Monday, November 22, 2010

Pictures from the November 2010 Meeting




I'd like to thank...

the actors Dan Welsh, Ellen Knolls, Kelly Brown, Charlie Sloin, Brant Jones, John Dranschak, Louie Cowan, Laura Dachenbach, and Steve Schlather. I would also like to thank Josef Matulich for sharing his work with us. There is also the extensive amount of time John Dranschak put into casting for this meeting. We wouldn't be able to have done this meeting without you. Finally, last but not least, I'd also like to thank the dedicated Megan Burkeholder for being a great video cherub and Josef's wife for ensuring that we all ate very well during the meeting. Have a great holidays. We will be taking time off to be with family and friends through the first of the year and look forward to seeing you in January. Stay inspired and keep writing.

Sunday, November 7, 2010

Announcement: 29 Bells November 10 - 27




Written by Michael S. Parsons
Presented by Theatre Daedalus

A new play commemorating the 35th Anniversary of the sinking of

The Edmund Fitzgerald
Starring:

Jeremy Ryan Brown
Natalie Jensen
Stefan Langer
Amy Anderson
Dale Bush
Brant Jones
Jeff Potts
Joel Cohen
Rick A. Isbell
Laila Newell

and introducing Rick H. Isbell.

Directed by L.B. "Bo" Rabby

Screenwriter Ian Carlyle receives an offer that could catapult his stalled career when he's tapped to create the next project for one of Hollywood's fastest-rising stars. Research for the film — a docudrama about the Edmund Fitzgerald — brings Ian home to Marquette, Michigan, and into familiar waters: Ian's father, a former crew member on the Fitz, died mysteriously on the same lake. As he explores the Lake Superior tragedy that claimed twenty-nine men, Ian is forced to confront the wreckage of his own past and decide what his legacy truly is.

PERFORMANCES:

November 10, 2010 at 8:00 p.m. - Special Commemorative Performance
November 12, 2010 at 8:00 p.m. - Gala Premiere
November 13, 2010 at 8:00 p.m.
November 19, 2010 at 8:00 p.m.
November 20, 2010 at 8:00 p.m.
November 21, 2010 at 7:00 p.m.
November 26, 2010 at 8:00 p.m.
November 27, 2010 at 8:00 p.m.

CREW:

Technical Director - Jaylene Henderson
Props/Asst. Stage Manager - Jim LeVally
Lighting Technician - Dave Tucker
Set Design by Corinne Porter
Costume Design by Barbara Witzman
Lighting Design by Gerry Pyle
Sound Design by Chet Miller

Location: Madlab Theatre - 227 North 3rd St. Columbus, OH 43215
Tickets: $15, $12 for seniors and students.
Purchase tickets online at: Madlab: http://madlab.net/MadLab/29bells.html
Questions: Email info (at) theatredaedalus (dot) com

Thursday, November 4, 2010

ALT's Life and Death of Richard the Third

Time: Thursday, November 11 at 8:00pm - November 20 at 11:00pm



Location: Shedd Theatre - Columbus Performing Arts Center
              549 Franklin Ave.
              Columbus, OH


More Ticket Info Available Now: http://avlttix.com/

More Show Info: http://avltheatre.com/1011/r3/

Witness the climax of the Wars of the Roses and the end of the middle-ages in England. Richard himself is in control as his minions perform a glammed-up, remixed version of the tragedy that created literature's greatest villain.

Recommended If You Like: Ziggy Stardust, There Will Be Blood, Paradise Lost, Heath Ledger in Dark Knight


William Shakespeare's The Life and Death of Richard the Third


Cut, pasted, and directed by Matt Slaybaugh

Sound Design by Dave Wallingford.
Costume design by Michelle Whited.
Stage Management by Adam Humphrey


Featuring Emily Bach, Acacia Duncan, Drew Eberly, Jordan Fehr, Ben Gorman, Kayla Jackmon, Danielle Mann, Eleni Papaleonardos, Elena Perantoni, Dan Welsh, Dayton Wilson

With Ian Short as King Richard the Third.

Thursday, Nov 11 @ 8pm + TALKBACK
NO SHOW - Friday, Nov 12
Saturday, Nov 13 @ 8pm + TALKBACK
Sunday, Sept 14 @ 2pm
Thursday, Nov 18 @ 8pm + TALKBACK
Friday, Nov 19 @ 8pm + ReunIAN: http://bit.ly/reunian
Saturday, Nov 20 @ 8pm


All tickets: Pay What You Want

More info: http://avltheatre.com/1011/r3/

Tickets available now: http://avlttix.com/

Call 614-558-7408 for more info or to make reservations.

Announcement: Drama Foundry Writers' Group Meeting, Nov. 20

When: Saturday, November, 20, 2010
From 1:45pm to 4:45pm

What: Script readings, finger food, and feedback

Where: Upper Arlington Main Library, Meeting Room B
            2800 Tremont Road
            Upper Arlington, Ohio 43221


Why: To hear the dramatic writing of Joseph Matulich and Arvin Donner read.

We appreciate all of the food brought to the last meeting. It was very yummy. Though just as a reminder only the writers being read at that meeting are required to bring food. If you still want to bring something you can but it's not necessary.

Announcement: Reading of Rick Hole's new play Shakespeare's Bloody Deed

Shakespeare’s Bloody Deed
A new play by playwright and international man of mystery Rick Hole

When: Monday November 15, 8pm
Where: BalletMet Performance Space
(behind the studio at 322 Mt Vernon Ave, just west of Columbus State)  

Cast:

Cate Blair-Wilhelm
JoLayne Campbell
Lori Cannon
Amity Cauthorn
Jane Mowder
Nick Baldasare
Mark Passerrello
Mark Mann
Rich Stadler

Hanukkah, The Christmas Musical and other Holiday Classics

O.G. Productions, in association with Fake Bacon Productions, will present Hanukkah, The Christmas Musical and other Holiday Classics at 8:00, December 2-4, 10-11, 17-18, Fridays and Saturdays, opening Thursday December 2nd at MadLab Theatre and Gallery, 227 N. 3rd St., Columbus, OH 43215.   Tickets cost $10.

Show Times:

Thursday December 2 8pm
Friday December 3 8pm
Saturday December 4 8pm
Friday December 10 8pm
Saturday December 11 8pm
Friday December 17 8pm
Saturday December 18 8pm


All performances at: MadLab Theatre and Gallery, 227 N. 3rd St., Columbus, OH 43215, http://www.madlab.net/

Ticket prices are $10. Buy at http://www.madlab.net/MadLab/Buy_Tickets.html or call and reserve at 614-221-5418


Hanukkah, The Christmas Musical and other Holiday Classics Synopsis

From the producers of the wildly successful Cow Tipping and other Love Stories from January 2010 comes Hanukkah, The Christmas Musical and other Holiday Classics. A wide ranging collection of short plays with local comedians emceeing the evening. And as always with OGP, Chaos is Guaranteed.

Featured shows:

X O + =

Special presentation (this show will be featured every night except December 18th)

Two lovers decide to move on. In the midst of packing up their belongings, they make some discoveries. An old, personal, inside joke is presented. How will this change the decision?


Conceptualized by Hambone and Petra, the renowned Swedish iconoclasts, featuring David Thonnings and Gina Weisshaar

Thonnings and Weisshaar make their OGP debuts.


Quid Pro Quo by Josh Kessler

A bear walks into a bar. The patrons walk out wiser.

Directed by Jason Sudy
Speaker: John Kuhn

Kessler’s Cap’n Fashion was the opening piece in OGP’s Cow Tipping and other Love Stories.



Daddy Come Home by Scott Tobin

Divorces are never easy. And for Molly, Richard, and their son, a simple birthday party becomes complicated.

Directed by Stephen Woosley

Molly: Vicki Andronis
Richard: Travis Horseman
Mary: Erin Prosser
Erin: Mary Sink
Chris: Player to be named later.

Scott Tobin contributes another dramatic family piece to follow up An Afternoon While In The Easy Chair, part of Cow Tipping and Other Love Stories.



Why I Don’t Eat Pie by Amanda Bauer

Todd just wants Sarah to try pie for the first time. Yeah, pie. Sarah is willing, ready and able but trying new foods is never easy. Sometimes it’s downright ridiculous.

Directed by Amanda Bauer
Cast: The OGP All-Stars

Bauer writes and directs this piece that is in the OGP spirit of food, chaos, and odd wait staff.


Quiet By Patrick Gabridge

Elisa and Zelda just wanted a little peace and quiet. Sometimes that’s not enough.

Directed by Stephen Woosley and Tay Lane
Elisa: Mary Sink
Zelda: Amanda Bauer

One of two previously produced plays, this published piece from Massachusetts writer Patrick Gabridge features OGP co-founder Amanda Bauer making her OGP stage debut. Co-director Tay Lane is fresh off directing Woosley as well as Fake Bacon member Jason Sudy in All The Answers, part of MadLab’s Theatre Roulette 2010. Answers was nominated for Best New Work by the Central Ohio Theater Critics Circle.


Hanukkah, The Christmas Musical by Philip Hickman

Can a hamster and a nurse find love during the Festival of Lights? Can a plumber and his boyfriend still celebrate Christmas in a hospital emergency room? Could this be more wrong yet more full of the holiday(s) spirit?

Directed by Mary Sink
Suzanne: Suzanne Camilli
Joshua: Josh Kessler
Gregory: Greg McGill
Steven: Stephen Woosley
Musical accompaniment provided by Becky Horseman.

Previously produced as part of MadLab Theatre’s XMAS24 II: Reloaded in December 2007, Hanukkah is remounted with the original cast returning for the run.


CREATING COMPLETENESS


CREATING: to cause to come into being
COMPLETENESS: wholeness, integrity, circularity

New Encaustics by
Megan Burkholder

Exhibition: November 1-28th, 2010

Clayspace/Gallery 831

831 South Front Street, Brewery District
gallery hours T-F 3-9, Sat & Sun 1-6

Reception: November 12th, 6-9 pm
with live music by national acclaimed singer/songwriter Lydia Brownfield


CREATING COMPLETENESS is a series of encaustic wax works of art inspired by the uniquely human desire for self-awareness and completeness. Through stream-of-consciousness painting, Burkholder elicits a subconscious repeated pattern of abstract circles. In belief systems, the circle symbolizes completion; the embodiment of spiritual energy; eternity; a mirror in which everything is contained and revealed.

Monday, November 1, 2010

GCAC's OPPArt (Opportunities for Artists) presents Gathering of Playwrights, roundtable discussion

GCAC's OPPArt (Opportunities for Artists) presents Gathering of Playwrights, roundtable discussion


Presented by Greater Columbus Arts Council

Join local playwrights, theatre representatives, technical artists, performers and others interested in "new work" production for a lunch-time discussion that aims to continue the dialogue between playwrights and the community. Space is limited. RSVP by Nov 16 to attend this event.

This event is on November 18, from 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

OPPArt (Opportunities for Artists) is a monthly series aimed toward helping individual artists connect with each other and further themselves and their work. The series will include professional development workshops, roundtable discussions, social events and more. Most events will be free, and all events will be open to artists of any genre or level.

Price:

FREE!

Order & Box Office Information

Venue:

Greater Columbus Arts Council
100 E. Broad St.
Ste. 2250
Columbus, OH 43215

http://gcac.org/