Experimental Film Virginia: Fostering a New Wave of Collaboration
Experimental Film Virginia (EFV), a project that has a proven track record of success in terms of providing events, attracting cultural tourism, promoting the Harbor for the Arts mission and providing social media content and context for the town as a destination artist and vacationer hotspot.
EFV is a vibrant residency/workshop/festival fusion event which prides itself on merging together these identities to create powerful and meaningful events for both the artists and audiences. EFV is a residency where over 50 artists are living and working in town, and includes events such as Art in a Barn, the Film Premiere/Bayamo Party and several workshops and opportunities for local artists, professional, emerging and youth level.
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Marcolivia to perform at the Palace Theater, March 12th
On March 12th, Arts Enter Cape Charles welcomes Marcolivia, an award-winning violin and violin/viola duo to the Palace Theater in Cape Charles. The duo performs music from all styles and periods, including Folk Music and Salon/Virtuoso works, as well as Baroque music and works by 20th century composers.
Marc Ramirez and Olivia Hajioff have made violin and viola duo music the focus of their musical lives for the past 15 years, ever since they collaborated for both of their doctoral dissertations. They perform 30 concerts a year of duo recitals and double concertos with orchestras. In developing their repertoire over many years, Marcolivia has discovered a great love of folk-based classical music.
The Marcolivia Duo has been featured on NPR’s “Performance Today” and “Front Row Washington”, and is a regular guest artist at the Tokyo College of Music, Japan. They have performed for the Kennedy Center, Strathmore, Merkin Hall and Symphony Space, NYC, Federal Reserve Board in Washington DC, the Hungarian American Coalition at the Cosmos Club, and annually at the Phillips Collection.
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Arts Enter presenting Barefoot in the Park Feb 12th,13th& 14th
A ROMANTIC COMEDY FOR A ROMANTIC HOLIDAY!
Arts Enter Cape Charles proudly presents Neil Simon’s timeless Broadway classic: Barefoot in the Park.
Come along for the ride as newlyweds Paul and Corie discover that the honeymoon might be over, playing matchmaker isn’t always a stellar plan and that sometimes everything that can go wrong does.
Directed by Mellisa Stein, Barefoot In The Park follows the lives of newlyweds Paul and Corie Bratter as they attempt to adjust to married life in a tiny Greenwich Village apartment. Paul, played by Carter Parks is a buttoned-down, straight-arrow lawyer who’s wound a little too tight, while Corie, played by Arts Enter newcomer Amy Coverdale, is a 1960s style free spirit who won’t let anything disturb her romantic bliss. Sherri DeMarino plays Corrie’s mother, who is awkwardly set up on a blind date with the eccentric upstairs neighbor Victor Velasco (Wayne Creed). Kevin Schwenk stars as the lovable, yet cynical telephone repairman, and Travis Handy, though out of breath after climbing several flights of stairs, plays the Lord and Taylor delivery man.
Mark your calendar and join in on the laughter and fun Valentine’s Day weekend at the Historic Palace Theatre.
Feb 12 @ 8:00 pm
Feb 13 @ 8:00 pm
Matinee: Feb 14 @ 3:00 pm
Arts Enter to add Tap with Will Pfeifer
Arts Enter School of Dance is happy to announce tap dance classes, taught by Will Pfeifer. Classes are scheduled for Wednesdays at 6:30, and are open to all ages. Will is a distinguished tap dancer, having studied under Ms. Mara at IM Dance for several years. Mr. Pfeifer performed in all the spring shows, while helping teach many of the younger dancers.
Will will be focusing on all aspects of tap, including jazz styles.
For more information, contact Arts Enter:(757) 331-2787
Auditions for Arts Enter Academy of Theater Arts: January 16th
Arts Enter will be holding auditions for this spring’s Academy of Theater Arts on January 16th at 10:00 at The Palace Theater in Cape Charles. This is the first season for the Theater Arts Academy, which will be an intensive all hands on deck production experience which will include auditioning skills, the actor’s method, improvisational training, vocal training and theater games.
The class will begin with a basic play structure, which is based on the South American story myth of Anansi the Spider. After auditions, and students are assigned their characters, the class will engage in a series of theater games and improvisations which will flush out the character, and create the dialog for the play. Each week, the class will build on the previous week, until a full fledged play has been created.
This process will involve a lot of hard work as well as lots of fun. Along the way, we will be focusing on many technical aspects, such as voice, diction, the actor’s method, as well as how to nail an audition. Students will also play a big part in designing the sets, lighting, and some aspects of the sound design.
As always, this production will be fused with Ms. Amy’s dance classes to create the Spring Dancaeble Drama.
The cost of the program is $75, however, for students already enrolled in the dance school, the cost is $35.
The time of rehearsals is tentatively set for 5:15 to 6:45 each Friday.
Who: Ages 10 – 17
Where: Palace Theater, Cape Charles
When: 10:00 on January 16th
What to bring: Your portfolio, including stage resume, photo if you have it. Optional, bring a song you can sing acapella
For more information, questions or concerns, please contact Wayne Creed at waynepcreed@yahoo.com or 331-3135.
Arts Enter searching for Ballet Teacher
The Arts Enter School of Dance is currently searching for a ballet teacher to become part of the expanding arts program at the organization. Currently, ballet I and ballet II are taught on Thursdays, however scheduling is flexible. If you or anyone you know is interested in teaching either ballet I, ballet II, or both, contact Amy Watkins at ae_watkins@yahoo.com for more information.
Christmas in New York: Dec 19th and 20th
Christmas in New York, this winter’s danceable drama by Arts Enter School of Dance, will be performed in the Palace Theater December 19th and 20th. The original script is a combination of dance and stage, incorporating all the music, dance and sites that make up New York, New York. Amy Watkins choreography delights as always, taking the audience along from Grand Central Station to Central Park, from the Bowery to Broadway to Coney Island, and many other places in the City. The dance incorporates many holiday favorites, but also music from George Gershwin to Bruce Springsteen to Dizzy Gillespie, Billy Joel, Kiss, Lea Michelle and more….all the sounds that over the years have made New York one of the world’s greatest cities.
This is a wonderful way to begin Christmas week by taking in festive downtown Cape Charles, and then basking in the warmth and glow of the Historic Palace Theater decorated for the holidays. Enjoy a cup of hot chocolate in the lobby and know that your support helps keep this community treasure alive and well.
Dates and ShowTime’s are December 19th at 7:30, with a matinee at 2:00 on the 20th.
I tried to keep it brief, but if you need more, let me know (feel free to edit away if you think it needs it). If Larry is tied up, Amy has done a fantastic job on the posters and playbills before.
Merry Christmas to the Ghost of the Palace Theater
On Thursday night, I arrived at the Palace Theater about a half an hour early for that evening’s dance rehearsal – I thought I might take a few minutes to warm up before the dancers got there, plus sometimes it is nice to have the stage all to yourself. All alone, just me and the stage, I suddenly remembered that I wasn’t alone at all—in the midst of my warmup, I had forgotten about the ghost. Anyone that has ever spent any time alone in the Palace can affirm this; you may not see it, but you know that poltergeist is there.
My dear friend David Glowacki, who for many years was our tech wizard up in the booth for shows such as Blithe Spirit, Annie and You Can’t Take It With You had many a run in with our mischievous, yet benevolent apparition. It seems our ghost took a perverse pleasure in wreaking havoc on David’s work. Every so often, after David would have everything set for the show, things would go haywire—all light settings would be lost, sounds disappeared, and spots would just stop working, sending David off, frantically trying to bring things back online. Like I said, the ghost was a benevolent one, and never did anything during an actual production, and seemed quite content to torture us during dress rehearsal week.
Last Christmas, on the day of our opening for our version of A Christmas Carol, I came in to finish up some last minute changes to the set, mainly constructing and hanging the huge, beautiful clock that was built and painted by Nicole Hart. The ghost was in prime form that day, with scissors falling of the stage, tape rolling off onto the floor, and somehow winding up way under the stage, and the lights went off several times, leaving me in total darkness, trying to make my way back to the switch.
“What are you doing?” I asked. “We have a show to put on, this is opening night.”
I couldn’t help but wonder what the deal was. But then I realized that it was about Sheila – the ghost really loved Sheila Cardano, whose vision it was to resurrect this theater, and once again fill it with life. I wonder how many years the poor apparition languished here, all alone, wandering about the cold, empty space. But that all changed with Ms. Cardano, who brought warmth and light to what had to have been an almost unbearable emptiness – there are few places more sad than an abandoned theater. I realized, that was why the ghost was giving me a hard time about this show. Ms. Cardano, a few years earlier, produced and directed a supremely beautiful version of the Dickens’ Christmas classic (I actually played Scrooge for her), but now, with Sheila retired, the ghost took our plans to stage the same show as an affront to its theater’s grand matron.
“Look, I get it,” I said. “I miss her too, everybody does. But like you, her spirit permeates every inch of this stage…she will always be here. But look, these kids have worked so hard on this show. It’s opening night, let them perform, will you?…this is what it’s really all about, right? This is what Sheila worked so hard to build for them, isn’t it?”
With that, the ghost left me alone, and I was finally able to hang the clock, and go home to rest up for opening night. Of course, the ghost had one more bit of mischief left, as ten minutes before the opening curtain, one of the strands holding the giant clock broke free, and was left hanging by one thread, ready to crash onto the stage.
“Really?” I asked, and I swear I heard a little giggle. Thankfully, my buddy Ethan Watson was on hand to save the day by hanging the clock with just under three minutes before the curtain was set to come up.
After that show, I feel me and ghost have come to an agreement. It finally realizes that Amy Watkins and I are not trying to replace Ms. Cardano, only to carry on the beauty and work that she and her family, especially Clelia, started years ago. In the shows since last winter’s Christmas Carol, Effervesent Elf, and now this year’s winter show, Christmas in New York, the ghost has been fairly tame. But I always know it’s there.
An odd thing happened this fall. For the last couple of years, I have been diagnosed with an aggressive set of cataracts in both eyes. As of this summer, I was almost totally blind in my right eye. However, this fall, our own brilliant Dr. Shepherd performed surgery on both eyes, and as of my last post-surgery checkup, I once again have 20/20 vision.
But there’s more…
I’m not sure how, but after the surgery, I seem to have much better peripheral vision, and that I can detect and sense light much better than before. I noticed this working in the booth as we rehearsed for the show. Where I once could only sense the ghost was next to me (especially in the booth, as I think this is its favorite place to hang out), I now catch glimpses of light, escaping just as I turn to see it. I know the ghost loves me now, but I have to admit it still creeps me out sometimes, especially at night, when I’m all alone in there. Even so, I wouldn’t change a thing, and I don’t think the Palace would be the same without it.
Merry Christmas ghost…and thank you.