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February 10, 2020 · 4:52 pm

Auditions Announced for THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE at Voices of Broadway

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3/16 11:46am – Thank you for your interest in auditioning for PIRATES OF PENZANCE. Included in this email are the instructions for your video audition. There is also a form to submit – on that form, you can upload your video.

Thank you for your patience and flexibility as we seek to navigate these unprecedented circumstances.

AUDITION FORM (can upload video as attachment here): https://forms.gle/h2vY5v7HBLeUfMTe8 

AUDITION REQUIREMENTS:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pTVr43jYdkQ1iXvW4Ly-7JCQgh4POmxHPaM6iZkcVC0/edit?usp=sharing 

SCRIPT SNIPPETS:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/16SqVWIyvgtUHbk1pEJCHvbMM9PPys-vuQ8Tr8uYzaeo/edit?usp=sharing

You are welcome to share this packet of links with your networks, as not everyone has signed up on the SIGN UP GENIUS:
PLEASE SUBMIT BY 5:00 PM, TUESDAY, MARCH 17.

Stay safe!


Previous announcement – Now that there are confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the area, we have made the decision to take our PIRATES OF PENZANCE auditions virtual, at least for this first go.

I will be reaching out individually to anyone signed up through our Sign Up Genius page via email in the next 24 hours with what script clips we would like you to include in your video, in addition to vocal exercises to show range and at least 32 bars of a song selection that demonstrates your ability. There will also be a form you can submit electronically.

Please continue to spread the word to your networks.

Thanks for your patience.

We are also accepting VIDEO AUDITIONS, if you are uncomfortable coming to the audition. If you are interested in this option, please email info@voicesofindiana.org, and I will send requirements. A video shot on a cell phone is acceptable.

Voices of Broadway is excited to announce auditions for their summer 2020 musical, THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE. Please note: this VOB production is recommended for participants in high school (age 14) and up due to the complexity of the music. Cast will be select – not all that audition will be invited to participate.

Due to generous underwriting of this year’s production, Voices of Indiana is pleased to announce that the participation fee for the 2020 Voices of Broadway production of THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE will be reduced from $100 to $35. As always, need based scholarships will be available where appropriate.

Voices of Broadway is an educational program, offering a fully-staged theatrical experience, with instruction for both what goes on onstage and backstage. There is a $35 fee to participate. Cast members will receive a show t-shirt (included in the fee). Limited tuition assistance and scholarships are available. $25 minimum deposit as a script fee upon acceptance of role.

Auditions will be at a location TBA.

  • MARCH 15: 2:30-6 PM Auditions
  • MARCH 17: 6:30-8 PM Auditions

Directed by Fred Tacon.

For your audition, please prepare a song or excerpt from an operetta or musical theater show that best represents your singing voice. Please bring sheet music for the accompanist. Please note: do not expect to sing a cappella or with pre-recorded music.

Auditionees may be asked to read from the script at auditions.

Please bring known conflicts between March 31 and June 28, 2020.

Show synopsis and character descriptions can be found here:

https://www.mtishows.com/the-pirates-of-penzance

For questions, contact info@voicesofindiana.org

Slots are to help with managing the audition times, but be prepared to wait as needed. Walk-ins will be seen as time allows.

If needed, Call Backs will be on March 18, 6:30-8 PM.

Rehearsals will start in late MARCH; performances are JUNE 25 & 26 (evening) and 27 (matinee and evening) at Lawrenceburg High School (LHS) Auditorium.

Draft of the rehearsal schedule: Rehearsal Schedule

ALSO NEEDED:

Stage/Tech Crew, General Volunteers. No participation fee for these positions, but $15 requested for t-shirt. VOB has a new microphone system, and the LHS Auditorium is a traditional proscenium theater with a fly rail system for lighting and scenery. If interested, please sign up here: Tech Pirates

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February 10, 2020 · 4:26 pm

Cancelled | DANCING FOR THE STARS 2020 | Sat., April 18 | Music Hall Ballroom

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DANCING FOR THE STARS 2020
CANCELLED

CINCINNATI, OH – Due to the evolving impact of the coronavirus and the directives from Ohio Governor Mike DeWine regarding the ban on public gatherings until further notice, Cincinnati Arts Association’s annual fundraiser, Dancing for the Stars 2020, scheduled for Saturday, April 18, 2020 at Cincinnati’s Music Hall Ballroom, has cancelled.

Guests who purchased tickets and made donations to the fundraiser have been notified, and their tickets and donations will be refunded.

For the most up-to-date information about the status of events at the Aronoff Center and Music Hall, visit www.cincinnatiarts.org/health-update.

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CINCINNATI, OH – Who will be voted Cincinnati’s best celebrity dancer?  Which stars have the right moves to rule the dance floor?  Find out on Saturday, April 18, 2020 when the Cincinnati Arts Association (CAA) celebrates season fourteen of its annual fundraiser Dancing for the Stars at the Music Hall Ballroom to benefit CAA’s Overture Awards – the nation’s largest locally-run high school arts scholarship competition – and Arts Education Programs. 

Inspired by the hit ABC-TV show Dancing with the Stars, Dancing for the Stars will feature nine Cincinnati celebrities paired with some of the area’s finest professional dancers in a competition program, at which the audience will vote for their favorite celebrity dancer. The competitive dance for the evening will be the Foxtrot and each dance pair will have ninety seconds to woo the crowd and the judges.

In addition, Dancing for the Stars will feature:

  • Online silent auction
  • Dance music by guest DJ “Rockin’ Ron” Schumacher, 103.5 WGRR-FM
  • Pre-event reception and wine tasting
  • Open dancing before and after the competition
  • Lite bites provided by some of Cincinnati’s finest restaurants and caterers
  • Cash bar

In addition to the winner of the dance competition, Dancing for the Stars will crown a Fundraising Champion – the celebrity dancer who raises the most revenue toward the event’s fundraising goal through table/ticket sales and donations. Fans may add a donation under their favorite celebrity’s name at the time of ticket purchase, or simply make a donation if they cannot attend the event. These direct donations (outside of the event ticket price) will help one of the fans’ favorite celebrities win the Dancing for the Stars Fundraising Champion award – which will be announced the evening of the event – and are 100% tax deductible.

Tickets are currently on sale at the following levels (a portion of the ticket price is tax-deductible):

  • $150 – Patron (pre-event reception and two drink tickets)
  • $1,500 – Corporate Table (ten Patron level tickets and a half-page program ad)
  • $2,000 – Celebrity Circle Table (premium “first-row” viewing of competition area, ten Patron level tickets, full-page program ad, recognition on event signage)

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS: 

  • 6:00 PM – Wine & Cheese / Meet-and-Greet Reception with the Stars and the Pros
  • 7:00 PM – Dancing, Dinner by the Bite, Cash Bar
  • 8:00 PM – Celebrity Dance Competition
  • 9:30 PM – Dance the Night Away

RESERVATIONS AND INFORMATION:

 THE STARS:

  • Gary Cates (Former Ohio Senator/ State Representative)
  • Heric Flores (Regional Account Executive, Western Reserve Medical Group)
  • Missy Hendon-Deters (Executive Director, Boys Hope Girls Hope)
  • Terry Horan (President & CEO, Horan & Associates)
  • Jill Jansen (Director of Government & External Relations, Mercy Health)
  • Elizabeth Knuppel (President, Skystone Partners)
  • Michelle Riegler Krumpelman (Northern Kentucky Philanthropist & Public Speaker)
  • Sara Mirus (Real Estate Agent, Keller Williams Realty)
  • Lee Tyson (Founder & Owner, Lee Side Wellness) 

THE PROS (WITH STAR PAIRING):  

  • Bonita Brockert (Independent Dance Instructor) – Terry Horan
  • Brandon Etheridge (Independent Dance Instructor) – Heric Flores
  • Maura Garuccio (Independent Dance Instructor) – Lee Tyson
  • Desiree Mainous (Arthur Murray Dance Studio – Cincinnati) – Gary Cates
  • Jeremy Mainous (Arthur Murray Dance Studio – Cincinnati) – Sara Mirus
  • Brian McNamee (Cincinnati Ballroom Company) – Michelle Riegler Krumpelman
  • Jozsef Parragh (Independent Dance Instructor) – Jill Jansen
  • Josh Tilford (Independent Dance Instructor) – Elizabeth Knuppel
  • Alyenendrov Tsorokean (Phoenix Rising Ballroom) – Missy Hendon-Deters 

THE HOSTS:  Chris O’Brien & Janeen Coyle (“Married With Microphones,” 103.5 WGRR-FM) 

THE JUDGES:   

  • Douglas Beal (Independent Dance Instructor)
  • Michael Betz (2019 Dancing for the Stars Alum & Fundraising Champion)
  • Guest Judge – to be announced

EVENT COMMITTEE:  Doreen Beatrice, Amal Daoud, Terry Foster, Ginger Loftin, Rosemary Schlachter, Phil Schworer, and Tracey Skale.

EVENT SPONSORS:  TriHealth – Presenting Sponsor, Arthur Murray – Cincinnati, Bonita Brockert, Cincinnati Ballroom Company, Brandon Etheridge, Maura Garuccio, Graphic Village, Jozsef Parragh, Pebble Creek Group, Phoenix Rising Ballroom, Josh Tilford. 

THIRTEEN YEARS OF DANCING FOR THE STARS WINNERS:

  • 2007:    Dr. O’dell Owens (former Hamilton County Coroner)
  • 2008:    Jenell Walton (former WCPO-TV9 Anchor and Reporter)
  • 2009:    Phil Schworer (past President, Cincinnati Bar Association; Environmental Lawyer, Frost, Brown and Todd)
  • 2010:    Donna Speigel (Owner, The Snooty Fox)
  • 2011:    Dr. Tracey Skale (Chief Medical Officer, Greater Cincinnati Behavioral Health Services)
  • 2012:    Regina Russo (former Director of Marketing and Communications, Cincinnati Art Museum)
  • 2013:    Chris Seelbach (Cincinnati City Councilman)
  • 2014:    Neal Schulte (Founder & President, Schulte Financial Group, LLC)
  • 2015:    Johnny Chu (Owner, AmerAsia Kungfood Restaurant)
  • 2016:    Jay Lame (Financial Analyst, Lenox Wealth Management)
  • 2017:    Rohan Hemani (Procter & Gamble Fabric Care Intrapenuer)
  • 2018:    Dr. Marcia Bowling (Gynecologic Oncology, Oncology Hematology Care, Inc.)
  • 2019:    Halle Quinn (Community Volunteer)

CINCINNATI ARTS ASSOCIATION’S ARTS EDUCATION PROGRAMS
CAA’s Education Department promotes life-long learning through its programs, which are diverse, multidisciplinary, and accessible to all ages and cultural groups. SchoolTime presents a series of programs that feature nationally-recognized artists at CAA’s two venues (the Aronoff Center and Music Hall), and Artists On Tour brings the finest local artists in the region to Tri-state schools for interactive arts experiences aligned with the curriculum.

The Overture Awards Scholarship Competition is the largest locally-run arts scholarship competition in the country.  The program annually provides a $4,000 scholarship to six area high school students for education and training, with 18 finalists each winning a $1,000 scholarship. Each year, nearly 400 students are nominated by their schools to compete in one of six artistic disciplines: Creative Writing, Dance, Instrumental Music, Theater, Visual Art, or Vocal Music. There are three levels of competition: Regional, Semi-Finals, and Final.

The Overture Awards was developed to recognize, encourage, and reward excellence in the arts among Tri-state students in grades 9-12. It also provides students an opportunity to share their talents and interests among their peers in a supportive environment outside of their individual schools.  Now in its 24th year, The Overture Awards was launched in 1996 by the Cinergy Foundation and Leadership Cincinnati (a Greater Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce program).

Founded in 1992, the Cincinnati Arts Association (CAA) is a not-for-profit organization that oversees the programming and management of two of the Tri-state’s finest performing arts venues – the Aronoff Center for the Arts and Music Hall – and is dedicated to supporting performing and visual arts. Each year, CAA presents a diverse schedule of events; serves more than 600,000 people in its venues; features the work of talented local, regional, and national artists in the Weston Art Gallery (located in the Aronoff Center); and supports the work of more than one dozen resident companies, including Cincinnati Ballet, Cincinnati Opera, Cincinnati Symphony/Pops Orchestras, May Festival, and Fifth Third Bank Broadway in Cincinnati, presented by TriHealth. Since the inception of its acclaimed arts education programs in 1995, CAA has reached nearly 1.6 million students.

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February 10, 2020 · 3:50 pm

Annual Judges’ and Presidents’ Forum Presented by ACT of Greater Cincinnati

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ACT of Greater Cincinnati.

You are invited to attend ACT Cincinnati’s Annual Judges’ and Presidents’ Forum.

This annual forum is used to help educate the ACT Cincinnati Adjudicators and ACT Group Presidents on what adjudicators are looking for when coming to see shows and how they should be responding to such observables in order to meet the needs of the groups. The Long Range Judging Committee Members are excited that three of the four categories being presented are the new award categories for this Season! Each of the presenters brings years of training and experience to this event.

Though this forum is specifically designed for adjudicators and presidents, it is beneficial to anyone interested in theatre and all are invited.

This year’s forum:

  • February 29, 2020
  • 1 to 4pm
  • The Glenmore Playhouse 3716 Glenmore Ave, Cheviot, OH 45211
    Thank you to The Drama Workshop for your hospitality!

SESSIONS:

  • 1:05pm – Production Design: Adding Media to the Mix with Charlie Rader
  • 1:45pm – Stage Make-Up: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly with Linda Geering
  • 2:25pm – Dialect Coaching: Is That Really How They Speak? with Katelyn Reid
  • 3:05pm – Photography: Keeping It in Focus with Kristy Rucker 
  • 3:35pm – Open Forum: What Suggestions, Concerns and Questions Do Adjudicators, Presidents and Members Have? 

Each presenter will provide time for questions and answers. There will be breaks between sessions.

RSVP: So that the LRJC might prepare sufficiently, please RSVP to Chair Laureen Catlin, laureen.catlin@gmail.com.

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February 10, 2020 · 3:35 pm

NKU Dance Concert Features New Works on March 6-7

NKU Dance 20 promoHIGHLAND HEIGHTS, KY – Northern Kentucky University’s School of the Arts will present DANCE ’20, an evening of new works by guest artists, faculty, and students. Twelve dynamic dances will add up to an evening of concert pieces that highlight various styles of dance, including ballet, modern, jazz, musical theatre, tap, and dance theatre. Performances take place March 6-7 at NKU’s Corbett Theatre. The production is coordinated by the artistic team of Frankie Montazemi, Anna Gortner, Sylvia Chervus, DJ Bruggee, and Tracey Bonner.

NKU SOTA ballet instructor Jay Goodlett has choreographed both contemporary and classical ballet works for the concert. He has also lent his choreographic and/or directing talents to the St. Louis Opera Theatre, Cincinnati Opera, Columbia Ballet Company, Lachey Arts, The Children’s Theatre of Cincinnati, and Cincinnati Landmark Productions. He is a former member of NYC’s School of American Ballet, Cincinnati Ballet, Toledo Ballet, and Ballet Theatre of Toledo, and previously served as Artistic Director of Education and Outreach for the Children’s Theatre of Cincinnati.

Choreographing a commercial jazz piece is the incredibly distinguished Lea Lachey. Although Lea was born in Cincinnati, her professional works reach far beyond. The versatile dancer has had live stage performance experience with 98 Degrees, NKOTB, Boys II Men, as well as countless others.

Performer, choreographer, director, writer, producer and costume designer Jenny Fitzpatrick will be presenting a dance theatre piece. Jenny is the Founder and Artistic Director of Blackbird Dance Theatre in Lexington, Kentucky. She has also worked as a dance professional, taught at the Burbank School of Ballet and choreographed/directed for the National Enrichment Teacher’s Association.

NKU SOTA modern dance instructor, Ka-Ron Brown Lehman has choreographed a modern piece for the concert. Her rich legacy of dance credits includes concert stages, TV Variety Series, Award Specials, Broadway, Theatre, Film, and Commercials, as well as a featured muse for well-known choreographers like Joe Bennett, Miguel Godreau, Tom Hansen, Joe Layton, Donald McKayle, Jamie Rodgers, Claude Thompson, David Winters, Rob Iscove; and a host of others.

Tracey Bonner, area coordinator of the BFA Theatre Performance Dance Track at NKU SOTA, has choreographed a variety of musical theatre and jazz pieces for the show. She has performed nationwide including touring companies of A Chorus Line, Show Boat, and West Side Story; regional theatres, including Stages St Louis, Barter Theatre, The Human Race Theatre, The Pirate Playhouse, and City Center in New York City. Her artistic creations have garnered regional and national awards in both theatrical and dance venues, including the American College Dance Association, Ostrander Awards, and the Kentucky Arts Council.

Event Details: 

What: “Dance ’20” Spring Dance Concert

When: 7:30 p.m. on March 6 & 7; 2 p.m. on March 7

Where: Corbett Theatre, Northern Kentucky University, Nunn Drive, Highland Heights, KY 41099

Tickets: $12; $10 students. 859-572-5464 or nku.edu/sotatickets.

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February 10, 2020 · 3:18 pm

Auditions Announced for BRIGHT STAR at The Drama Workshop

TDW_VERTThe Drama Workshop Announces Audition Dates for the Musical BRIGHT STAR

Open auditions for The Drama Workshop’s production of Steve Martin and Edie Brickell’s bluegrass musical BRIGHT STAR will be held at 6:30 p.m. on Sunday, February 23 and at 7 p.m. on Monday, February 24. If needed, call backs will be held on Wednesday, February 26 at 7 p.m.

Auditions will be held at the Glenmore Playhouse, 3716 Glenmore Ave. Cheviot, OH 45211. The doors of the theater will open 30 minutes before the start of each audition.

BRIGHT STAR will open on August 7 and close on August 23. Rehearsals will begin mid-June. The show will be directed by Dennis Murphy with musical direction by Linda Abbott.

Set in Richmond and Asheville and small towns in the Smokey Mountains, Bright Star tells two stories that take place 22 years apart. One story is about a young man returning home from WWII and pursuing a career in journalism. The second story is about a young woman whose newborn child is taken from her and put up for adoption. The two stories are woven together until they reach a magical and  emotional conclusion.

The cast of 18 includes roles for men and women ages 18-70.  There are 6 principal roles for men and 4 principal roles for women.

Those auditioning should prepare 32 bars of a song that shows off their best vocal abilities. Bluegrass songs are encouraged, if possible, but not necessary.  Please bring a picture of yourself, a resume and sheet music in your key.  You will also be asked to read from the script and to participate in a short dance audition.

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