Hey Fletch
Could you post that Monday, April 30th is Pay What You Can for NEIGHBORHOOD 3?
Tickets are First Come, First Served. We are performing at: Miller and Campbell Costume Service building, 907 S. 1st St.
Thanks!
Michael
HI
We have a student matinee of THINGS THAT GO DING on TUESDAY MAY 1 at 11am
Schools have cancelled and we have LOTS of seats available
Im offering pay what you can tickets!
REALLY funny, LOUD show filled with great music and me in a giant banana
COME IF YOU CAN!
LOV
R
Ray Jivoff
Associate Artistic Director
Skylight Music Theatre
(414) 299-4965
FIDDLER ON THE ROOF
Based on Shalom Aleichem Stories by special permissions of Arnold Perl
Book by JOSEPH STEIN Music by JERRY BOCK Lyrics by SHELDON HARNICK
Produced on the New York Stage by Harold Prince
Original New York Stage Productions Directed and Choreographed by JEROME ROBBINS
Cast Auditions:
Monday, May 21st @ 6:30pm
Wednesday, May 23rd @ 6:30pm
Seeking singers, dancers & actors of all ages.
Prepare 8-16 bars from a song of your choosing,
to be sung a cappella.
Be prepared to learn a short dance combination.
Orchestra Auditions:
Wednesday, May 30th @ 7:00pm
Seeking the following pieces:
Viola, Violin, Cello, Flute, Clarinet, Accordian, Piccolo, Bass
Prepare 16-32 bars from a song of your choosing.
Audition & Rehearsal Location……
CrossWay Church
W156 N10041 Pilgrim Road
Germantown, Wisconsin
Performance Location……
Brown Deer High School Auditorium
8060 N. 60th Street
Brown Deer, Wisconsin
PERFORMANCE DATES:
Friday, August 3rd @ 7:00pm
Saturday, August 4th @ 7:00pm
Sunday, August 5th @ 3:00pm
Friday, August 10th @ 7:00pm
Saturday, August 11th @ 7:00pm
Sunday, August 12th @ 3:00pm
Rehearsals will begin June 10 and will be held Sunday – Wednesday evenings from 6-10pm. Depending on the role in which you are cast, you may not be required to attend every rehearsal.
DESCRIPTION OF ROLES
Tevye, the dairyman Middle aged. Lead acting and singing role. Must move well.
Golde, his wife Middle aged. Lead acting and singing role
Tzeitel, his daughter Late Teens. Lead acting, singing and dancing role
Hodel, his daughter Mid Teens. Lead acting, singing and dancing role
Chava, his daughter Early Teens. Lead acting and singing role. Must dance ballet or pointe.
Shprintze, his daughter Young girl or young teen. Supporting acting, singing and dancing role
Bielke, his daughter Young girl or young teen. Supporting acting, singing and dancing role
Yente, the matchmaker Older woman. Lead acting role. Some chorus singing.
Motel, the tailor Suitor to Tzeitel. Lead acting, singing and dancing role
Perchik, the student Suitor to Hodel. Lead acting, singing and dancing role
Lazar Wolf, the Butcher Older man. Lead acting role. Character voice.
Mordcha, the Innkeeper Supporting acting role. Some chorus singing and dancing.
Rabbi Older man. Supporting acting role. Some chorus singing.
Mendel, the Rabbi’s son Supporting acting role. Some chorus singing and dancing.
Avram, the Bookseller Supporting acting role. Some chorus singing and dancing.
Nachum, the Beggar Small acting role. Some chorus singing and dancing.
Grandma Tzeitel Older woman. Supporting acting and singing role.
Fruma-Sarah, Lazar’s dead wife Supporting acting and singing role
Constable Russian. Lead acting role. Russian accent.
Fyedka Suitor to Chava. Russian soldier. Lead acting and dancing role. Must dance ballet. Russian accent.
Sasha Russian soldier. Small acting role. Russian accent
Shaindel, Motel’s mother Small acting role. Some solo singing and chorus dancing.
Mr. Kamzoil, Motel’s father Small acting role. Some solo singing and chorus dancing.
The Fiddler Extremely proficient at violin. Male or female. Some chorus dancing.
Russian Solo singing in “To Life”
Various Jewish villagers All ages. Strong singers and/or dancers needed.
Russian soldiers Chorus singing and dancing.
Contact Heidi at 262-271-6893 or imaginationtheatre@yahoo.com with any questions.
WANTED:
ACTORS/ACTRESSES TO PLAY STRIKERS FOR BAY VIEW TRAGEDY RE-ENACTMENT
OUTDOOR CEREMONY
SUNDAY, MAY 6
REHEARSAL 1-2:30 PM
PERFORMANCE 3-4 PM
S. Superior St. and East Russell Ave.,
site of the Bay View Rolling Mills Historical Marker
To volunteer please call Milwaukee Public Theatre at
414-347-1685 or email us at mptheatre2@gmail.com
CELEBRATE THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO FOUGHT AND DIED FOR THE 8-HOUR DAY!!
WANTED! Actors/puppeteers to help bring to life the “The Bayview Tragedy”:
On the Fifth of May, 1886, thousands of Milwaukee workers marched peacefully on the huge Bay View Rolling Mills as part of a nationwide effort to bring about the 8 hour day. On orders from Governor Jeramiah Rusk, the State Militia fired, killing seven, including a child. This was the bloodiest labor disturbancein Wisconsin history, and began a new struggle for a more humane workplace and a more just society.
Join us now, 126 years later, as a diverse group of Milwaukeeans commemorates this historic event. Milwaukee Public Theatre and the Milwaukee Mask and Puppet Theatre are staging the re-enactment—WITH YOUR HELP!
We need 20 people for the reenactment: both men and women, and one child of about 7-11 years old. We will hold one rehearsal, Saturday, May 5th, from 3-5 PM, at the Housing Authority Community Building, 650 W. Reservoir.
The Reenactment event will take place at 3-4 PM on Sunday, May 1st at E. Russell Avenue at S. Superior Street on the State Historical Marker Grounds. Performers should be there by 1 PM to run through things again on-site.
To sign up, please RSVP by email ASAP to Milwaukee Public Theatre at mptheatre2@gmail.com, or call MPT, 414-347-1685. Once you sign up we’ll give you more details about costumes, etc.
Milwaukee Public Theatre website: www.milwaukeepublictheatre.org
The Bay View Tragedy
Sunday, May 6, 2012, 3 pm, Russell at Superior Streets, Milwaukee
Bay View Tragedy Commemoration
4 pm discussion w/John Gurda at Club Garibaldi, 2501 S. Superior
Call for Volunteers/Performers
People of all ages are sought to participate in the commemoration of the “Bay View Tragedy” on Sunday, May 6. Volunteers may be asked to manipulate puppets or perform as marchers or speakers in period costume.
A rehearsal will be held on Saturday, May 5, from 3 to 5 pm at the Housing Authority Community Building, 650 W. Reservoir. Another brief rehearsal will take place on Sunday, May 6, at 1 pm at the historical marker in Bay View.
Volunteer reenactors should contact Milwaukee Public Theatre as soon as possible at 414-347-1685 or by email. Join the Facebook Event for updates.
On May 4, Over Our Head Players opens the unique “on-line bedroom farce” You’ve Got Hate Mail by Billy Van Zandt and Jane Milmore. Described as “sex, lies, and laptops, You’ve Got Hate Mail runs three weekends May 4 – May 20 at the Sixth Street Theatre, 318 Sixth Street, Downtown Racine. Reservations are available through the box office, (262)632-6802. Tickets are $13.50 and $15.50. You’ve Got Hate Mail is for mature audiences only.
Love “bytes” when an extra-marital affair goes horribly wrong. Love letters are replaced by email, and the action depends on desktops, laptops, Blackberries, and iPhones. In this madcap comedy, five actors sit in front of laptops, venting about the next outrageous e-mails they will write. Each actor’s riff seems more salacious and filled with double-entendre than the previous. It’s a cutting, comic play inspired by A.R. Gurney’s play Love Letters and told entirely through e-mails. Central to the story: a cheating husband who accidentally sends a self-incriminating missive to his wife.
Playwrights Jane Milmore and Billy Van Zandt, long time friends and collaborators, descript the unlikely genesis of the show in a Star-Ledger interview: “During my divorce, there were some e-mails that Billy once said, ‘You should save these. They’re funny,’ ”Milmore says. “We had seen a production of Love Letters that my wife (actress Adrienne Barbeau) was in and we sat in the audience and said, ‘Oh why didn’t we think of this? This is a brilliant idea,’ ”Van Zandt adds.”We attempted to do something just called ‘Hate Mail’ after that and it didn’t work. It was letter writing back and forth and it didn’t feel right. And then once Jane went through the divorce, we saw the e-mails and a little bell went off and we went, ‘Oh, that’s the show.’ ”
In typical Over Our Head Players style, You’ve Got Hate Mail is a very new play. In fact, the original production is still running in New York and a tour has just begun.
Authors Billy Van Zandt and Jane Milmore were dubbed “The Masters of Modern Farce” by The New York Times and have been among the most produced playwrights in the world for over three decades. Van Zandt and Milmore have also garnered multiple film and TV awards for their work as stage actors, producers, and writers. Their writing partnership has lead to over 23 plays and several sitcoms.
Their sitcom credits include both writing and producing. The joint Van Zandt-Milmore résumé ranges from Newhart to Anything But Love to Martin to Bless This House, and also included Yes, Dear and The Hughleys. Their 1990 TV special about the original pilot of I Love Lucy earned the pair an Emmy nomination.
Each summer, they return to their theatrical roots as they return to their home-state of New Jersey to debut a new comedy. Together, they have written a couple dozen plays. One of the best-known Van Zandt and Milmore scripts is the oft-produced Love, Sex, and the I.R.S; Racine audiences will recognize them as the playwrights of Bathroom Humor and Do Not Disturb.
OOHPs Managing Artistic Director Rich Smith shares the group’s take on You’ve Got Hate Mail: “We are excited to be one of the first community theatres to tackle this new hit comedy, by two of our favorite comic writers. Van Zandt and Milmore bring bedroom farce into the new millennium.” He adds, “It’s great to have Tom Spraker back in the director’s seat for this show. Tom has been active in Racine theatre for over 30 years, and Tom’s love and experience with farce comedy made him a great fit for directing Hate Mail!”
The You’ve Got Hate Mail cast includes Aura Lesnjak, Gregory Lesnjak, Kari Pavia, Joseph Piirto, and Terri Tylla. Retired high school drama teacher and Over Our Head Players box office manager Tom Spraker directs, Jim Smith production manages, and Vanessa Manrique stage manages You’ve Got Hate Mail. The staff includes Joseph Piirto, Rich Smith, Brad Kostreva, Claudia F. Bruce, Adam Krueger, Maggie Daly, Jerry Horton, Diane Carlson, Ron Schulz, Tom Spraker, and Janine Anderson.
You’ve Got Hate Mail runs May 4, 5, 6; May 11, 12, 13; and May 18, 19, 20. Fridays are at 8:00; Saturdays are at 5:30 and 8:00; Sundays are at 2:30. Tickets are $15.50 on Fridays and Saturdays and $13.50 on Sundays. For reservations or information, please call the box office, (262)632-6802. Tickets are also available online at www.overourheadplayers.org. All performances are at the Sixth Street Theatre, 318 Sixth Street, Racine. You’ve Got Hate Mail is for mature audiences only due to strong language and adult content. Advance reservations are recommended as previous productions have sold out.
Over Our Head Players operates the 6th Street Theatre, Downtown Racine. A non-profit organization of volunteer theatrical talent from throughout Southeastern Wisconsin celebrating their 20th season, OOHPs focuses on contemporary comedies and original productions. Their season closes in June with a limited engagement bonus production, Theatre/Schmeatre, an evening of sketch comedy.
$10 Artist Tickets available for Milwaukee Chamber Theatre’s BUS STOP – now through April 29!
In William Inge’s classic romantic comedy, eight people are stranded overnight in a small-townKansasdiner during a snowstorm. A collaboration with UW-Parkside! Directed by Lisa Kornetsky; Featuring Jamie Cheatham, Ethan Hall, Doug Jarecki, Dan Katula, Brenna Kempf, Patrick Lawlor, Jacque Troy & Anne Walaszek.
BUS STOP performs now through April 29 at theBroadwayTheatreCenter’s Cabot Theatre, 158 N. Broadway. MCT offers $10 “Artist” tickets – to purchase just call 414-291-7800 or visit the box office and ask for “$10 Artist Tickets.”
For more information, visit www.milwaukeechambertheatre.com
NEIGHBORHOOD 3: REQUISITION OF DOOM
A play by Jennifer Haley
Directed by ensemble member Benjamin James Wilson
Tickets $15
Available at: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/232379
Friday April 27 @ 8:00pm (opening)
Saturday April 28 @ 8:00pm
Monday April 30 @ 8:00pm (Pay What You Can – ticket available only at the door)
Tuesday May 1 @ 8:00pm
Thursday May 3 @ 8:00pm
Friday May 4 @ 8:00pm
Saturday May 5 @ 8:00pm
Monday May 7 @ 8:00pm
Tuesday May 8 @ 8:00pm
Thursday May 10 @ 8:00pm
Friday May 11 @ 8:00pm
Saturday May 12 @ 8:00pm (closing)
@ Miller and Campbell Costume Services
907 South 1st Street
Milwaukee, WI 53204
THE SKINNY
as you approach the house
you will see on the sidwalk
a Claw Hammer
pick this up
you will need it later
and follow your instructions
to the Final House
In a suburban subdivision with identical houses, parents find their teenagers addicted to an online horror video game. The setting? A subdivision with identical houses. The goal? Smash through an army of zombies to escape the neighborhood for good. But as the line blurs between virtual and reality, both parents and players realize that fear has a life of its own.
One part Left4Dead, one part Twilight Zone, and all parts bloody awesome. Come to the claustraphobic basement of a costume shop and witness the terrifying nexus where carnage meets a neighborhood…a neighborhood not unlike your own.
Fair warning, NEIGHBORHOOD 3 contains scenes with intense and graphic violence.
Featuring Scott Allen, Mary Kababik, Megan Kaminsky, and Evan Koepnick.
If you’ve got a couple of old pallets lying around and are looking for a project, here are 35 of them for you. I’m a bit skeptical that these were all made from pallets as opposed to made to look like pallets, but nonetheless.
ShortList has taken a surreal turn this week. Not only is our latest issue dedicated to this most mind-bending and discursive of aesthetical, philosophical and political theories – including this suitably bonkers interview with Noel Fielding – but we’ve gone la-la for surrealism in the movies.
So, without further ado, herewith are eight (why eight? Why not?) surreal moments on film. Meaning is everywhere, just not necessarily where you thought it was.
See the rest here: http://www.shortlist.com/entertainment/films/surreal-moments-on-film
By- James Fletcher
No, not Marlo Thomas, I’m referring to those actresses who show up in movies over and over again, and yet you just can’t seem to place their names. There’s an awful lot out there dedicated to, “Hey, it’s That Guy!” but not a lot on the fairer sex. So I decided to put together my own list of That Girls.
1. Bai Ling
I first became of Miss Ling due to her involvement in a local film entitled Petty Cash. She’ll soon be returning to the fair state of Wisconsin to shoot another film, Yellow Hill. You may have also caught her in the series Entourage in which she plays a martial arts trainer tutoring Vince in more than just Kung Fu. Miss Ling is truly a “That Girl” having the prerequisite array of B films and television appearances. She also wins the best photo award.
2. Illeana Douglas
Illeana has been working consistently for the past 25 years and is always memorable in anything she appears in. There’s something beautiful and sexy about Illeana crossed with just enough Olive Oyl to keep her honest. She’s the granddaughter of the very fine actor, Melvyn Douglas, who first made his mark in the ‘30’s. Illeanna first came to my notice in the 1991 remake of Cape Fear.
3. Edie McClurg
“Central Casting, a neighbor lady. Make her funny and quirky.” Look no further than Edie McClurg. She’s made a career of playing such roles, all with a twinkle in her eye and a laugh in her voice. Her first movie was Carrie playing one of the schoolgirls, although blessedly leaving the nude scenes to the other girls (including another member of our That girl list). Miss McClurg has plenty of comic chops having been one of the original members of The Groundlings.
4. Margo Martindale
If Edie McClurg is the go-to actress for the quirky neighbor type, Margo Martindale is the go-to actress for the quirky neighbor type…that just might take your head off. There’s something about Miss Martindale that’s jus a touch menacing. Fortunately it’s usually coupled with a whole lot of humanity. She was a high school cheerleader and was Miss Jacksonville High school 1969. I’d love to see those photos.
5. Maria Aitkin
“Central Casting, I need a classy British lady. I’m thinking Maggie Smith only better looking.” Look no further than Maria Aitken. Perhaps best known for playing John Cleese’s wife, Wendy in “A Fish Called Wanda,” Miss Aitken has the unique ability to play a bitch and make you like her at the same time. This woman was born to star in a Noel Coward play and has done so many times. She’s also a respected theatre director.
6. Valerie Mahaffey
Miss Mahaffey never met a television series that she didn’t like, and she’s appeared on most of them. She specializes in the pretty, skinny girlfriend who turns out to be a nut job. When she shows up you can be certain a failed relationship isn’t far behind.
7. Molly Hagan
Miss Hagan has made a career out of playing small roles on numerous TV shows, but you may know here best as Matthew Broderick’s wife in “Election.” There’s something alluring about this girl-next-door actress, but is it enough to remember her name?
8. P.J. Soles
Miss Soles perfectly balances perky and naughty, which is the perfect recipe for a character in a horror movie. She appears in two of the great classic horror movies of the ‘70’s: Halloween and Carrie. But it’s her lead role in Rock ‘n’ Roll High School that cements her place as a That Girl. P.J. plays Riff Randell, the Ramones biggest fan. Did you know that Miss Soles was once married to Dennis Quaid? Now you know.
9. Patricia Clarkson
Miss Clarkson is one of those actresses that just seems to get more beautiful the older she gets. If you need a graceful, porcelain-skinned actress, look no further. She’s a very busy actress indeed, and yet seems to fly under the radar. That’s perhaps the best thing that’s happened to her. She’s our third connection to Stephen King’s Carrie, having played the part of Margaret White in the TV movie.
10. Melinda Dillon
With a career that closing in on 50 years, Melinda Dillon still isn’t in the lexicon of great American actresses. You know her as the Ralph’s mother in A Christmas Story, but a look at her list of credits will bring many other movies such as Close Encounters of the Third Kind and Absence of Malice to mind. Miss Dillon specializes in the mother roles that are just one step away from a complete mental breakdown.
11. Mary Kay Place
Miss Place was just so damned adorable in The Big Chill that it’s always been something of a mystery to me that she didn’t become a household name. She’s worked steadily since the ‘70’s, both as an actress and as a writer of music and teleplays. I f you need an adorable aunt type, she’s your gal.
12. Kelly MacDonald
Miss Macdonald may not be on this list for long, and indeed may have already moved past her That Girl status with turns in No Country for Old Men and Boardwalk Empire. I first noticed her in Trainspotting as Ewen McGregor’s underage girlfriend. Her acting is very subtle and seems to creep up on you. And so does her beauty. It’s a bit easy to write off Miss Macdonald as rather plain, but take a second look.
13. Alfre Woodard
Miss Woodard shouldn’t be on this list as she is an actress of great talent and beauty, and yet I find most people don’t know her name. The first time I saw her was in Passion Fish and I was hooked. Every role she plays sticks out a bit more than it has a right to.
14. Alice Drummond
If you need an older character actress who seems like she’s not all there and yet seems kind of sweet, look no further than Alice Drummond; she’s cornered the market on that character. Miss Drummond started out on Dark Shadows and continued to appear in the soaps throughout the 70′s. One suspects that like Bill Hickey, Miss Drummond was born looking old and only at the tender age of 83 has she caught up to those looks. You may remember her as the Librarian that is haunted in the beginning of Ghostbusters, but I most fondly remember her as Hattie, the lady who keeps wandering off into the snow in Nobody’s Fool. This should be quite a year for Miss Drummond with Dark shadows hitting theatres in May and Ghostbusters 3 in December. Let’s see if she gets a cameo.
15. Audrey Tautou
There ought to be a picture of Miss Tautou in the dictionary next to the word adorable, because she embodies the word. Miss Tautou has been in some big films, most notably the French film, Amelie, and on this side of the pond, The Da Vinci Code, but American’s aversion to see anything with subtitles and Miss Tautou’s desire to remain a French film actress may keep her name from the tip of your tongue. Along with Amelie, A Very Long Engagement should be on your must-see movie list.
So who’s your That Girl? Chime in.
