Showing posts with label Hildegarde Dolson. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hildegarde Dolson. Show all posts

Sunday, July 13, 2008

July 14, 2008

I still have some free tickets (good for any day for this weekend's show at the Barrow Civic's Little Theatre - Guess Whose Hair I’m Wearing! – based on the writings of Hildegarde Dolson. July 18th & 19th at 7pm

Dolson is the most famous writer to come from Venango County, Pennsylvania. Her sidesplitting essays, published in the leading magazines of the day, like The New Yorker, captivated and brought America to tears with their quirky tales of a big city career woman who was still a small town girl at heart.

This show is appropriate for all ages. Tickets are $5 at the door, students and senior citizens admission is free with ID.

Email me to claim them



The book I'm reading this week for the Franklin Public Library's Summer Reading Program for Grown ups? The Graphic Novel, The Rabbi's Cat





Pittsburgh Opera is looking for an African-American boy between the ages of 8 and 13 whose voice has not yet changed for the role of ‘Starving Boy’ in The Grapes of Wrath. Auditions take place on Monday, July 21 at the Pittsburgh Opera offices located at 2425 Liberty Avenue in the Strip District. Each candidate must be present at 5:30 pm for the group instruction and be prepared to stay until 7:30 pm.

Candidates must be able to act, sing solo vocal lines, and project their voices from the stage. Participation in the opera also includes being part of the ensemble (chorus). Candidates must be prepared to sing 16 measures of a song of their choosing. They will also be taught a brief excerpt from the opera in a group setting. Each will then be heard separately, performing his song and the excerpt.

For more information or to schedule an audition, please email Iris Lin or call 412-281-0912 ext. 266.


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Little Feat Live at House Of Blues on June 17, 2008

Wednesday, July 09, 2008

Thursday, my lovely and talented wife, Amy will be participating in the Brown Baggin' series at Franklin's Fountain Park Gazebo at 12 noon. She'll be doing some sorytelling for grown ups from authors like Bill Bryson. It's free and open to the public.

So lovely and talented she is that she will also be preforming her hilarious one woman show – Guess Whose Hair I’m Wearing! – based on the writings of Hildegarde Dolson and adapted for the stage by, um, me...for two nights only- July 18th & 19th at 7pm

Dolson is the most famous writer to come from Venango County, Pennsylvania. Her sidesplitting essays, published in the leading magazines of the day, like The New Yorker, captivated and brought America to tears with their quirky tales of a big city career woman who was still a small town girl at heart.

This show is appropriate for all ages. Tickets are $5 at the door, students and senior citizens admission is free with ID. I also have some complimentary tickets to give away to blog readers. So, send me your name and address (via email or in the comments box if you're devil-may-care about privacy) by Monday July 14th at 10am, and I'll drop a pair in the mail for you, free, good for either day.

As an aside, if you're interested in bringing the show to your meeting, church, synagogue, mosque, trailer park, whatever, drop me an email for pricing and availability.

This project is being made possible in part through the Samuel and Edith C. Justus Charitable trust, the Elizabeth S. Black Charitable Trust, and the Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts (PPA), a local decision-making program of the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts (PCA), a state agency. PPA is administered in this region by the Venango County Center for Creative Development.




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