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Casting
Announced for Hangar Theatre’s Dirty Blonde
APRIL 6 (ITHACA, NY) The Hangar Theatre has announced
the cast for its summer production of Claudia Shear’s Dirty Blonde.
Carbonell award winning artistic director Peter Flynn directs the play, to run June 3-13 at the Hangar Theatre in Ithaca,
New York.
Tony award nominee Emily Skinner (Side Show, Dinner at Eight, The Full
Monty, and Jekyll & Hyde) leads the cast that also includes Joe Kinosian and Kevin Carolan. Skinner plays the legendary actress Mae West whose
wit and audacity made her America’s first sex symbol.
Flynn says, “Dirty Blonde is an irrepressible look at icons, idolizers
and how our perception of ourselves is shaped by others. The company we’ve assembled brings a great balance of hilarity, sensitivity, and heart.”
Shear’s Dirty Blonde received Tony Award
and Drama Desk Award nominations for Best Play in 2000.
This is Flynn’s inaugural season as the artistic director of the Hangar Theatre. He previously directed
the Broadway concerts of Funny Girl with Whoopi Goldberg and Idina Menzel,
and Chess with Josh Groban & Julia Murney, as well as creating three nationally-acclaimed
musicals for TheatreworksUSA. Flynn will also direct the Hangar’s political farce November, which runs July 8-18.
The design team for Dirty Blonde includes
Kent Goetz (sets), Deborah Constantine (lights), Greg Robbins (costumes), and Eric Watkins (sound), all of whom are returning
artists to the Hangar.
Tickets for Dirty Blonde at the Hangar
Theatre go on sale beginning May 1 at the Ticket Center at Clinton House, 116 North Cayuga St., Downtown Ithaca, call (607)
273-4497 or online at www.hangartheatre.org. For more information about the Hangar Theatre or to purchase a season subscription,
visit www.hangartheatre.org.
Simrat Applebaum, Marketing Manager
- 607-273-8588 x402, simrat@hangartheatre.org
Hangar Theatre Welcomes Families to
The Lion, the Witch
and the Wardrobe
December 1, 2008 (ITHACA, NY) – Just in time
for the holidays, the Hangar Theatre invites families to attend the performance of The
Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe at Ithaca High School’s Kulp Auditorium on Saturday, December 13 at 2 pm.
The classic book for children by C.S. Lewis and adapted by le Clanché du Rand is brought to life in this play for young
people. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe follows Peter and Lucy as
they act out their story, sharing the magical adventure that begins by stepping through a wardrobe and ends with a fierce
battle for freedom in the land of Narnia. This is a very special winter tale of wonder that celebrates the power of children’s
imagination and courage.
Tickets are $5, including a $1 Ticket Center fee, and may be purchased in advance by calling (607) 273-4497 and by
visiting the Ticket Center at Clinton House at 116 North Cayuga St. Tickets may also be purchased at the door before
the performance. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe tours to local
schools this December and is sponsored by C.S.P. Management. For more information about the Hangar Theatre’s public
performance at Kulp Auditorium in the Ithaca High School please visit www.hangartheatre.org or call (607) 273-8588.
The Hangar Theatre will offer a special weekend workshop for adult actors entitled
Audition Intensive: Working with the Pros on November 1st and 2nd.
Students will learn the latest audition methods from Stephanie Yankwitt of the New York City-based Bernard Telsey Casting,
Hangar Theatre associate artistic director Wendy Dann, and newly appointed artistic director Peter Flynn.
The program’s goals are to help adult actors find dramatic and musical material specific to their abilities and
develop a poised audition that accentuates their unique qualities. Students will boost their confidence on-camera and learn
how to effectively use résumés and cover letters to meet with agents. This special, weekend-long audition “boot camp”
culminates with an audition for Yankwitt, Dann and Flynn with feedback. Each teacher in Working
with the Pros is currently casting projects in both Ithaca and New York City. Are you looking to break into the
industry? “The Pros program offers specific, useful answers to questions about the entertainment industry and how to
sustain a career in it,” says Peter Flynn.
Workshop coach Stephanie Yankwitt comes from New York City where she is a casting associate for Bernie Telsey Casting. In addition to hundreds of commercials, Ms. Yankwitt has cast films, such as Across the Universe, Rent, and Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants Part 2, as well
as Broadway plays and musicals, such as Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me, Three Days of Rain
(with Julia Roberts) and Glengarry Glen Ross (with Liev Schreiber). Wendy
Dann is the associate artistic director of the Hangar Theatre and the director and co-author of Sammy & Me, a new musical planning to hit Broadway in 2009. Peter Flynn is an award-winning Manhattan-based
director. His credits include directing the Broadway concerts of Funny Girl with
Whoopi Goldberg and Idina Menzel, and Chess with Josh Groban & Julia Murney,
as well as creating three nationally-acclaimed musicals for TheatreworksUSA.
Space is limited and can be reserved by calling the Hangar Theatre’s business office at (607) 273-8588 ext. 440
or by e-mailing artistic@hangartheatre.org. Tuition is $100 for college students; $150 for adult non-students. The Hangar Theatre’s Audition Intensive: Working with the Pros will be held at the Whalen Center for Music at Ithaca College
on November 1st and 2nd from 10 am to 6 pm.
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April/May 2009
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Come
see what's happening on
our Kitchen Sink Series! |
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The Kitchen Sink Series provides a venue for emerging regional theater artists to develop work through staged readings
and informal performances of works-in-progress.
For three Mondays in a row, beginning tonight, the Sink series will
feature new plays: by IC students Britain Valenti and Mike Poe and local actress Camilla Schade (OLD TIMES). Don't miss
this exciting opportunity to see new works! | |
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Inc. and Toner TONIGHT April 20th at 7:30PM | |
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by Britain Valenti; directed by Dustin D. Bell
Inc.
and Toner is a dramedy about relationships and the many trials and triumphs they bring into our lives. Set in the neutral
environment of an everyday office, Inc. and Toner follows a few diverse characters through a not so normal day at work. Trevor
is trying to find his place in a relationship, which has seemed to give up on him. Gina, everyone's favorite gossip, tries
to reminisce about her 3 or 4 or 5 tries at marriage only to find love where she was least expecting it. Even the office's
security guard and CEO are given a chance to experience love's ups and downs. A series of hilarity and heartfelt moments come
together to create this fun and meaningful piece.
Inc. and Toner was written by Britain
Valenti and will be directed by Dustin D. Bell. The cast and production team are composed of Ithaca College Theatre
students and will feature actors Nicole Intravia, Melissa Gordon, and more. Inc and Toner is a one night event.
One night only - Monday, April 20th at 7:30pm
Tickets are $10 and are available at the Ticket Center at Clinton
House,
by calling 273-4497 or at the door. |
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On the Bottom April 27th at 7:30PM | |
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by Michael V. Poe 
"It's ice. Slippery, daunting ice, and I'm stuck on it." Oslo and Ricardo are
awaiting the birth of their daughter, when things finally start moving. When the climate starts overeating the north, life
begins moving south and invading the peace the couple had. Forced out of their home by the Olympics, they are left with no
choice but to quest to Copenhagen to reclaim what was stolen. A play of epic proportions that pushes the boundaries of myth
and fairy tale to explore the limits we allow ourselves to go to in order to change our fate. A journey through the unknown
begins without your permission.
Written and directed by Michael V. Poe, the cast features Ryan DeNardo, Daniel Kopystanski, Emma Poole, Amberlee
Weber, and Michael Wessells. This original work takes you to the bottom of the world where anything can happen.
One night only - Monday, April 27th at 7:30pm
Tickets are $10 and are available at the Ticket Center at Clinton
House,
by calling 273-4497 or online.
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Performing Therapy | |
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by Camilla Schade and Kira Lallas 
PERFORMING THERAPY is a wacky romp through depression, loss, displacement,
dementia, and the surprise healing nature of Schuyler County written by Camilla Schade and Kira Lallas. A "depressively experienced"
actress turned therapist (Camilla Schade) leads group therapy in an attempt to provide helpful advice and therapeutic modalities
in PERFORMING THERAPY. Art Therapy with Balloon Animals, Affirmations on Post-it notes and Primal Humming are some
of the hopeful remedies. But in her attempt to proffer relief, she gets wildly off-track relating her own poignant story of
life after loss in Schuyler County. PERFORMING THERAPY confronts the value of memory through an engaging recognition
of the art of letting go.
Camilla Schade is an actor/director/teacher/playwright transplanted 4 years ago to beautiful Schuyler County from
PA. She has performed for Ithaca's Hangar Theatre and was last seen on the Kitchen Theatre stage in OLD TIMES. Her acting
and improvisation classes and workshops for all ages can be found at 171 Cedar Arts Center in Corning, through the Family
Service Society and Pathways in Corning, Ithaca Youth Bureau, and as a Teaching Artist for the Hangar Theatre. Camilla met
Kira Lallas through Kira's class on Solo Performance offered by the Kitchen.
Kira Lallas, currently earning
her Masters in Social Work, grew up in Ithaca theatres and co- founded the Orange Tree Theatre Company. While at Boston University
her studies focused on solo autobiographical writing and performance. She toured her award-winning one-woman show, TRANSLATIONS
OF XHOSA, about her time spent in South Africa, until she lived as a resident at Wisdom's Goldenrod Center for Philosophic
Study in Hector. The creation of PERFORMING THERAPY was made possible, in part, with public funds from the New York State
Council on the Arts' Decentralization Program administered locally by The ARTS of the Southern Finger Lakes.
One
performance only - Monday, May 4 at 7:30PM
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Kitchen Theatre Auditions to be held November 5th
Auditions for actors and actor/singers 16 years and older will be held by appointment on Monday, November 5th from 5pm
to 6:30pm.
We are casting a limited number of roles for this season, but we encourage new-to-the- area theater
professionals to take this opportunity to introduce yourself to the Kitchen Theatre Company.
To make an appointment,
please call the Kitchen Theatre office at 272-0403
Non-singing actors prepare a two-minute contemporary monologue.
Actor/Singers prepare a one-minute contemporary monologue and 16 bars of a song to be sung a capella. Bring a resume and headshot
with you to the audition. We are casting a limited number of roles for this season, but we encourage new-to-the- area theater
professionals to take this opportunity to introduce yourself to the Kitchen Theatre Company. For this season we are
casting:4 singer/actor roles for EMMETT & ELLA'S BIG APPLE ESCAPADE (adults and 16+) Actors for the 48-Hour
Playwriting Marathon and the Teen Extreme Playwriting Contest and Marathon (16 + and adults) Dancers of all ages will
be needed for SCOOT, SIZZLE & SLIDE later this season. Auditions for this production will be held in February 2008. If
you are interested in this project, please email Lesley@kitchentheatre.org with a resume of your dance experience.
Rachel Lampert
Kitchen Theatre Company
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The Clean House is a "one-of-a-kind comedy" - The Syracuse New Times |
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There are just five more performances of The Clean House, and seats are going fast!
"...the Kitchen's production, under the intelligent
direction of Sara Lampert Hoover (whose work here over 10 seasons has been exceptional), is both intimate and dazzling."
- The Ithaca Journal
"Fifteen minutes into this tart comedy and you see why reviewers have such a hard time
nailing down (Ruhl's) mercurial-and astonishing-talent."
- The Syracuse New Times | |
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The Clean House, by prize-winning playwright Sarah Ruhl, is about clean houses, messy lives, jealousy, disease, compassion and forgiveness.
Lane, a physician, wants her house clean. Lane's Brazilian maid Matilde wants to be a comedian. Lane's surgeon husband Charles
has fallen in love with his patient Ana. Ana wants to celebrate life and embrace transitions. Lane's sister Virginia would
clean up all the mess everyone else is making, if only they would give her permission.
The Clean House creates
its own genre with an unexpected mix of realism and fantasy. Four diverse women characters drive the action, and playwright
Ruhl gives them ample opportunities to say things others might never dare to utter.
We look forward to seeing you at the Kitchen!
Megan Pugh
Kitchen Theatre Company
Tickets: 607. 273-4497
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The Ithaca College W___i___n___d Ensemble
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The Ithaca College Wind Ensemble was founded in 1981 and is the premier wind band at the School of Music. Following
in the rich tradition of Patrick Conway and Walter Beeler, the ensemble, conducted by Stephen Peterson, presents some 10 concerts annually both on and off campus, including such venues as Lincoln Center. The Ensemble presented
a highly successful tour of England and Ireland in 1998, and will return to Ireland in the spring of 2007. Through a
demanding schedule of concerts, tours, and recordings, the ensemble has developed a broad reputation for performing excellence,
innovative programming, and commitment to new music. Concert programs include a wide variety of music including wind band
classics, chamber works from a variety of historic periods, new commissions, and those newer works that serve to expand the
evolving repertoire for the wind ensemble.
Guest conductors and composers from around the globe who have worked with the ensemble include Samuel Adler, David
Amran, Frank Battisti, Warren Benson, John Corigliano, Michael Daugherty, David Dzubay, Lukas Foss, Arnald Gabriel, John Harbison,
Robert Jager, Karel Husa, Libby Larsen, David Maslanka, Ron Nelson, Larry Rachleff, Carl St. Clair, Gunther Schuller, Joseph
Schwantner, Richard Strange, Frank Ticheli, and John Whitwell.
Membership in the 48-member ensemble is determined by audition in the fall of each academic year. The wind and
percussion players in the Wind Ensemble are among the most talented in the School of Music.
Please click on "Documents" to the left to hear samples of the Wind Ensemble's performances..
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