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Band concert, originally uploaded by Skaneateles Suites.

Band Concerts are held weekly during the Summer months. Admission tickets to Auburn Players productions will be raffled among other items.

* Tickets for all APT events can be purchased online at www.auburnpublictheater.com (no fee) or at our box office Tuesday/Friday/Saturday 7:00-10:00pm

 

Auburn Public Theater Main Stage

 

 

Saturday, July 11^th at 7:30pm

DUSTY PASCAL and guitarist DAN BLISS

With opener Kevin Barrigar

The 32-year-old Skaneateles, NY resident has a refreshingly old soul, and he expresses himself lyrically like a modern version of acoustic icon John Prine. Early on, I was influenced by guys like Kris Kristofferson and Jim Croce, because that's who my dad listened to, but actually, I was most influenced by my dad, who's a songwriter himself. Since his father first put a guitar in his hands at age 13, Pascal has trusted his musical instincts and has refused to let the commercial side of the music business affect his creative process. Writing music has never been about the money, he said. One of the most likable qualities of Pascal's music is that, unlike some bands who try to boast about their musical skill while playing or singing, he lets the tunes speak for themselves. I try not to waver too far from what the feeling of the song represents. My philosophy is to put you in the room, I like it better when you can hear little inconsistencies like the pop' of a guitar string or something. I've always just had a real appreciation for the honesty of the music. I like to think of my albums as a sequence of life, he explained. So 20 years from now, I can look back at the songs and really know what was happening in my life at the time. Connecting with his audience is Pascal's greatest attribute. You want to say as much as you can while you're up there on the stage, he said. I don't know how long I'll be able to (write and play) music. I have five kids and a business, and they come first. So I want to express as much as I can while I still have the chance to do it.

DAN BLISS: Dan Bliss is an acoustic roots musician with a well traveled play list of traditional blues, folk and swing tunes.  The Kansas City guitarist has twice made the top three (2005 & 2007) in the FINGERSTYLE GUITAR CHAMPIONSHIP at the WALNUT VALLEY FESTIVAL in Winfield KS.   His all original CD "THAT'S WHAT I'M HERE FOR" was released last year and his busy schedule this summer includes his third appearance at the NEW YORK STATE BLUES FESTIVAL in his home town of Syracuse, NY.  Bliss has performed in Kansas City and around the Midwest for over 20 years and has opened shows for artists such as Steve James, Honeyboy Edwards, Marcia Ball, The Waybacks, John McCutcheon, and St. Louis blues legends Henry Townsend and Johnnie Johnson.  In addition to working as a solo act, he has also played with KELLEY HUNT, his own band BLUETONIUM and on numerous acoustic duo gigs with jazz guitar great ROD FLEEMAN.  Most recently he and Fleeman joined with guitarists TOM DEMASTERS and BILL DYE in "KC GUITAR 4" a jazz and blues guitar quartet.  For more info please visit www.danbliss.com

 

 

 

Tuesday, July 14h at 7:30pm  

A concert with GURUGANESHA SINGH, Nirinjan Kaur and Friends

GuruGanesha Singh is an icon of the yoga music genre. A musician deeply devoted to both his craft and the greater landscape of sacred sound, GuruGanesha's contribution to World Sacred Music is manifold. His three solo releases of

Sikh-inspired chant music his virtuoso guitar work are beloved by his fans world-wide, topping New Age charts and receiving high critical acclaim. Long before his solo albums, he was the force behind many well known chant musicians, including Snatam Kaur, Thomas Barquee, and Mirabai and released several albums with other musicians including Game of Chants with Guru Singh and Grammy-Winning singer, Seal. GuruGanesha Singh is also the founder of the Spirit Voyage record label, which he founded with the intention of creating new avenues for spreading inspiring music to ever-widening audiences. GuruGanesha's music is rooted in the eastern tradition of Kundalini yoga chants and draws inspiration from GuruGanesha's 30 years as a yogi. He has a very unique approach to chants that brings his intricate guitar work to the forefront, blending exceptional musicianship with uplifting chants.

 

 

Friday/Saturday, July 31st and August 1st at 2pm & 7pm

The APT Summer Children's Program Performance:

HARRIET TUBMAN Journey to Freedom

An original Auburn Public Theater production with music and dance, featuring our students from the APT Children's Summer Theater Program.  Sponsored by The New York State Council of the Arts DEC Program and M&T Bank.

Musical Direction: Amy Bellamy  Choreography: Yvonne Villano-Hassett   Direction: Carey Eidel

 

 

Saturday, August 8th at 7:30pm  

JULIA NUNES returns! 

Having just returned from her first performance at Bonaroo in June 2009, Julia Nunes is a ukulele and guitar playing singer/songwriter from upstate New York, whose self-made videos on YouTube have brought her to the attention of fellow college students, folk purists and celebrities alike.  1980s icon, actress Molly Ringwald, who took up the ukulele recently, famously said on "Good Morning America" about Julia, "I've always wanted to play the ukulele, and she completely inspired me."  Piano rocker Ben Folds found one of Julia's YouTube covers and asked her to open four shows for him in May 2008, and she dueted on stage with him in April 2009. What is her appeal?  Julia conveys intelligent honesty, mined with humor, and a knack for picking or writing songs, which appeal to both the ear and the heart.  Her catchy songs display well crafted lyrics and singable melodies, which her fans say are inspiring and insightful.  Her cover songs, from the Beatles, Beach Boys and Nat King Cole to Say Anything, Motion City Soundtrack and Spoon, express her love of good music and demonstrate a musical knowledge of popular sounds which transcend genre. A child and grandchild of musicians, Julia's heritage includes Portuguese fado music, Jazz and rock and roll.  Her own musical journey began at the tender age of 7, when she started piano lessons, but didn't really take off until she was given a guitar in her early teens.  Her first song was written at 14.  Her first CD of original songs, no longer available, was released when she was 17.  The second CD, "Left Right Wrong", the title of which reflects Julia's difficulties with direction, was released at 18.   Her third, "I Wrote These" followed a year later.  She is currently in the studio recording a new collection of original songs. Arguably Julia's appeal, aside from her talent and charm, has spread because of her savvy use of social networking websites, specifically, YouTube.  This fact has not escaped the blogosphere, where one can read everything from an analysis of Julia's videos as compared to Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada to a description of what Julia does on YouTube and how to do it yourself.

 

 

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AUBURN PUBLIC THEATER CINEMA

Fridays & Saturdays at 8pm * All movies only $5 ($4 online)

 

July 3^rd and 4^th

THE THIN RED LINE (R)

One of the cinema's great disappearing acts came to a close with the release of The Thin Red Line in late 1998. Terrence Malick, the cryptic recluse who withdrew from Hollywood visibility after the release of his visually enthralling masterpiece Days of Heaven (1978), returned to the director's chair after a 20-year coffee break. Malick's comeback vehicle is a fascinating choice: a wide-ranging adaptation of a World War II novel (filmed once before, in 1964) by James Jones. The battle for Guadalcanal Island gives Malick an opportunity to explore nothing less than the nature of life, death, God, and courage. Let that be a warning to anyone expecting a conventional war flick; Malick proves himself quite capable of mounting an exciting action sequence, but he's just as likely to meander into pure philosophical noodling--or simply let the camera contemplate the first steps of a newly birthed tropical bird, the sinister skulk of a crocodile. This is not especially an actors' movie--some faces go by so quickly they barely register--but the standouts are bold: Nick Nolte as a career-minded colonel, Elias Koteas as a deeply spiritual captain who tries to protect his men, Ben Chaplin as a G.I. haunted by lyrical memories of his wife. The backbone of the film is the ongoing discussion between a wry sergeant (Sean Penn) and an ethereal, almost holy private (newcomer Jim Caviezel). The picture's sprawl may be a result of Malick's method of "finding" a film during shooting and editing, and in some ways The Thin Red Line seems vaguely, intriguingly incomplete. Yet it casts a spell like almost nothing else of its time, and Malick's visionary images are a challenge and a signpost to the rest of his filmmaking generation.

 

July 10^th and 11^th

ENLIGHTEN UP

The documentary Enlighten Up! takes a whimsical, skeptical, and ultimately thoughtful look at the mysteries of yoga. Taking an approach similar to Supersize Me, filmmaker (and student of yoga) Kate Churchill wants to see what happens when someone is first exposed to this physical and spiritual discipline. She chooses Nick Rosen, a former journalist with a skeptical attitude towards religion. Their investigation--which gradually turns combative, forcing Churchill to re-examine her own assumptions--takes them from the commercial yoga studios of New York (where one student says, with a beatific smile, that yoga gives you better sleep, better sex, and will inspire new ways to make money) to a former pro wrestler's "t & a" yoga in Los Angeles and on to India--where they discover as many perspectives on yoga as there are yogis. Rosen, with his open but down-to-earth attitude, proves an excellent lens to view a subject all too often treated with blissful and vapid reverence. The movie is sprinkled with humor and people twisting themselves into astonishing shapes, as well as stimulating and often contradictory ideas and metaphors that paint a very diverse picture of the world of yoga. Enlighten Up! blends philosophical discourse, personal drama, and a beautiful travelogue--the result is a satisfying film that doesn't pretend to have any answers but grapples with intriguing questions.

 

July 17^th and 18^th

FREE SPIRITS

When high school drop-out Michael Metelica and eight hungry friends retreated to a rural Massachusetts treehouse in 1968, they never imagined it would grown into one of the largest, most controversial New Age communes of the 1960s and 70s. At its peak, the Brotherhood of the Spirit (later named Renaissance Community) had nearly 400 full-time members, real estate in four Massachusetts downs, an airplane, music recording and filmmaking facilities, and a million dollar a year income. Many members stayed a decade or longer, committing their youth, sweat and worldly possessions to building an intentional community that they hoped would serve as a model of brotherhood and spiritual awareness for the whole world. For some, their time there was the highlight of their lives, filed with humor, danger, intense personal growth, and daily absurdity. For others, it was a cultish nightmare. Their story reflects the 60s/baby boomer generation, as they survived the hostility of the towns around them - fire bombings, the brutal murder of a member - only to fall because of internal forces, including the changes in their founder and leader, Michael Metelica Rapunzel.

 

July 24^th and 25^th

THE REAL DIRT ON FARMER JOHN

The award-winning true story of third-generation American farmer John Peterson's hero's journey of success, tribulation, failure and rebirth. Peterson is a true American original. His story parallels that of the family farm in 20th Century America. What makes The Real Dirt on Farmer John so special is the fact that John Peterson is not only a farmer....he's an artist, too.

 

 

July 31^st and August 1^st

WENDY & LUCY (R)

Kelly Reichardt's second feature, Wendy and Lucy, has even more Pacific Northwest piney quietude than her debut Old Joy, since its starring couple is a canine-human pair rather than a male duo. Will Oldham again makes a charged appearance, this time as Icky (Will Oldham), a grungy, train-hopping punk. Based on a short story, this time Jonathan Raymond's "Train Choir," Wendy and Lucy's dialogue is a sparse spattering amongst long, languid scenes that moodily portray a young woman, Wendy (Michelle Williams), suffering economic crisis and road trip malaise on her way to work Alaskan fishing boats. The bulk of the story takes place in Portland, where her Honda breaks down and she must engage the local mechanic (Will Patton) and Walgreen's security guard (Wally Dalton) for honest advice and for help finding her dog, Lucy, who disappears during one of Wendy's disasters. Wendy and Lucy would aptly be titled Wendy's Bad Day, as problems pile up due to one main misstep. Williams does a great job portraying a woman who is semi self-sufficient but clueless in the art of survival. As the film speaks to many young people who have been broke and stranded, one will inevitably wonder why Wendy makes the unwise choices she does, for example sleeping in a dangerous area along a train track instead of finding a safer campground, or wandering the streets looking for her lost pooch in lieu of hunkering down for a temporary part-time job. The film straddles the line between social realism and fantasy in this regard, provoking frustration during certain plot twists. However, Wendy and Lucy is a pleasure to look at for its grainy greenery, hypnotic, sweeping landscape and train yard shots, and for the story, when it centers on developing the deep bond between a lady and her dog.

 

August 21^st, 22^nd, 28^th and 29^th

FOOD, INC.

For most Americans, the ideal meal is fast, cheap, and tasty. Food, Inc. examines the costs of putting value and convenience over nutrition and environmental impact. Director Robert Kenner explores the subject from all angles, talking to authors, advocates, farmers, and CEOs, like co-producer Eric Schlosser (Fast Food Nation), Michael Pollan (The Omnivore's Dilemma), Gary Hirschberg (Stonyfield Farms), and Barbara Kowalcyk, who's been lobbying for more rigorous standards since E. coli claimed the life of her two-year-old son. The filmmaker takes his camera into slaughterhouses and factory farms where chickens grow too fast to walk properly, cows eat feed pumped with toxic chemicals, and illegal immigrants risk life and limb to bring these products to market at an affordable cost. If eco-docs tends to preach to the converted, Kenner presents his findings in such an engaging fashion that Food, Inc. may well reach the very viewers who could benefit from it the most: harried workers who don't have the time or income to read every book and eat non-genetically modified produce every day. Though he covers some of the same ground as Super-Size Me and King Korn, Food Inc. presents a broader picture of the problem, and if Kenner takes an understandably tough stance on particular politicians and corporations, he's just as quick to praise those who are trying to be responsible--even Wal-Mart, which now carries organic products. That development may have more to do with economics than empathy, but the consumer still benefits, and every little bit counts.

 

 

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Every Tuesday @ 7:30pm

THE TUESDAY NIGHT MUSIC SHOW RETURNS!

Come down to APT and enjoy a casual evening of music performed by our local music community.  It's a different mix every week.  (A $2 donation is suggested)

 

 

Wednesday, July 8th @ 6:00pm

Summertime, and the writin' is easy! 

A writers' workshop with award winning writer Patricia Roth Schwartz

Many writers and would-be writers plan to use the summer to get more done. Join award-winning writer PRS for a series of fun yet inspiring exercises to jump start your summer writing. You will also set goals for yourself, plus develop a plan to work more productively during your summer writing time.  All levels welcome; all genres: poetry, fiction, memoir, journal writing.

 

Thursday, July 30^th @ 7:00pm

BALLROOM DANCING LESSONS

Learn the basics of Swing and Cha Cha Dancing.  Great for those Summer events!

For more information, please contact Jeannie Cramer at 209-7452 

 

 

 

 

To rent Auburn Public Theater for your creative, social or corporate

event, please contact Janie MicGlire at janie@auburnpublictheater.com

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FOR TICKETS AND UPCOMING EVENT DETAILS, VISIT

www.auburnpublictheater.com

 

AUBURN PUBLIC THEATER

108

Genesee

at

Exchange Street

(315)253-6669

 

Convenient parking next door in the City Parking Garage

AuburnPub.com - A merry olde tyme.

No, this isn't a small village in 1585 England, but the people behind the Sterling Renaissance Festival hope to complete the illusion for their guests. The festival is preparing to start its 33rd season this year; the gates are opening to the public on the weekend of the Fourth of July and will reopen Saturdays and Sundays until Aug. 16. Last year, the festival was only open for six weekends, due to a number of factors. “There had been waning interest in previous years, and we weren't sure if we could sustain the extra weekend,” says Doug Waterbury, who took over ownership and direction of the festival last year. “It costs over $100,000 each weekend to put this show on, and we were putting a lot of money back into the show for improvements and upgrades.” However, the investment paid off, and the festival was very successful last year. “Even with the bad weather we had for almost half the season, we did very well. One day traffic was backed up all the way into downtown Fair Haven, six miles away. We had to call the state police and have them direct traffic. Throughout the season we had maybe 7,000 to 12,000 guests a day, more on some days.” That success has lead Waterbury and his staff to return the festival to its original run of seven weekends, as well as continuing to focus on enlarging and improving the festival. “I went into this expecting a five- to six-year turnaround,” says Waterbury, “and I'm keeping with that. We have a lot of new events and venues here for people this year.” Among those new attractions are several new stages. “The front gate used to just be a facade, but we made an actual stage up there. Actors can stand at the top and interact with guests from the moment they walk in. We also added a covered beer garden stage and added architecture and a second level to the festival stage,” Waterbury said. Waterbury added, “What last year proved is that there is demand for a really great show, and we're going to give people that.” “We've come in with some new blood, some new energy. We have a new point of view is maybe the best way to say it,” he explained, “and there have been veterans, people who have come to this festival for over 30 years, who have said that last year was the best show we've ever had.” One of those veterans is Douglas Kondziolka. Kondziolka is the executive vice president of performing company Don Juan and Miguel, LLC, and he helps put on the acclaimed “Don Juan and Miguel Show” at the Sterling festival and other Renaissance Fairs around the country. “The people come here and they just love it,” said Kondziolka. “They have commented to me about how this festival is so interactive, more than other similar places. The Sterling festival has always been one the highest regarded in the country, and I guess you could say everyone is working to bring it back to its former glory. More has been done in the past two years than in the previous seven.” More construction wouldn't count for much if there wasn't entertainment to fill it, and that job falls to Gary Izzo. Izzo, the creative director of the festival, has been working at the Sterling festival since 1979. “As far as interactive entertainment, this festival sets the bar,” said Izzo, who has worked with the Walt Disney Co. at its theme parks developing and consulting on live entertainment. “I developed and launched the live interactive entertainment at Animal Kingdom, and I've used things that I learned here, at this festival.” Izzo continued, “We have some guest acts for our themed weekends, and more full-time shows this year. People will see something new every year. We have people who have been coming to this festival since it started, and even they have been surprised by what we've added.” One new addition is Falstaff, the classic comedic character from Shakespeare's “Henry IV” (parts one and two) and “The Merry Wives of Windsor.” “We are flying the actor in from Florida every other weekend, and he will be there entertaining people in the beer garden,” Izzo said.

YOUTH THEATRE AUDITIONS
Ages 8 to 18
Elementary, Middle, and High School students

Beauty & the Beast, Jr

Directed by Elisa Carabajal Hunt
Vocal Direction by Sara Fraher

Audition Dates
Ages 8 – 12: Sunday, June 28th at 6:00 PM
Ages 13 – 18: Monday, June 29th at 6:00 PM
at The Willard Chapel, 17 Nelson St., Auburn
Please bring a prepared song and a poem or reading.

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'Once on This Island' lands at Ithaca's Hangar Theatre - syracuse.com.

Are you interested in making comparisons or were you so delighted by the first Central New York production, by Cortland Repertory Theatre, of "Once on This Island" you want to see it again? Here's your chance. Ithaca's Hangar Theatre is putting the finishing touches on its production of the Stephen Flaherty-Lynn Ahrens musical. Set in the Caribbean, in the French Antilles, it tells the story of an island woman who rescues a rich youth, then falls in love with him. Alas, he has been promised to a wealthy young woman and tragedy ensues. Yet there is hope at the end.

AuburnPub.com - ‘Oliver!' stylishly ends Players' season.

‘Oliver!' stylishly ends Players' season

By David Wilcox / The Citizen

Wednesday, June 10, 2009 11:44 PM EDT

Grade: A

The Auburn Players Community Theatre concludes its 2008-2009 season with a true pick of a show: Lionel Bart's “Oliver!”, the musical adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic novel. Under the direction of Dia M. Carabajal, the cast of 60-plus skillfully tackles the musical's catchiest, quirkiest and most moving songs, such as “Oom Pah Pah,” “That's Your Funeral” and “It's a Fine Life.” Between numbers, the cast delicately balances the show's haunting conflicts with its naughty humor.

Zachary Driscoll plays Oliver, a 9-year-old orphan who dares to ask for more gruel of his workhouse caretaker, Mr. Bumble (Michael R. Nye). Driscoll spiritedly inhabits Dickens' iconic character and Nye plays Bumble with amusing vigor.

Appalled by the child's audacious request, Bumble arranges for Oliver to serve an undertaker, Mr. Sowerberry (a hysterically creepy Ed Beck). But when bully Noah Claypole (Paul Noga) besmirches Oliver's late mother, the young boy beats him down and escapes his enslavement to the Sowerberries in the ensuing ruckus.

On the run, Oliver meets the Artful Dodger (Joseph C. Townsend), who introduces the poor boy to a circle of pickpockets ordered about by the greedy Fagin (Thames Nolan). Townsend and Nolan each turn in charismatic performances that make their well-worn characters no less interesting than they originally were on Dickens' pages.

Oliver's odyssey into - and out of - Fagin's criminal enterprise also introduces the audience to Nancy, played by Krystal M. Scott, who propels numbers like “It's a Fine Life” and “As Long as He Needs Me” with soaring vocals. The dramatic weight of the second half of the show is tied to Nancy's relationship with her burglar boyfriend, the misogynous Bill Sykes (a superbly menacing Simon Moody).

The Players' stellar production of “Oliver” shines most in its costumes, especially the raggedy but refined garb of the Artful Dodger and Sykes. The detailed London backdrops and lighting design also set the mid-19th century street scene convincingly. Aside from a few rough patches in choreography, this season-ending show offers audiences more than enough satisfaction on the first helping.

David Wilcox

253-5311 ext. 245

david.wilcox@lee.net

If you go

What: “Oliver!”

When: 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, June 12 and 13; 2 p.m. Sunday, June 14

Where: Irene Bisgrove Theater, Cayuga Community College, 197 Franklin St., Auburn

Cost: $14 adults, $12 seniors/students, $7 children 12 and younger

Info: Call 258-8275

Tony nominee Emily Skinner headlines Hangar's 'Dirty Blonde' - syracuse.com.

Former Tony Award nominee Emily Skinner comes Upstate to top the cast of "Dirty Blonde," which has its official season opening at Ithaca's Hangar Theatre at 8 p.m. Friday at the theater's home in Cass Park. Skinner portrays legendary actress Mae West in Claudia Shear's work, which was nominated for Tony and Drama Desk awards in 2000. The production also marks the launch of the inaugural season of Peter Flynn as artistic director. He is staging "Dirty Blonde."

* Tickets for all APT events can be purchased online at www.auburnpublictheater.com (no fee) or at our box office 10am-4pm Monday - Friday

 

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May 29th and 30th at 8:00pm

THE APT CABARET "The Quirky Side of Broadway"

 

The Quirky Side of Broadway:  featuring music from hit Broadway shows

such as Wicked, Fiddler on the Roof, Thoroughly Modern Millie,

Spamalot, Kiss Me Kate, Urinetown, Guys and Dolls, Anything Goes, 

Avenue Q and many more!  Performers include local singers Steve

Bellamy, Amy Bellamy, Natasha Lathrop and Jessica Cantu, accompanied on

piano by Abigail Droppa. Come and enjoy this hilarious amalgamation of

music as Auburn Public Theater presents it's first ever cabaret! 

Proceeds will benefit Auburn Community Choir. 

 

 

Every Tuesday @ 7:30pm

THE TUESDAY NIGHT MUSIC JAM RETURNS!

Come down to APT and enjoy a casual evening of music performed by our local music community.  It's a different mix every week.  (A $2 donation is suggested. Please don't feed the musicians.)

 

 

June 25^th at 7:30pm

WORDS AND MUSIC SONGWRITER SHOWCASE 

 

A night of original blues and beyond. The featured songwriters are

Colin Aberdeen and Mark Nanni of

Los Blancos

,

Central

New York

's top

roots-and-blues band, plus the folk/soul singer-songwriter Willie

"Taters" Mavins. The show is hosted by Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers.

 

Colin Aberdeen founded two award-winning Central New York bands: the

raucous old-time blues band the Westcott Jugsuckers, the first band to

play the world-famous Dinosaur BBQ, and Los Blancos, which performs

what is referred to as "a mongrel mix of American roots music."

Aberdeen

plays blues, rags, and originals and has toured all over the

country and as far away as

Australia

sharing his love of American roots

music. He has performed with musical luminaries such as Hubert Sumlin,

David Bromberg, Roy Book Binder, Terrance Simien, Bernard Allison,

Ronnie Earl, Merl Saunders, Double Trouble, and Govt. Mule.

http://www.myspace.com/losblancos

 

Mark Nanni has played keyboard and accordion with Los Blancos for more

than ten years. He also performs with his own band, The Intention, as

well as playing solo piano gigs, recording, producing, and teaching.

http://www.myspace.com/marknanni

Willie "Taters" Mavins is a singer and songwriter who performs with the

band Quick Change the acoustic duo Ken and Willie. For ten years he

hosted the open mic at

Syracuse

's famed Orange Grove.

 

Series host Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers is a grand prize winner in the John

Lennon Songwriting Contest as well as a contributor to NPR's All Things

Considered and founding editor of Acoustic Guitar magazine.

http://www.jeffreypepperrodgers.com

 

ABOUT THE SERIES

The Words and Music Songwriter Showcase is a celebration of original

music from

Central New York

and beyond, featuring established and

emerging artists of all genres in an up-close-and-personal acoustic

setting. Since its debut in January 2008, the series has featured such

top talent as Maura Kennedy, Lisa Gentile, John Cadley (The Lost Boys),

Ashley Cox, Bob Halligan Jr., Joe Crookston, Jamie Notarthomas, and

Gary Frenay and Arty Lenin. The Words and Music series is sponsored by

the Folkus Project and WAER, and supported by a DeFrancisco Arts and

Cultural grant through the Cultural Resources Council. The series

continues through 2009 with monthly shows at

Syracuse

's Jazz Central

and at the Auburn Public Theater.

 

 

Wednesday, July 8th @ 6:00pm

Summertime, and the writin' is easy! 

A writers' workshop with award winning writer Patricia Roth Schwartz

 

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Auburn Public Theater Main Stage

 

Sunday, June 14th at 3pm & 7pm

AUBURN COMMUNITY CHOIR

Come hear the first performance of

Auburn

's newest choir, directed by Amy Bellamy.

 

Tuesday, July 14h at 7:30pm  

A concert with GURUGANESHA SINGH and his band

 

Saturday, July 11^th at 7:30pm

A Concert with DUSTY PASCAL and DAN BLISS

 

Friday/Saturday, July 31st and August 1st at 2pm & 7pm

The APT Summer Children's Program Performance:

 HARRIET TUBMAN Journey to Freedom

 

Saturday, August 15th at 7:30pm  

An encore concert with JULIA NUNES

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AUBURN PUBLIC THEATER CINEMA

Fridays & Saturdays at 8pm * All movies only $5 ($4 online)

 

May 29th and 30th  

BIG NIGHT

Critics tripped all over their big feet to praise Big Night, an

intimate look at the immigrant struggle to attain the American Dream,

Set in New Jersey in the 1950s. Stanley Tucci wrote Big Night with his

cousin Joseph Tropiano, and they based the story on the experience of

growing up in a large, proud Italian family. The brothers in Big Night

--chef Primo (Tony Shalhoub) and businessman Secondo (Tucci)--have come

to

New Jersey

to open a bistro named The Paradise that serves the

finest in traditional, authentic Italian cuisine. Their every move is

foiled by rival restaurant Pascal's, which serves mile-high servings of

spaghetti and meatballs and flasks of bad Chianti at exorbitant prices.

Primo is disgusted by the fact that Americans want cheap pasta instead

of risotto, so Secondo hatches a plan to boost business: rumor has it

bandleader Louis Prima is travelling through and will dine at The

Paradise that very night. Secondo gambles to bring the finest dinner

ever cooked--at the risk of losing his shirt and being reduced to exile

to the old country with his tail between his legs. Big Night is a film

that will easily invite comparisons to other "food" fare like Babette's

Feast and Eat Drink Man Woman but, though Tucci insists his story is

"about the struggle between art and commerce and the risk of staying

true to yourself," the media refused to let it stay a small,

comparative work. The movie, and the buzz around it, became a parable

for the essence of the film itself: art vs. commerce.

 

June 5th and 6^th

DOUBT

From Miramax Films comes one of the most honored and acclaimed motion

pictures of the year, Doubt. Based on the Pulitzer Prize and Tony

Award-winning play, Doubt is a mesmerizing, suspense-filled drama with

four riveting performances from Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman,

Amy Adams and Viola Davis that will have you pinned to the edge of your

seat. Sister Aloysius Beauvier (Streep), the rigid and fear-inspiring

principal of the Saint Nicholas Church School, suffers an extreme

dislike for the progressive and popular parish priest Father Flynn

(Hoffman). Looking for wrongdoing in every corner, Sister Aloysius

believes she's uncovered the ultimate sin when she hears Father Flynn

has taken a special interest in a troubled boy. But without proof, the

only thing certain is doubt. Nominated for 5 Golden Globes and 6

Critics' Choice awards, there is no Doubt it is "One of the best

pictures of the year," (USA Today, Rolling Stone, New York Post, San

Francisco Examiner, Roger Ebert).

 

June 12^th and 13^th

TBA

 

June 18^th and 20^th

THE LIFE OF BRIAN

 

June 26^th only

THE

U.S.

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AUBURN PUBLIC THEATER 4^th ANNUAL SUMMER PROGRAM

 

Auburn Public Theater's 4th annual Summer Children's Theater Program is

one of

Central New York

's newest summer theater programs, run by

children and for children. It will give aspiring young actors a taste

of life behind the scenes--and in the spotlight--of a musical

theatrical production based on a brand new musical production, "HARRIET

TUBMAN, Journey to Freedom" directed by Carey Eidel.  From creating

costumes and scenery to playing major roles on stage, children from the

local community will have the opportunity to spend four weeks this

summer pursuing their passion for drama led by the gifted

actor/director/producer, Carey Eidel.

 

ONLY A FEW SPOTS REMAIN OPEN FOR THE 11-18 YEAR OLD GROUP.  SORRY, THE 6-10 YEAR OLD GROUP IS SOLD OUT.

 

For more information or to register your child in the workshop, please

contact Janie MicGlire by email at janie@auburnpublictheater.com or

call her at the theater at (315) 253-6669.

A limited number of full and partial scholarships are available. Please

contact Janie MicGlire (see above) for more information.

 

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COMMUNITY EVENTS

 

Saturday, June 6^th from 12pm - 5pm  FREE

THE TED CASE FILM FESTIVAL

 

June 18 at 7:00pm

Branches Presents BATTLE OF THE BATCHELORS

Join us for the hottest experience of the year as

Auburn

's most eligible bachelors are auctioned to the highest bidders. Don't miss out on this must attend event by buying your tickets presale. Be there or be square!High bidder wins a date to Bistro One with her "prize"! Eveningwear $20 admission includes one drink

For ticket information: info@brancheskids.org  315.283.6215

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To rent Auburn Public Theater for your creative, social or corporate

event, please contact Janie MicGlire at janie@auburnpublictheater.com

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FOR TICKETS AND UPCOMING EVENT DETAILS, VISIT

www.auburnpublictheater.com

 

AUBURN PUBLIC THEATER

108

Genesee

at

Exchange Street

(315)253-6669

 

Convenient parking next door in the City Parking Garage

Central New Yorkers can have their fill of musical theater this summer - Summertime from The Post-Standard - syracuse.com.

SCHEDULES ACME MYSTERY THEATER COMPANY Spaghetti Warehouse, 689 N. Clinton St., Syracuse. $25.95 plus tax and gratuity. 475-1807. "Homestyle Homicide: The Freagan Family Reunion": 7 p.m. Thursdays to June 25. Seating begins about 6:45 p.m. APPLESEED PRODUCTIONS Atonement Lutheran Church,116 W. Glen Ave., Syracuse. $18; seniors and students, $15. 492-9766, www.appleseedproductions.org. "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum": 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays, June 12 to June 21. CORTLAND REPERTORY THEATRE Cortland Repertory Theater, 6288 Little York Lake Road, Little York. $20 to $27, with discounts for seniors and students. 800-427-6160, www.cortlandrep.org "Once on This Island": June 3 to 13. No Monday shows. "I Hate Hamlet": June 17 to 27. No Monday shows. "Damn Yankees": July 1 to 18. No shows Mondays or July 3. "Unnecessary Farce": July 22 to Aug. 1. No Monday shows. "Gross Indecency": Aug. 5 to 15. No Monday shows. "Forever Plaid": Aug. 19 to Sept. 4. No Monday shows. GIFFORD FAMILY THEATRE W. Carroll Coyne Center for the Performing Arts, Le Moyne College, 1419 Salt Springs Road, DeWitt. $15; children, $10. 445-4523. "The True Story of The Three Little Pigs!": 2 and 7 p.m. June 6 and June 13, 7 p.m. June 12. GLIMMERGLASS OPERA The Alice Busch Opera Theater, Highway 80, Cooperstown. Single tickets $48 to $130. 607-547-2255, www.glimmerglass.org. "La Traviata": July 18, 20, 26 and 28; Aug. 1, 3, 6, 8, 11, 14, 16, 20, 22, 25. "La Cenerentola": July 19, 24, 27 and 31; Aug. 4, 8, 10, 13, 15, 17, 21, 23. "The Consul": July 25 and 30; Aug. 1, 7, 9, 15, 18, 22 and 24. "Dido and Aeneas": Aug. 2, 9, 16 and 23. HANGAR THEATRE Hangar Theatre, Route 89, Ithaca. $16 to $38. 607-273-4497, www.hangartheatre.org. "Dirty Blonde": June 3 to 13. No Monday shows. "Once on this Island": June 18 to July 4. No Monday shows. "November": July 8 to 18. No Monday shows. "Betrayal": July 22 to Aug. 1. No Monday shows. "Rent": Aug. 6 to 22. No Monday shows. MAGIC CIRCLE CHILDREN'S THEATRE Spaghetti Warehouse, 689 N. Clinton St., Syracuse. $5. 449-3823. "The Emperor's New Clothes": 12:30 p.m. Saturdays to June 27. MERRY-GO-ROUND PLAYHOUSE Emerson Park Playhouse, Route 38A, Owasco. General admission, $33 to $39; seniors and students with ID, $30 to $37; younger than 17, $26 to $33. 255-1785 or 800-457-8897, www.merry-go-round.com. "The Full Monty": To June 17. No Sunday shows. "High School Musical": June 24 to July 18. No shows Sundays or July 4. "No, No Nanette": July 22 to Aug. 12. No Sunday shows. "A Chorus Line": Aug. 19 to Sept. 5. No Sunday shows. RARELY DONE PRODUCTIONS Jazz Central, 441 E. Washington St., Syracuse. $20. 546-3224, www.rarelydone.org. "Bingo: The Musical": 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays to June 20, 2 p.m. June 14. SHAKESPEARE IN THE PARK Thornden Park Amphitheater, Beech Street, Syracuse. Presented by the Syracuse Shakespeare Festival. Free. "The Tempest": 5:30 p.m. Aug. 13 to 15 and Aug. 20 to 22, 2 p.m. Aug. 16. SYRACUSE OPERA Thornden Park Amphitheater, Beech Street, Syracuse. Free. 475-5915. "The Secret Garden": An operatic retelling. 2:30 p.m. Aug. 9. Bring a chair. SYRACUSE STAGE Syracuse Stage, 820 E. Genesee St., Syracuse; Arthur Storch Theater. $24 to $48; ages 40 and younger, $20. 443-3275, www.syracusestage.org. "Crowns": 3 and 8 p.m. June 6, 2 p.m. June 7. TALENT CO. New Times Theatre, Empire Expo Center, Geddes. $25; seniors and students, $23; 12 and younger, $16. 479-7469, www.thetalentco.com. "West Side Story": 8 p.m. Wednesdays to Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays. July 9 to Aug. 9.

Youth theater awards to be presented - syracuse.com.

The SALT (Syracuse Area Live Theater) awards recently celebrated their sixth anniversary. Now it is the turn of the SALTYs (Syracuse Area Live Theater Youth) to stage their fourth annual prize ceremony. This year the scene shifts to the 700-seat auditorium of Cicero-North Syracuse High School due to the event's outgrowing the New Times Theater. It is set for 12:30 p.m. June 6. Art Zimmer, founder and president, says he launched the SALTYs when it became obvious there was a need to honor students and educators. He created an academy similar to the one that chooses the SALT Awards.

Auburn Public Theater Main Stage

Tickets for all events can be purchased with no added fees at www.auburnpublictheater.com

 

 THIS SATURDAY!

May 16^th  JULIA NUNES with opener Dusty Pas'cal at 7:30pm

She's a YouTube phenomenon. She's a ukulele-wielding smartass and an incredible talent.  Fairport native Nunes has been working her 19-year-old butt off lately. She just got back from a handful of dates opening for piano popster Ben Folds, she's in the middle of recording her second album, getting flooded with fan mail, dealing with more than 1 million YouTube hits, and being hounded for autographs. Actress Molly Ringwald just sang her praises in a morning-show interview. Nunes is a serious musician with bright blue eyes, bright blonde hair, and a perpetual smirk. She has a knack for turning a phrase into something much more than your standard girl-with-a-guitar lament. Plus she's got a big, beautiful voice - and a little ukulele. Nunes first made the scene four years ago in the informal singer-songwriter collective that came to be known as Chicks With Picks; five young women who rose above the coffeehouse caterwaul cliché to offer some refreshing, lyrically insightful, and compelling music. Nunes' migration to the ukulele separated her from the pack even more. Nunes was already creating a buzz with YouTube videos of her own songs played on guitar, complete with harmonies and clever, though perhaps a little rudimentary, video editing. Once the ukulele entered the equation, people really started to take notice - including the folks at Bushman, a company that manufactures ukuleles in Nashville, Indiana. The Bushman bigwigs urged Nunes to enter the company's World Ukulele Video Contest. The prize: a new Bushman ukulele. After Nunes' win in December 2007 the buzz went from bumblebee to chainsaw. Ben Folds was one of those people watching. The college-friendly alt-pop star dug her cover of his tune "Gone," and offered her the opening slot on some of his tour dates this past spring. At present, Nunes has more than 27,000 subscribers to her YouTube account, which currently hosts 43 videos. Her most recent video, "Balloons," received more than 600,000 hits in the first four days it was posted.

CHECK HER OUT AT: http://www.junumusic.com  www.myspace.com/jaaaaaaa   http://www.youtube.com/user/jaaaaaaa

 

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AUBURN PUBLIC THEATER StageRight

 

May 29th and 30th  APT proudly presents our first ever...CABARET "The Quirky Side of Broadway" at 7:30pm

The Quirky Side of Broadway:  featuring music from hit Broadway shows such as Wicked, Fiddler on the Roof, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Spamalot, Kiss Me Kate, Urinetown, Guys and Dolls, Anything Goes,  Avenue Q and many more!  Performers include local singers Steve Bellamy, Amy Bellamy, Natasha Lathrop and Jessica Cantu, accompanied on piano by Abigail Droppa. Come and enjoy this hilarious amalgamation of music as Auburn Public Theater presents it's first ever cabaret!  Proceeds will benefit Auburn Community Choir. 

 

June 25^th WORDS AND MUSIC SONGWRITER SHOWCASE at 7:30pm

A night of original blues and beyond. The featured songwriters are Colin Aberdeen and Mark Nanni of Los Blancos, Central New York's top roots-and-blues band, plus the folk/soul singer-songwriter Willie "Taters" Mavins. The show is hosted by Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers, winner of a Lennon Award--and a grand prize--in the 2008 John Lennon Songwriting Contest.

Colin Aberdeen founded two award-winning Central New York bands: the raucous old-time blues band the Westcott Jugsuckers, the first band to play the world-famous Dinosaur BBQ, and Los Blancos, which performs what is referred to as "a mongrel mix of American roots music." Aberdeen plays blues, rags, and originals and has toured all over the country and as far away as Australia sharing his love of American roots music. He has performed with musical luminaries such as Hubert Sumlin, David Bromberg, Roy Book Binder, Terrance Simien, Bernard Allison, Ronnie Earl, Merl Saunders, Double Trouble, and Govt. Mule. http://www.myspace.com/losblancos

Mark Nanni has played keyboard and accordion with Los Blancos for more than ten years. He also performs with his own band, The Intention, as well as playing solo piano gigs, recording, producing, and teaching. http://www.myspace.com/marknanni

Willie "Taters" Mavins is a singer and songwriter who performs with the band Quick Change the acoustic duo Ken and Willie. For ten years he hosted the open mic at Syracuse's famed Orange Grove.

Series host Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers is a grand prize winner in the John Lennon Songwriting Contest as well as a contributor to NPR's All Things Considered and founding editor of Acoustic Guitar magazine.

http://www.jeffreypepperrodgers.com

ABOUT THE SERIES

The Words and Music Songwriter Showcase is a celebration of original music from Central New York and beyond, featuring established and emerging artists of all genres in an up-close-and-personal acoustic setting. Since its debut in January 2008, the series has featured such top talent as Maura Kennedy, Lisa Gentile, John Cadley (The Lost Boys), Ashley Cox, Bob Halligan Jr., Joe Crookston, Jamie Notarthomas, and Gary Frenay and Arty Lenin. The Words and Music series is sponsored by the Folkus Project and WAER, and supported by a DeFrancisco Arts and Cultural grant through the Cultural Resources Council. The series continues through 2009 with monthly shows at Syracuse's Jazz Central and at the Auburn Public Theater.

 

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AUBURN PUBLIC THEATER CINEMA

Fridays & Saturdays at 8pm * All movies only $5 ($4 online)

 

May 15^th and 16^th  ANNIE HALL

Annie Hall is one of the truest, most bittersweet romances on film. In it, Allen plays a thinly disguised version of himself: Alvy Singer, a successful--if neurotic--television comedian living in Manhattan. Annie (the wholesomely luminous Dianne Keaton) is a Midwestern transplant who dabbles in photography and sings in small clubs. When the two meet, the sparks are immediate--if repressed. Alone in her apartment for the first time, Alvy and Annie navigate a minefield of self-conscious "is-this-person-someone-I'd-want-to-get-involved-with?" conversation. As they speak, subtitles flash their unspoken thoughts: the likes of "I'm not smart enough for him" and "I sound like a jerk." Despite all their caution, they connect, and we're swept up in the flush of their new romance. Allen's antic sensibility shines here in a series of flashbacks to Alvy's childhood, growing up, quite literally, under a rumbling roller coaster. His boisterous Jewish family's dinner table shares a split screen with the WASP-y Hall's tight-lipped holiday table, one Alvy has joined for the first time. His position as outsider is uncontestable he looks down the table and sizes up Annie's "Grammy Hall" as "a classic Jew-hater." The relationship arcs, as does Annie's growing desire for independence. It quickly becomes clear that the two are on separate tracks, as what was once endearing becomes annoying. Annie Hall embraces Allen's central themes--his love affair with New York (and hatred of Los Angeles), how impossible relationships are, and his fear of death. But their balance is just right, the chemistry between Allen's worry-wart Alvy and Keaton's gangly, loopy Annie is one of the screen's best pairings. It couldn't be more engaging.

May 22^nd and 23^rd   KING OF HEARTS

This film was a touchstone of the late 1960s, when it was seen as an antiwar allegory for a world in which madness seemed to reign. Of course, that would probably be true whenever this movie was shown, wouldn't it? Directed by Philippe de Broca and set during World War I, King of Hearts stars Alan Bates as a Scottish soldier separated from his unit in France. He wanders into a small French village that has been abandoned by its residents in the face of oncoming combat. Instead, the town is populated by the residents of a nearby insane asylum, whose keepers have fled--a fact that escapes the innocent soldier, who assumes these are the regular folks. A film that celebrates the innocence and wisdom of the insane, even as it questions who the real madmen are. One of the most popular foreign films of all time, playing continuously in some theatres for over five years, King of Hearts is a "bright, lilting, whimsical, lyrical" (Cue) comedy that cleverly satirizes the absurdity of war with a "message [that is] meaningful and entertaining".

May 29^th and 30^th   BIG NIGHT

Critics tripped all over their big feet to praise Big Night, an intimate look at the immigrant struggle to attain the American Dream, set in New Jersey in the 1950s. Stanley Tucci wrote Big Night with his cousin Joseph Tropiano, and they based the story on the experience of growing up in a large, proud Italian family. The brothers in Big Night--chef Primo (Tony Shalhoub) and businessman Secondo (Tucci)--have come to New Jersey to open a bistro named The Paradise that serves the finest in traditional, authentic Italian cuisine. Their every move is foiled by rival restaurant Pascal's, which serves mile-high servings of spaghetti and meatballs and flasks of bad Chianti at exorbitant prices. Primo is disgusted by the fact that Americans want cheap pasta instead of risotto, so Secondo hatches a plan to boost business: rumor has it bandleader Louis Prima is travelling through and will dine at The Paradise that very night. Secondo gambles to bring the finest dinner ever cooked--at the risk of losing his shirt and being reduced to exile to the old country with his tail between his legs. Big Night is a film that will easily invite comparisons to other "food" fare like Babette's Feast and Eat Drink Man Woman but, though Tucci insists his story is "about the struggle between art and commerce and the risk of staying true to yourself," the media refused to let it stay a small, comparative work. The movie, and the buzz around it, became a parable for the essence of the film itself: art vs. commerce.

June 5th and 6th     DOUBT

From Miramax Films comes one of the most honored and acclaimed motion pictures of the year, Doubt. Based on the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning play, Doubt is a mesmerizing, suspense-filled drama with four riveting performances from Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams and Viola Davis that will have you pinned to the edge of your seat. Sister Aloysius Beauvier (Streep), the rigid and fear-inspiring principal of the Saint Nicholas Church School, suffers an extreme dislike for the progressive and popular parish priest Father Flynn (Hoffman). Looking for wrongdoing in every corner, Sister Aloysius believes she's uncovered the ultimate sin when she hears Father Flynn has taken a special interest in a troubled boy. But without proof, the only thing certain is doubt. Nominated for 5 Golden Globes and 6 Critics' Choice awards, there is no Doubt it is "One of the best pictures of the year," (USA Today, Rolling Stone, New York Post, San Francisco Examiner, Roger Ebert).

                    

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Get ready for Summer 2009

APT proudly presents our 4th annual

Children's Summer Theater Program!

 

Auburn Public Theater's 4th annual Summer Children's Theater Program is one of Central New York's newest summer theater programs, run by children and for children. It will give aspiring young actors a taste of life behind the scenes--and in the spotlight--of a musical theatrical production based on a brand new musical production, "HARRIET TUBMAN, Journey to Freedom" directed by Carey Eidel.  From creating costumes and scenery to playing major roles on stage, children from the local community will have the opportunity to spend four weeks this summer pursuing their passion for drama led by the gifted actor/director/producer, Carey Eidel.

PROGRAM DATES: •     Monday - Wednesday - Friday

•     9:00am - 12:00noon, 6-10 year-olds

•     1:00pm - 4:00pm, 11 - 18 year-olds

•     July 6^th - August 1^st, 2009

AGES:  6 - 18

COST:  $100.00 (A non-refundable deposit of $25.00 made payable by June 1^st is required to hold a spot in camp. Refunds (excluding the deposit) are only given for documented medical or family emergencies. The balance is due on Monday, July 6^th.) FULL 4 WEEK SESSION REQUIRED

WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN OUR SUMMER CHILDREN'S THEATER PROGRAM?

For the first three weeks, the program will include both acting classes and rehearsals for "HARRIET TUBMAN, Journey to Freedom," our final show.  The fourth week will include dress and technical rehearsals for the show on Monday and Wednesday, and Thursday with performances on Friday and Saturday. 

ABOUT CAREY EIDEL

Carey is the Managing Director of Auburn Public Theater.  He lives in Auburn with his wife, Angela Daddabbo, and their two children, Gianna and Heschel.  He arrived seven years ago to open Daddabbo's Pizza, then, last April, sold the pizza shop to devote himself to Auburn Public Theater full time.  B.A. (Before Auburn), he spent twenty-five years making his living as an actor, writer, director and acting coach in NYC and LA.  This will be Carey's first time directing APT's Summer Children's Theater Program production.

For more information or to register your child in the workshop, please contact Janie MicGlire by email at janie@auburnpublictheater.com or call her at the theater at (315) 253-6669.

A casting call will be held at Auburn Public Theater on Wednesday, June 24^th from 6:00pm-8:00pm and on Saturday, June 27^th from 10:00am-12:00noon to allow our team the opportunity to meet enrolled students and cast the play.  All children who register for the workshop will be cast in the play.

A limited number of full and partial scholarships are available. Please contact Janie MicGlire (see above) for more information.

 

 

COMMUNITY EVENTS AT AUBURN PUBLIC THEATER

Every Thursday

BALLROOM DANCING LESSONS - For Class Info, contact Jeanne Cramer at 209-7452

 

Sunday, May 17^th at 4:30pm  $8 at door

FIREWORKS A NIGHT OF MUSIC with special guests We Are The Union, California, Last Minute Letter, I Call Fives and Road To Recovery

 

Saturday, June6th

THE TED CASE FILM FESTIVAL 12pm -5pm  FREE

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To rent Auburn Public Theater for your creative, social or corporate event, please contact Janie MicGlire at janie@auburnpublictheater.com

 

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FOR TICKETS AND UPCOMING EVENT DETAILS, VISIT www.auburnpublictheater.com

 

AUBURN PUBLIC THEATER
108 Genesee at Exchange Street

(315)253-6669

Convenient parking next door in the City Parking Garage

Paul Mecurio Q&A with the Auburnian

1. Are you looking forward to coming back to the Auburn Public Theater and why?

Absolutely - I have a great time in Auburn. The folks are so friendly, it's like my second home, which is good because I live under the bridge. Angela, Carey, Brian Janey, as well as the supporters, have done amazing things with the theater and I am honored they ask me back to be part of it and the community. My wife and son love coming up as well.

 

2. You are a comedian, what do you find funny with and in Auburn, NY?

Love the prison, always funny. Hard to say really, I love that it feels like a community where you can leave your doors unlocked at night. Which is great for me because on my last trip I came home with a flat screen TV.

 

3. Auburn is attempting a new startup in the Music Theatre Festival that should debut in 2011. How are your singing and dancing skills?

I sing only with a gun to my head. Dancing is another story. I can do the Foxtrot and the Jitterbug and I do it wearing fishnet stockings and army boots. It's quite a sight.

 

4. We see by your website that you travel to both coasts, quite often. But what do you do when you are not at a gig?

I fill out online Q&A's, happily. Seriously, I save babies who have fallen down wells - you'd be surprised how many really. It happens all the time.

 

5. Are you concerned about the recent outbreak of swine flu and the possibility of catching it with all the traveling?

I have built up incredible antibodies to the swine flu by kissing pigs for the past 10 days. A little side note, they love to cuddle. Actually no, if you gotta die from something why not something with the word swine in it.

Official Site and Blog: www.paulmecurio.com
Myspace: www.myspace.com/paulmecurio
YouTube: www.youtube.com/paulmecurio

SHOW DETAILS:
Admission is $17 at door, $15 Advance
Saturday, May 9 @ 7:30 p.m. & 9:30 p.m.

Auburn Public Theater
108 Genesee Street
Auburn, New York
Box Office: (315) 263-6669
www.auburnpublictheater.com

The DFTA Crew has a 4 servings of laughter for you in May. No matter where you live in Central NY, the DFTA crew will be coming to an area near you. So come see our unique blend of audience interactive Improv. Each outing will have a different crew and we have a couple of new games in store. And since the suggestions all come from you each show is different. Come see one or all four outings in May:

The Palace Theatre, 2384 James St., Syracuse NY, 7:30PM
May 13: Greg Hipius (The Game Warden) with Dustin M. Czarny, Gerrit VanderWerff Jr., Mark Allen Holt, Megan Flanagan, and Wendy Sikorski

Monirae's, 688 County Route 10, Pennellville NY, 7PM
This show includes a delicious buffet compliments of Monirae's - Buffet opens at 6PM
May 14: Greg Hipius (The Game Warden) with Dustin M. Czarny, Gerrit VanderWerff Jr., Wendy Sikorski, and Jon Wilson (Artistic Director of Appleseed Productions)

Bridie Manor, 1830 Bridie Square, Oswego NY, 7PM
May 20: Greg Hipius (The Game Warden) with Dustin M. Czarny, Wendy Sikorski, Gerrit VanderWerff Jr., and CJ Young

Josephine's Marina Bistro, 209 Main St., Morristown NY, 8PM
May 30: Greg Hipius (The Game Warden) with Dustin M. Czarny, Gerrit VanderWerff Jr., Megan Flanagan, Wendy Sikorski, and Mark Allen Holt

All shows are $15. Tickets can be purchased in advance or at the door. Got alot of friends? 10 packs of tickets for a reduced price of $135 is available.

For ticket information visit us at http://www.brightstarproductionz.com/DFTABuyTickets.html.

Come join us you will be laughing so hard you will be hungry for more.

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Don't Feed The Actors!
Improv Comedy troupe
for tickets and upcoming events go to
http://www.brightstarproductionz.com/DFTABuyTickets.html#DFTA%20Tickets
for information call (315) 383-4318

AuburnPub.com - ‘Valiant' women.

Featuring a three-woman cast, “Valiant” has received nominations for the New York Innovative Theatre Award for Outstanding Ensemble and the New York International Fringe Festival Overall Excellence in Performance Award. The performance is part of the Wells' annual Arts & Lecture Series, which bring professional artists to the college to perform and discuss their work. Each year, featured artists are invited to represent the fields of dance, drama and music. Grady said this will be an opportunity for the Wells community to experience both great writing and acting from Joffrey. “She has an ability to be completely different people, and to have this incredible in-depth understanding of them,” Grady said. “I thought she would be an actor who would appeal directly to the community here at Wells.”

Former Syracuse Stage artistic director Bob Moss to direct SU drama - syracuse.com.

Former Syracuse Stage artistic director Robert Moss makes his directing debut next season with the Syracuse University drama department. He plans to direct a revival of the classic '30s comedy "Room Service," which later became a hit movie starring the Marx Brothers. It focuses on an unscrupulous Broadway producer who is struggling to find a backer for his new show; a play that he is certain will be a hit. Moss, who has been teaching in the department, spent a decade leading Syracuse Stage before retiring in 2007.

AUBURN PUBLIC THEATER MAIN STAGE

 

May 9th   Stand-up Comedian PAUL MECURIO 7:30pm & 9:30pm

A native of Providence, Rhode Island, Paul Mecurio graduated with high honors from Georgetown Law School and began his career on Wall Street as a mergers and acquisitions lawyer at the law firm of Willkie, Farr and Gallagher and later as an investment banker at CS First Boston. All the while, Paul was honing a secret, second career writing and performing comedy in New York City. After several years on Wall Street, Paul moved center stage, leaving Wall Street and starting his career as a stand-up comedian. In 1996, Paul was invited to be on the original writing and performing team for a new Comedy Central show called "The Daily Show." In 2001, as a writer for "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart," Paul won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement In Writing In A Variety, Music or Comedy Program. For his work on "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart: Indecision 2000," Paul was honored with a Peabody Award for Excellence in Broadcasting (think The Pulitzer Prize for Broadcasting). In 2002, Paul received his second Emmy nomination for his work on "The Daily Show." Paul has also been featured as a field correspondent on "The Daily Show" and in "The Daily Show" segment, "Second Opinion," in which he skewered the medical profession playing an HMO representative with a less than sympathetic mindset. Paul recently shot the television pilot "Sports Central," in which he starred, co-created and executive produced. Using a news format, "Sports Central" is a funny, smart look at the controversial off-the-field issues and player behavior plaguing sports. A national headliner in clubs and theaters across North America and in Europe, Paul has performed at the prestigious Just For Laughs Comedy Festival in Montreal and has made numerous TV appearances including "Comedy Central Presents," "The Late, Late Show with Craig Kilborn," "Late Night w/Conan O'Brien," Comedy Central's "Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn," Comedy Central's "Dr. Katz", NBC's "Late Friday," and numerous appearances on VH1's popular clip shows. Paul has been a guest on Fox News Channel and makes regular appearances on CNN, CNNfn and MSNBC as a political satirist. On May 21, 2004, Paul premiered his own "Comedy Central Presents" half-hour special. Paul was featured as a political satirist in the 2004 Presidential Election coverage by The Daily News, CNN, MSNBC, CNNfn, and ESPN2.Paul was seen in a guest-starring role opposite John Cleese in the ABC sitcom "Wednesday at 9:30" and shot, "The Joke Show," a television pilot set in New York City for famed producer/directors Barry Levinson and Tom Fontana. He can also be seen in the upcoming film drama, "High Art, Low Life," written and directed by Peter Nourjian and recently shot the lead role in the independent film "Faux Pix."Paul has written, produced and directed five short films, the latest of which, "Gloves," an off-center dark comedy has been screened at several prestigious film festivals including "The US Comedy Arts Festival" in Aspen, "The Toronto Film Festival," "The Los Angeles Independent Film Festival" and "The San Sebastian Film Festival" in Spain. Paul also worked on the film "American Buffalo," starring Dustin Hoffman and Dennis Franz based on the award winning David Mamet play of the same name.

CASH WINE/BEER BAR with proper I.D.

For Group Sales (10 or more), please call (315) 253-6302

 

May 12th   A Concert with SNATAM KAUR 7:30pm  (Children's Yoga Class taught by Snatam at 4pm)

Snatam Kaur has been singing and playing music all of her 28 years. As a young girl in California, she learned to sing with her mother in the Sikh musical style. As she has grown, her musical scope has expanded, and she now includes many traditions and many instruments in her exploration of sound. Snatam Kaur Khalsa is an emerging and celebrated spiritual music ambassador.  Snatam, a Sanskrit word, meaning universal, nucleus, and friend to all; Kaur, a Punjabi word and a faith-mandated surname for all Sikh women, means a princess and lioness; and Khalsa, a Sikh term that defines the Order of the Pure;  Snatam truly embodies a rare composite of those qualities through her devotional music and her radiant persona. Her music is another bridge between the traditions and cultures of East and West.  Snatam Kaur brilliantly interfaces Gurbani Kirtan, the Sikh style of religious music, the western classical, and popular styles in her music and concerts.  Snatam is popularizing her own unique style, rhythms, musical arrangements, and is introducing the Sikh sacred music to global audiences.  Her music transcends traditional musical familiarities and frontiers, reaches deep into our soul where Gurmukhi, the language of Sikh scriptures, offers no formidable threshold that our spirit cannot cross or joyfully embrace. Snatam Kaur is many attributes in one.  She is an accomplished music soloist, songstress and poet; Kundalini Yoga master, spiritual healer; teacher, and cultural commentator.  Her music seamlessly combines many musical, cultural, and spiritual textures: of a Sikh Ragi (a musician well versed in Indian musical patterns known as Ragas); sacred Sanskrit, Buddhist, American Indian chants; Celtic song and music tradition, use of western orchestra, folk genre, cathedral choir, and many other musical influences.

Snatam Kaur presents her music with a deep sense of reverence.  Snatam is modest and approachable; unassuming and friendly.  Her contagious optimism captures the imagination and attention to her words, message of peace, and music as a shared and precious human legacy.  With a gentle passion, she offers: "For people of all faiths, all walks of life, and through the power of our own voices singing songs of peace, we provide a place for the spirit of humanity to rise." She reminds us of the words of her mentor, Sri Singh Sahib Bhai Sahib Harbhajan Singh Khalsa Yogi Ji or affectionately, Yogi Bhajan: "If you cannot see God in all, you cannot see God at all."The sacred Sikh commandments and spiritual wisdom, that have formed the foundation of Snatam's faith and her spirit since she was a young child, remind us:"O mortal, recognize all humanity as One Race, One Brotherhood." "Every living being is a repository of Divine Light.""No one is outside the circle of God's boundless benevolence."Snatam's music mosaic and teachings seem to affirm this deep conviction and respect for all life, cultures, and faiths.  Her interfaith, multi-cultural, and multi-generational audience and admirers of her music see her as an ambassador of goodwill and peace

 

May 16^th  JULIA NUNES at 7:30pm

She's a YouTube phenomenon. She's a ukulele-wielding smartass and an incredible talent. She's Julia Nunes - and she just woke up. Fairport native Nunes has been working her 19-year-old butt off lately. She just got back from a handful of dates opening for piano popster Ben Folds, she's in the middle of recording her second album, getting flooded with fan mail, dealing with more than 1 million YouTube hits, and being hounded for autographs. Actress Molly Ringwald just sang her praises in a morning-show interview earlier this week. Nunes is a serious musician with bright blue eyes, bright blonde hair, and a perpetual smirk. She has a knack for turning a phrase into something much more than your standard girl-with-a-guitar lament. Plus she's got a big, beautiful voice - and a little ukulele. Nunes first made the scene four years ago in the informal singer-songwriter collective that came to be known as Chicks With Picks; five young women who rose above the coffeehouse caterwaul cliché to offer some refreshing, lyrically insightful, and compelling music. Nunes' migration to the ukulele separated her from the pack even more. Nunes was already creating a buzz with YouTube videos of her own songs played on guitar, complete with harmonies and clever, though perhaps a little rudimentary, video editing. Once the ukulele entered the equation, people really started to take notice - including the folks at Bushman, a company that manufactures ukuleles in Nashville, Indiana. The Bushman bigwigs urged Nunes to enter the company's World Ukulele Video Contest. The prize: a new Bushman ukulele. After Nunes' win in December 2007 the buzz went from bumblebee to chainsaw. Ben Folds was one of those people watching. The college-friendly alt-pop star dug her cover of his tune "Gone," and offered her the opening slot on some of his tour dates this past spring. At present, Nunes has more than 27,000 subscribers to her YouTube account, which currently hosts 43 videos. Her most recent video, "Balloons," received more than 600,000 hits in the first four days it was posted.

CHECK HER OUT AT: http://www.junumusic.com  www.myspace.com/jaaaaaaa   http://www.youtube.com/user/jaaaaaaa

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AUBURN PUBLIC THEATER CINEMA

Fridays & Saturdays at 8pm * All movies only $5 ($4 online)

April 17/18/24/25      THE LINGUISTS  

Proceeds from these showings will benefit the Auburn High School LOTE (Languages Other Than English) Mobile Computer Lab.  Sponsored by The Auburn Education Foundation,

Documentary. Scientists estimate that of 7,000 languages in the world, half will be gone by the end of this century. On average, one language disappears every two weeks. The Linguists follows David Harrison and Gregory Anderson, scientists racing to document languages on the verge of extinction. David and Greg's 'round-the-world journey takes them deep into the heart of the cultures, knowledge, and communities at stake. In Siberia, David and Greg seek to record the Chulym language, which hasn't been heard by outsiders for more than thirty years. The linguists encounter remnants of the racist Soviet regime that may have silenced Chulym for good. In India, tribal children attend boarding schools, where they learn Hindi and English, a trade, and the pointlessness of their native tongues. Similar boarding schools for tribal children existed in the US through most of the twentieth century. David and Greg travel to the children's villages, where economic unrest has stirred a violent Maoist insurgency. The linguists witness the fear and poverty that have driven youth from their native communities. In Bolivia, the Kallawaya language has survived for centuries with fewer than one hundred speakers. David and Greg trek high into the Andes to unlock its secret. The Linguists is a presentation of Ironbound Films, Inc. It is produced and directed by Seth Kramer, Daniel A. Miller, and Jeremy Newberger.

2008 Sundance Film Festival - World Premiere

PBS, February 26, 2009, 10 PM - Broadcast Premiere

AFI Dallas International Film Festival · Arizona International Film Festival · Available Light Film Festival · Berks Movie

Madness Film Festival · Big Sky Documentary Film Festival · Camden Film Festival · Filmfest Hamburg · First International

Film Festival on Biodiversity and Indigenous Cultures · Flagstaff Mountain Film Festival · Frozen River Film Festival · Garden

State Film Festival · Gimli Film Festival · Guelph Festival of Moving Media · Hearts and Minds Film Festival · Hot Springs

Documentary Film Festival · iDiDx International Film Festival · Independent Film Festival of Boston · International Film Festival

of Mumbai · International Science Film Festival in Athens · Ivy Film Festival · Jacksonville International Film Festival ·

Jerusalem Film Festival · Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival · Mountainfilm in Telluride · National Geographic All

Roads Film Festival · New Science Film Festival · Phangan Film Festival · San Francisco International Documentary Film

Festival · Santa Fe Film Festival · Sundance at the Brooklyn Academy of Music · Talking Stick Film Festival · United Nations

Association Film Festival · Waterfront Film Festival · Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival · Wisconsin Film Festival ·

April 23rd                 MAKING MOVIES Film Series produced by The Schweinfurth Art Center 7:30pm 

                                                Please check www.auburnpublictheater.com for current schedule

May 1^st and 2^nd      PRAY THE DEVIL BACK TO HELL

Sundance Film Festival Documentary

Pray the Devil Back to Hell is the extraordinary story of a small band of Liberian women who came together in the midst of a bloody civil war, took on the violent warlords and corrupt Charles Taylor regime, and won a long-awaited peace for their shattered country in 2003. As the rebel noose tightened upon Monrovia, and peace talks faced collapse, the women of Liberia - Christian and Muslims united - formed a thin but unshakable white line between the opposing forces, and successfully demanded an end to the fighting- armed only with white T-shirts and the courage of their convictions. In one remarkable scene, the women barricaded the site of stalled peace talks in Ghana, and announced they would not move until a deal was done. Faced with eviction, they invoked the most powerful weapon in their arsenal - threatening to remove their clothes. It worked. The women of Liberia are living proof that moral courage and non-violent resistance can succeed, even where the best efforts of traditional diplomacy have failed. Their demonstrations culminated in the exile of Charles Taylor and the election of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Africa's first female head of state, and marked the vanguard of a new wave of women taking control of their political destiny around the world. This remarkable chapter of world history was on its way to being lost forever. The Liberian war and peace movement were largely ignored as the international press focused on Iraq. Moreover, the women's own modesty helped obscure this great accomplishment. Pray the Devil Back to Hell reconstructs the moment through interviews, archival footage and striking images of contemporary Liberia. It is compelling testimony to the potential of women worldwide to alter the history of nations.

 

May 8^th and 9^th     SINGIN' IN THE RAIN

For those of you who don't know the story, it is an interesting movie that revolves around the transition from silent films to talking films. A previous reviewer put it quite well when he said that while the movie makes fun of the silent film era, it also shows a respectful nostalgia towards it. Gene Kelly seems to have made an art out of covering his coincidental rise to fame with a single word: "Dignity." Gene Kelly works with Lena who is beautiful enough for silent films. But her unrefined voice makes us aware that she will have a problem if movies go to sound. Gene Kelly later runs into Debby Reynolds. Their first meeting ends in a hilarious argument. If we know romances, we can sense that they will end up together. They later meet, and Kelly realizes that Reynolds is 'not so far above him.' But he is moved with compassion. (Perhaps due to his difficult past, he sees a parallel.)  Later, we see that movies are going to sound. While this presents difficulties to all, Lena will have the most problems if she wants to keep her job. The only weak link here is that I don't like how Lena is often made the object of scorn. (All she really wants is to keep her job.) She's no saint to be sure, but is she really so bad for wanting to keep her job?  Moving on, Reynolds and Kelly meet again, and they begin working on a project together. We can see that the transition from silent films to talking films was not so easy. An especially hilarious moment is the miserable failure of the screen test (topped off by the sound going out of timing).  But Reynolds and Kelly (former enemies) work together and find a way to save the movie. One thing that makes this movie so great is the harmonious mixture of speaking parts, singing, and dancing. One comical character worth mentioning is R.F. He gets a tad hypocritical: "Trust me, talking pictures will never amount to anything. They'll lose their shirts." Later, he says: "I told you talking pictures were a menace, but no one would listen." In many ways, this film is a great treasure.

May 15^th and 16^th  ANNIE HALL

Annie Hall is one of the truest, most bittersweet romances on film. In it, Allen plays a thinly disguised version of himself: Alvy Singer, a successful--if neurotic--television comedian living in Manhattan. Annie (the wholesomely luminous Dianne Keaton) is a Midwestern transplant who dabbles in photography and sings in small clubs. When the two meet, the sparks are immediate--if repressed. Alone in her apartment for the first time, Alvy and Annie navigate a minefield of self-conscious "is-this-person-someone-I'd-want-to-get-involved-with?" conversation. As they speak, subtitles flash their unspoken thoughts: the likes of "I'm not smart enough for him" and "I sound like a jerk." Despite all their caution, they connect, and we're swept up in the flush of their new romance. Allen's antic sensibility shines here in a series of flashbacks to Alvy's childhood, growing up, quite literally, under a rumbling roller coaster. His boisterous Jewish family's dinner table shares a split screen with the WASP-y Hall's tight-lipped holiday table, one Alvy has joined for the first time. His position as outsider is uncontestable he looks down the table and sizes up Annie's "Grammy Hall" as "a classic Jew-hater." The relationship arcs, as does Annie's growing desire for independence. It quickly becomes clear that the two are on separate tracks, as what was once endearing becomes annoying. Annie Hall embraces Allen's central themes--his love affair with New York (and hatred of Los Angeles), how impossible relationships are, and his fear of death. But their balance is just right, the chemistry between Allen's worry-wart Alvy and Keaton's gangly, loopy Annie is one of the screen's best pairings. It couldn't be more engaging.

May 22^nd and 23^rd KING OF HEARTS

This film was a touchstone of the late 1960s, when it was seen as an antiwar allegory for a world in which madness seemed to reign. Of course, that would probably be true whenever this movie was shown, wouldn't it? Directed by Philippe de Broca and set during World War I, King of Hearts stars Alan Bates as a Scottish soldier separated from his unit in France. He wanders into a small French village that has been abandoned by its residents in the face of oncoming combat. Instead, the town is populated by the residents of a nearby insane asylum, whose keepers have fled--a fact that escapes the innocent soldier, who assumes these are the regular folks. A film that celebrates the innocence and wisdom of the insane, even as it questions who the real madmen are. One of the most popular foreign films of all time, playing continuously in some theatres for over five years, King of Hearts is a "bright, lilting, whimsical, lyrical" (Cue) comedy that cleverly satirizes the absurdity of war with a "message [that is] meaningful and entertaining" (Boxoffice).

May 29^th and 30^th BIG NIGHT

Critics tripped all over their big feet to praise Big Night, an intimate look at the immigrant struggle to attain the American Dream, set in New Jersey in the 1950s. Stanley Tucci wrote Big Night with his cousin Joseph Tropiano, and they based the story on the experience of growing up in a large, proud Italian family. The brothers in Big Night--chef Primo (Tony Shalhoub) and businessman Secondo (Tucci)--have come to New Jersey to open a bistro named The Paradise that serves the finest in traditional, authentic Italian cuisine. Their every move is foiled by rival restaurant Pascal's, which serves mile-high servings of spaghetti and meatballs and flasks of bad Chianti at exorbitant prices. Primo is disgusted by the fact that Americans want cheap pasta instead of risotto, so Secondo hatches a plan to boost business: rumor has it bandleader Louis Prima is travelling through and will dine at The Paradise that very night. Secondo gambles to bring the finest dinner ever cooked--at the risk of losing his shirt and being reduced to exile to the old country with his tail between his legs. Big Night is a film that will easily invite comparisons to other "food" fare like Babette's Feast and Eat Drink Man Woman but, though Tucci insists his story is "about the struggle between art and commerce and the risk of staying true to yourself," the media refused to let it stay a small, comparative work. The movie, and the buzz around it, became a parable for the essence of the film itself: art vs. commerce.

June 3^rd and 4^th     DOUBT

From Miramax Films comes one of the most honored and acclaimed motion pictures of the year, Doubt. Based on the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning play, Doubt is a mesmerizing, suspense-filled drama with four riveting performances from Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams and Viola Davis that will have you pinned to the edge of your seat. Sister Aloysius Beauvier (Streep), the rigid and fear-inspiring principal of the Saint Nicholas Church School, suffers an extreme dislike for the progressive and popular parish priest Father Flynn (Hoffman). Looking for wrongdoing in every corner, Sister Aloysius believes she's uncovered the ultimate sin when she hears Father Flynn has taken a special interest in a troubled boy. But without proof, the only thing certain is doubt. Nominated for 5 Golden Globes and 6 Critics' Choice awards, there is no Doubt it is "One of the best pictures of the year," (USA Today, Rolling Stone, New York Post, San Francisco Examiner, Roger Ebert).

                    

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Get ready for Summer 2009

APT proudly presents our 4th annual

 

Children's Summer Theater Program!

 

Auburn Public Theater's 4th annual Summer Children's Theater Program is one of Central New York's newest summer theater programs, run by children and for children. It will give aspiring young actors a taste of life behind the scenes--and in the spotlight--of a musical theatrical production based on a brand new musical production, "HARRIET TUBMAN, Journey to Freedom" directed by Carey Eidel.  From creating costumes and scenery to playing major roles on stage, children from the local community will have the opportunity to spend four weeks this summer pursuing their passion for drama led by the gifted actor/director/producer, Carey Eidel.

PROGRAM DATES: •     Monday - Wednesday - Friday

•     9:00am - 12:00noon, 6-10 year-olds

•     1:00pm - 4:00pm, 11 - 18 year-olds

•     July 6^th - August 1^st, 2009

AGES:  6 - 18

COST:  $100.00 (A non-refundable deposit of $25.00 made payable by June 1^st is required to hold a spot in camp. Refunds (excluding the deposit) are only given for documented medical or family emergencies. The balance is due on Monday, July 6^th.) FULL 4 WEEK SESSION REQUIRED

WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN OUR SUMMER CHILDREN'S THEATER PROGRAM?

For the first three weeks, the program will include both acting classes and rehearsals for "HARRIET TUBMAN, Journey to Freedom," our final show.  The fourth week will include dress and technical rehearsals for the show on Monday and Wednesday, and Thursday with performances on Friday and Saturday. 

ABOUT CAREY EIDEL

Carey is the Managing Director of Auburn Public Theater.  He lives in Auburn with his wife, Angela Daddabbo, and their two children, Gianna and Heschel.  He arrived seven years ago to open Daddabbo's Pizza, then, last April, sold the pizza shop to devote himself to Auburn Public Theater full time.  B.A. (Before Auburn), he spent twenty-five years making his living as an actor, writer, director and acting coach in NYC and LA.  This will be Carey's first time directing APT's Summer Children's Theater Program production.

For more information or to register your child in the workshop, please contact Janie MicGlire by email at janie@auburnpublictheater.com or call her at the theater at (315) 253-6669.

A casting call will be held at Auburn Public Theater on Wednesday, June 24^th from 6:00pm-8:00pm and on Saturday, June 27^th from 10:00am-12:00noon to allow our team the opportunity to meet enrolled students and cast the play.  All children who register for the workshop will be cast in the play.

A limited number of full and partial scholarships are available. Please contact Janie MicGlire (see above) for more information.

 

 

COMMUNITY EVENTS AT AUBURN PUBLIC THEATER

Every Thursday - BALLROOM DANCING LESSONS - For Class Info, contact Jeanne Cramer at 209-7452

 

Thursday, April 30, 2009 at 6:30 PM Thom Filicia STYLE - Inspired Ideas for Creating Rooms You'll Love

An exclusive reception and book signing party with Thom Filicia, renown designer from Queer Eye for the Straight Guy and STYLE's Dress My Nest.

Anyela's Vineyards 2433 West Lake Road Skaneateles, New York $50.00 per ticket

Portion of ticket sales will support local Breast Cancer organization, Positively Pink Packages.

Limited space of 200. Tickets available for purchase at Bijou Salon, Creekside Books & Coffee and Laurasbooklist.com

 

Friday, May 8^th JOKES FOR ST. JOES

A benefit event for St. Joseph's School featuring the comedy of Paul Mecurio and catering by Bambino's Bistro

Contact Wendy at  730-3650 for details

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To rent Auburn Public Theater for your creative, social or corporate event, please contact Janie MicGlire at janie@auburnpublictheater.com

 

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FOR TICKETS AND UPCOMING EVENT DETAILS, VISIT www.auburnpublictheater.com

 

AUBURN PUBLIC THEATER
108 Genesee at Exchange Street

(315)253-6669

Convenient parking next door in the City Parking Garage

We need your assistance once again. Barbara Walsh has to meet with the Cayuga County legislature on 4/14/09 and again on 4/27/09 for the proposal to name a street after our dearest Thommie Walsh. A friend of Thommie's, Monica Schaffer, whom he took to his Senior Prom by horse and buggy at Emerson park, called me yesterday and asked if I had heard of Miracle on 34th Street. Yes of course. So we began discussing how all the bags of mail were being dragged into the courtroom to validate Santa Claus. Well, she said, lets email all the legislators and have "Miracle at Emerson Park." I just loved it and I couldn't wait to email all of you about our new approach to enlighten the legislators. If you could include a few thoughts on who Thommie was to you, what he meant to the theatre world, how he never forget his roots in Auburn, and last but not least, how he hosted many galas for the Merry Go Round Theatre when it was in Chapter 11. He made MGR Theatre the success it is today. Please don't start emailing till April 15th, but I want them to receive them before our next meeting, which is 4/27/09.

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Famous Artists Broadway Theater Series opens 'Sweeney Todd' in Syracuse - syracuse.com.

"Sweeney Todd" - comes to the Crouse-Hinds Theater of the John H. Mulroy Civic Center for three performances Tuesday through Thursday, part of the Famous Artists Broadway Theater Series. The title character is a 19th-century barber-turned-murderer helping to fill the meat pies of Mrs. Lovett, who, until Todd came along, ran a failing food shop.

Dinnerstein To Appear in Auburn

When  the first chord of the Adams Foundation piano Series resonated in Auburn, NY, Simone Dinnerstein was fairly unknown outside her hometown of Brooklyn, NY. That much has changed since October, 2001. In the ensuing 7 1/2 years the Juilliard graduate has become a mother, seen her two CDs enjoy unimagined success and adjusted to a calendar of concert dates throughout the world. Next week, between dates on the world stages of Sand Diego, California and Rome, Italy, she will perform at the intimate Westminster Presbyterian Church in Auburn. Concert time is 3:00 pm Sunday, April 19.

The daughter of painter Simon Dinnerstein, Simone began studying piano at age seven. Her musical development is portrayed in a number of her father's paintings, many appearing on her web site: www.simonedinnerstein.com. As a young artist in her 20s, she taught piano and performed a range of venues from Philadelphia's Kimmel Center to a state prison in Louisiana. In spite of lacking management, major awards, or recording contracts, Ms. Dinnerstein remained committed to her art. When she became pregnant in 2001 she embarked on the learning of Bach's Goldberg Variations, "a monument of keyboard music".

In summer of 2004 Ms. Dinnerstein decided to record Bach's Goldberg Variations. Supported with funding from her friends, it was recorded in spring 2005, generating a demand for her to perform it live. She made her New York recital debut at Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall in 2005 and began sending out copies of her self produced CD. When Telarc released The Goldberg Variations in 2007, her career took off. The cd hit the number one spot on the Billboard Classical Chart during its first week of sales and received rave reviews. In November, 2007 she performed with the Berlin Philharmonic and recorded her second CD, The Berlin Concert, released in August 2008.

Last year Ms. Dinnerstein performed on the People’s Symphony series at Town Hall and for the  Lincoln Center’s Great Performers series in New York. She recently performed at Washington's Kennedy Center and at her third recital at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. In July 2009, she will make her debut with the New York Philharmonic at Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher Hall.

Ms. Dinnerstein will perform compositions by Franz Schubert, Johann Sebastian Bach, Anton Webern and Robert Schumann on April 19 at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 17 William St., Auburn. A limited number of tickets remain at $15 and $5 for students. For information, call 315-253-3331 or visit www.westminsterauburn.org.

Simone Dinnerstein in concert is presented by the Adams Foundation Piano Series, dedicated to bringing world class American  pianists to small cities throughout the United States. The Cayuga County Arts Council and Westminster Presbyterian Church host the event.

Oliver, the Musical will be presented by the Auburn Players Community Theatre at Cayuga Community College in June.

Auditions for this popular show are announced by the director; Dia Carabajal to be held at Willard Chapel on Nelson Street in Auburn.

Age 8 through 15 will be asked to audition on Tuesday, April 14th from 6 to 9pm
Ages 16+ will audition on Wednesday, April 15th from 7 to 9pm

All should be prepared to read from a provided script, have a song prepared and wear comfortable clothes.

All residents of the area are urged to participate but out of area will be considered, also.

AUBURN PUBLIC THEATER MAIN STAGE

 

Saturday, April 4^th  10am - 1pm

FREEING THE WRITER WITHIN - A Writer's Workshop

JOIN AWARD-WINNING POET AND WRITER  PATRICIA ROTH SCHWARTZ  for a special writers' workshop, open to all:  teens, adults, seniors.  Beginners to experienced writers welcome.  All genres: journaling, memoir, fiction, poetry.

We will enjoy a series of fun but inspiring and informative exercises to jump-start your writing into the new season, including the use of guided imagery and relaxation as a prelude to writing, plus "free writing." A bibliography and resource list on writing/ publishing will be handed out.

Patricia Roth Schwartz lives on her property, Sage-Thyme Haven, in the Finger Lakes.   She is a poet, fiction writer, playwright, and prison volunteer who has been facilitating a poetry workshop inside Auburn Correctional Facility since 2001. Her books include: Planting Bulbs in a Time of War, and Other Poems, and Down the Middle with a Nickel: a Memoir of a West Virginia Childhood in Poems (FootHills Publishing).  She is also the editor of Guerillas in the Mist, and Other Poems, by Michael Rhynes, part of the Inmates' Chapbook Series from Olive Trees Publishing of Auburn, as well as co-editor of the forthcoming, Doing Time to Cleanse my Mind: an Anthology from Auburn Correctional Facility's Inmates' Poetry Workshop, 2001-2009 (FootHills).

This workshop is funded by Poets & Writer's Inc through the NYSCA. Your registration fee supports APT's programs for our community.

 

May 9th   Stand-up Comedian PAUL MECURIO 7:30pm & 9:30pm

May 12th   A Concert with SNATAM KAUR 7:30pm  (Children's Yoga Class taught by Snatam at 4pm)

May 16^th  JULIA NUNES at 7:30pm

 

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AUBURN PUBLIC THEATER CINEMA

Fridays & Saturdays at 8pm * All movies only $5 ($4 online)

Friday, April 3            Groundhog Day

Bill Murray does warmth in his most consistently effective post-Stripes comedy, a romantic fantasy about a wacky weatherman forced to relive one strange day over and over again, until he gets it right. Snowed in during a road-trip expedition to watch the famous groundhog encounter his shadow, Murray falls into a time warp that is never explained but pays off so richly that it doesn't need to be. The elaborate loop-the-loop plot structure cooked up by screenwriter Danny Rubin is crystal-clear every step of the way, but it's Murray's world-class reactive timing that makes the jokes explode, and we end up looking forward to each new variation. He squeezes all the available juice out of every scene. Without forcing the issue, he makes us understand why this fly-away personality responds so intensely to the radiant sanity of the TV producer played by Andie MacDowell. The blissfully clueless Chris Elliott (Cabin Boy) is Murray's nudnik cameraman.

 

Saturday,  April 4         

The Films of THE SYRACUSE FILM FESTIVAL

      Film Festival Family Films @ 2pm

      The Best of the Festival @ 8pm

 

April 10/11                 The Sound of Music

April 17/18/24/25       The Linguists  

April 23rd              MAKING MOVIES Film Series (produced by The Schweinfurth Art Center 7:30pm 
                            (Check our website for current schedule)

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 Join.

AUBURN COMMUNITY CHOIR

A few spots left!

Every Sunday (2pm - 4pm) for 10 weeks

Call 253-6669 or email info@auburnpublictheater.com for details

 

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Get ready for Summer 2009

APT proudly presents our 4th annual

 

Children's Summer Theater Program!

 

Auburn Public Theater's 4th annual Summer Children's Theater Program is one of Central New York's newest summer theater programs, run by children and for children. It will give aspiring young actors a taste of life behind the scenes--and in the spotlight--of a musical theatrical production based on a brand new musical production, "HARRIET TUBMAN, Journey to Freedom" directed by Carey Eidel.  From creating costumes and scenery to playing major roles on stage, children from the local community will have the opportunity to spend four weeks this summer pursuing their passion for drama led by the gifted actor/director/producer, Carey Eidel.

PROGRAM DATES: •     Monday - Wednesday - Friday

•     9:00am - 12:00noon, 6-10 year-olds

•     1:00pm - 4:00pm, 11 - 18 year-olds

•     July 6^th - August 1^st, 2009

AGES:  6 - 18

COST:  $100.00 (A non-refundable deposit of $25.00 made payable by June 1^st is required to hold a spot in camp. Refunds (excluding the deposit) are only given for documented medical or family emergencies. The balance is due on Monday, July 6^th.) FULL 4 WEEK SESSION REQUIRED

WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN OUR SUMMER CHILDREN'S THEATER PROGRAM?

For the first three weeks, the program will include both acting classes and rehearsals for "HARRIET TUBMAN, Journey to Freedom," our final show.  The fourth week will include dress and technical rehearsals for the show on Monday and Wednesday, and Thursday with performances on Friday and Saturday. 

ABOUT CAREY EIDEL

Carey is the Managing Director of Auburn Public Theater.  He lives in Auburn with his wife, Angela Daddabbo, and their two children, Gianna and Heschel.  He arrived seven years ago to open Daddabbo's Pizza, then, last April, sold the pizza shop to devote himself to Auburn Public Theater full time.  B.A. (Before Auburn), he spent twenty-five years making his living as an actor, writer, director and acting coach in NYC and LA.  This will be Carey's first time directing APT's Summer Children's Theater Program production.

For more information or to register your child in the workshop, please contact Janie MicGlire by email at janie@auburnpublictheater.com or call her at the theater at (315) 253-6669.

A casting call will be held at Auburn Public Theater on Wednesday, June 24^th from 6:00pm-8:00pm and on Saturday, June 27^th from 10:00am-12:00noon to allow our team the opportunity to meet enrolled students and cast the play.  All children who register for the workshop will be cast in the play.

A limited number of full and partial scholarships are available. Please contact Janie MicGlire (see above) for more information.

 

 

 

COMMUNITY EVENTS AT AUBURN PUBLIC THEATER

 

 

EVERY THURSDAY - BALLROOM DANCING LESSONS - For Class Info, contact Jeanne Cramer at 209-7452

Thursday, April 30, 2009 at 6:30 PM Thom Filicia STYLE - Inspired Ideas for Creating Rooms You'll Love

An exclusive reception and book signing party with Thom Filicia, renown designer from Queer Eye for the Straight Guy and STYLE's Dress My Nest.

Anyela's Vineyards 2433 West Lake Road Skaneateles, New York $50.00 per ticket

Portion of ticket sales will support local Breast Cancer organization, Positively Pink Packages.

Limited space of 200. Tickets available for purchase at Bijou Salon, Creekside Books & Coffee and Laurasbooklist.com

Friday, May 8^th JOKES FOR ST. JOES

A benefit event for St. Joseph's School featuring the comedy of Paul Mecurio and catering by Bambino's Bistro

Contact Wendy at  730-3650 for details

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To rent Auburn Public Theater for your social or corporate event, please contact Janie MicGlire at janie@auburnpublictheater.com

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FOR TICKETS AND UPCOMING EVENT DETAILS, VISIT www.auburnpublictheater.com

 

AUBURN PUBLIC THEATER
108 Genesee at Exchange Street

(315)253-6669

Convenient parking next door in the City Parking Garage

“Hospital Idol” Show Will Feature 52 Area Residents, Including 10 Physicians

Auditions for PALPITATIONS 2009: HOSPITAL IDOL are complete, and Directors Susan Kenyon and Martha Petrosino are pleased to announce that the total cast will include 52 area residents, including ten physicians. 

The show is scheduled for April 3 and 4, 2009, at 8 p.m. in East Middle School Auditorium.  Proceeds will benefit the Maternity Unit at Auburn Memorial Hospital.

The lead characters are David Brennan as Mr. Lion; David Tobin as Mr. Scarecrow; and Michael Nye as Mr. Tinman, three talent scouts who are sent to Auburn Memorial Hospital as part of a nationwide search for the hospital with the most talented people in the country.  The search is part of a plan to produce a new television show, “HOSPITAL IDOL.”

Maria Wechsler was cast in the part of Dorothy the PR Lady, who welcomes the talent scouts to AMH and shows them through a variety of hospital service areas such as Maternity, Cardiac Rehabilitation, Physical Therapy, Volunteer Services, Emergency, and the Dietary Department.   Jim Byrne will play the role of Maxine, a troublesome patient who continually tries to audition for the talent scouts.  Diane Kalweit will play a patient who sings the solo “Wind Beneath My Wings” in honor of the AMH volunteers.

Physicians who will be featured in the show are Drs. Saul Rosenblum; Richard Nangle; William Foresman;  Rama Godishala;  Rayees Nizam; Jeffrey LaDuca; Phillip Gioia; A. James Ciaccio; and Barbara Connor.  Dr. James Blute, Chief Medical Officer, will also be playing himself onstage.

Members of the AMH executive team who will be featured, in addition to Dr. Blute, are John Baran, Chief Financial Officer; Clark Tucker, Vice President of Corporate Services (playing the role of Scott Berlucchi, President/CEO); and Rosalyn McCormick, Chief Operating Officer.   David Lee, Director of Cardiac Rehabilitation, will play himself, as will Brian Gage, Security Guard.

Others in the show include: Cindy Curtin, Cynthia Baney, Linda Bauso, James Beckwith, Colleen Brezee, Linda Burdick, Anne Costello-Jones, Diane DeRoos, Joanne Foresman, Kathy Hartnett, Pam Heffernan, Isabelle Klima, Romayne LaBaron, Helen Leaf, Sue Lennox, Carol McNeill, Robert Miller, MaryEllen Moochler, John Moschetti, Becky Nicandri, Mary Rand, Cynthia Ross,  Arlene Ryan, Doxie Sherman, Chris Anne Shutter-Moran, Pam Sorendo, Tony Sorendo, Sarah Stoneburg, Carla Weeks and Ron Westlake.

Tickets are $10 and are available by calling 255-7229, 255-7260 or at the hospital Gift Shop, AmeriCU, Uniform Fashions, or  Internal Medicine Associates.