July/August 2009 Rat Rag
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July/August 2009 Rat Rag
July / August 2009 Unsung Heroes of Auditions The July / August 2009 - Page 1 Keeping an audition running smoothly is no easy feat. WE DO ’RE Dawn Begin and C E H HE IN JU T IS T IS Tanissa Parks KO ESE G IT ST WHA WITH THION VA OFF TO T are experts at CS DEALING EDIIN?! GU THAT the job. Their DUELING AGA Y. TH help was greatly Scanning the PAC for all the news that’s NOT fit to print! appreciated. the company of Any Number Can Die After 39 people, seven and a half hours of auditions and over 10 12 14 20 hours of deliberations, and 6 (yes! SIX!) cast changes, director Dean Scalzitti chose 12 cast members for the PAC Rats’ production of Any Number Can Die. Whew! The two day audition session was fun, but grueling work. There was so much talent that casting was indeed a difficult job. We hope that everyone who auditioned returns for other shows. We met a lot of great new people! — The Cast (as of Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 3:15 PM) — Chuck.................................Marcus Flowers Judy..................................... Brittany Welles Zenia...............................Jasondra Johnson Roger Masters...................... Patrick Nevins Celia Lathrop......................Sandy Zurawicz TJ Lathrop.................... Don Gino Carpento Edgars................................... Eric Pradelski Ernestine Wintergreen......... Heather Young Sally VanViller...................... Kamaria Jones Carter Forstman................Terrell McKinney Jack Regent............................Erik Kennedy Hannibal Hix..................... Robert Smagacz — The Crew — Director.................................. Dean Scalzitti Stage Manager......................Angela Martin Asst. Stage Manager......... Crystal Rodman Set Designer........................... Anne Begora Lighting Designer....... Lydia Bellamy-Palma Costume Designer................JoAnna Tassin Asst. to the Costume Designer........ SteveTurner Asst. to the Costume Designer......Theresa Clark Hair & Make-Up Designer...... Jennifer Balbuena Sound Designer.....................Dan Galbraith Prop Masters..........................Jen Zurawicz Company Photographer...........Dave Martin Light Board Operator.... (maybe) Mitchell Harris IN NORTH DAKOTA… It’s against the law to go to bed wearing shoes. Beer and pretzels can’t be served at the same time in any bar or restaurant. First Prize is for the person who sells the most advertisements for the program of the show will win a prize of dinner and a movie. second Prize is the person who raises the most amount of money selling advertisements for the program of the show wins 2 movie tickets to the movies. Cool Prizes will be awarded!! In the event that the most ads and the most amount of money are the same, the person who is second runner up will receive the second place prize. The prizes Popcorn… yum! Movie TickeTs: $20 Gift card for Kerasotes. The closest location to the College is in Sherriville, IN. If you sign up for Kerasotes “Five Buck Club,” you could conceivably get four tickets out of this deal. Check out http://www.kerasotes.com for more info. dinner: $25 Gift card to Darden Restaurants (Red Lobster, Olive Garden, LongHorn Steakhouse, Seasons 52, The Capital Grille, and Bahama Breeze). Olive Garden locations in Lansing, IL and Merrillville, IN, Red ing ertis Adv cts are a r cont pages on d 6! 5 an Lobster locations in Merrillville and Munster, IN and Orland Park and Matteson, IL. See http://www.dardenrestaurants.com for more info and restaurant locator. iMporTanT sTuff To noTe $ Somebusinesseswon’tbuyanad,butwillbehappytopostflyers.Flyersareavailabletoleaveatbusinesses. Palm card size, half sheet size, 8-1/2 by 11. $ Coupons: We have made some two for one coupons to leave at businesses. THESE ARE FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC ONLY. Company members may NOT use the coupons for friends and family (we’re trying to raise money for a new sound system, so please don’t cheat). $ If a business buys an ad, they are entitled to comp tickets as outlined in the ad contract. Again, these are for the businesses ONLY. Company members may NOT use ad sales comps. $ Speaking of Comp Tickets: All company members are entitled to two comp tickets. Comps are NOT transferable to other company members or other company members’ families or friends. (we’re trying to raise money, so please don’t cheat). For example, if Ellie isn’t going to use her comps for her family, her two tickets cannot be given to Dean’s family. all adverTiseMenTs are due To ellie no laTer Than 11:00 pM on saTurday, sepTeMber 5, 2009! Use SueBee Honey to dress wounds and burns. Honey is hygroscopic and absorbs water. Disease producing microorganisms, deprived of their moisture, cannot live. Don’t forget the Break a Leg a Grams! Ponderisms If Fed Ex and UPS were to merge, would they call it Fed UP? So Long, Farewell, Auf Wiedersehen, Goodbye… Faces of SSC Six of “our own” answered a call for fresh faces of South Suburban College. They are: 1: Paul Wartak 2: Terrell McKinney 3: Kamaria Jones 4: Kyle Jones 5: Stephanie Keller and 6: Ariel King. The above photo appeared for several weeks on the college’s main webpage. Contact Dave Stephenson at DStephenson@ southsuburbancollege.edu if you’d like to participate in upcoming photo shoots. Tell him “Rip” sent you. July / August 2009 - Page 2 Our beloved Tanissa Parks and Efrem “Buster” Tutwiler have left us for greener pastures. Both Ef and T are now Eastern Illinois University students. T is excited to have her own apartment, albeit crackerbox size. “It’s mine! All mine!” she said gleefully. She’s currently trying to find a way to get Anne’s old recliner wedged into her tiny living room. Gramps Efrem, however, is Tutwiler finding life at Eastern a little tiring. As an instrumental music major, Ef is required to be in marching band. “I’m having trouble keeping up with the youngins,” he said. “I already have the nicknames ‘Gramps’ and ‘Father Time’.” Even though we’re very happy that Ef and T are moving on up, we miss them terribly and can’t wait for them to come back home for a visit. The summer went by so quickly that we didn’t have a chance to throw them a proper goodbye party. We will do that as soon as we know they’ll have a free weekend. You can still keep in touch via email. Efrem is [email protected] and Tanissa is [email protected]. Bridge Over Troubled Viaduct New 159th Street Closing: A new road construction project will begin on September 8, 2009 (weather permitting), that will affect many SSC employees and students: 159th Street will be closed between Park Avenue and West/Center Avenue. The closure is expected to continue all the way through May 2011. The detour routes begin at the intersections of Dixie Highway and Halsted Street. All businesses in the work zone will be open during construction. Project Description: 159th Street will be under construction from the Tri-state Tollway (I-294) to Halsted Street (IL Rt. 1) in Harvey, IL. A narrow viaduct currently carries Metra and Canadian National Railroad over 159th St. The Illinois Department of Transportation will reconstruct the viaduct creating two lanes in each direction under the railroad with left turn lanes. The project will provide significant congestion relief and reduce travel times on the famous bottleneck between I-294 and I-94. The 159th Street Roadway Reconstruction Project will cost approximately $17.8 million dollars, which is 100% federally funded. The 159th Street Viaduct Reconstruction costs approximately $38.4 million dollars. Railroad Project Update: The construction at the railroad crossing on 159th Street will continue through August 21, 2009. The suggested detours are Halsted north to Sibley (147th) and State Street south to Taft. submitted by Megan Zurawicz Now THIS is more like Newman! Former PAC Rat Kim Dildine, is still out in L.A. making a go of this show biz thing. His latest video appearance, Intervention - Mike, can be seen here: http://tinyurl.com/kusbqw GOT GEEK? Got Geek is ALL Scott Begin’s fault Toys from www.thinkgeek.com Avast ye land lubber spawn raiser! If you’re like most parents, you long to raise your children as pirates but just don’t know how. In the Guide to Pirate Parenting, Cap’n Billy “The Butcher” MacDougall provides everything you need to know to turn your little powder monkeys into happy, healthy buccaneers. You’ll learn: • At what age your child should be able to remove a bottle cap by taking out his glass eye and using his eye socket. • Which offense requires administering The Flying Dutchman Wedgie. • The difference between plundering and pillaging. • How to convert your minivan into a pirate schooner. And, as they say, much, MUCH more! FRIENDS vs. CHICAGO FRIENDS submitted by Dawn Begin Friends: Never ask for food. Chicago Friends: Always bring the food. Friends: Call your parents Mr. and Mrs. Chicago Friends: Call your parents Mom and Dad. Friends: Will leave you behind if that’s what the crowd is doing. Chicago Friends: Will kick the whole crowds’ back-ends that left you. Friends: Would knock on your door. Chicago Friends: Walk right in and say, ‘I’m home!’ Friends: Will visit you in jail. Chicago Friends: Will spend the night in jail with you. Friends: Will visit you in the hospital when you’re sick. Chicago Friends: Will cut your grass and clean your house then come spend the night with you in the hospital and cook for you when you come home. Friends: Have you on speed dial. Chicago Friends: Have your number memorized. Friends: Are for a while. Chicago Friends: Are for life. The advantage of exercising every day is so when you die, they’ll say “Well, she looks good doesn’t she.” Bizarre Facts •People who live in the city have longer, thicker nose hair than people who live in the country. •Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every 2 weeks; otherwise it will digest itself. •Humans are the only primates that don’t have pigment in the palms of their hands. •The human heart creates enough pressure while pumping to squirt blood 30 feet. •We shed an average of 40 pounds of dead skin in a lifetime. •When we blush, our stomach lining also turns red. •You can not kill yourself by holding your breath. •Your tongue print is as unique as your fingerprint. •On one square inch of your skin, there are 20 million microscopic animals. IN HONOUR OF STUPID PEOPLE… Found on a cardboard sun screen that keeps the sun off of the dashboard of your car: “Do not drive with sun shield in place.” July / August 2009 - Page 3 About the Human Body Addams Family Trivia After John Astin’s first sitcom “I’m Dickens, He’s Fenster,” was cancelled, he auditioned for “The Addams Family,” and was turned down – for the part of Lurch. He didn’t even try out for the part of Gomez. But the producer spied John leaving the room, grabbed him, and offered him the lead role on the spot. The only condition: Astin had to grow a mustache. It took Carolyn Jones two hours every day to put on Morticia’s make-up. The final touch: she wore a wig made of human hair. Jones was only the producer’s 3rd choice to play Mortica. ABC insisted that they needed a “name” actress, and Jones was the only well-known performer in the running, so she got the part. Cousin Itt’s voice was supplied by “Addams” producer Nat Perrin, who recited gibberish into a tape recorder and played it back at a higher speed. Creator Charles Addams, who’d never given his characters first names, had to come up with some for the T.V. show. Within a week he’d decided on all of them except for Mr. Addams, who almost wound up being called Repelli instead of Gomez. Lurch (Ted Cassidy) got fan mail from teenage girls who thought he was cuter than the Beatles. Is this Newman or WHAT?! I BELIEVE – that even when you think you have no more to give, when a friend cries out to you, you will find the strength to help. PAC Rat Meeting Fall Schedule! The next PAC Rat meeting will be Friday, September 4th @ 7:00pm in the PAC Lobby. (Location subject to change) REMEMBER TO CONTACT US with any article, photo, want ad or idea at: * [email protected] * I monitor this email and will try respond to all. – Ro The unique interior of the Addams house was inspired by the real life Manhattan apartment of Charles Addams, which contained suits-of armour, an antique crossbow collection, and other odds and ends. They’re creepy and they’re kooky Mysterious and spooky They’re altogether ooky The Addams Family Their house is a museum When people come to see ’em They really are a scream The Addams Family Neat - Sweet - Petite So get a witches shawl on A broomstick you can crawl on We’re gonna pay a call on The Addams Family Scatter raisins around your yard when you spot your first robin in the spring. Because they often arrive when the ground is still frozen, they will really make use of this treat! July was Hitchhiking Month 3rd......................... Stay out of the Sun Day 7th.........................Strawberry Sundae Day 9th....................National Sugar Cookie Day 16th....................International Juggling Day 21st.......................National Tug-of-War Day 24th..............................Amelia Earhart Day 29th...........................Cheese Sacrifice Day August is National Check Out Bizarre American Holidays Month 4th................................. Twins Day Festival 8th........... Sneak Some Zucchini Onto Your Neighbor’s Porch Night 13th................. Blame Somebody Else Day 27th..................................... Petroleum Day 30th...................Toasted Marshmallow Day FILM NOIR - A retrospective by Wendy Spencer July / August 2009 - Page 4 July / August 2009 - Page 4 High heels clicking on the wet pavement, a private eye - embittered by the cards life has dealt him - his face shadowed by the venetian blinds on his window, murder and moral ambiguity so thick you can cut it with a knife… aah, you’re watching a classic film noir. The name “film noir” refers to a specific type of film which really didn’t show up on the screens until the 1940s. One could argue that the very first noir(ish) film was M, released in 1931 and directed by Fritz Lang. This film marks Peter Lorre’s first starring role, who later became a staple of the classic noirs. Peter Lorre as Hans Beckert in Fritz Lang’s M The film noir look is very much taken from German Expressionism, which was popular in the very early 1900s. To be very specific, film noir, although a French phrase, is so very deeply influenced by German/Viennese directors and techniques that it could arguably go by the name Schwarzer Film, but let’s face it, film noir sounds much better. While the intro above is very stereotypical, there is a check list of things to look for in a film noir. Knowing these can also help you recognize a director who is influenced by this genre in modern films. The (classic) Film Noir Checklist VISUAL KEYS • Black and White (obviously). • Low-key Lighting. • Dramatic use of shadows/silhouettes (e.g. the blinds casting a shadow on an actor). • Dutch angles (camera tilted at an obscure angle to insinuate tension or unease). • Use of mirrors, glass, or reflective objects to show characters (example: the murder of Muriel in Strangers on a Train). STRUCTURE • Convoluted story lines: flashbacks and forwards used to disrupt the flow of the story. • Narration usually by the protagonist. • Experimentation in structure: in Sunset Boulevard, the story is told by a dead man. In Lady in the Lake, the film is shot entirely from Philip Marlowe’s point of view. Strangulation scene from Alfred Hitchcock’s Strangers on a Train. An example of Dutch angle filming. PLOT/CHARACTERS • First and foremost a crime of some sort, most typically murder. The “venetian blinds casting • The investigation of said crime by a seedy private eye or renegade police detective. a shadow on the face.” A very classic noir technique. • A motive of greed or jealousy. • Moral ambiguity usually involving theft or adultery and seduction. • Double crossing and false accusations. • Protagonist is usually very flawed (the beginning of the antihero) and as mentioned above embittered. • Cigarette Smoking!! Another example of the creative use of shadows. SETTING • Usually set in one of four cities: Chicago, New York, LA, or San Francisco. • Setting is presented in a rather labyrinthine or maze-like fashion. • Gambling spots, clubs, lounges and bars are often used. • The climax most likely takes place in a complex and industrial setting (factory, train yard etc). • Look for many night time shots and frequent rain. • In general, you get the feeling of pessimism. Some Well-Known Films of the Genre (precursors denoted with asterisk) *M (1931) *The Public Enemy (1931) *Angels With Dirty Faces (1938) The Maltese Falcon (1941) Johnny Eager (1942) Shadow of a Doubt (1943) Double Indemnity (1944) Murder, My Sweet (1944) Mildred Pierce (1945) Deception (1946) Gilda (1946) The Blue Dahlia (1946) The Killers (1946) Dark Passage (1947) Dead Reckoning (1947) Notorious (1947) Possessed (1947) The Web (1947) I Walk Alone (1948) Key Largo (1948) Ruthless (1948) Abandoned (1949) Criss Cross (1949) Johnny Stool Pigeon (1949) The Big Steal (1949) The Bribe (1949) The Lady Gambles (1949) The Third Man (1949) White Heat (1949) Convicted (1950) Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1950) Sunset Boulevard (1950) The Damned Don’t Cry (1950) Union Station (1950) Where The Sidewalk Ends (1950) Ace in the Hold (1951) Another Man’s Poison (1951) Detective Story (1951) Affair in Trinidad (1952) Rogue Cop (1954) Night of the Hunter (1955) just to name a few! One thing I will stress about this genre - it is not the happy ending type of film and redemption is uncommon. But if you want a film that focuses on the seedy underbelly of society, this is the genre for you. I recommend Double Indemnity, Sunset Boulevard, Key Largo, Gilda, Mildred Pierce, The Big Sleep, The Maltese Falcon and Murder, My Sweet. Please join me and others at: oftenopinionated.blogspot.com to talk about this and other classic film topics. A d v e r t i s i n g Contract I/We_______________________________________________________________________________________ (please print name of individual or company) agree to purchase space in your program for the 3 Stages of SSC production of Any Number Can Die at South Suburban College. I understand that any ad that I/we buy is to be paid for in full at this time and must reach the college by the dates specified below. Make checks payable to SSC: Performing Arts Center. 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You will receive two complimentary tickets with the purchase of this ad for the performance of your choice.† ❏Full Page........................................................................$75. ❏Half Page.......................................................................$50. quarter page ad “Break-A-Leg-A-Gram™” 00 00 Wish the cast and crew good luck in fifteen words or less. A fun way to support the arts or your favorite company member. An inexpensive way to advertise your business or services. You will receive one complimentary ticket with the purchase of this ad for the performance of your choice.† (Wide: 4-1/2˝ x 1-7/8˝ or Tall: 2-1/4˝ x 3-3/4˝) ❏Gram................................................................................$3. 00 ❏Quarter Page..................................................................$25. Print your Break-A-Leg-A-Gram™ message in the space provided. Your message may be edited for clarity. 00 PLEAS E PRI NT Additional Break-A-Leg-A-Grams™ forms are on the reverse. “Break-A-Leg-A-Gram™” is a registered trademark of FWOB, ltd Publications – AD DEADLINE – Questions? Call Ellie at 708-210-5741 and leave a message or email at [email protected] All ads, Break-A-Leg-A-Grams™ and payment(s) are due by: Saturday, September 5, 2009 Kindig Performing Arts Center South Suburban College 15800 State Street South Holland, Illinois 60473 Make checks payable to: SSC: Performing Arts Center. TICKETS — 24/7 Voice Mail — 708-210-5741 eMail: [email protected] What happens when a lovely young heiress, her two handsome suitors, some wealthy socialites, spooky servants and two competitive super sleuths gather in an isolated mansion to hear the reading of a will? by Fred Carmichael 2009 Performances Fri., September 18 at 8:00pm Sat., September 19 at 2:00pm and 8:00pm Fri., September 25 at 11:00am and 8:00pm Sat., September 26 at 8:00pm Sun., September 27 at 2:00pm TICKETS 24/7 Voice Line: 708-210-5741 Adults: $8.00 Seniors and Students: $6.00 SSC Staff and Students Only: $6.00 or Buy One Get One Free! 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