater.angelfire.com. Call Rosemary at 520 622-6973.


Red Barn Theater
Rosemary Snow
http://redbarn-theater.angelfire.com
(520) 622-6973

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Introducing the STRADA Company | The Range: The Tucson Weekly's Daily Dispatch | Tucson Weekly

Introducing the STRADA Company | The Range: The Tucson Weekly's Daily Dispatch | Tucson Weekly

BY SHERILYN FORRESTER

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There are an impressive number of artists—and arts organizations—in Tucson: theaters for performing artists, galleries, dance companies, musicians and orchestras.

But according to Michael Fenlason, who is one of the founding members of the STRADA Company, a new arts venture—or adventure, is a more accurate description from this observer’s point of view—these groups, established or new, tend to work on what Fenlason and his compadres think is an outdated paradigm. That means that they use old-fashioned ideas about how to reach audiences, which, Fenlason says, often leads to potential audience members sinking deeper into the couch at home, and plenty of creative folks without the means to get their work out into the public.

Ready the entire article here: Introducing the STRADA Company

A FST! Storyteller’s First Year | Zocalo Magazine - Tucson Arts and Culture

A FST! Storyteller’s First Year | Zocalo Magazine - Tucson Arts and Culture

September 5, 2014 | Melanie Madden



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Comic Lauren Wiggins founded FST! for a simple reason: she likes doing stand-up, but was getting tired of rape jokes. As a middle finger to the stand-up world’s open hostility to women, Wiggins set out to create an alternative space where women could take the mic, and only women (on the gender spectrum, not as half of a binary—transwomen and transmen are FST!ers, too) would be invited onto the stage.

Two years later, FST! has featured 44 unique storytellers, hosted 22 shows, and raised over $5,000 for local nonprofits and community organizations. It is independent, all-volunteer, grass-roots, and community-based. It has moved from LoveSmack in the Warehouse Arts District, to (now defunct) Beowulf Alley Downtown, to its present longstanding 4^th Avenue venue, The Flycatcher (formerly Plush). There is a website: Fstorytellers.com. I proudly show my affiliation with a bright pink FST! button I wear on my purse, and FST! T-shirts are designed by local artist Donovan White. What I’m trying to say is this: FST! is legit.

Read the entire article here: A FST! Storyteller’s First Year | Zocalo Magazine - Tucson Arts and Culture

Something Something Theatre, Auditions for The Weir

 

From: Something Something Theatre [mailto:info@somethingsomethingtheatre.com]
Sent: Friday, September 5, 2014 3:25 PM
Subject: Auditions for The Weir

 

Something Something Theatre, a new company (www.somethingsomethingtheatre.com), will hold auditions for four male actors for its January 9th through 25th production of The Weir, by Conor McPherson.  Auditions consist of readings from the script.  Read-through is Tuesday, October 7.  Rehearsals begin Monday, October 20.

 

Place:

738 N. 5th Avenue.

 

Times: 

Saturday, October 4 from 2:30 – 4:30 PM.  Enter through side (south) door.  There will be signs.

AND

Sunday, October 5 from 6 – 8 PM.  Enter through front (west) door.

 

The play: 

Into the small country pub comes a young woman, a transplant from Dublin.  The four regulars, perhaps awed by her cosmopolitan background, begin straight away to vie for her attention, each with his own local story of ghosts or fairies.  But in the end her tale will prove the most dreadful one of all.

 

The roles:

Jack, 50s

Brendan, 30s

Jim, 40s

Finbar, late 40s 

Please email resumes and head shots, if you have them, to info@somethingsomethingtheatre.com.

 

 

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Casting for "Terror in the Corn!" 2014 Haunted Attraction

Casting for "Terror in the Corn!" 2014 Haunted Attraction - Buckelew Farm 

Buckelew Farm in Tucson is also casting actors and talented for their 2014 annual Halloween themed attraction called, "Terror in the Corn!" 

Actors needed: 

MALES and FEMALES - 21 and older, to portray haunters, monsters, psychos, creeps, ghosts, vampires, zombies, etc. 

Audition dates and times: September 2014 - By Appointment Only! 

Audition address: 
Buckelew Farm 
17000 West Ajo Hwy 
Tucson, AZ 85735 

For an Audition Appointment or more info, please email Laura Buckelew at: Laurabuckelew@hotmail.com or call Greg Buckelew (520) 822-2277 (BEFORE SEPTEMBER 10th) 

Websites: www.buckelewfarm.com and www.facebook.com/Terror1ntheCorn 

Show location: Tucson 
Show schedule: October 1st thru October 31st, 2014 (you do not have to work every evening) 

Pay: Yes, hourly rate - DOE
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Opening night: The Gaslight Theatre presents Cronan The Barbarian

The Gaslight Theatre presents

Cronan The Barbarian

 

September 4 – November 9, 2014

 

Tickets and Info: http://thegaslighttheatre.com/

 

The Gaslight Theatre

 

7010 E Broadway

 

Tucson, Arizona 85710

 

(520) 886-9428

 

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"A KID LIKE JAKE" IS STIMULATING THEATRE

By Chuck Graham, TucsonStage.com

 

Invisible Theatre opens it's 44^th season asking probing questions of social and cultural significance that will have its audience searching for answers. To be sure, when it comes to introducing a new season this veteran company has never taken the easy way out or shied away from controversial subjects.

"A Kid Like Jake” by upstart playwright Daniel Pearle strikes directly at the heart of gender identity, exploring the conflicted feelings of Jake's parents as four-year-old Jake seems to be inordinately fond of acting like the princesses in Walt Disney's fairytale movies – particularly Cinderella and the Little Mermaid.

There is no mention of Barbie or other iconic females, but after all, Jake is only four. So maybe he is gender-precocious. Or is he going to grow up gay? Heaven forbid! Should his parents be concerned, or should they encourage his interest in identifying with the opposite sex?

They certainly don't want to appear prejudiced against the gay community.

Kevin Black as director has cleverly fashioned a production of many layers, with multiple entrances to get at the juicy implications inside. We never see Jake, but he certainly becomes a sympathetic character as we watch his hyperactive parents, Alex (Lori Hunt) and Greg (also Black).

Hunt has the larger role and does most of the worrying over her young son and his clashes with the liberal activist attitudes of Judy (Cynthia Jeffery) the preschool adviser determined to “help” Alex and Greg decide what to do about Jake's “gender-variant” behavior.

Good old-fashioned parents will be forgiven if they get huffy and insist the whole situation is blown out of proportion. They should just leave the kid alone so he can grow through it by himself.

In today's world of well-educated parents highly motivated to make their children successful every time they step out of the house, the world of a four-year-old is extremely competitive. That is Jake's world.

Hunt is brilliant at conveying this jittery insecurity among way-upscale New Yorkers intent on getting their progeny enrolled in exactly the right private school.

Black counters her polished anxiety with his own finely-tuned answers using the latest stratagems of trendy pop psychology – the kind discussed in the most highly regarded professional publications.

We watch as the play opens on these two characters establishing their frustrated personalities. Then Judy is introduced and instantly identified as an educator with her own activist agenda.

Judy is convinced Jake's gender-variant behavior should be encouraged. Clearly, if Jake is interested in becoming a girl then he should become one. Otherwise his true self will be permanently damaged.

Now...that is just the set-up for “A KID LIKE JAKE.” Every audience member will be drawn into the performance from a different angle. There is more at stake here than differences in parenting style.

If Jake really is pre-homosexual, Alex wants to be supportive. But what if he isn't (not that there is anything wrong with that). She believes Judy is interfering, essentially trying to make Jake's decision for him – and by implication, take Jake away from his parents.

Greg isn't so sure about the subterfuge. Most of the time he just wants to come down on the winning side, whichever side that might be.

Every member of the audience will have a different opinion on who is right, and they will all be correct. That is the richness of this production, and of Pearle's play.

The performance is short, 95 minutes without an intermission. This will leave lots of time afterward for vigorous discussion. Make the most of it.

 

Carnival of Illusion Announces Sixth Season, Adds Performances at Mesa Arts Center

 

From: rsarlot@gmail.com [mailto:rsarlot@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, September 4, 2014 1:10 PM
Subject: Carnival of Illusion Announces Sixth Season, Adds Performances at Mesa Arts Center

 

CARNIVAL OF ILLUSION ANNOUNCES SIXTH SEASON,
ADDS PERFORMANCES AT MESA ARTS CENTER

TUCSON, AZ –Carnival of Illusion is set to open its 6^th season of the weekly blockbuster vaudeville-inspired illusion shows at Tucson's Doubletree Hotel on September 26, Phoenix’s Arizona Biltmore, a Waldorf Astoria Resort, on October 11, and October 18 at its newest location the Mesa Arts Center. Carnival of Illusion starring Roland Sarlot and Susan Eyed has performed over 225 sold-out shows in a row since 2011. Tickets are on sale now at carnivalofillusion.com.

Step right up and get ready to laugh and celebrate a magical night out with Carnival of Illusion. This top-rated show blends their “Around the World in 80 Minutes” theme mixed with all the charms of a Vaudeville-inspired road show. Carnival of Illusion is an evening of Old-World Magic, Mystery and OOOH La La!

“Our boutique theater has grown so much in the last five seasons, we are excited to enter our sixth year with three venues including our newest at the Mesa Art Center", says owner Roland Sarlot. Susan Eyed, one of the few female magicians in the world added, “What began as a concept of an intimate illusion show has turned into a weekly sold-out attraction for tourists and locals.”

Sarlot and Eyed are the National Recipients for “Excellence in Magic” and have performed as house entertainers at the world's top resorts, Fortune 100 CEOs, to the 200 Most Powerful Women in America, and now one of the top attractions in Phoenix and Tucson.

Tickets and show times at www.carnivalofillusion.com (520) 615-5299.

Interviews and media downloads available upon request.

Media information at www.carnivalofillusion.com/press/

Media Contact: (520) 615-5299

 

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MARIA BAMFORD at The Rialto Theatre

MARIA BAMFORD

Jackie Kashian

SEP06SAT

DOORS: 7:00 PM / SHOW: 8:00 PM

 

Tickets and info: http://www.rialtotheatre.com/event/559735-maria-bamford-tucson/

 

Maria started her performing arts career in Duluth, Minnesota at the age of 11 where she starred in the Chester Park Elementary production of How the West Was REALLY Won! A short number of decades later and look at her now! Rolling Stone just named her one of their 50 Funniest People!

Maria recently recurred as Debris Bardeaux on Netflix’s Arrested Development reboot, for which she was praised as “fantastic” (Entertainment Weekly) a “standout” (TIME) and “perhaps one of the high points of the entire new season” (Black Book Magazine). She also recurred on fX’s critically-praised Louie and Comedy Central’s Kroll Show.

Maria is the creator and star of the direct-to-fans event Maria Bamford: the special special special, which Vulture.com named one of the Top 10 Stand-Up Specials of 2012, and of the cult hit web series The Maria Bamford Show, which screened at the Museum of Art and Design and was described as a “cold blast of brilliance” by The New Yorker.

Maria is the first female comic to have two half-hour Comedy Central Presents specials and starred alongside Patton Oswalt, Zach Galifianakis and Brian Posehn in the Comedy Central series The Comedians of Comedy and Netflix’s Comedians of Comedy: The Movie. She has made numerous late-night appearances, most recently on Conan and The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson. 

Maria currently contributes comedic voiceovers for such animations as Cartoon Network’s Adventure Time, PBS’s Emmy-winning series Word Girl, Nickelodeon’s Kung Fu Panda and Legend of Korra, and Fox’s upcoming Golan the Insatiable. She was also a regular voice on Nickelodeon’s CatDog and Back at the Barnyard (in which she reprised the role of Mrs. Beady from the Nick feature Barnyard). 

Maria’s writing has been featured in The Onion, GQ and LA Weekly. She can be seen as both herself and her mother in the My Damn Channel web series Ask My Mom. Her latest CD, Ask Me About My New God!, is available on Comedy Central Records. 

In terms of showbiz, Maria has made it and is swimming in a gravy boat, filled with scrumptious gravy. She lives with two overweight dogs and a boyfriend in Eagle Rock, California. Go, Las Tiendas de Llantas!

 

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