[FC News]Classes for ALL AGES starting in 1.5 weeks at FPAC's Mayfield Village location - Instructors: Seth Gordon, Elizabeth Townsend, Dana Hart, Bebe Katz

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*FAIRMOUNT CENTER for the Arts
Fairmount Performing Arts Conservatory (FPAC)
**Fred Sternfeld, Artistic Director***

*Theatre & Dance Workshops at the Mayfield Village Performing Arts Center*

*All classes will be held at Mayfield Village Performing Arts Center off of
I-271 and Wilson Mills Rd.; 6622 Wilson Mills Rd., Mayfield Village (the
corner of Wilson Mills and SOM Center Rd.)

To register, call the Fairmount Center at 440-338-3171 or visit *
www.fairmountcenter.org**
*SATURDAYS**

*More Acting Please !

Ages: 3rd =96 5th grade
Instructor: Dana Hart
Ten Sessions
Saturdays, Starting January 9, 2010;  9:30 =96 10:45am
Fee: $140

Introductory class for young actors to work in a small group learning and
developing basic stage skills for voice, body and imagination. Exercises an=
d
games for rhythmic and spatial awareness, sense isolation, character
creation, focus/concentration and ensemble skills along with acting in shor=
t
scenes and sketches, memorization and recitation.

*Actors Workshop
*Ages: 6th =96 7th grade
Instructor: Dana Hart
Ten Sessions
Saturdays, Starting January 9, 2010;  10:45am - Noon
Fee: $140*
*
Each class starts with a voice, body and technique barre followed by acting
out scenes. The emphasis of the class is scene work and character
development tailored to the actor along with exercises to overcome common
performance pitfalls and problems. These exercises include breath control,
voice strengthening, articulation, memorization, concentration, and focus
and relaxation techniques.

* *

*
SUNDAYS**

**"Going In With Your Best:
A Special Audition Workshop for the URTA's and Graduate Schools."
*Ages: 11th grade - Adult
Instructor: Seth Gordon
Four Sessions:
Sundays, January 3, 10 and 17, 2010; 6:30 =96 9:30pm;
Monday, January 18, 2010; 6:30 =96 9:30pm.
Fee: $140

Whether you are a high school student, college student or even if you just
wish to polish your auditioning skills, this workshop will prepare you for
college auditions, the URTA auditions or for graduate school.  Cleveland
Play House Associate Artistic Director Seth Gordon will guide you through
the process of presenting the best that you have to offer.

Choose the best monologue for you and its successful delivery. From how you
actually walk into the room through the entire experience, you will learn
how to approach auditions as a confident, polished professional.

*Shakespeare in your Pocket*
Ages: 8th grade - Adult
Instructor: Dana Hart
10 Sessions
Sundays, starting January 3, 2010; 7:00 =96 8:30pm
Fee: $175

Master short Shakespeare pieces for audition, competition =96 learn to act
these great characters and great moments. You will be working on performing
Shakespeare by learning the text of short character monologues. No longer
than 25-35 lines, these character pieces will teach you all the major tools
you need to take on any Shakespeare text. We will follow the approach of
Scott Kaiser; Master teacher with Oregon Shakespeare, including:
*Art of Orchestration:* "Orchestrating" the text through punctuation,
operative words, pentameter, and measures.
*Focal Points:* Managing your focal points between yourself and the
audience.
*Images:* Further on focal points and imagery positioning.
*Spoken Subtext:* Secret fear, hopes and doubts and how they pay into
character decisions and actor physical placement
*Actions:*  Creating physical, opposing, and other kinds of action choices
to suit the character and play.
*Complex Orchestration:*  Creating a toolkit for the actor.
*Towards Performance:* Previsualization, types of objectives and other
questions are explored.

*MONDAYS*

*Dance for the Broadway Stage*
Ages: 8th grade - Adult
Instructor: Bebe Weinberg Katz
10 Sessions, Mondays, starting January 4, 2010; 4:30 =96 5:45pm
Fee: $140

Class includes basic ballet and jazz technique to help a dancer develop
their skills.   Very appropriate for the non-dancer, actors, singers and
anyone who just loves musical theater.  Part of each class is given over to
repertory.  Students will be  introduced to the various styles of a range o=
f
choreographers: Bob Fosse, Agnes DeMille, Jerome Robbins, Michael Kidd,
Tommy Tune and many more.

*Create Your Own Monologue*
Ages: 8th grade - Adult
Instructor: Elizabeth Townsend
Ten Sessions, Mondays, starting January 4, 2010; 5:30 =96 7:30pm
Fee: $195

Here is an opportunity to find your inner voice and embody it. Create your
own characters and monologues through acting exercises and improvisation. A=
t
the end of the term, there will be a performance open to the public.

*Discover Character Development through Scene Study
*Ages: 8th grade - Adult
Instructor: Elizabeth Townsend
Ten Sessions, Mondays, starting January 4, 2010; 7:30 =96 9:30pm
Fee: $195

Hone your skill and your acting technique through scene study designed to
meet your specific challenges. Whether you are interested in classical text
or contemporary, here is your opportunity stretch and learn. This course
will be featuring the use of the following techniques for character
development and interaction: Stanislavski, Meisner, and Chekhov. At the end
of the term, there will be a performance open to the public.
*
*

*
*

*ABOUT THE THEATRE & DANCE INSTRUCTORS AT FPAC*

*Seth Gordon* is Associate Artistic Director of  the Cleveland Play House.
At the Play House, he produces FusionFest, helps with season planning and
casting, runs the Playwrights=92 Unit, and directs plays. His Play House
directing credits include *Dinner with Friends, Proof, Forest City *(world
premiere), *Vincent in Brixton, Tuesdays with Morrie,* *A Christmas
Story*,*RFK,
Of Mice and Men, The Chosen, Doubt, The Lady with All the Answers *and *Inh=
erit
the Wind.* He has also directed in Cleveland for Dobama Theatre, the
Cleveland Shakespeare Festival, and the Beck Center for the Arts. He
recently directed the Arabic premiere of *Our Town*in Cairo. Previously, he
served as Literary Manager and then as Associate Producer of Primary Stages
in New York, where he produced and/or directed countless productions,
workshops and readings of new plays by this country=92s leading playwrights=
.
He has also directed at many other New York theatres, and has directed and
lectured at various universities including Case Western Reserve University.
He received the 2004 and 2006 Northern Ohio Live Award for Excellence in
Theatre. He considers himself a lucky man.

*Bebe Weinberg Katz, B.A., M. Ed. *is an artist and an educator. She has
danced, choreographed, staged, designed, directed, taught, written and
illustrated. In all of these capacities her mission statement has been
simple and constant. "Art flows in two directions. It is both my passion an=
d
my honor to take it in and send it out."

As an educator Bebe has taught dance to children, teens and adults in the
public schools, the Jewish Community Center, in her own dance and fitness
studio, in private dance studios and Camp Wise. Bebe holds a masters degree
in exercise science along with a B.A. in dance and has created many fitness
and wellness programs throughout the Cleveland area. Most notable is her
development of the aerobics program and the pre/post natal exercise program
at the JCC and the creation of a group exercise instructor training program
for Cleveland State University.

On the University level Bebe is a faculty member at Baldwin-Wallace College
and Cleveland State University. Her courses include: movement education
classes for early childhood majors, group fitness instructor training,
women=92s wellness seminars and dance methodology and pedagogy.

Her dance credits extend from Purcell=92s Opera *The Fairy Queen* and The
Cathy Powel Dance Company in Pittsburgh to the Dancing Mimes at
DanceCleveland as well as her own company, Center Motion at the JCC.

Bebe was the resident choreographer for the vocal music departments at
Euclid High School. While in Euclid Bebe worked with the show choir =93Vars=
ity
Choral=94 and choreographed their productions of *The Music Man, Hello Doll=
y,
Anything Goes, Pajama Game, Pippin, Peter Pan, Wizard of Oz* and*Grease*.

She currently holds the position of resident choreographer at Shaker Height=
s
High School and Cleveland Heights High School. She is the choreographer for
Shaker=92s =93Chanticleers=94 and Cleveland Height=92s nationally ranked sh=
ow choir
=93Singers=94. Bebe has done the choreography for the CHHS productions of *=
Fiddler
on the Roof, West Side Story* and *Guys and Dolls*, as well as doing costum=
e
design for the latter two.

Bebe has production credentials spanning the 35 years she has lived in
Cleveland. She was dance and drama specialist at Camp Wise, and performed
the choreographer duties for *Mame* at Chagrin Valley Little Theater, *Anyt=
hing
Goes** *at Euclid Community Theater, *Joseph, Holy Moses, Rock Pinocchio,
The Grand Tour* and *Fiddler on the Roof* at the Cleveland JCC. She also
directed*The Apple Tree* for the JCC and was costume assistant for *The Wal=
l
* and *The Merry Widow*.

She also has written a number of books. Her most recent works are The
M.I.M.E Set, an activity book the integrates movement and academics, and
three middle grade chapter books titled*Princess Claudia and the Freckles*,
*A Best Friend for Claudia* and *Sibling Wars*.

*Dana Hart *apprenticed to the Cleveland Play House and has been a member o=
f
Actors Equity for over 25 years. He has performed from Alaska to Zimbabwe
and in 48 of the 50 states including seasons with Alaska Repertory Theatre,
Center Stage (Baltimore), Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, San Diego Repertory
Theatre and Theatre West Virginia. He has appeared Off- Broadway in New Yor=
k
and with many Northeast Ohio theatres including The Beck Center, Ensemble,
Actors' Summit, Dobama, Clague Playhouse, Great Lakes Theatre Festival and
the Cleveland PlayHouse.

Mr. Hart holds degrees in both Theatre Arts and English (teaching) from the
University of Alaska Fairbanks . He is currently the Upper School Drama and
Speech teacher at the Laurel School in Shaker Heights and also a member of
the faculty at the Beck Center for the Performing Arts. While in Alaska Mr.
Hart was the co-founder of Playmaking: a theatre company doing theatre and
storytelling workshops in towns and villages across Alaska . He was both a
teacher and the Artistic Director of the Sitka Summer Fine Arts Camp and a
teacher with both the Fairbanks Summer Fine Arts Camp and the Fairmount
Performing Arts Camp at Laurel School . He has been funded by four states t=
o
conduct Artist in the Schools programs in Maryland , Washington , Alaska ,
and Ohio and was awarded an Ohio Arts Council travel grant to present new
works at the Hararre International Festival of the Arts in 2000. Mr. Hart
has coached three of the last seven winners of Cleveland Branch ESU
Shakespeare Recitation Competition

*Elizabeth Ann Townsend* is a professional actress and teacher. She is a
graduate of Columbia University in New York City where she lived, worked,
and studied as an actress for 22 years. She has performed in nearly all of
the major venues in Cleveland. Most recently, she was seen as the mother in
The Cleveland Play House's production of *A Christmas Story*. She was a
featured player in HBO's hit series "*The Sopranos*" and NBC's *"Law &
Order."* She has also been featured in numerous independent films and has
been a principle player in many national network commercials.

Elizabeth's training in New York includes: 3 years with The American
Stanislavski Theatre, 3 years of Meisner training and advanced scene study
with Wynn Handman of The American Place Theatre and 3 years of advanced
training with Alice Spivak, a prot=E9g=E9 of Uta Hagan.

As a teacher, Elizabeth began coaching actors in New York City. In
Cleveland, she has taught commercial acting for The Cleveland Play House an=
d
Shaker High School, Film Acting for the Cleveland School of the Arts. She i=
s
one of the
Conservatory teachers at The Beck School of the Arts. She will be working
with teenagers this winter/spring in the Curtain Pullers series at The
Cleveland Play House.

In all the work that Elizabeth does, she has one goal: to help people live
the lives they dream of.

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ine-height:21px;color:black">FAIRMOUNT CENTER for the Arts<br>
Fairmount Performing Arts Conservatory (FPAC)<br></span></strong><strong><i=
><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;line-height:21px;color:black;font-weight:nor=
mal">Fred Sternfeld, Artistic Director</span></i></strong><strong><span sty=
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1px;color:black">Theatre &amp; Dance Workshops at the Mayfield Village Perf=
orming Arts Center</span></strong></p>

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om:0px;margin-left:0px"><strong><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;line-height:2=
1px;color:black;font-weight:normal">All classes will be held at Mayfield Vi=
llage Performing Arts Center off of I-271 and Wilson Mills Rd.; 6622 Wilson=
 Mills Rd., Mayfield Village (the corner of Wilson Mills and SOM Center Rd.=
)<br>

<br>To register, call the Fairmount Center at 440-338-3171 or visit=A0</spa=
n></strong><a href=3D"http://www.fairmountcenter.org/" style=3D"color:rgb(5=
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<h1><strong><span style=3D"font-size:12pt">SATURDAYS</span></strong><strong=
><span style=3D"font-weight:normal"><br><br></span></strong><span style=3D"=
font-size:12pt">More Acting Please !</span></h1><p class=3D"MsoNormal" styl=
e=3D"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px">

<span style=3D"font-size:12pt;line-height:21px;color:black">Ages: 3<sup>rd=
=A0</sup>=96 5<sup>th</sup>=A0grade</span><span><span style=3D"font-size:12=
pt;line-height:21px"><br></span></span><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;line-h=
eight:21px">Instructor: Dana Hart<br>

Ten Sessions Satu=
rdays, Starting January 9, 2010;=A0=A09:30 =96 10:45am Fee:=
 $140 Introdu=
ctory class for young actors to work in a small group learning and developi=
ng basic stage skills for voice, body and imagination. Exercises and games =
for rhythmic and spatial awareness, sense isolation, character creation, fo=
cus/concentration and ensemble skills along with acting in short scenes and=
 sketches, memorization and recitation.

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om:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;line-height:21px;colo=
r:black"><br><strong><span>Actors Workshop<br></span></strong></span><span =
style=3D"font-size:12pt;line-height:21px;color:black">Ages: 6<sup>th</sup>=
=A0=96 7<sup>th</sup>=A0grade</span><span><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;lin=
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</span></span><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;line-height:21px">Instructor: D=
ana Hart<br>Ten Sessions<br></span><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;line-heigh=
t:21px;color:black">Saturdays, Starting January 9, 2010;<span>=A0=A0</span>=
10:45am - Noon<br>

Fee: $140 Each class starts with a voice, body=
 and technique barre followed by acting out scenes. The emphasis of the cla=
ss is scene work and character development tailored to the actor along with=
 exercises to overcome common performance pitfalls and problems. These exer=
cises include breath control, voice strengthening, articulation, memorizati=
on, concentration, and focus and relaxation techniques.

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bott=
om:0px;margin-left:0px"><strong><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;line-height:2=
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<strong><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;line-height:21px;color:black"><br>SUN=
DAYS</span></strong><strong><span style=3D"line-height:17px;color:black"><b=
r><br></span></strong><span><b><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;line-height:21=
px">&quot;Going In With Your Best:=A0<br>

A Special Audition Workshop for the URTA&#39;s and Graduate Schools.&quot;<=
br></span></b></span><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;line-height:21px;color:b=
lack">Ages: 11th grade - Adult</span><span><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;li=
ne-height:21px"><br>

</span></span><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;line-height:21px">Instructor: S=
eth Gordon<br>Four Sessions:=A0<br>Sundays, January 3, 10 and 17, 2010; 6:3=
0 =96 9:30pm;=A0<br>Monday, January 18, 2010; 6:30 =96 9:30pm.<br>Fee: $140=
=A0</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bott=
om:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;line-height:21px">Whe=
ther you are a high school student, college student or even if you just wis=
h to polish your auditioning skills, this workshop will prepare you for col=
lege auditions, the URTA auditions or for graduate school.<span>=A0=A0</spa=
n><span style=3D"color:rgb(51, 51, 51)">Cleveland Play House Associate Arti=
stic Director Seth Gordon will guide you through the process of presenting =
the best that you have to offer.=A0<br>

Choose the best monologue for you and its successful delivery. From how=
 you actually walk into the room through the entire experience, you will le=
arn how to approach auditions as a confident, polished professional.

<br><br></span></span><span><b><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;line-height:21=
px">Shakespeare in your Pocket</span></b></span><span><span style=3D"font-s=
ize:12pt;line-height:21px"><br></span></span><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;=
line-height:21px;color:black">Ages: 8th grade - Adult</span><span><span sty=
le=3D"font-size:12pt;line-height:21px"><br>

Instructor: Dana Hart 10 Sessions Sundays, starting January 3, 2010; =
7:00 =96 8:30pm Fee: $175 Master short Shakespeare pieces for audit=
ion, competition =96 learn to act these great characters and great moments.=
 You will be working on performing Shakespeare by learning the text of shor=
t character monologues. No longer than 25-35 lines, these character pieces =
will teach you all the major tools you need to take on any Shakespeare text=
. We will follow the approach of Scott Kaiser; Master teacher with Oregon S=
hakespeare, including:=A0

</span></span><span><b><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;line-height:21px">Art =
of Orchestration:</span></b></span><span><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;line=
-height:21px;color:black">=A0</span></span><span><span style=3D"font-size:1=
2pt;line-height:21px">&quot;Orchestrating&quot; the text through punctuatio=
n, operative words, pentameter, and measures.=A0<br>

<b>F<span>ocal Points:</span></b><span>=A0</span>Managing your focal points=
 between yourself and the audience.<br><b>Images:</b></span></span><span><s=
pan style=3D"font-size:12pt;line-height:21px;color:black">=A0</span></span>=
<span><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;line-height:21px">Further on focal poin=
ts and imagery positioning.</span></span><span><span style=3D"font-size:12p=
t;line-height:21px;color:black">=A0<br>

</span></span><span><b><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;line-height:21px">Spok=
en Subtext:</span></b></span><span><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;line-heigh=
t:21px;color:black">=A0</span></span><span><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;li=
ne-height:21px">Secret fear, hopes and doubts and how they pay into charact=
er decisions and actor physical placement</span></span><span><span style=3D=
"font-size:12pt;line-height:21px;color:black">=A0<br>

</span></span><span><b><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;line-height:21px">Acti=
ons:</span></b></span><span><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;line-height:21px;=
color:black">=A0</span></span><span><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;line-heig=
ht:21px">=A0</span></span><span><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;line-height:2=
1px">Creating physical, opposing, and other kinds of action choices to suit=
 the character and play.</span></span><span><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;l=
ine-height:21px;color:black">=A0<br>

</span></span><span><b><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;line-height:21px">Comp=
lex Orchestration:</span></b></span><span><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;lin=
e-height:21px;color:black">=A0</span></span><span><span style=3D"font-size:=
12pt;line-height:21px">=A0</span></span><span><span style=3D"font-size:12pt=
;line-height:21px">Creating a toolkit for the actor.</span></span><span><sp=
an style=3D"font-size:12pt;line-height:21px;color:black">=A0</span></span><=
span><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;line-height:21px"><br>

</span></span><span><b><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;line-height:21px">Towa=
rds Performance:</span></b></span><span><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;line-=
height:21px;color:black">=A0</span></span><span><span style=3D"font-size:12=
pt;line-height:21px">Previsualization, types of objectives and other questi=
ons are explored.<span>=A0=A0</span><br>

<br><b>MONDAYS</b><br><br></span></span><b><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;li=
ne-height:21px;color:black">Dance for the Broadway Stage</span></b><span st=
yle=3D"font-size:12pt;line-height:21px;color:black">=A0<br>Ages: 8th grade =
- Adult<br>

Instructor: Bebe Weinberg Katz<br>10 Sessions, Mondays, starting January 4,=
 2010; 4:30 =96 5:45pm<br>Fee: $140<br><br>Class includes basic ballet and =
jazz technique to help a dancer develop their skills.=A0=A0 Very appropriat=
e for the non-dancer, actors, singers and anyone who just loves musical the=
ater.=A0 Part of each class is given over to repertory.=A0 Students will be=
=A0 introduced to the various styles of a range of choreographers: Bob Foss=
e, Agnes DeMille, Jerome Robbins, Michael Kidd, Tommy Tune and many more.<b=
r>

<br></span><b><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;line-height:21px">Create Your O=
wn Monologue</span></b><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;line-height:21px">=A0<=
br></span><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;line-height:21px;color:black">Ages:=
 8<sup>th</sup>=A0grade - Adult</span><span><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;l=
ine-height:21px"><br>

</span></span><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;line-height:21px">Instructor: E=
lizabeth Townsend<br>Ten Sessions, Mondays, starting January 4, 2010; 5:30 =
=96 7:30pm<br>Fee: $195</span><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;line-height:21p=
x"></span></p>

Her=
e is an opportunity to find your inner voice and embody it. Create your own=
 characters and monologues through acting exercises and improvisation. At t=
he end of the term, there will be a performance open to the public.=A0

<br></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-top:0px;margin-right:=
0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><b><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;lin=
e-height:21px">Discover Character Development through Scene Study<br>
</span></b><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;line-height:21px;color:black">Ages=
: 8<sup>th</sup>=A0grade - Adult</span><span><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;=
line-height:21px"><br></span></span><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;line-heig=
ht:21px">Instructor: Elizabeth Townsend<br>

Ten Sessions, Mondays, starting January 4, 2010; 7:30 =96 9:30pm Fee: $1=
95 Hone your =
skill and your acting technique through scene study designed to meet your s=
pecific challenges. Whether you are interested in classical text or contemp=
orary, here is your opportunity stretch and learn. This course will be feat=
uring the use of the following techniques for character development and int=
eraction: Stanislavski, Meisner, and Chekhov. At the end of the term, there=
 will be a performance open to the public.=A0

<b><span style=3D"font-weight:normal"><br></span></b></span></p><p class=3D=
"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;marg=
in-left:0px"><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;line-height:21px"><b><br>
</b></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-top:0px;margin-right:=
0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;line-h=
eight:21px"><br></span><strong><i><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;line-height=
:18px;color:black">ABOUT THE THEATRE &amp; DANCE INSTRUCTORS AT FPAC</span>=
</i></strong><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;line-height:21px"></span></p>

Seth Gordon=A0is Associate Artistic Director o=
f=A0=A0the Cleveland Play House. At the Play House, he produce=
s FusionFest, helps with season planning and casting, runs the Playwrights=
=92 Unit, and directs plays. His Play House directing credits include=A0=
Dinner with Friends, Proof, Forest City=A0(world premiere),=A0Vincen=
t in Brixton, Tuesdays with Morrie,=A0A Christmas Story,RFK, =
Of Mice and Men, The Chosen, Doubt, The Lady with All the Answers=A0and=
=A0Inherit the Wind.=A0He has also directed in Cleveland for Dobama =
Theatre, the Cleveland Shakespeare Festival, and the Beck Center for the Ar=
ts. He recently directed the Arabic premiere of=A0Our Townin Cairo. =
Previously, he served as Literary Manager and then as Associate Producer of=
 Primary Stages in New York, where he produced and/or directed countless pr=
oductions, workshops and readings of new plays by this country=92s leading =
playwrights. He has also directed at many other New York theatres, and has =
directed and lectured at various universities including Case Western Reserv=
e University. He received the 2004 and 2006 Northern Ohio Live Award for Ex=
cellence in Theatre. He considers himself a lucky man.

Bebe Weinberg Katz, B.A., M. Ed.=A0=
is an artist and an educator.<spa=
n style=3D"color:black">=A0She has danced, choreographe=
d, staged, designed, directed, taught, written and illustrated. In all of t=
hese capacities her mission statement has been simple and constant. &quot;A=
rt flows in two directions. It is both my passion and my honor to take it i=
n and send it out.&quot;

As an educator Bebe has taught dance to children, teens an=
d adults in the public schools, the Jewish Community Center, in her own dan=
ce and fitness studio, in private dance studios and Camp Wise. Bebe holds a=
 masters degree in exercise science along with a B.A. in dance and has crea=
ted many fitness and wellness programs throughout the Cleveland area. Most =
notable is her development of the aerobics program and the pre/post natal e=
xercise program at the JCC and the creation of a group exercise instructor =
training program for Cleveland State University.

On the University level Bebe is a faculty member at Baldwi=
n-Wallace College and Cleveland State University. Her courses include: move=
ment education classes for early childhood majors, group fitness instructor=
 training, women=92s wellness seminars and dance methodology and pedagogy.<=
span>=A0=A0

<br>Her dance credits extend from Purcell=92s Opera</span><span><span style=
=3D"color:black">=A0</span></span><em><b><span style=3D"color:black">The Fa=
iry Queen</span></b></em><span><span style=3D"color:black">=A0</span></span=
><span>and The Cathy Powel Dance Company in Pittsburgh to the Dancing Mimes=
 at DanceCleveland as well as her own company, Center Motion at the JCC.</s=
pan><span style=3D"color:black"><br>

Bebe was the resident choreographer for the vocal music de=
partments at Euclid High School. While in Euclid Bebe worked with the show =
choir =93Varsity Choral=94 and choreographed their productions of<sp=
an>=A0The Music Man, Hello Dolly, Anything Goes, Pajama Game, Pippin, Pet=
er Pan, Wizard of Oz=A0</=
span>andGrease</=
span>.

She currently holds the position of resident choreographer=
 at Shaker Heights High School and Cleveland Heights High School. She is th=
e choreographer for Shaker=92s =93Chanticleers=94 and Cleveland Height=92s =
nationally ranked show choir =93Singers=94. Bebe has done the choreography =
for the CHHS productions of=A0</sp=
an>Fiddler on the Roof, West Side=
 Story=A0<s=
pan>and=A0<sp=
an style=3D"color:black">Guys and Dolls, as well as d=
oing costume design for the latter two.=A0

<br></span><span>Bebe has production credentials spanning the 35 years she =
has lived in Cleveland. She was dance and drama specialist at Camp Wise, an=
d performed the choreographer duties for</span><span><span style=3D"color:b=
lack">=A0</span></span><em><b><span style=3D"color:black">Mame</span></b></=
em><span><span style=3D"color:black">=A0</span></span><span>at Chagrin Vall=
ey Little Theater,</span><span><span style=3D"color:black">=A0</span></span=
><em><b><span style=3D"color:black">Anything Goes</span></b></em><span><b><=
i><span style=3D"color:black">=A0</span></i></b></span><span>at Euclid Comm=
unity Theater,</span><span><span style=3D"color:black">=A0</span></span><em=
><b><span style=3D"color:black">Joseph, Holy Moses, Rock Pinocchio, The Gra=
nd Tour</span></b></em><span><span style=3D"color:black">=A0</span></span><=
span>and</span><span><span style=3D"color:black">=A0</span></span><em><b><s=
pan style=3D"color:black">Fiddler on the Roof</span></b></em><span><span st=
yle=3D"color:black">=A0</span></span><span>at the Cleveland JCC. She also d=
irected</span><em><b><span style=3D"color:black">The Apple Tree</span></b><=
/em><span><span style=3D"color:black">=A0</span></span><span>for the JCC an=
d was costume assistant for</span><span><span style=3D"color:black">=A0</sp=
an></span><em><b><span style=3D"color:black">The Wall</span></b></em><span>=
<span style=3D"color:black">=A0</span></span><span>and</span><span><span st=
yle=3D"color:black">=A0</span></span><em><b><span style=3D"color:black">The=
 Merry Widow</span></b></em><span>.</span><span><span style=3D"color:black"=
>=A0</span></span><span style=3D"color:black"><br>

She also has written a number of books. Her most recent wo=
rks are The M.I.M.E Set, an activity book the integrates movement and acade=
mics, and three middle grade chapter books titledPrincess Claudia and the Freckles<s=
pan>,=A0<span=
 style=3D"color:black">A Best Friend for Claudia<span=
 style=3D"color:black">=A0and=A0Siblin=
g Wars.=A0<b=
r>

Dana Hart=A0<=
/b>apprenticed to the Cleveland Pl=
ay House and has been a member of Actors Equity for over 25 years. He has p=
erformed from Alaska to Zimbabwe and in 48 of the 50 states including seaso=
ns with Alaska Repertory Theatre, Center Stage (Baltimore), Milwaukee Reper=
tory Theatre, San Diego Repertory Theatre and Theatre West Virginia. He has=
 appeared Off- Broadway in New York and with many Northeast Ohio theatres i=
ncluding The Beck Center, Ensemble, Actors&#39; Summit, Dobama, Clague Play=
house, Great Lakes Theatre Festival and the Cleveland PlayHouse.</sp=
an>

Mr. Hart holds degrees in both Theatre Arts =
and English (teaching) from the University of Alaska Fairbanks . He is curr=
ently the Upper School Drama and Speech teacher at the Laurel School in Sha=
ker Heights and also a member of the faculty at the Beck Center for the Per=
forming Arts. While in Alaska Mr. Hart was the co-founder of Playmaking: a =
theatre company doing theatre and storytelling workshops in towns and villa=
ges across Alaska . He was both a teacher and the Artistic Director of the =
Sitka Summer Fine Arts Camp and a teacher with both the Fairbanks Summer Fi=
ne Arts Camp and the Fairmount Performing Arts Camp at Laurel School . He h=
as been funded by four states to conduct Artist in the Schools programs in =
Maryland , Washington , Alaska , and Ohio and was awarded an Ohio Arts Coun=
cil travel grant to present new works at the Hararre International Festival=
 of the Arts in 2000.=A0Mr. Hart has coached three of the last=
 seven winners of Cleveland Branch ESU Shakespeare Recitation Competition</=
span>

Elizabeth Ann Townsend=A0is =
a professional actress and teacher. She is a graduate of Columbia Universit=
y in New York City where she lived, worked, and studied as an actress for 2=
2 years. She has performed in nearly all of the major venues in Cleveland. =
Most recently, she was seen as the mother in The Cleveland Play House&#39;s=
 production of=A0A Christmas Story. She =
was a featured player in HBO&#39;s hit series &quot;The Sopranos<=
/span>&quot; and NBC&#39;s=A0&quot;Law &amp; Or=
der.&quot;=A0She has also been featured in numerou=
s independent films and has been a principle player in many national networ=
k commercials.

<p><span style=3D"color:black">Elizabeth&#39;s training in New York include=
s: 3 years with The American Stanislavski Theatre, 3 years of Meisner train=
ing and advanced scene study with Wynn Handman of The American Place Theatr=
e and 3 years of advanced training with Alice Spivak, a prot=E9g=E9 of Uta =
Hagan.</span></p>

As a teacher, Elizabeth began coaching actor=
s in New York City. In Cleveland, she has taught commercial acting for The =
Cleveland Play House and Shaker High School, Film Acting for the Cleveland =
School of the Arts. She is one of the=A0

Conservatory teachers at The Beck School of the Arts. She will be working w=
ith teenagers this winter/spring in the Curtain Pullers series at The Cleve=
land Play House.In all the work t=
hat Elizabeth does, she has one goal: to help people live the lives they dr=
eam of.

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