Footlighters Inc. and director John Langley are pleased to announce the cast for their upcoming production, SCHOOL HOUSE ROCK LIVE!
It features the talents of:
Performances are scheduled for April 18-May 4 at The Stained Glass Theatre. For more information visit www.footlighters.org.
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ST. XAVIER HIGH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT OF FINE ARTS
PART TIME TEACHING POSITION – 2 classes per day
The description below is from our Graded Course of Study.
Acting Teacher – Beginning level
Fine Arts Studio 1
Length – 1 Semester Level: Freshmen
Acting/Music/Visual ½ credit
During the semester, freshmen experience each of the arts – Acting, Music, Visual.
Goals and Objectives: Introducing the students to the essential elements of the arts, the course provides basic studio experiences. This method seeks to create opportunities to seek and discover convergence points among all three areas. Moreover, the students will be well prepared to pointedly choose their “major” in one of the arts for the sophomore course.
Content and Method: Hands on studio work is the driving feature of all the arts. Students participate in daily activities featuring techniques and elements of each art form. Basic elements of drawing advance student experience with line, shape, contour line, shading, and beginning perspective. Acting features exercises in movement, emotion, reaction, props use, and character. Presentational skills in performance dominate the study. Music involves students in beginning exercises for understanding the language of music and music-making. Students participate in vocalizing or using instruments, learning basics of notes and scales, melody/harmony, dynamics, and elements of ensemble performing.
Evaluation and Grading: Studio grades will be forthcoming in the following areas: skill development as shown through performance moments; quizzes on basic vocabulary and elements; self-critiquing and teacher assessment of projects; student effort. Each arts area is 1/3 of the semester grade.
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This is a pilot class, new this school year. Freshmen shuttle through all 3 arts venues, Acting, Music, and Visual. If their class begins in Music, they rotate next to Visual, and then to Acting. If they begin in Acting, they rotate next to Music, then to Visual. If they begin in Visual, they rotate next to Acting, then to Music. We are ending our 2nd (out of 6) rotation and will begin a 3rd rotation on Monday, November 26. Each venue lasts 24 to 26 class days.
The curriculum is provided for this course. Close collaboration with the department head will occur daily, in a shared office.
Requirements: Bachelor’s Degree; Transcripts of graduation; experience in directing, work-shopping, teaching high school age students. Call the individuals below for further information.
Michele Mascari William Sandquist
Head of Fine Arts Department Principal
St. Xavier High School
761-7600 ext. 585 761-7600, ext. 128
mmascari@stxavier.org
wsandquist@stxavier.org
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INSPECTING CAROL
Presented by Middletown Lyric Theatre
Dec. 7-15
Middletown
Directed by Charley Shafor
Cast: Pam Fugett as Zorah Bloch, Joseph Cunningham as Sidney Carlton, Betty Coulter as Dorothy Tree Hapgood, Nathan Greer as Larry Vauxhall, Jeff Smith as Phil Hewitt, Dylan Bolen as Luther Beatty, Kevin L. Craig as Kevin Emery, Patty Bolen as M.J. McMann, Elizabeth Long as Betty Andrews & Jordan Mathews as Wayne Wellacre
A CHRISTMAS CAROL meets THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR meets NOISES OFF in this hilarious hit. A man who asks to audition at a small theatre is mistaken for an informer for the National Endowment for the Arts. Everyone caters to the bewildered wannabe actor and he is given a role in the current production, A Christmas Carol. Everything goes wrong and hilarity is piled upon hilarity. (While A Christmas Carol is the catalyst for this show it is NOT performed in its entirety within this play)
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ENSEMBLE THEATRE CINCINNATI ANNOUNCES ONE-NIGHT-ONLY READING OF
DUSTIN LANCE BLACK’S NEW PLAY “8” ON MONDAY, DECEMBER 3 AT 8:00 PM
Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati Joins Nationwide Productions of Landmark Marriage Equality
Play by Academy Award-Winning Screenwriter of Milk & J. Edgar
(Cincinnati, OH) Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati (ETC), in collaboration with Clifton Performance Theatre, with license from the American Foundation for Equal Rights (AFER) and Broadway Impact, is proud to announce a one-night-only staged reading of 8, a play chronicling the historic trial in the federal constitutional challenge to California’s Proposition 8. Written by Academy Award-winning screenwriter and AFER Founding Board Member Dustin Lance Black, 8 will be presented at Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati, 1127 Vine Street, on Monday, December 3 at 8:00 p.m. Directed by Kevin Crowley.
“Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati has a long history of presenting readings that add to and complement our season offerings,” says ETC Producing Artistic Director D. Lynn Meyers. “8 is an excellent script about an important issue, penned by a gifted playwright. As our country moves forward, this is the right time to bring the play to our stage and the most effective way to make that happen now is through this reading,” she concludes.
“Equality Cincinnati welcomes the opportunity provided by Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati and Clifton Performance Theatre to see this play about the Perry v. Schwarzenegger gay marriage case. We look forward to the day that gay marriage is legal in the United States, and this play will be an interesting historical piece,” says local attorney and Equality Cincinnati board member Scott Knox.
8 is an unprecedented account of the Federal District Court trial in Perry v. Schwarzenegger (now Perry v. Brown), the case filed by AFER to overturn Proposition 8, which stripped gay and lesbian Californians of the fundamental freedom to marry. Black, who penned the Academy Award-winning feature film Milk and the film J. Edgar, based 8 on the actual words of the trial transcripts, first-hand observations of the courtroom drama and interviews with the plaintiffs and their families.
“In light of the federal court’s refusal to allow the release of video recordings of the Proposition 8 trial, which sought to deny basic rights for lesbian, gay and bisexual Americans, it is incredibly important that as many people as possible see 8. This show helps uncover the truth about marriage equality and expose the appalling arguments used against it,” explains Council Member Chris Seelbach, who will lead a post-show discussion following the staged reading.
Tickets for the reading are $20 and all proceeds benefit Equality Cincinnati and Human Rights Campaign. For tickets, please contact the Clifton Performance Theatre at (513) 861-SHOW or online at www.brownpapertickets.com.
ABOUT THE PLAY
8 had its much-heralded Broadway world premiere on September 19, 2011, at the sold-out Eugene O’Neill Theatre in New York City. The production brought in over $1 million to support AFER’s efforts to achieve full federal marriage equality.
8 had its West Coast premiere reading at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre on Saturday, March 3, 2012, in Los Angeles. The West Coast premiere reading of 8 featured an all-star cast led by Golden Globe Award-winner and Academy and Emmy Award-nominee Brad Pitt as United States District Chief Judge Vaughn R. Walker; and Academy and Golden Globe Award-winner and Emmy Award-nominee George Clooney and Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winner Martin Sheen as Plaintiffs’ lead co-counsel David Boies and Theodore B. Olson. The benefit reading was directed by AFER Founding Board Member Rob Reiner, and raised more than $2 million for the fight to secure full federal marriage equality.
“People need to witness what happened in the Proposition 8 trial, if for no other reason than to see inequality and discrimination unequivocally rejected in a court of law where truth and facts matter,” said AFER Founding Board Member Dustin Lance Black. “The goal of 8 is to show the world that marriage equality is a basic constitutional right. The facts are on our side and truth always finds the light. AFER and Broadway Impact are doing all we can to help speed that process along.”
Throughout 2012, AFER and Broadway Impact are licensing 8 for free to colleges and community theatres nationwide in order to spur action, dialogue and understanding. Most productions will be followed by a talkback where cast and audience members can discuss the issues presented in the Perry v. Schwarzenegger trial.
The story for 8 is framed by the trial’s historic closing arguments in June 2010, and features the best arguments and testimony from both sides. Scenes include flashbacks to some of the more jaw-dropping moments of trial, such as the admission by the Proposition 8 supporters’ star witness, David Blankenhorn, that “we would be more American on the day we permitted same-sex marriage than we were on the day before.”
On February 7, 2012, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued a landmark decision upholding the historic August 2010 ruling of the Federal District Court that found Proposition 8 unconstitutional. The Ninth Circuit concluded:
“Proposition 8 serves no purpose, and has no effect, other than to lessen the status and human dignity of gays and lesbians in California, and to officially reclassify their relationships and families as inferior to those of opposite-sex couples. The Constitution simply does not allow for laws of this sort.”
ABOUT THE AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR EQUAL RIGHTS
The American Foundation for Equal Rights is the sole sponsor of Perry v. Brown, the federal constitutional challenge to California’s Proposition 8. After bringing together Theodore B. Olson and David Boies to lead its legal team, AFER successfully advanced the Perry case through Federal District Court and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. The Foundation is committed to achieving full federal marriage equality for all Americans. http://www.AFER.org
ABOUT BROADWAY IMPACT
Broadway Impact is the only grassroots organization of the theatre community and its fans mobilized in support of marriage equality. Tony Award-nominees Rory O’Malley (The Book of Mormon) and Gavin Creel (HAIR) and Production Coordinator Jenny Kanelos founded the organization in direct response to the passage of California’s Proposition 8 in November 2008. Currently, Broadway Impact, in partnership with AFER, licenses and coordinates readings of Dustin Lance Black’s 8 at regional, community and university theaters around the world. Broadway Impact was the recipient of the 2009 Human Rights Campaign Community Award and proudly operates under the fiscal sponsorship of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. www.broadwayimpact.com
Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati is supported, in part, by the generosity of community contributions to the ArtsWave Campaign.
The Ohio Arts Council helps fund Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati with state tax dollars to encourage economic growth, educational excellence and cultural enrichment for all Ohioans. Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati also receives funding from the Shubert Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts.
2012-2013 Season Presenting Sponsor is the Otto M. Budig Family Foundation. Season Sponsors: PNC Bank, John & Ruth D. Sawyer, Dr. & Mrs. Charles O. Carothers, and the Mitchell S. & Jacqueline P. Meyers Foundation. Season Fairy Godmother Sponsor: William and Susan Friedlander. Additional support provided by Garfield Suites Hotel, The Greater Cincinnati Foundation, and The Carol Ann and Ralph V. Haile, Jr./U.S. Bank Foundation.
Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati is a professional theatre dedicated to producing world and regional premieres of works that often explore compelling social issues. We fulfill our mission through our stage productions and educational outreach programs that enlighten, enliven, enrich and inspire our audiences.
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ST. XAVIER HIGH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT OF FINE ARTS
PART TIME TEACHING POSITION – 2 classes
The description below is from our Graded Course of Study.
932 DANCE Length: 1 semester Level: Junior, Senior
Fine Arts or Physical Education ½ credit
Prerequisites: Freshmen Fine Arts Studio 1, any Fine Arts Studio 2 course.
Note: INDEPENDENT STUDY is available for students who have successfully completed this course and wish to continue to broaden their studio experience.
Goals and Objectives: Exploring basic fundamentals of dance, students participate in activities on balance, coordination, flexibility, core strength, creativity of movement, concentration, exaggeration and extension, intention, and emotion. Warm up exercises and stretches are daily activities four days a week. Study of Dance terminology/vocabulary and review of major Dance techniques and styles is featured one day a week. Students will grow in their appreciation for the art of Dance and in their execution of Dance movement.
Content and Method: Students learn many dance techniques, strength building techniques, balance and coordination methods, along with rhythmic, leaping, and turning techniques. Daily, students dance. Students work each day toward choreographed dance presentation, free/creative dance activities, and mastery of diverse dance maneuvers.
Evaluation and Grading: Grades are based on dance skills development, completed projects, handouts regarding dance study, student critiquing and self-evaluation, student effort, and teacher assessment of dance projects.
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You would be starting immediately. First semester ends on Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013.
There are approximately 30 class days remaining in the quarter from today’s date, 11/12/12. Bachelor’s degree required. Transcripts required. We need a bright, youthful, creative instructor, who loves working with high school age group. The classes would feature working with all males, ages 16 – 18. For further information and discussion, please contact the individuals below.
Michele Mascari William Sandquist
Department Head Principal
761-7600 ext 585 761-7600 ext 128
mmascari@stxavier.org
wsandquist@stxavier.org
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