Thursday, September 22, 2022

Wild Bunch Film Festival Brings The Cowboys to Tucson Oct 20-23

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Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2022 2:08 AM
Subject: Wild Bunch Film Festival Brings The Cowboys to Tucson Oct 20-23

Wild Bunch Film Festival Brings The Cowboys to Tucson

TWBFF Youtube Promo Video

It's time for the 7th Annual Int'l Wild Bunch Film Festival in Arizona. They're riding into Tucson for the first time and the festival will be held at the beautiful Galaxy Theatre located at 100 S. Houghton Rd. "It gets bigger every year, and we're very excited to bring it to Tucson", film festival director Rock Whitehead says.

Besides numerous awards presented, the festival will present it's first annual Robert Shelton Award. It will be presented at the festival's award show by a member of the Shelton family to a person or business that has played or is playing a key role in helping bring filmmaking to Southern Arizona. Robert Shelton of course was the founder of Old Tucson Studios and a longtime advocate for the Southern Arizona movie industry. Shelton founded Old Tucson Co. in 1959, 20 years after Columbia Pictures built the Wild West town as a set for "Arizona," an epic Western film starring Jean Arthur and William Holden.

"With Old Tucson Movie studios opening back up, and the Mescal movie set and Gammons Gulch staying very busy, western films are looking great for the future in southern Arizona. Not to mention that Arizona enacted the Arizona Motion Picture Production Program, an annual film and TV tax incentive for qualified productions. Check out our line-up of great films on our website. Many of the films were made in Arizona. It's an exciting time for the western film genre", Whitehead says.

Thursday Oct 20th: The film festival starts off with with independent film screenings & Q&A's at the Galaxy Theatre beginning at 3:00pm until 10:00pm.

Friday Oct 21st: Indie western genre film screenings & Q&A's at the Galaxy Theatre from 3pm to 10:00pm.

Saturday Oct 22nd: Indie western genre film screenings & Q&A's all day at the Galaxy Theatre from 11:30am to 10:00pm.

From 3pm - 4pm A Special Screenwriter/Writer's Q & A, hosted by Tucson's own screenwriter & film director, Philip Sedgwick.

Sunday Oct 23rd: Indie western genre film screenings all day at the Galaxy Theatre from 10am to 3:45pm. At 1pm to 3:45 watch a Special 50th Anniversary Screening for "The Cowboys" staring John Wayne! Door Prizes! After the screening there is a Q&A with cast members Nicolas Beauvy ("Dan') & Al Barker Jr. ("Fats"), hosted by Bobbi Jeen Olson, who is a professional model, actress, stunt double, TV Host and Co-Owner of Western Trading Post, and a real-life cowgirl! After the Q&A meet Nicolas Beauvy & Al Barker Jr and get autographs, etc. Other special guest may also attend.

More about Nicolas Beauvy ("Dan') - native Canadian Nicolas Beauvy came to the Wayne-led set having previously appeared as the young King Arthur in "Camelot" with Richard Harris and Dutch Farrell in "Shoot Out" with Gregory Peck. He later portrayed Chris Logan in "Rage" opposite George C. Scott and appeared in over 30 episodic television shows, including the popular series' "Bonanza" and "The Virginian." After hanging up his hat as an actor, Nicolas chased his dream of becoming a professional golfer after shooting a 68 in the 1979 US Amateur and placing 5th overall. Today, Nicolas is a residential Realtor with Coldwell Banker in Los Angeles.

More about Al Barker Jr. ("Fats") - Filling the boots of Fats, Al Barker Jr. made his movie debut in "The Cowboys" before later appearing in the hit TV show "Bonanza" and big-screen drama "The Salton Sea." Barker went on to a career in law enforcement, retiring from the Riverside County Sheriff's Department, but he never forgot his time on set with John Wayne. On a trip to the community of Belle Fourche, which is the South Dakota destination of the cattle drive in the film, Barker talked to EverythingSouthDakota.com about working with the Duke: "He was an American icon. It was an incredible experience working with John Wayne."

Sunday Oct 23rd: The festivals big award show will be in the larger DFX Theatre from 5:30 to 7pm and hosted by

Bobbi Jeen Olson, Jim Olson & Rowdy Olson, from Western Trading Post https://westerntradingpost.com/

TWBFF AFTER-PARTY hosted by Saguaro Corners at 3750 S Old Spanish Trail from 7:30pm to 10pm. Great Food & Drinks!

A FREE concert with Nashville's own Eric Hamilton & Sweepy Walker! It's FREE to attend and late night food and drink will be available for purchase.

The Wild Bunch Film Festival details and tickets/passes are on the official website at http://www.thewildbunchfilmfestival.com

There is a price increase at the door, so it's best to buy online and save money.

The Wild Bunch Film Festival
Rock Whitehead - Executive Creative Director
Brenda Whitehead - Director, Media, Programmer
thewildbunchfilmfestival@gmail.com
www.thewildbunchfilmfestival.com

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Wednesday, September 21, 2022

Unscrewed Theater: FOUR shows this weekend

From: Unscrewed Theater <unscrewedtheater@gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, September 19, 2022 8:15 PM
Subject: Ready for UNCENSORED fun? 😁

All the Funnies Weekend!

Including UNCENSORED!

Prefer good clean fun?
Not. To. Worry.
TWO Family-Friendly Shows
this weekend.
AND a FREE student showcase.

Something for everyone!

We've got FOUR shows this weekend:

Friday, September 23rd @ 7:30PM (MST/PDT): Family-Friendly Improv Funny with "Not Burnt Out Just Unscrewed." Tickets $5.00/kids & $8.00/adults.
Saturday, September 24th @ 6:00PM(MST/PDT): Family-Friendly Improv Funny with our Improv Basics Student Showcase. FREE admission in person or Live Stream!
Saturday, September 24th @ 7:30PM(MST/PDT): Family-Friendly Improv Funny featuring "Not Burnt Out Just Unscrewed." Tickets $5.00/kids & $8.00/adults
Saturday, September 24th @ 9:00PM(MST/PDT): - UNCENSORED Improv with "Not Burnt Out Just Unscrewed" and "The Big Daddies." ADULTS ONLY! In Person Tickets $8.00. Live Stream $8.00 per household.

Come on down in person - or Live Stream ANY show from home!

Your Weekend Funny

Friday, 9/23

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. Rob Sparks is your host and is ready to get your Friday night off to a great start. Alan Trammel, Jon Benda, Cameron Rau, Chris Seidman, Cy Barlow, and Gail Adamitis make it a hilarious night to remember!

Get Your Friday Family Friendly Funny Tickets Here!

Saturday, 9/24

6:00PM (MST/PDT)
Student Showcase:
Emotions and Relationships ImprovBlox

Family-Friendly Improv Comedy

FREE ADMISSION:
In-Person Tickets & live Stream

FREE ADMISSION! Come cheer on our advanced improv students in person as they strut their stuff and showcase what they have learned in our ImprovBlox class. You can also join us from anywhere through our Zoom live stream!

Thinking of taking a class? Come see how much fun could be yours! Improv Basics starts October 8th!

Find out how to watch the Showcase for FREE!

Saturday, 9/24

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

"Not Burnt Out Just Unscrewed" storms the stage tonight, ready to take your suggestions and turn them into our unique family-friendly type of hilarity.

Your host is Chris Seidman, with Jon Benda, Cy Barlow, Kate Morter, Mike Pierce, Monica Link-Rhodes, and Rob Sparks ready to start your Saturday night off right!

Adults 17+ can buy a LAUGHING PASS and see the UNCENSORED SHOW for only $2 more!

Get Your Saturday Family Friendly Funny Tickets Here!

Saturday, 9/24

9:00PM (MST/PDT)
UNCENSORED Improv Show!

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 spicy funny!

Put the kids to bed, get a sitter and head out for some ADULTS-ONLY FUNNY! These improvisers have had their family-friendly filters on for two whole weeks, so who knows what they'll say! Watching from home? Just pop on those headphones, and you're good to go!

Mike Pierce is your host for the evening, and Alan Trammel, Jon Benda, Cy Barlow, Kate Morter, Rosanne Crago, and Rob Sparks will bring the UNCENSORED funny your way.

Your UNCENSORED BONUS is a set by "The Big Daddies" - aka Mike Pierce and Matt Beaudry - doing their long-form funny based on your Dad's best (or worst) advice.

Bring those great suggestions for a great show!

Get Your UNCENSORED Tickets Here!

In Other News. . . .

Online Deadline is
THIS SATURDAY!

For both Early Bird Pricing AND your Improv Basics Scholarship Application!

Yup, 9/24 is the day.

You deserve this - living your Best Life starts HERE!

Become an Unscrewed VIP!

Buying a Jim Click Raffle ticket (in person or ONLINE) makes you an Unscrewed VIP!

Wear your button to any show for the rest of the year, and you'll win a prize. Yes, any show!

Tickets are only $25 each, or five for $100!, And 100% of our ticket price stays at Unscrewed Theater.
Be a VIP Family!

Add this repeating event to your calendar now!

Our Monday Night Improv Drop-In Class meets in person AND online EVERY week @ 6:30pm Tucson time! And it's FREE!

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

Just smoosh this 👇👇 button, and we'll say THANKS!

Unscrewed Theater

4500 E Speedway Blvd

Tucson, AZ 85712

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Tuesday, September 20, 2022

Mystery & Magic Theater Audition Notice

From: Mystery & Magic Theater <magicdone@aol.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2022 8:06 PM
Subject: Audition Notice

PAID POSITION - PER PERFORMANCE

P/T Thursday-Sunday Evenings 6:00-9:30pm

at Hotel Congress -Downtown Tucson

311 E Congress Street

Send Headshot and Resume

The Tucson Séance Experience at Hotel Congress is seeking swing performers during October for their authentic re-creations of Victorian Era Séance. Please send a headshot and resume to MagicDone@aol.com. Call Julia at 520-624-0172 with any questions, or to schedule an audition time. WEBSITE: www.tucsonseance.com

Call Julia - 520-624-0172

Email: MagicDone@aol.com

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

The Circus Academy of Tucson Youth Circus Camp 7 - 15 yrs

Youth Circus Camp

by The Circus Academy of Tucson

https://circusacademytucson.com/

Ages

7 - 15 yrs

Dates

Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri

Oct 10, 2022 - Oct 14, 2022

5 classes

Time

9:00am - 4:00pm MST

Location

400 W Speedway Blvd, Tucson, AZ 85705

Capacity

16 students

Class Experience

Youth get to experience a variety of circus arts including stilt walking, tightwire, juggling, plate spinning, poi, diabolo, tumbling and trapeze! Appropiate for beginning to advanced students.

More info and registration here: https://www.hisawyer.com/the-circus-academy-of-tucson/schedules/activity-set/371107

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

Monday, September 19, 2022

Old Pueblo Playwrights auditions tonight for New Play Festival

From: David Zinke <dzinkmeister@yahoo.com>
Sent: Monday, September 19, 2022 12:05 PM
Subject: Old Pueblo Playwrights Weekly meeting 9-19-22

NO ZOOM TONIGHT

Old Pueblo Playwrights weekly meeting tonight is in person only at St Francis in the Foothills as we hold open auditions for our New Play Festival.

Auditions begin at 6 pm and are expected to last two hours.

Auditionees will present a short monologue (less than two minutes) and then reading from sides for at least one new play. Actors may be offered more than one opportunity to be cast.

The plays will be presented as staged readings in our New Play Festival, Memorization is not required. Our Festival will be staged at Arizona Rose Theatre in Tucson Mall on November 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th.

All performers will receive an honorarium per role read. Only one reading of each new plat will be presented.

As I said above, our auditions tonight are at St Francis in the Foothills, located on River Road at Swan. Northwest corner. Room 50. (Campus map attached.

Come one come all.

See you tonight.

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

Saturday, September 17, 2022

"HAND TO GOD" USES PROFANITY TO GLEEFULLY ATTACK HYPOCRACY IN A TEXAS SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS-ROOM

By Chuck Graham, TucsonStage.com

photo by Steve VanMeter

Tyrone (foreground) has a foul mouth and knows how to use it when he's on the arm of sweet natured Jason (Jordan Ross Siebert).

There is a hilarious plot and a damning point to be made in Arizona Onstage's brazen production of “Hand to God” by Robert Askins, but what will likely be remembered first is the rat-a-tat profanity. That and the molten sexual desire of a nerdy, red-crested sock puppet named Tyrone.

“Hand to God” is definitely R-rated, with absolutely no playful connection to those popular sock puppets of television's “Sesame Street.” In 2015 “Hand to God” was a Broadway hit, receiving a Tony nomination for best play.

Imagine a stage nudge more in the direction of Broadway's own “Avenue Q,” but there is still a long stretch to reach the assaulting attack on hypocritical Christianity which insists on upholding Puritanical ideals while, at the same time, nourishing internally the Devil's own unseemly appetites.

At the center of this emotional maelstrom directed by Kevin Johnson is the irascible Tyrone, manipulated and voiced by a very intense Jason (Jordan Ross Siebert).

Tyrone's rascally ranting is spoken by Siebert with no attempt at ventriloquism. He does use a different tone for Tyrone, but the actor is so good at this dual role business, we quickly see two separate personalities on stage – the unholy possessed sock puppet Jason always wears and the teen himself trying so hard to be a good boy.

Playing opposite Jason is his harried mom, Margery (Gretchen Wirges). She is also nourishing the Devil's own sexual desires inside herself while insisting on the surface that she is a proper widow grieving the death of her husband, a heart attack victim.

None the less, Jason's heavy metal t-shirt wearing teen friend Timothy (Brian Wolstenholme) deeply desires hot sex with Margery. In Timothy's eyes she is a true MILF (remember that movie “American Pie”).

So while Mom fends off Timothy, she is also pressured (but in a more polite way) by Pastor Greg (Steve McKee), whose smarmy manner convinces us this Man of God really wants to comfort Margery in private,

Adding more puppet love to the mix is young Jessica (Kyleigh Sacco) who genuinely cares for Jason, and also has her own sock puppet, Jolene. While most of the show belongs to Tyrone, deep into the second act Tyrone makes his own X-rated moves on a gleeful Jolene.

The clever stage design in the upstairs Cabaret Space at the downtown Temple of Music and Art also plays an essential role in “Hand to God.” We are in rural Texas in a small town church's Sunday school classroom, where encouraging slogans on the back wall are reminders of God's love. There's also a large portrait of Jesus, two kid-sized chairs and a smaller stage that is set up for a sock puppet show.

Everything here feels exactly like every church's classrooms for kids, with lots of telling details for anyone who spent years of their childhood growing up in Sunday school.

With so many memories of bright-eyed wholesomeness filling your mind, that first blast of profanity definitely gets your attention.

In the program notes, Johnson sees the importance of humor as a strong weapon to combat the evil side of Christianity. He wants Arizona Onstage Productions (which he founded in 2001) to become known for presenting shows that “are too daring to present with other companies.

“I thrive on bringing the new and exciting to our community. I live for people seeing something that they have never experienced before.”

“Hand to God” continues in the upstairs Cabaret Space at the Temple of Music and Art, 330 S. Scott Ave., with three more performances: Friday, 9/16, at 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, 9/17, at 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, 9/18, at 3 p.m. Running time is 1:45 hours, including intermission. Doors open 30 minutes before curtain.

Tickets are $27.50 general admission, $25 for seniors age 65+, $20 for students (16+) and teachers (with ID). To purchase tickets online, ArizonaOnstage.org

COVID policy encourages audience members to wear masks. The actors are not masked. The theater will be cleaned and sanitized before each performance.

A BRUTAL ECONOMY TURNS FRIENDS INTO FOES IN THE ROGUE THEARE'S "SWEAT"

By Chuck Graham, TucsonStage.com

photo by Tim Fuller

From left, Jessie (Chelsea Bowdren), Tracey (Cynthia Jeffery), Stan (Matt Walley) and Cynthia (Carley Elizabeth Preston).

The powerful yet invisible forces of national economics and human nature clash on The Rogue Theatre's stage in playwright Lynn Nottage's “Sweat,” winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2017.

This intense production directed by Cynthia Meier goes straight to the heart of Charles Dickens' own novels describing London's forgotten people, destroying each other in their own frustration and helplessness.

Or as Meier noted in the theater program “Terry Teachout in the Wall Street Journal wrote this headline: “The Play That Explains Trump's Win.”

Truly “Sweat” does exactly that. Set in Reading, Pennsylvania, during the first decade of the 21^st century – when Dow Jones recorded a 617-point drop as the tech bubble burst – factory jobs were evaporating like summer mud puddles as profit-driven corporations moved their assembly lines to Mexico and other countries.

Meier wrote that Reading in those years was declared the poorest small city in the nation.

Nottage quickly puts a human face on this misery, taking us straight into the conflicts at one neighborhood bar. Through this dim atmosphere of stale beer and cigarette smoke, anyone who had a job was looked at suspiciously by the others.

At the knotty center of this emotional bind is Matt Walley as Stan, the voluble bartender who must stay friends with everyone, from the desperate faces he has known for years to the more favored ones who stay employed, counting off the time until they can retire with a pension.

In this bar, Stan becomes a Pope-like figure who must not take sides. He wants to be friends, no matter who wins. It is a brilliant performance by Walley.

Oscar (Lucas Gonzales) is the assistant bartender, who only wants to keep a low profile.

Chris (Lance Guzman) is the regular who knows he must somehow get some college education to get out of town where the real jobs are.

Hunter Hnat is the defiant, punkish rebel Jason. He refuses to play the behave-yourself game even though he has no job and no future.

Bruce (Steve Waite) lost the defiance game years ago. His wasted life represents the future that's waiting for the others.

Both sad and successful are the three female friends: Cynthia (Carley Elizabeth Preston), Tracey (Cynthia Jeffrey) and Jessie (Chelsea Bowdren).

Cynthia not only has a job but gets a promotion into management, earning suspicion and hatred from her lifetime friends. Tracey is the strong one who wants to take a stand for fairness. Jessie, much like Oscar, just wants to get along.

Evan (Victor Bowleg) completes the cast as a government official.

There are no heroes, no blue collar commanders to save the day. The big bosses who run the company are never seen, but they aren't evil – exactly. They are only trying to survive, too.

Just like the meat grinder which can't be blamed for grinding up the meat. It was only doing what it was designed to do.

In a town like Tucson, “Sweat” plays with a particular poignancy. We know these people. We are these people. There will be plenty to ponder while driving home from The Rogue Theatre.

“Sweat” continues through Sept. 25 with performances at 7:30 p.m. Thursdays-Saturdays, plus 2 p.m. matinees Saturdays-Sundays, in The Rogue Theatre, 300 E. University Blvd. The run time is 2:20, including intermission. For details, www.theroguetheatre.org

Tickets are $42 general admission. All tickets must be purchased in advance. When available, $15 student rush tickets go on sale 15 minutes before curtain.

COVID policy requires audience members to be masked. The actors are not masked.

A BRUTAL ECONOMY TURNS FRIENDS INTO FOES IN THE ROGUE THEARE'S "SWEAT"

By Chuck Graham, TucsonStage.com