Unscrewed Theater: Family friendly, UNCENSORED, & FREE

 

From: Unscrewed Theater <unscrewedtheater@gmail.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 7, 2022 10:01 AM
Subject: Family friendly, UNCENSORED, & FREE

 

 

 

 

 

With Special Guests!

 

 

 

Funny folks from The Bridge Improv Theater!

 

We're ready to laugh ALL the ways.
Are you?
GREAT!

Cuz we've got some special guests along for the fun. Players from The Bridge Improv Comedy Theater have traveled down I10 just to join us on stage for both family-friendly AND UNCENSORED shows!

The Bridge Improv Theater was founded in March 2020 and aims to bring "Clean and Clever Comedy" to Tempe, Arizona, and the valley beyond. Like us, they offer shows every Friday & Saturday - incorporating both long and short-form improv comedy. Get a Laughing Pass and see them in BOTH Saturday night shows for a measly $10.00!

We've got FOUR, count 'em four, shows this weekend:

• Friday, July 8th @ 7:30PM (MST/PDT): Family-Friendly Improv Funny with "Not Burnt Out Just Unscrewed." Tickets $5.00/kids & $8.00/adults
• Friday, July 8th @ 9:00PM (MST/PDT): Unscrewed Fridays After Dark (Improv & More!) Variety Show. Will probably contain adult language and situations. Admission; Pay What You Will.
• Saturday, July 9nd @ 7:30PM(MST/PDT): Family-Friendly Improv Funny featuring "Not Burnt Out Just Unscrewed" with Special Guest players from The Bridge Improv. Tickets $5.00/kids & $8.00/adults
• Saturday, July 9nd @ 9:00PM(MST/PDT) - UNCENSORED Improv featuring "Not Burnt Out Just Unscrewed" Special Guests players from The Bridge Improv. ADULTS ONLY! Tickets $8.00. Livestream $8.00 per household.

Mask up and come on down - or Live Stream ANY show from home!

 

 

 

Your Weekend Funny

starts on Friday MORNING!

 

 

 

Friday, 7/8

10AM (MST/PDT)
10 Minutes With Dawn
Improv With The Best!

This week - Anna Easteden!

Exclusively on our
Unscrewed Theater Facebook page!

 

 

 

Start your weekend on Friday morning! Spend 10 Minutes with Dawn and some of the world's best improvisers.

This week, we're featuring Anna Eastenden!

Anna holds a B.A. in Theater and Performance Studies from the University of California, Berkeley, and a B.A. in Political Science from the University of California, Berkeley. Her most meaningful theater performance was at the University of California, Berkeley, where she received her Bachelor of Arts in Theater and Performance Studies as well as a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science - playing  "Nella" in "A Murder of Crows" written by Mac Wellman.

Anna has acted in notable TV shows, such as: "Two and a Half Men," "Bones," "Days Of Our Lives," and "Who Wants to Be a Superhero?" Her award nomination came from the Method Fest Film Festival from her portrayal of Nina in the film by Mika Kaurismäki, "The House of Branching Love," which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival. In Finland, Anna is the host of "Wipeout" on FOX. Her most recent films: "Junkie," in which she plays the title role of the Junkie, and "Ribbons" opened in theaters in 2017. 

For more information on Anna: 
www.AnnaEasteden.com
www.facebook.com/AnnaEastedenFanSite  
https://twitter.com/AnnaEasteden

Start your weekend early with Facebook funny! Join us online every Friday @ 10AM for episodes with THE BEST! 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Friday, 7/8

7:30PM (MST/PDT)
Not Burnt Out Just Unscrewed

Family-Friendly Improv Comedy

In-Person Tickets: $5 Kids/$8 Adults
Live Stream Pass: $8 per household

 

 

 

Need a smile or twelve at the end of your week? You can have that, and more, with us!

"Not Burnt Out Just Unscrewed" takes the stage - eagerly awaiting your suggestions to create the show only YOU can make. Chris Seidman will be your host and is ready to get your Friday night off to a great start. Alan Trammel, Jon Benda, Cameron Rau, Cy Barlow, Gail Adamitis and Rob Sparks will make it a hilarious night to remember! 

And you can stay for the 9:00pm FAD show for FREE! (if you're 18 or older)

 

 

 

Get Your Friday Night Family Friendly Funny Tickets Here!

 

 

 

 

 

Friday 7/8

9:00PM (MST/PDT)
Fridays After Dark (Improv & More!) Variety Show

May contain adult language and situations.
In-Person & Live Stream Admission: Pay What You will

 

 

 

Come see our newest wildly successful monthly show, Fridays After Dark (FAD) - with ALL the kinds of comedy you could possibly want! Stand up, Improv, video, sketch. You name it. We've got it. WARNING: This one is NOT for the kids!

 

 

 

Find out more about Fridays After Dark!

 

 

 

 

 

Saturday, 7/9

7:30PM (MST/PDT)
Not Burnt Out Just Unscrewed & The Bridge Improv

Family-Friendly Improv Comedy

In-Person Tickets: $5 Kids/$8 Adults
Live Stream Pass: $8 per household

 

 

 

"Not Burnt Out Just Unscrewed" storms the stage tonight, ready to take your suggestions and turn them into our unique family-friendly hilarity. And we're gonna double the fun with folks from The Bridge Improv Theater. 

Your host is Cy Barlow, with Alan Trammel, Anna Lepa, Jon Benda, Kataya Plett, John Reimann, and Rob Sparks ready to start your Saturday night off right!

Adults can stay and see the UNCENSORED SHOW for only $2 more!

 

 

 

Get Your Saturday Family Friendly Funny Tickets Here!

 

 

 

 

 

Saturday, 7/9

9:00PM (MST/PDT)
UNCENSORED IMPROV
Not Burnt Out Just Unscrewed & The Bridge Improv

 

In-Person Tickets: $8.00 ADULTS ONLY!
Live Stream Pass: $8 per household

 

 

 

We've tucked the hat of shame away in the corner, and we're getting ready for some ADULT fun! 

"Not Burnt Out Just Unscrewed" takes the stage with Rob Sparks at the helm. Alan Trammel, Jon Benda, Cy Barlow, Kataya Plett, and Rick Kyle will create those saucy scenes based on your suggestions.

And they'll be joined by some funny folks from The Bridge Improv Theater - just to make it that much more special!

 

 

 

Get Your UNCENSORED Funny Tickets Here!

 

 

 

Training Center News!

 

 

 

Mark your calendars! Our FREE Improv Drop-In Class meets in person AND online EVERY Monday @ 6:30pm Tucson time!

Just drop in in-person at our Training Center (with proof of vax) with Chris Seidman, or jump online with Jon Benda!

 

 

 

New Classes!
Improv Basics (starting August 6th) will get you started on your journey. No experience necessary!

Emotions and Relationships (starting August 7th) will expand your horizons if you've already dipped your toes into the improv pool. 

$149 Early Bird Pricing until July 24th and scholarships are available!
 

 

Unscrewed Theater

4500 E Speedway Blvd

Tucson, AZ 85712

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AUDITIONS: The Gaslight Theatre 2022 Holiday show, "Gaslight Christmas Vacation!"

 

From: Heather Stricker-DeBenedetti <heather.gaslight@gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 6, 2022 5:45 PM
Subject: Audition Announcement - The Gaslight Theatre 2022 Holiday show, "Gaslight Christmas Vacation!"

 

💥 AUDITION ANNOUNCEMENT! 💥

The Gaslight Theatre is holding auditions for their upcoming Holiday show, "Gaslight Christmas Vacation!" 

This production will run Nov. 10, 2022-January 1, 2023.

AUDITIONS will be held on Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022 at 1:00 PM
*OPEN CALL, no appointment necessary.

HIRING SEVERAL SWINGS FOR THIS PRODUCTION!

Auditions will be held at:
The Gaslight Theatre
7010 E. Broadway Blvd
Tucson, AZ 85710
Box Office: 520-886-9428
thegaslighttheatre.com

The Gaslight is seeking strong singers and actors ages 18 and older. Previous stage and performing experience required. Please prepare one up-tempo song, 32 bars only. Sheet music needs to be in your appropriate key. An accompanist will be provided, no recorded music. Please NO PROFANITY in your audition, this is a family-friendly venue.

Please bring your headshot and resume. You will also be required to do a cold read.

The Gaslight is committed to inclusive casting. All ethnicities and genders are welcome & encouraged to audition.
❤️ 🧡 💛 💚 💙 💜 🖤 🤎 🤍

All Gaslight actors are contracted and paid.
*Please be ON TIME at 1:00 PM if you wish to audition.

For questions or more information, please email heather.gaslight@gmail.com.

 

 

 

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The Oro Valley Theatre auditions for "Plaza Suite"

 

From: Sasha Case <casacaseaz@gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 6, 2022 1:09 PM
Subject:

 

Audition For Our Upcoming Play!

The Oro Valley Theatre Company will be holding

auditions for "Plaza Suite" by Neil Simon.

Directed bySamantha Cormier

 

 

 

 

 

Hilarity abounds in this portrait of three couples successively occupying a suite at the Plaza Hotel in NYC. A suburban couple take the suite telling a wry tale of a marriage in tatters. They are followed by the exploits of a Hollywood producer who, after three marriages, is looking for fresh fields. Finally, a mother and father fight about the best way to get their daughter out of the bathroom and down to the ballroom to her wedding.

Please have one or two monologues prepared, 1 to 3 minutes long:

We are looking for 3 male actors over 30 years old,

3 female actors over 30 years old, 1 female actor over 20 years old

Auditions will be held August 13th-14th, 2022. 4-7 pm

Oro Valley Community Center, 10555 N La Canada Drive, OV 85737

Rehearsals beginning February 2023 at Resurrection Lutheran Church 11575 N 1st Ave, Oro Valley, 85737.

Five performances April 13th-16th 2023 At Gaslight Music Hall 13005 N Oracle Rd. Oro Valley, 85739

For more info, please contact Samantha Cormier
Hiretheredhead@gmail.com

 

 

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Arts Express Theatre hiring tech crew for the 2022-2023 season - paid

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Sorensen <chaoscon666@yahoo.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 6, 2022 9:09 AM
Subject:

 

Arts Express Theatre is looking for Lighting Designers, Light Board Ops (L1 and L2), Sound Designers/Engineers and Board Ops (A1 and A2) and Video Ops with Qlab experience for the 2022-2023 season.  Paid positions for each performance for ops or flat fees for designers for each production run.  Perfect opportunity for college students and recent high school graduates to get design credits for their portfolios.  Contact Karen Weiss at Karen@arts-express.org

 

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Oro Valley Theatre Company auditions for "The Sunshine Boys"

 

From: Sasha Case <casacaseaz@gmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 5, 2022 6:04 PM
To: drmemory@pipeline.com
Subject:

 

The Oro Valley Theatre Company will be holding auditions

for "The Sunshine Boys" by Neil Simon.
Directed by Judi Rodman

 

Al and Willie as "Lewis and Clark" were top-billed vaudevillians for over forty years. Now they aren't even speaking. The story follows the attempt by a young theatrical agent to re-unite his elderly uncle, a former vaudevillian great, with his long-time stage partner for a TV reunion. A grudging reunion brings the two back together, along with a flood of memories, miseries, and laughs.

Please join us at an open call for the following:

2 male actors over 50 years old, 3 male actors, over 25 years old , 2 female actors, over 30 years old

Auditions will be held August 13th-14th, 2022. 6-9 pm

Oro Valley Community Center

10555 N La Canada Drive

Oro Valley 85737

Rehearsals beginning January 2023 will be held at

Resurrection Lutheran Church

11575 N 1st Ave, Oro Valley, 85737.

Five performances Feb 17th-19th 2023

At Gaslight Music Hall

13005 N Oracle Rd. Oro Valley, 85739

For more info, please call Judi Rodman at 847-347-5871

 

 

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Recent announcments: http://tucsonstage.blogspot.com/

 

 

Winding Road Theater Ensemble upcoming Recruitment Event

 

From: Winding Road Theater Ensemble <windingroadte@gmail.com>
Sent: Friday, July 1, 2022 9:59 PM
Subject: You're invited to check out Ensemble Membership!💌

 

 

 

 

 

     Winding Road is E X P A N D I N G !

 

As Winding Road gears up to return to the stage for our 14th season, we're also looking to expand our Ensemble. And we thought we'd try something new! We're inviting theater artists of any stripe to come learn about Ensemble Membership, or just learn about Winding Road.

Come join us for our upcoming Recruitment Event, either Saturday July 16 at 1pm OR Sunday July 17th at 11am. We'll talk about our history, our goals and missions, our upcoming season, and where YOU might fit in! There's no obligation and we'd love to meet you and have you meet us.

This is NOT an audition! If you'd like to know more about working with Winding Road Theater Ensemble, please RSVP for the date that works for you. We'll send you everything you need to know to attend the event.

WHEN: SATURDAY JULY 16 @ 1:00 pm OR SUNDAY JULY 17 @ 11:00am

WHERE: SW TUCSON NEAR 36TH AND LA CHOLLA (We'll send you the exact address after you RSVP!)

SIGN UP TO ATTEND EITHER DATE HERE (Pssst! There will be snacks!)

We look forward to seeing YOU in July! Can't make these dates, but still want to express your interest? Shoot us an email at windingroadte@gmail.com
 

 

 

 

(520) 401-3626

 

 

 

Click to RSVP!

 

 

 

 

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"HOW TO MAKE AN AMERICAN SON" PRESENTS AN UNCOMFORTABLE TAKE ON THE AMERICAN DREAM

By Chuck Graham, TucsonStage.com

 

photo by Tim Fuller

Orlando (Francisco Javier Gonzalez), at right, shows off his arrogant attitude toward his father, Mando (Gabriel Marin), a self-made success in American business.

 

When I was a little kid in grade school, all of us little kids took pride in believing America was a big melting pot, just like how all the grown-ups were so proud to say it was.

We knew we were lucky to live in a unique nation where people from all over the world could come to stay and be accepted equally.

Now today, several decades later, nobody talks about America's melting pot anymore. We are all constantly reminded that melting pot was a bogus idea in the first place. It was never true.

Arizona Theatre Company is here to remind us, too, with a crisp production of playwright christopher oscar pena's (he prefers lower case letters) “How To Make An American Son.”

That American son is 16-year-old Orlando (Francisco Javier Gonzalez) spoiled rotten by his father Mando (Gabriel Marin) who immigrated to the United States from Honduras as a penniless young man.

Filled with ambition and always eager to please, Mando believed in that American Dream and he prospered. As the play opens in the “early 2000s,” Mando now owns a successful cleaning company “in Silicon Valley” where his employees (also Hispanic) keep other companies' modern corporate offices spotlessly clean.

Mando is proud of his success in American business, and rightly so. He believes he has earned the kind of respect that must be appreciated. But Orlando, the adolescent son, has no time for that. He only wants more of his father's money to spend on being a cool teen.

This is not the kind of American son Mando worked so hard to raise. Too late Mando has learned no matter where you are in life – rich, poor, smooth-talking insider or awkward English-speaking immigrant – there are going to be problems.

Mando's flawless English spoken with a light Latin accent is very confident. While Orlando, in contrast, has a pure American accent to go with his privileged consumer lifestyle, as well as American impatience when things don't go his way.

The play's director, Kimberly Senior, is meticulous in balancing out these dueling family personalities. Tucson, in this respect, is particularly suited as a Southwestern border town to appreciate how American pop culture does not include many Spanish language influences.

Mando's valued employee Mercedes (Cristela Alonzo) has a powerful melt-down scene declaring that she was born in California, but has always been treated like a Mexican, never like a natural-born American. You will be shaken by this scene, no matter what your skin color.

Adding sexual prejudice to the race message of “How To Make An American Son,” Orlando finds his life becoming more complicated and tragically confused when he is romantically attracted to another boy his age, an American son of a different color.

Performances run 90 minutes, continuing through June 25 in the Temple of Music and Art, 330 S. Scott Ave., with performances at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday, 7:30 p.m. only on Friday.

Tickets are $40-$73. For details and reservations, 1-833-ATC-SEAT (1-833-282-7328) or visit www.atc.org

Ticket holders will receive ATC's latest official health regulations by email. At present, shot records and masks are not required, but the ATC staff is masked and suggests audience members remain masked in the theater.

 

GASLIGHT THEATRE STIRS UP A SPIRITED PRODUCTION OF "GHOSTBLASTERS"

By Chuck Graham, TucsonStage.com

 

photo by Brian Gawne/the Gaslight Theatre

The forces of evil get all the snappy costumes this time. They are (from left) Heather Stricker, Janee Page and Todd Thompson.

 

“Ghostblasters” has returned to Gaslight Theatre in full color, with myriad special effects that eschew computer graphics of any kind. Good old-fashioned spookiness prevails, with magical tricks and lighting techniques that frolic in a certain kind of endearing goofiness.

This favorite from the Gaslight archive of satirical wonders was originally written by Peter Van Slyke, now directed and adapted here by Katherine Byrnes and Mike Yarema.

Set in the 1980s among the rumbling towers and trembling ectoplasms of Metropolitan City, “Ghostblasters” borrows from songs that recall the post-rock mannerisms of those changing times, working their way back to the end of the 20^th century.

Leading the trio of said Ghostblasters is extra high-energy Erin McCrea as Susie Holliday, a temp secretary in the parapsychology lab of Metropolitan University.

Being brave of heart with virtually no fear of any plasma from the paranormal, Susie cheers on a pair of white lab coat scientific types, Waldo “Wally” Beaker (Jake Chapman) and Zachary “Zack” Freeman (Yarema).

It takes awhile, and several cleverly spirited stunts, to get everybody introduced. Developing the high-tech equipment to blast these ghosts are Susie, Wally and Zack.

Opposing them with plans to rule the world is Gaslight favorite David Orley as Mayor Witherspoon of Metropolitan City, who later becomes Igor, an ancient god of war revived by an ancient spell. Also recalled from the mists of mythology is snappily dressed Randall J. Patterson (Todd Thompson), assistant to the Mayor, and then as spiky-haired Beetlegeuse the assistant to Igor.

Adding hammy humor to the efforts of these dark forces is Jacob Brown as Slobber the gushy green ghost who threatens to slobber all over the Ghostblasters, now operating proudly as uniformed professionals.

Cast as ghostly apparitions with their own ideas for being scary are Janee Page as the former librarian Lavinia Applethorpe , and Byrnes as former Science Professor Alice Pennybaker.

Fantasies of a different sort, but also from the 1980s, provide the setting for Gaslight's olio tribute to “Friends,” the ones who hung out after work at their favorite coffee haunt, Central Perk.

Along with performing a variety of songs from the period, and wondering if Ross will ever get himself out of the “friend stage,” there is a foamy layer of coffee jokes, such as:

What do you call coffee that makes you sad?

Depresso.

What do you call that feeling of always going to the same coffee shop day after day?

Deja brew.

“Ghostblasters” runs through August 28 at the Gaslight Theatre, 7010 E. Broadway, playing at various times Tuesdays through Sundays. Tickets are $27 (plus tax) for adults, with discounts available. Reservations are required. To get started, phone the ticket office 520-886-9428, or visit www.thegaslighttheatre.com

 

AT GASLIGHT THEATRE THREE MUSKETEERS RIGHT THE WRONGS OF KING LOUIS XIII

By Chuck Graham, TucsonStage.com

 

photo by Brian Gawne

All for one and one for all (from left) Jake Chapman, Ruthie Hayashi and Todd Thompson.

 

OK all you multi-taskers out there, drop everything you're doing because Gaslight Theatre has the perfect show for you in “The Three Musketeers” based on the Alexander Dumas novel of the same name.

This is your chance to be entertained and, at the same time, bush up on your familiar French phrases.

“Sacre bleu!” Like that. Much attention is also given to the correct pronunciation of “Dauphin,” the French title for the eldest son of the king.

As we all remember from high school English class (cough, cough), the tale of the Three Musketeers (“All for one and one for all!”) centers on the secret birth of twins to the Queen. Quite clearly, only the one born first can become king.

As for the one born second, he becomes The Man in the Iron Mask, doomed to a life of exile in the castle's dungeon.

Only – there is also a dastardly plot afoot, promulgated by the excessively dastardly Prime Minister Roquefort, played with extra butter by David Orley whose every scene drips with evil intentions. If this was a movie, he'd deserve top billing.

But also exceptional is Mike Yarema playing not one, not two, but three royals – King Louis XIII, Prince Louis and his twin brother Phillipe. Since they are all related, the family appearance is logical enough.

The stage entrance of King Louis XIII, complete with billowy powdered wig and effete dancing, has to be one of the greatest Gaslight entrances ever created.

And if that isn't enough, Yarema returns playing both twins onstage at the same time – the prince who seems to be the king-in-waiting and the one who is the hidden prince (in the iron mask).

This theatrical effect becomes a bit of magic, some sleight of hand (hint, hint) and a lot of quick wig changes...as hilarious as it is astonishing.

Going down the cast list, Gaslight veteran Jacob Brown brings exceptional life to his role as Gizzard, the hapless goof henchman to the unscrupulous big cheese Roquefort.

The trio of Musketeers are Todd Thompson as Aramis, Ruthie Hayashi as Porthos and Jake Chapman as D'Artagnan. Fitting Hayashi into a traditional male role is seamless. She is full of dashing chutzpah, flipping her sword with the best of them.

While building their macho togetherness, the valiant threesome borrow a line from Barry Manilow, singing “We Right the Wrongs” to the tune of “I Write the Songs.”

For those aficionados reading the fine print in the program, Katherine Byrnes and Yarema get the credit for directing and adapting the script written by Peter Van Slyke. It is an exceptional production.

Completing this entertainment menu is the after-show olio paying tribute to a completely different lifestyle – summer resorts in the Catskills in the 1950s, as portrayed in the hit movie “Dirty Dancing.” Can you sing “I've Had the Time of My Life?”

At the Gaslight Theatre, 7010 E. Broadway, “The Three Musketeers” plays through June 5 at various times, Tuesdays through Sundays. Tickets are $27 plus tax, with discounts for groups, students, seniors, military, first responders and children age 2-12.

All tickets are sold in advance. Masks are recommended but not required. For details and ticket purchases, 520-886-9428, online at www.thegaslighttheatre.com