G.L.U.T. News - Greater Lansing Ubiquitous Theatre

Ixion ARTISTS NIGHT $5 tickets

9/30/2017

Ixion’s ARTISTS NIGHT (10/14) offers $5 tickets to theatre participants.

The hazard of doing theatre is that often you're either too busy to go to another show or because you've been doing a show you don't have the disposable income to cover the ticket price.

While we can't fix your insatiable need to over book, Ixion is trying to make it easier for our theatre family to come see a show with Artists Night.

For Artists Night if you have been involved with a theatrical production at any company (on or off stage) wthin the past year, you can get in for just $5.

"How do you know?" you might ask. Well, if you've been in or worked a show you could show us the playbill or we could surf the appropriate website to confirm. Or, we could trust you and you just tell us about your more recent project. Either way works for us.

Thank you for doing theatre.

Gidion’s Knot by Johnna Adams (October 14,15, 21 & 22) performs at 8pm Saturdays and 2pm Sundays at the Robin Theatre on S. Washington in Reo Town.
Directed by Erica Beck
Starring Sara Frank-Hepfer & Janet Colson
A teacher and a mother navigate a difficult meeting to explore the bullying of a son and a troubling paper. Featuring Janet Colson and Sara Frank-Hepfer.
http://ixiontheatre.com

Nightmare Actors Needed

9/29/2017

The Nightmare on Belknap Street is an all-ages, haunted house attraction in nearby Grand Ledge. Its owners, Kaley and Daniel Rahl, are seeking actors to play monsters, zombies, and other ghastly characters during its 2017 run this October. The Nightmare on Belknap Street will be open to the public from 6:00PM - 8:30PM on:

• Saturday, October 21st
• Saturday, October 28th
• Tuesday, October 31st

Actors are welcome to participate on one, two, or all three dates depending on their schedule and will be asked to arrive at least 20 minutes prior to 6:00PM to receive their instructions for the evening as well as to assist in turning on any remaining props and lights. A limited number of costumes are available for actors to borrow. Actor-provided costumes must be approved by the owners before being used in the haunt. Interested individuals are encouraged to contact Kaley or Daniel via:

• Email - NightmareOnBelknapStreet@gmail.com
• Facebook Group - NOBS Actors/Volunteers
• Facebook Messenger - Kaley or Daniel

Please feel welcome to also visit and LIKE the Facebook page for the haunt at http://www.facebook.com/NightmareOnBelknapStreet/

Block Party Info
Please note, a costume party for the neighborhood surrounding the Nightmare on Belknap Street may occur on Saturday, October 21st beginning around 4:00PM. Neighbors would be given the opportunity to meet the evening’s actors (in costume or in day clothes, to be determined) and preview the haunt at 5:30PM prior to opening for the public. Please check your calendars and let Kaley or Daniel know if you may be interested in volunteering early that day

Happy Haunting!

"Winifred & Skully Bones"
Kaley & Daniel Rahl | Co-Owners
Nightmare on Belknap Street
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mailto:NightmareOnBelknapStreet@gmail.com
http://www.facebook.com/NightmareOnBelknapStreet/
NOBS Actors/Volunteers

Theatre2Film4 wants your feedback

9/28/2017

9/28-10/7 - Theatre2Film4 at MSU

Join us for a staged reading/workshop/performance of Theatre2Film4 is looking for audience/feedback.
This is a comedy written by students from the Media and Information Department, performed by students from the Department of Theatre.

Thursday, Friday, and Saturday 7:30 pm
Sept. 28, 29, SATURDAY 30th SHOW CANCELLED due to Football
and Oct. 5, 6, and 7.
Studio 60 - Basement of the Auditorium 542 Auditorium Road - MSU Campus
East Lansing, 48824
FREE Admission
We are looking for feedback on our script.
Please help us shape the next iteration of T2F.
Mark Colson

Ixion Tries to Solve Gideon's Knot

9/23/2017

Ixion Tries to Solve Gidion's Knot

10/14-22 -Ixion's second production of the season is Gidion's Knot by Johnna Adams. Performances will be October 14, 15, 21 & 22 at 8 pm on Saturdays and 2 pm on Sundays. All performances are in The Robin Theatre, 1105 S. Washington Ave. Lansing, MI. Tickets are $15 at the door or online. For more information visit www.ixiontheatre.com or call 517.775.4246.

Synopsis: Over the course of a parent/teacher conference, a grieving mother and an emotionally overwhelmed primary school teacher have a fraught conversation about the tragic suicide of the mother's son, Gidion. Gidion may have been bullied severely—or he may have been an abuser. As his story is slowly uncovered, the women try to reconstruct a satisfying explanation for Gidion's act and come to terms with excruciating feelings of culpability.

Gidion's Knot is directed by Erica Beck and stars award-winning actress Sara Frank-Hepfer and Janet Colson.

"Grief is an unpredictable thing," observes Ixion Artistic Director, jeff croff. "Some in the face of loss and trauma might hide, while others need to find understanding and take an active hand in processing it. In this show the mother needs answers to so many questions, while the teacher struggles to find understanding in her own way."

http://www.ixiontheatre.com

Ixion solicits "Fears & Phobias" scripts

9/23/2017

IXION would love to get you involved in our upcoming productions.

Fears & Phobias 15-page Scripts due Sept 30!
We are seeking short plays around the theme "Fears & Phobias". Whether it's about someone's fear of public speaking or simply a story of little miss muffet and a spider, we want to see your stories. Whatever flavor of fear you want to explore we would like to hear that story.

We will select up to eight scripts for further development, including staged readings and possibly full production in May of 2018.

Guidelines for your Fears & Phobias Submission(s) are:
- No more than 4 actors
-Simple or abstracted setting
-No more than 15 pages
-Previously unproduced
-Submissions must include only first initial and last name of author. No bios are to be included.
-Digital submissions only to ixionensemble@gmail.com
-Deadline is 5 p.m September 30, 2017.

"I Now Pronounce" half-price deal

9/15/2017

Special discount to see Peppermint Creek's
'I Now Pronounce'!

Pull together your bridal party - bridesmaids, groomsmen, spouses - and get dressed up for a night out at PCTC! Anyone wearing one of their most memorable bridesmaid dresses, crazy tuxes, or iconic wedding gowns gets in to see I Now Pronounce half off any night!

This promotion applies to at the door sales only.
But among the drama, awkwardness, and celebration on stage, you'll be right at home decked out in that wonderful bridal wear!

After Adam and Nicole’s wedding culminates in an awkwardly timed fatality, the reception spins into an increasingly strange evening that leaves the bride and groom questioning just what it is they’re celebrating. But there’s no stopping the festivities: the flower girls are running amuck, the bridal party members are more preoccupied with their own flailing relationships, and everyone needs to stop ordering the blue drinks.

"With our season theme "Who's Leading?", it's a perfect opportunity to not only showcase a struggle between the classic husband vs. wife scenario, but also bring in their slightly damaged friends who try to grab hold of some understanding in their otherwise turbulent lives."
- I Now Pronounce Director Jordan Climie

Comedies end in marriage. Tragedies end in death.
I Now Pronounce begins with both.

http://www.peppermintcreek.org | 517-927-3016

We Foxes - 2 shows only!

9/14/2017

9/22 & 24 - WE FOXES - only two performances on Wharton’s Pasant Stage

Friday, September 22 - Sunday, September 24, 2017
Friday at 7:30 p.m.
Sunday at 2:00 p.m.
Pasant Theatre
Tickets $15 for general public, $10 for students
Ticket Office:whartoncenter.com
517.432.2000 or 1.800.WHARTON

A staged concert of We Foxes, a new musical by Ryan Scott Oliver is coming to Wharton Center’s Pasant Theatre September 22-24, 2017 as part of the ĭmáGen collaboration between MSU Department of Theatre and Wharton Center Institute for Arts & Creativity. Tickets are available at the official source to purchase Wharton Center tickets online, whartoncenter.com, at the Auto-Owners Insurance Ticket Office, or by calling 1-800-WHARTON.

Each year, since 2014, ĭmáGen selects a new musical to be presented under the guidance of a Broadway-caliber director. The program becomes a vivid learning experience for both college and high school actors who are cast alongside professionals in the production. We Foxes, the 2017 selection, is a southern Gothic thriller set in small-town Missouri, 1945. It’s the story of Willa, a tough and unmannered orphan girl, adopted by the sheriff’s wife, who introduces her to a glamorous world of privilege and class. When Willa discovers dark secrets beneath the floorboards, a conflict arises and tears the two apart. Willa must fight to survive! Can Willa find her own courage and salvation, and sacrifice everything to escape? It is a story of intense human struggle, deliverance, and the great salvation found only through oneself.

Ryan Scott Oliver who wrote We Foxes is becoming “a major new voice in musical theatre” (Entertainment Weekly) and is “shaking up musical theater with his dark, twisted and genius work … [Oliver] could very well be musical theater’s answer to an auteur filmmaker or a gothic novelist” (Huffington Post). He was selected to open Lincoln Center’s American Songbook series and has received numerous awards including a Jonathan Larson Grant, a Richard Rodgers Award, and was selected for residencies at several prestigious theatres around the country. He also founded and runs Actor Therapy: a five-week training experience for young actors in NYC.

ĭmáGen invited Oliver to be a composer-in-residence September 9 – 24, 2017. “ĭmáGen is such a great program for everyone involved — from the MSU and high school students to the Broadway performers,” said MSU Assistant Professor of Theatre Brad Willcuts. “There are so many opportunities for creative collaboration and Ryan Scott Oliver’s We Foxes will be a fantastic challenge!”

Along with Oliver, the ĭmáGen program has engaged several other visiting artists as part of this two-week residency, including director, Marshall Pailet (Baghdaddy/Off-Broadway and Triassic Parq/Off-Broadway); dramaturg, Matthew Schneider (Allegiance/Broadway, Memphis/National Tour); actor, Katie Thompson (Pump Boys and Dinettes/Off-Broadway; Giant/Off-Broadway); actor, Wade McCollum (Wicked/Broadway and Ernest Shackleton Loves Me/Off-Broadway); Ethan Carlson (Oliver’s Assistant); and stage manager, Paige Conway.

Working alongside the visiting artists will be the MSU ĭmáGen team, including MSU Musical Director Dave Wendelberger and MSU Department of Theatre faculty members Brad Willcuts (Amazing Grace/Broadway) and Alisa Hauser (Beauty and the Beast, Thoroughly Modern Millie/Broadway).

This production contains adult themes and language. Recommended for ages 13 and up.

A Grand Night for Singing - ONE weekend

9/10/2017

9/15-17 It’s always A Grand Night for Singing - coming ONE WEEKEND ONLY to Starlight

Starlight Dinner Theatre, in partnership with Homegrown Productions, will present A Grand Night for Singing, the Tony Award nominated musical revue that features many of the timeless musical numbers penned by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein. A Grand Night was nominated for two Tony Awards, Best Musical and Best Book of a Musical, and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revue. Show dates are September 15-17.

Cast members Marci Balogh, Kelly Bitz, Beth Webb, Bob Murrell, and Darryl Schmitz perform over 20 songs in a lively and well-choreographed format. Audience members will recognize songs from Oklahoma!, The Sound of Music, South Pacific, Carousel, The King and I, Cinderella and more. The revue continues to delight audiences with fresh and traditional takes on many familiar tunes that will have audience members humming along with the cast.

A Grand Night for Singing is directed by Beth Webb and Susan DeRosa, with musical direction by Jeff Richards and choreography by Fran Ludington . Ellen Hoard on flute, Kelly Sandula-Gruner on French horn, Jack Mumma on upright bass and Jill Malusek on drums provide a full orchestral sound.

Menu: Hors d’oeuvres: Cheese and Crackers and/or Hummus with Pita Bread, Carrots and Celery
Entrée: Greek style Chicken
Served with: Roasted Skinned Potatoes, Spinach Pie, Roll, Tossed or Greek Salad and Cheesecake for Dessert.
Beverages: Coffee, Lemonade, Water
Vegetarian entrees available upon request

GENERAL INFORMATION
TIMES: Friday and Saturday: Lobby Box office opens at 6 pm. Dining Room opens at 6:30 pm.

Dinner 6:30 – 7:30 pm on Friday and Saturday. Show begins at 7:30 pm.

Dessert Sunday matinee: the Lobby Box office opens at 1:00 pm, Desserts are served at 1:30 pm. Show begins at 2 pm.
MAILING ADDRESS: 225 Leland Place, Lansing, MI 48917
LOCATION: Performances take place in the Waverly East Cafetorium located at 3131 W. Michigan Ave. Lansing, 48917.
RESERVATIONS: Dinner and Dessert reservations are required 3 days before the show. Please call 517 599-2779
SEATING: Tables seat 8 people per table. The earlier the reservation is made, the better the seating
PRICES: Dinner Regular $39. Seniors (62+) and Students (13-22) $36. Children 12 and under $23.

SHOW ONLY: Regular $20. Seniors (62+) and Students (13-22) $18. Children 12 and under $13.

VISA and Master Card accepted

HEARING ASSISTED DEVICES are available and must be requested when making your reservation
CANCELLATION: 72 hour notice required by phone (517.599.2779) to receive a refund.

Ripples Newsletter

9/8/2017

Check out RIPPLES newsletter from Riverwalk Theatre — containing FOUR auditions - the first of which is Bud Not Buddy adult auditions THIS SUNDAY AND MONDAY, offering mostly African American roles.
http://www.riverwalktheatre.com/auditions

Portland Civic Casting Wonderful Life

9/8/2017

It’s only about a half-hour drive northwest to this acting opportunity. http://portlandcivicplayers.com
Hi Jane, I was referred to you by my colleague Bernie Lucas who told me about your G.L.U.T. List

I am co-directing a musical version of "It's a Wonderful Life" with the Portland Civic Players. The show is scheduled to run December 1,2,3 and 8,9,10. (we are anticipating needing to add an additional performance on December 7 as well.)

We had a pretty good turn-out for auditions, but we are missing a few major roles including the lead role George. If you know of anyone who can sing and act and is looking for some experience with a great theatre group we would love to hear from them. PCP is a great theatre family. Their home, Portland Playhouse, makes up for what it lacks in technical terms with the magic atmosphere of a historical theatre inhabited by community members who take great pride in delivering outstanding theatre.

Rehearsals will be primarily on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays from 7:00 until approximately 9:00 with greater intensity growing as the show nears. Were pretty good at working with people's schedules. We will be holding our most crucial dress rehearsal on November 19th.

We would love to welcome new people to our theatre program.

If you know of anyone interested please have them contact
Sherry Miller - Musical Director at 517-647-7030 or check out the Portland Civic Players Facebook Page.
or they may contact me at (616) 633-5986 or Littletom199@gmail.com

We really need to hear from and find people to fill these lead roles by Next Monday, September 11. With such late notice this likely does not accommodate your newsletter schedule, but if you happen to know of anyone who might be interested we would appreciate hearing from them.

Thank you and Be well,
Tom Little (616) 633-5986 or Littletom199@gmail.com