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Showing posts with label Brecksville Theater on the Square. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Brecksville Theater on the Square. Show all posts
Saturday, May 8, 2010
GREAT REVIEW FOR GYPSY!!
"GYPSY"! GREAT REVIEW & SELLING OUT!!
CLICK HERE for the Sun News review of "Gypsy"!
It's a hit!! Shows sold out this weekend!!!
(from left to right: Jeanette Luli as "Electra", Kim Bush as "Tessie Tura" and Heather Hersh as "Mazeppa" in "Gypsy" at Brecksville Theater on the Square. Photo by Geoff Short)
GYPSY: PRESS PREVIEW!
More great press for our production of "Gypsy" at Brecksville Theater on the Square!CLICK HERE for a local newspaper preview from the Sun News!
Costumer David Glowe with Jeanette Luli
who plays "Electra" in Gypsy at
Brecksville Theater on the Square
who plays "Electra" in Gypsy at
Brecksville Theater on the Square
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Sunday, April 25, 2010
Fantastic Article on Cleveland Community Theater and Our Production of "GYPSY"!
My mind is truly blown to have been featured in this amazing article that was the lead story in the Cleveland Plain Dealer's Arts Section on Sunday April 25th about community theater and our production of "Gypsy"!
http://www.cleveland.com/arts/index.ssf/2010/04/community_theaters_in_northeas.html
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
LET US ENTERTAIN YOU!
As one (Blue) Door closes, another opens...and so another theater adventure begins as my next directing project begins. This time it's the musical "Gypsy" at Brecksville Theater on the Square (BTOTS). I love this historic theater because it's a smallspace which forces you to be very creative with staging. I prefer smaller casts anyhow and we will have 20 people in this cast. We've gotten through auditions and the cast is amazing, starring the only person I could envision in this role- the incomparable Monica Olejko as Rose. Meet the cast at: http://geoffreyshort.com/Geoff_Short/Gypsy_CAST.html
GYPSY
APRIL 30TH-MAY 16TH, 2010
Reserve your tickets now by calling (440) 526-6436 440•526•6436 440•526•6436
Book by Arthur Laurents Music by Jule Styne
Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Suggested by memoirs of Gypsy Rose Lee
DIRECTED BY GEOFFREY SHORT
MUSICAL DIRECTION BY GEORGIANN BODLE
CHOREOGRAPHY BY KIM BUSH
COSTUMES BY DAVID GLOWE
STARRING MONICA OLEJKO AS ROSE
with
ROB GIBB as Herbie
BRIDGET CHEBO as Louise
KATIE O'CONNOR as June
TIA KARAPLIS as Baby Louise
EMILY TABAR as Baby June
KIM BUSH as Tessie Tura
HEATHER HERSH as Mazeppa
JEANETTE LULI as Electra
SHANE SINISCALCHI as Tulsa
LUKE SCATTERGOOD as L.A.
DEBBIE LENARZ as Angie
NICK ROYAK as Yonkers
THERESA PEDONE as Marjorie May/Miss Cratchitt
BOB KENDERES as Pop/Goldstone/Cigar
MICHAEL PITT as Jocko/Weber/Kringlein/Pastey
JOEY STEFANKO as Young Tulsa
JORDAN STEFANKO as Young Yonkers
MEGHAN JOYCE as Young Angie
CAROLINA MANFREDI as Young Yonkers
APRIL 30TH-MAY 16TH, 2010
Reserve your tickets now by calling (440) 526-6436 440•526•6436 440•526•6436
Book by Arthur Laurents Music by Jule Styne
Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Suggested by memoirs of Gypsy Rose Lee
DIRECTED BY GEOFFREY SHORT
MUSICAL DIRECTION BY GEORGIANN BODLE
CHOREOGRAPHY BY KIM BUSH
COSTUMES BY DAVID GLOWE
STARRING MONICA OLEJKO AS ROSE
with
ROB GIBB as Herbie
BRIDGET CHEBO as Louise
KATIE O'CONNOR as June
TIA KARAPLIS as Baby Louise
EMILY TABAR as Baby June
KIM BUSH as Tessie Tura
HEATHER HERSH as Mazeppa
JEANETTE LULI as Electra
SHANE SINISCALCHI as Tulsa
LUKE SCATTERGOOD as L.A.
DEBBIE LENARZ as Angie
NICK ROYAK as Yonkers
THERESA PEDONE as Marjorie May/Miss Cratchitt
BOB KENDERES as Pop/Goldstone/Cigar
MICHAEL PITT as Jocko/Weber/Kringlein/Pastey
JOEY STEFANKO as Young Tulsa
JORDAN STEFANKO as Young Yonkers
MEGHAN JOYCE as Young Angie
CAROLINA MANFREDI as Young Yonkers
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Friday, February 13, 2009
New Video! City of Angels on Call-Back!
You can tell I'm in the middle of directing a show because I haven't been able to blog lately. But I did want to share the latest Call-Back episode featuring City of Angels, the musical I'm currently in rehearsals for.
This has been a phenomenal cast and crew to work with. Just the nicest, most professional group in a long time. And I love the people at Brecksville Theater on the Square. Also a sweet bunch of folks who know what they're doing, know how to engage volunteers and know how to work together to put shows on the stage. Other theaters could really learn from the BTOTS model.
With a month to go until opening, this is when things really get interesting...we move from our rehearsal space into the actual theater next week and to have an entire month on stage is a luxury not commonly afforded. It has been my experience sometimes, however, that that move can also bring challenges.
All of us performers can be divas at times. After weeks of rehearsing in a certain space with a certain understanding of the specifics of the set and props, etc., it can be challenging to have to suddenly make a few adjustments around the reality of what the actual space and set are like. I'm a big believer in giving the cast as much information and ammunition about what the actual performance environment will be like from the very first read-thru. We use rehearsal props and set pieces, tape the floor with the specifications of the stage, rehearse scene changes. But it is inevitable that things always will be slightly different when the actual set is built. This is why it's so great to have a full month to adjust to the space and the set and also why it's so important to have a mature, professional and flexible cast.
Making adjustments to reality is not a problem for the aforementioned mature, professional and FLEXIBLE actor. Big problem for the diva. I've been in situations where the complaints and whining from cast members started almost immediately after stepping on the actual performance stage. I've seen the actors with the panicked look in their eye swearing none of their blocking will work because there are 4 steps instead of 3 or whatever. I've said it to casts before and I will again- don't bring me problems, bring me solutions. If you let yourself enjoy the challenge of it, finding those solutions is the fun part of producing a show. I choose to work with the people I do because they are brilliant, creative performers and yes - problem solvers. Yes, the director is the leader of the project and needs to approve changes or ideas, but we also need great problem solvers around us. Great ideas don't come from just one person and if an idea will make things smoother or better - no matter where it comes from - give it to me! I love it when someone says "I was thinking about it and I wondered if it would work better to have me come in from stage left instead of stage right because now that the actual chair is sitting there it's in the way" as opposed to "I don't know how I'm ever going to make my entrance here with this chair in the way".
Think about that in your own work environment. Isn't it true with just about any job?
This has been a phenomenal cast and crew to work with. Just the nicest, most professional group in a long time. And I love the people at Brecksville Theater on the Square. Also a sweet bunch of folks who know what they're doing, know how to engage volunteers and know how to work together to put shows on the stage. Other theaters could really learn from the BTOTS model.
With a month to go until opening, this is when things really get interesting...we move from our rehearsal space into the actual theater next week and to have an entire month on stage is a luxury not commonly afforded. It has been my experience sometimes, however, that that move can also bring challenges.
All of us performers can be divas at times. After weeks of rehearsing in a certain space with a certain understanding of the specifics of the set and props, etc., it can be challenging to have to suddenly make a few adjustments around the reality of what the actual space and set are like. I'm a big believer in giving the cast as much information and ammunition about what the actual performance environment will be like from the very first read-thru. We use rehearsal props and set pieces, tape the floor with the specifications of the stage, rehearse scene changes. But it is inevitable that things always will be slightly different when the actual set is built. This is why it's so great to have a full month to adjust to the space and the set and also why it's so important to have a mature, professional and flexible cast.
Making adjustments to reality is not a problem for the aforementioned mature, professional and FLEXIBLE actor. Big problem for the diva. I've been in situations where the complaints and whining from cast members started almost immediately after stepping on the actual performance stage. I've seen the actors with the panicked look in their eye swearing none of their blocking will work because there are 4 steps instead of 3 or whatever. I've said it to casts before and I will again- don't bring me problems, bring me solutions. If you let yourself enjoy the challenge of it, finding those solutions is the fun part of producing a show. I choose to work with the people I do because they are brilliant, creative performers and yes - problem solvers. Yes, the director is the leader of the project and needs to approve changes or ideas, but we also need great problem solvers around us. Great ideas don't come from just one person and if an idea will make things smoother or better - no matter where it comes from - give it to me! I love it when someone says "I was thinking about it and I wondered if it would work better to have me come in from stage left instead of stage right because now that the actual chair is sitting there it's in the way" as opposed to "I don't know how I'm ever going to make my entrance here with this chair in the way".
Think about that in your own work environment. Isn't it true with just about any job?
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