Studio Theatre Cabarets
A joint project of the Division of Arts and Humanities and Stocker Arts Center.
THE 2009-2010 STUDIO THEATRE CABARET SERIES
Up Next:
Friday, December 18, 2009 at 7:30pm &
Saturday, December 19, 2009 at 3:00pm
The Musical Theater Project presents
A Christmas Cabaret
Tickets: $15.00/Adults; $10.00/Children 12 and under
Back by popular demand for the third year in a row for two performances only! The Christmas season has inspired hundreds of joyful pages from the Great American Songbook going all the way back to Irving Berlin’s 1916 Santa Claus. A Christmas Cabaret was conceived and is hosted by radio personality Bill Rudman, who with pianist Nancy Maier and singers Jared Leal and Sandra Simon, will take you on a sleigh ride of 30 songs for the season and other festive curiosities – plus evergreens like Winter Wonderland, White Christmas, Silver Bells, as well as Jerome Kern’s jazz version of God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen, a holiday song that George Gershwin composed at the age of 21, and lots more. Some recent holiday confections include Jerry Herman’s The Best Christmas of All (from the TV musical Mrs. Santa Claus) and the pop hit Just in Time for Christmas. Come celebrate the season with this joyful holiday treat! www.musicaltheaterproject.org
Friday & Saturday, February, 12 & 13, 2010
7:30pm each evening
My Heart Beats for Broadway
Helen Welch and her Trio
Tickets: $15/Adults; $10/Children 12 and under
Need a little romantic nudge this Valentine’s Day? You’ve come to the right place. What is Broadway without its never ending parade of fabulous love songs? And what could make a more romantic evening than to hear those classic love songs performed by Helen Welch and her wonderful trio of musicians within the intimate setting of Stocker’s Studio Theatre. The evening will feature a bountiful array of Broadway love songs from throughout the decades including music from shows such as Wicked, A Chorus Line, Carousel, Guys and Dolls, My Fair Lady, Les Miserables, Chicago, South Pacific, Kiss Me Kate and Mary Poppins. Songs include: Some Enchanted Evening, Too Darn Hot, What I Did for Love, If I Were A Bell, As Long As He Needs Me, My Funny Valentine and many more! With Helen’s usual diverse mix of classic and contemporary songs coupled with some cheeky British humor My Heart Beats for Broadway will appeal to people in love – or people who simply love Broadway music. www.helenwelch.com
OTHER 2009-2010 STUDIO THEATRE EVENTS
Studio Theatre Signature Series
Jeffrey Mumford, Curator
A new FREE Concert Series held in the Studio Theatre of Stocker Arts Center featuring noted musicians in their fields.
*Tuesday, September 8, 2009 at 7:30pm
Lura Johnson, Piano
*Friday, November 20, 2009 at 7:30pm
Andrea McAlister, Piano; Fenlon Lamb, Mezzo-Soprano; Scott Buzza, Violist
*Wednesday, March 10, 2010 at 7:30pm
Eliesha Nelson, Viola
*Sunday, April 25, 2010 at 3:00pm
Joel Smirnoff, Violin; Christopher Oldfather, Piano
A RESIDENCY WITH LYNNE TAYLOR CORBETT AND JOANNA RUSH
Friday & Saturday, January 22 & 23, 2010
7:30pm each evening
Asking For It
A one woman play written by and starring Joanna Rush
Directed by Lynne Taylor-Corbett
Studio Theatre
Tickets: $15/each
TAKE A CHANCE
The Midwest Premier of Asking For It was held at Stocker's Studio Theatre in April 2006. Since then the play has been performed numerous times and was included in the New York Fringe Festival. We are proud to offer the return engagement as we begin a 10-day residency with writer/actress, Joanna Rush, and director/choreographer and Tony-nominee, Lynne Taylor-Corbett. The residency is bookended by another new script by Ms. Rush, Home Sweet Homeland. Please see the Meeting Great Minds/ Residency section for more information on Ms. Rush and Ms. Taylor-Corbett.
Asking For It follows the evolution of Bernadette O’Connell, “Outstanding Catholic Youth of the Year,” as she puddle-jumps through the primordial slime of American culture to personhood. Possessed of a religious fervor surpassed only by a fierce libido, she passes on life with the nuns and joins 35 sisters at Radio City Music Hall…as a “Rockette.” But her sexual mis-education leaves her wide open and vulnerable to the twisted testosterone-filled world permeating her new life in the Big Apple. As directed by Tony-nominee Lynne Taylor-Corbett, Asking For It is a zestful kaleidoscope of faith and femininity, repression and redemption, humor and humility, joy and terror, spiced with song and dance. Joanna Rush peoples the stage with an eccentric cast of characters that range from uptight clerics to sexy chorines, to growing boys of all ages. Hilarious, irreverent and moving, Rush’s Asking For It leaves audiences, male and female and of all ages, invigorated, inspired, and, strangely, healed. 4 STARS! Time Out New York. Please note, this show contains some material that may not be appropriate for children under 13. www.askingforitonline.com
Friday & Saturday, January 29 & 30, 2010
7:30pm each evening
Home Sweet Homeland
A Workshop Production of a New Work by Joanna Rush
Directed by Lynne Taylor-Corbett
Studio Theatre
Tickets: $7/Adults; $6/LCCC Students, Faculty, Staff & Seniors 65+; $5/Groups of 15 or more
Home Sweet Homeland follows five neighbors through the events of September 11th, 2001, from the attack, to their evacuation and eventual return to - or abandonment of - their Ground Zero homes. All are devastated and full of doubt about the world and about each other. What is the truth? At what cost will the truth be uncovered? What is “safe”? Will we ever laugh again? Life is forever changed. Together, a young boy, a musician, a financial analyst and a couple of comediennes stumble through the pathways of mind and heart to seek the truth and find their way back to trust and laughter.
WANT TO BE AN INTEGRAL PART OF BRINGING A NEW WORK TO LIFE?
Joanna Rush will be joined by two other professional actors for these performances. However, the remaining roles and understudies will be cast with local actors by the Director, Lynne Taylor-Corbett, from taped auditions. Watch our website for audition information coming this fall.
The residency with Lynne Taylor-Corbett and Joanna Rush and the mounting of the two plays is made possible with the support of The LCCC Foundation and the Beth K. Stocker Trust.
* - denotes FREE events
TO ORDER TICKETS FOR STOCKER EVENTS:
Call the Stocker Arts Center Box Office from 12:00 noon to 6:00 pm Mondays through Fridays at (800) 995-5222 ext. 4040 OR (440) 366-4040, or click on the “Buy Stocker Event Tickets” icon on the right to place your order.
TAKE A CHANCE ½ price tickets (off of the Adult ticket price) – available at the Box Office 1-1/2 hours prior to the above noted event.
Sorry you missed these wonderful events:
Friday & Saturday, August 21 & 22, 2009 - Gershwin '29: An Evening with George & Ira in Their Own Time - Studio Theatre Cabaret
Friday & Saturday, September 4 & 5, 2009 - Pick Yourself Up: Songs For Hard Times - Studio Theatre Cabaret
Friday & Saturday, October 9 & 10, 2009 - Cleveland Jazz Initiative (CJI) Showcase Concerts - Studio Theatre Cabaret