May 9, 2008
BON CHANCE TO PLAYHOUSE'S 2008 INTERN ACTING COMPANY
After giving a sneak preview of their New York showcase Friday morning, most of the eight members of the Playhouse in the Park Acting Intern Company class of ’08 are packing up and starting the drive to Manhattan this afternoon and spend the weekend settling in and counting down to Monday’s NYC performance at the Lark Theatre. The handful who are working on “Around the World in 80 Days” (starting previews this weekend) will fly out Monday morning. In an ovation-worthy group, save special applause for two members with close Cincinnati ties, Ryan Imhoff and 2008 Acclaim Rising Star (and long-time Know Theatre mainstay) Liz Holt. Jackie Demaline
May 8, 2008
WHAT'S UP WITH DENISE DEVLIN
Denise Devlin (NKU ’07) is spending the weekend singing Maria in “West Side Story” for Kentucky Symphony Orchestra, then it’s back to New York. While most young hopefuls are working restaurants or secretarial, Devlin has her fingers crossed that she makes the grade with Stage Star Records which produces Broadway karaoke CDs. Devlin’s first big break –- singing guide vocals for “The Little Mermaid.” If she makes the grade, there could be more to come. Jackie Demaline
May 5, 2008
CORNHOLE FOR THE ARTS
Here’s one you don’t see everyday. Culture Works in Dayton announces its first annual Cornhole Tournament for the Arts, Saturday, May 31, 2008 in the Montgomery County Fairgrounds’ Coliseum. Proceeds from the tournament will benefit the 2008 Culture Works Annual Campaign for the Arts. This single elimination tournament will begin at 10:00am, with check-in beginning at 9:00am. The entry fee for each team is $25 and all participants must pre-register and pay the entry fee by Wednesday, May 28. There will be no registration the day of the event. Team members can be of any age. Cash prizes will be awarded for the first and second place teams. First place team will win $1,000 and the second place team will win $500. Culture Works encourages participants to bring their friends and families for a day of fun. There is a $1 entry fee for each person not competing in the tournament, kids 12 & under are free. A free kids’ cornhole section for younger players not competing in the tournament will be available. Food, soda and beer will be sold on site throughout the day. Plenty of free parking is available. For additional information, view the tournament rules, or to download registration forms, visit www.cultureworks.org. To register by phone, or if you have any questions, call Katie Pees at Culture Works, (937) 222-2787 or email kpees@cultureworks.org. Just think – if Greater Cincinnati had an arts council, we could have cornhole tournaments, too! Jackie Demaline
KEILLOR AT MIAMI U. -- ON SALE MAY 7
Get your dialing finger ready. “An Evening with Garrison Keillor” at Miami University goes on sale at 10 a.m. May 7. He won’t land in Oxford until March 18, 2009, but what do you want to bet the tickets are gone by the end of the day? Keillor promises more of the beloved anecdotes about growing up in the American Midwest and the aging process, not to mention “late-life fatherhood.” Tickets $40, or priceless, if you’re a fan of his weekly radio show. The entire 2008-2009 Miami University Performing Arts Series will be listed in Thursday’s Enquirer. Jackie Demaline
May 2, 2008
TEACHERS SHOUT OUT "DREAM" LIST
Finalists for the 2008 Enquirer/Fifth Third Bank Theater Educator Award will be listed in Sunday’s paper and panelist Diane Carr had the bright idea of polling some drama teachers to see what a $2,500 prize can mean to a department. Here are some of the answers that came in: - Hire a professional sound consultant to come teach your sound crew about sound.
- Bring incredible and professional artist into the school to help strengthen theatre program. Professional artists in the acting, technical and production arena working by their side. The power of seeing artists in residence working side by side with students would help shape many lives in our school.
- Buy a few new microphones to go with existing sound system
- Pay for royalties for musical
- Buy a new table saw for scene shop
- Buy new sewing machines for costume construction
- Buy set of play scripts for Greek theatre study , or Shakespeare study
- Buy library of musical theatre films for study of musical theatre
- Buy set of sound effects cd's
- Take kids to professional theatre production in nearby city
- Use the money to provide a free performance of a scheduled show to a particular population (a grade in school, inhabitants of nursing homes/orphans, etc.).
- Wireless mic system
- Recording and camera equipment
- Laptop computer with projector and software to do publicity. (inDesign suite) make and show movies
- CAD Lite computer design and drawing program and plotter printer
- Drafting table and drawing templates for lights and set design
- Costumes for an entire year
- Make up kit for every student
- A storage shed/container
- Remodel green room
- Make up stations, black boxes, seating, or platforms from Wenger Corp.
- Pay a stipend for an assistant director, tech director, costumer, or choreographer for a year
- Costume shops need –
- sewing machines
- dress forms
- patterns fabric
- wigs
- make-up
- wood
- nails
- screws
- saws
- screw guns
- mats for floor work
- scene & monologue books
- scripts
- music
- books that discuss techniques
- field trips to see live theatre
- Scrims
- Cycloramas
- strip lights
- follow spots
- replacement lamps
We applaud every theater educator out there for their passion, commitment, and a pretty amazing ability to squeeze every nickel in connecting students and performing art. Jackie Demaline
May 1, 2008
PARTY DOWN WITH NEW STAGE NEW SEASON
New Stage Collective plans to ring in the 2008-2009 season with a “New Stage in the City/Sex and the City” Subscription Kickoff Party “with a swanky party that worthy of Carrie Bradshaw!” promises artistic director Alan Patrick Kenny. Mark May 16 on your calendar, when Below Zero Lounge (12th & Walnut St., Over-the-Rhine) will be stirring up cosmos from 8 to 11 p.m. There will be a raffle including “Sex in the City” (The Movie) swag and swag, Sarah Jessica Parker Lancome make-up gifts and other stuff, but it’s the entertainment line-up that looks really fine. Special guests include Richard Oberacker, Patricia Linhart, Amy Warner, Charlie Clark, Sherman Fracher, Steven Milloy, Alan Patrick Kenny, cast members of NSC’s upcoming “Jerry Springer: The Opera,” and more. We hear Kenny talked Mahogany Scott, headed into town for the May 19 Acclaim Awards into coming in early to show off the fine voice we heard in “Caroline, or Change” last autumn. Jackie Demaline
Apr 30, 2008
CATERED AFFAIR GETS 12 DRAMA DESK NOMS
The New York Theatre awards season has officially begun with the announcement of the Drama Desk nominations. Of course the reason we care is Cincinnati is well-represented with natives and friends. First things first, native son Andy Blankenbuehler isn’t nominated for outstanding choreography for “In the Heights” because he won last year for the show’s Off-Broadway run and isn’t eligible. Nominated are a favorite trio from “A Catered Affair”: John Doyle (“Company”) for direction of a musical; long ago CCM grad Faith Prince for lead actress in a musical; and Leslie Kritzer, one of the most talented CCM grads of the last decade, for outstanding featured actress in a musical (Go, Leslie!) Winners will be announced May 18. Jackie Demaline
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