A conversation with Lindsay Rom, playing the role of Della Proctor in the Theatrix USA production of The Baptism by Mike Broemmel.
The Baptism tells the tale of the residents of Worthington, seemingly typical small town folks -- the farming family, the widow and her circle of friends, a young woman with a new baby. Despite the seeming normality, something sinister brews beneath the surface of daily life in the tiny village. The play has something of a Twilight Zone feel.
The town gathers on a stormy night for the baptism of May Proctor's baby son. The audience become congregants and participate in an event they will not soon forget.
Check out the YouTube video of the conversation with a cast member of The Baptism by Mike Broemmel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHqKUxrIO0w
Thursday, June 25, 2015
Thursday, June 18, 2015
Media Relations for Small Business Seminar
The Media Relations for Small Business Seminar is an intensive session designed to aid small venture owners and managers to take full advantage of traditional and new media opportunities and solutions. Armed with the information and strategies gleaned from the seminar, a small business is able to reduce money spent on marketing and advertising while increasing its public presence at the same time.
Topics to be discussed during the seminar include:
•Developing a comprehensive media relations plan
•Crafting the ideal press release
•Strategies for networking with the media
•Strategies to effectively integrate new and traditional media
•And many other vital media-related solutions for small business
The seminar will be held on Thursday, July 23, 2015 from 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. A box lunch will be served at noon. The seminar will be held at the West End Theatre and Arts Center, a new multi-purpose center located at 9373 W. Colfax Blvd. in Lakewood.
Seminar participants will also receive a copy of The 10-Point Press Release Plan: Profitably Promote Your Small Business.
Seminar presenters include a former member of the White House Staff of Media Relations and Planning, who also has extensive experience providing professional media relations services to businesses and not-for-profit organizations.
Early bird registration is $50. After July 1, registration is $75. Space is limited to ensure optimal opportunity for discussion and exchange.
http://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0948aca72ba0f58-media
Topics to be discussed during the seminar include:
•Developing a comprehensive media relations plan
•Crafting the ideal press release
•Strategies for networking with the media
•Strategies to effectively integrate new and traditional media
•And many other vital media-related solutions for small business
The seminar will be held on Thursday, July 23, 2015 from 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. A box lunch will be served at noon. The seminar will be held at the West End Theatre and Arts Center, a new multi-purpose center located at 9373 W. Colfax Blvd. in Lakewood.
Seminar participants will also receive a copy of The 10-Point Press Release Plan: Profitably Promote Your Small Business.
Seminar presenters include a former member of the White House Staff of Media Relations and Planning, who also has extensive experience providing professional media relations services to businesses and not-for-profit organizations.
Early bird registration is $50. After July 1, registration is $75. Space is limited to ensure optimal opportunity for discussion and exchange.
http://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0948aca72ba0f58-media
Monday, June 15, 2015
Meet the Cast of Six Joan Crawfords by Mike Broemmel - Paul Escobedo as Rock Plymouth
Six Joan Crawfords by Mike Broemmel is the tale of a half dozen has-been divas who star in a faltering stage play, Miss Tangerine’s Diary, as it tours from Toledo to Topeka to Tupelo. Enormous egos and lack of introspection abound, resulting in comedic turns from one scene to the next. The comedy unfolds backstage, over the course of a trio of acts set in three separate cities.
A character study, Six Joan Crawfords features six women who view themselves as larger than life despite life largely leaving them behind. Six Joan Crawfords is an original play, premiering with this production. It is also the inaugural production to be staged at the West End Theatre and Arts Center in Lakewood at the 40 West Arts District.
Paul Escobedo as Rock Plymouth:
"Paul is a Denver native with 19 years of acting experience. Paul is best known for his work at the Community College of Aurora (2008-2011) and portraying Stephen in The Shadow Box at The Edge (2013). Paul appeared in the Theatrix production of Goddess People earlier this year. Paul thanks Mike for this opportunity and the rest of the cast for all their hard work. (Here's your comedy mom, I love you.)"
Tickets are available at:
http://theatrix-
A character study, Six Joan Crawfords features six women who view themselves as larger than life despite life largely leaving them behind. Six Joan Crawfords is an original play, premiering with this production. It is also the inaugural production to be staged at the West End Theatre and Arts Center in Lakewood at the 40 West Arts District.
Paul Escobedo as Rock Plymouth:
"Paul is a Denver native with 19 years of acting experience. Paul is best known for his work at the Community College of Aurora (2008-2011) and portraying Stephen in The Shadow Box at The Edge (2013). Paul appeared in the Theatrix production of Goddess People earlier this year. Paul thanks Mike for this opportunity and the rest of the cast for all their hard work. (Here's your comedy mom, I love you.)"
Tickets are available at:
http://theatrix-
Meet the Cast of Six Joan Crawfords by Mike Broemmel - Justin Vaughan as Freddy
Six Joan Crawfords by Mike Broemmel is the tale of a half dozen has-been divas who star in a faltering stage play, Miss Tangerine’s Diary, as it tours from Toledo to Topeka to Tupelo. Enormous egos and lack of introspection abound, resulting in comedic turns from one scene to the next. The comedy unfolds backstage, over the course of a trio of acts set in three separate cities.
A character study, Six Joan Crawfords features six women who view themselves as larger than life despite life largely leaving them behind. Six Joan Crawfords is an original play, premiering with this production. It is also the inaugural production to be staged at the West End Theatre and Arts Center in Lakewood at the 40 West Arts District.
Justin Vaughan as Freddy
With an extensive film background, Justin Vaughan marked his first stage appearance in The Baptism in the role of Jaye Lane. That performance was followed up with a principal role in The Baptism. Justin also has had principal roles in three films: Josh in The Cylinder, Mikey in Estranged and Glenn Jackson in The Digression State. He has appeared in roles in a half dozen other films. In addition to performing in films ... and now on stage, Justin is an experienced musician with professional experience.
Tickets are available at:
http://theatrix-
A character study, Six Joan Crawfords features six women who view themselves as larger than life despite life largely leaving them behind. Six Joan Crawfords is an original play, premiering with this production. It is also the inaugural production to be staged at the West End Theatre and Arts Center in Lakewood at the 40 West Arts District.
Justin Vaughan as Freddy
With an extensive film background, Justin Vaughan marked his first stage appearance in The Baptism in the role of Jaye Lane. That performance was followed up with a principal role in The Baptism. Justin also has had principal roles in three films: Josh in The Cylinder, Mikey in Estranged and Glenn Jackson in The Digression State. He has appeared in roles in a half dozen other films. In addition to performing in films ... and now on stage, Justin is an experienced musician with professional experience.
Tickets are available at:
http://theatrix-
Wednesday, June 10, 2015
Audience Testimonial about Goddess People by Mike Broemmel
An original drama in real time, Goddess People by Mike Broemmel is the tale of six people of different nationalities and backgrounds trapped in a shop as terrorist rebels lay siege to the surrounding village. Goddess People lets the audience inside on what becomes the most important 90 minutes in the lives of these individuals. The play is a character study of how six individuals respond differently to what may be the final moments of their lives.
Goddess People makes its world premiere in Denver.
Audience testimonial about the Theatrix USA #Denver production of Goddess People by Mike Broemmel. #theater #theatre #KansasCity - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lcxjy3e3tc
Goddess People makes its world premiere in Denver.
Audience testimonial about the Theatrix USA #Denver production of Goddess People by Mike Broemmel. #theater #theatre #KansasCity - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lcxjy3e3tc
Comments about the Original Production of Goddess People by Mike Broemmel
An original drama in real time, Goddess People by Mike Broemmel is the tale of six people of different nationalities and backgrounds trapped in a shop as terrorist rebels lay siege to the surrounding village. Goddess People lets the audience inside on what becomes the most important 90 minutes in the lives of these individuals. The play is a character study of how six individuals respond differently to what may be the final moments of their lives.
Goddess People makes its world premiere in Denver.
Remarks from Eric Tausch, actor in the Theatrix USA production of Goddess People by Mike Broemmel - #theater #theatre #Denver #KansasCity - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReRYe_AtgkI
Goddess People makes its world premiere in Denver.
Remarks from Eric Tausch, actor in the Theatrix USA production of Goddess People by Mike Broemmel - #theater #theatre #Denver #KansasCity - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReRYe_AtgkI
Tuesday, June 9, 2015
Six Joan Crawfords: New Comedy Inaugurates Denver-Area Performance and Arts Center
by Ronnie Myer
Six Joan Crawfords, a comedy in three acts by playwright Mike Broemmel, made its world premiere at the newly established West End Theatre & Arts Center in Lakewood, a bedroom community in the Denver-metro area.
Six Joan Crawfords is the tale of a half dozen has-been divas who star in a faltering stage play, Miss Tangerine’s Diary, as it tours from Toledo to Topeka to Tupelo. Enormous egos and lack of introspection abound, resulting in comedic turns from one scene to the next. The comedy unfolds backstage, over the course of a trio of acts set in three separate cities. A character study, Six Joan Crawfords features six women who view themselves as larger than life despite life largely leaving them behind.
Six Joan Crawfords features a strong ensemble cast featuring six female actresses cast as the divas appearing in the show-within-the-show, a seemingly doomed production christened Miss Tangerine’s Diary. The six diva roles have been cast by an interesting blend of both highly experienced actors as well as a couple who are new to the stage.
Lindsay Rom, with both film and stage credits to her name, appears as Constance Wolfe. The Constance Wolfe character is described as the former Florida Grapefruit Juice Queen (eat your heart out Anita Bryant) who routinely is mistaken for a male drag performer. Quite like the real world Bryant in the 1970s, Constance Wolfe is on a vitriolic anti-gay crusade. Rom pulls off a spot-on performance of a female actor regularly confused with being a man in a gown.
A newcomer to the stage, Sarah Rose, gives a delightful and strong performance as Taber Taylor. The Taber Taylor character saw her career hit the skids because of a sex scandal arising out of an incident at a Midwestern motor lodge. Evidently as the result of the motel tryst, Taber Taylor became something of a Born Again Christian, without any real understanding of the faith or any actual moorings regarding its practice. She alternately appears to be channeling Tammy Faye Bakker or Suzanne Somers as Chrissy Snow in Three’s Company. And Rose does it all very well.
Speaking of channeling, LaDios Muhammad as Leeza Spain does a catwalk turn during the show that brings Diana Ross front and center. Muhammad is also flush with film, television and stage credits, including two recent dramas in Denver: The Baptism and Goddess People. During a recent talkback following a production of Six Joan Crawfords, Muhammad remarked that Six Joan Crawfords was her first comedy. Her timing and delivery are solid and portend a future in comedic productions.
Cathy Washburn, an actor with a long history on the Denver stage, appears in Six Joan Crawfords as Cloria Ronson. The Cloria Ronson backstory includes being fished out of a fountain in front of a Beverly Hills hotel wearing only a gentleman’s top hat. Washburn is wry and witty in her portrayal of Cloria Ronson. Cloria Ronson is something of a foil of all the other divas and Washburn delivers with impact and wit. Even when playing in something of an over-the-top comedy, Washburn displays grace on the stage.
Another actor, OD Duhu, with experience takes the stage in Six Joan Crawfords. Duhu portrays Veronica Wonder, a fading entertainer with a fixation on Zsa Zsa Gabor and a penchant for stalking and being stalked. Duhu is another cast member who seems to be successful in channeling legendary performers. In the case of Duhu, she has a presence highly reminiscent of Pam Grier. Her performance as Veronica Wonder is both outrageous as well as magnetic.
Six Joan Crawfords features another relative newcomer in the cast as one of the divas. Tyler Kingsbury plays Claireen Fyck and brings to the stage a character that smacks a bit of Cloris Leachman in Young Frankenstein. Her dry delivery style, coupled with a Russian-like accent, renders her portrayal of Claireen Fyck memorable.
The cast includes characters beyond the six divas that are associated with the name of the production. On this list is a shrill, vindictive and flamboyant theater critic called Helgore Fine. Helgore Fine is another well-known stage present in Denver, Kathi Baerns. Baerns provides a robust performance, leaving those who may recall her feeling like Heddy Hopper paid a visit to the stage in Denver on which Six Joan Crawfords is performed.
This writer does avoid being the spoiler, but also notes that a unique turn in the casting of the show is found in the character of Ginger Snow played by newcomer Matahji Ameen. Ameen is the real life daughter of LaDios Muhammad, another of the players in the production. Ameen displays an essential sweetness in her portrayal of the awkward Ginger Snow.
Three men are round out the cast of Six Joan Crawfords, including veteran Paul Escobedo as Rock Plymouth. (If this writer has any issue with the production, it is with actually naming a character “Rock Plymouth.”) Escobedo is entertainingly outrageous in his performance. He is able to make an audience member not only laugh heartily at his portrayal of the floundering playwright but also ensures that those in attendance actually care for the chap.
Eric Tausch, a seasoned actor, portrays the generally intoxicated director Theodore Nixon. He is able to effectively convey different levels of sobriety – or lack thereof. He provides something of a centering factor in a production otherwise ensconced in quick quips. With that noted, he also delivers humorous dialogue with certainty.
Finally, Justin Vaughan portrays Freddy, the beleaguered stage manager. In the end, it is Freddy who is in the midst of the storm that brews between the six overblown divas, an obnoxious theater critic, a troubled playwright and a stalker. For anyone who has spent time backstage, Vaughan provides a believable and at times insightful performance as a theatrical stage manager.
Six Joan Crawfords is the brainchild of playwright Mike Broemmel, who also directed the production. Broemmel’s most recent directorial credit is for last year’s revival of Jeffrey at The Vintage Theatre in Aurora, Colorado. 2015 has seen two of Broemmel’s other scripts hit the boards: The Baptism and Goddess People, both serious and somewhat controversial three-act plays that premiered in Denver’s Art District on Santa Fe earlier in 2015.
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Tickets: http://theatrix-usa.ticketleap.com/six-joan-crawfords/
Six Joan Crawfords, a comedy in three acts by playwright Mike Broemmel, made its world premiere at the newly established West End Theatre & Arts Center in Lakewood, a bedroom community in the Denver-metro area.
Six Joan Crawfords is the tale of a half dozen has-been divas who star in a faltering stage play, Miss Tangerine’s Diary, as it tours from Toledo to Topeka to Tupelo. Enormous egos and lack of introspection abound, resulting in comedic turns from one scene to the next. The comedy unfolds backstage, over the course of a trio of acts set in three separate cities. A character study, Six Joan Crawfords features six women who view themselves as larger than life despite life largely leaving them behind.
Six Joan Crawfords features a strong ensemble cast featuring six female actresses cast as the divas appearing in the show-within-the-show, a seemingly doomed production christened Miss Tangerine’s Diary. The six diva roles have been cast by an interesting blend of both highly experienced actors as well as a couple who are new to the stage.
Lindsay Rom, with both film and stage credits to her name, appears as Constance Wolfe. The Constance Wolfe character is described as the former Florida Grapefruit Juice Queen (eat your heart out Anita Bryant) who routinely is mistaken for a male drag performer. Quite like the real world Bryant in the 1970s, Constance Wolfe is on a vitriolic anti-gay crusade. Rom pulls off a spot-on performance of a female actor regularly confused with being a man in a gown.
A newcomer to the stage, Sarah Rose, gives a delightful and strong performance as Taber Taylor. The Taber Taylor character saw her career hit the skids because of a sex scandal arising out of an incident at a Midwestern motor lodge. Evidently as the result of the motel tryst, Taber Taylor became something of a Born Again Christian, without any real understanding of the faith or any actual moorings regarding its practice. She alternately appears to be channeling Tammy Faye Bakker or Suzanne Somers as Chrissy Snow in Three’s Company. And Rose does it all very well.
Speaking of channeling, LaDios Muhammad as Leeza Spain does a catwalk turn during the show that brings Diana Ross front and center. Muhammad is also flush with film, television and stage credits, including two recent dramas in Denver: The Baptism and Goddess People. During a recent talkback following a production of Six Joan Crawfords, Muhammad remarked that Six Joan Crawfords was her first comedy. Her timing and delivery are solid and portend a future in comedic productions.
Cathy Washburn, an actor with a long history on the Denver stage, appears in Six Joan Crawfords as Cloria Ronson. The Cloria Ronson backstory includes being fished out of a fountain in front of a Beverly Hills hotel wearing only a gentleman’s top hat. Washburn is wry and witty in her portrayal of Cloria Ronson. Cloria Ronson is something of a foil of all the other divas and Washburn delivers with impact and wit. Even when playing in something of an over-the-top comedy, Washburn displays grace on the stage.
Another actor, OD Duhu, with experience takes the stage in Six Joan Crawfords. Duhu portrays Veronica Wonder, a fading entertainer with a fixation on Zsa Zsa Gabor and a penchant for stalking and being stalked. Duhu is another cast member who seems to be successful in channeling legendary performers. In the case of Duhu, she has a presence highly reminiscent of Pam Grier. Her performance as Veronica Wonder is both outrageous as well as magnetic.
Six Joan Crawfords features another relative newcomer in the cast as one of the divas. Tyler Kingsbury plays Claireen Fyck and brings to the stage a character that smacks a bit of Cloris Leachman in Young Frankenstein. Her dry delivery style, coupled with a Russian-like accent, renders her portrayal of Claireen Fyck memorable.
The cast includes characters beyond the six divas that are associated with the name of the production. On this list is a shrill, vindictive and flamboyant theater critic called Helgore Fine. Helgore Fine is another well-known stage present in Denver, Kathi Baerns. Baerns provides a robust performance, leaving those who may recall her feeling like Heddy Hopper paid a visit to the stage in Denver on which Six Joan Crawfords is performed.
This writer does avoid being the spoiler, but also notes that a unique turn in the casting of the show is found in the character of Ginger Snow played by newcomer Matahji Ameen. Ameen is the real life daughter of LaDios Muhammad, another of the players in the production. Ameen displays an essential sweetness in her portrayal of the awkward Ginger Snow.
Three men are round out the cast of Six Joan Crawfords, including veteran Paul Escobedo as Rock Plymouth. (If this writer has any issue with the production, it is with actually naming a character “Rock Plymouth.”) Escobedo is entertainingly outrageous in his performance. He is able to make an audience member not only laugh heartily at his portrayal of the floundering playwright but also ensures that those in attendance actually care for the chap.
Eric Tausch, a seasoned actor, portrays the generally intoxicated director Theodore Nixon. He is able to effectively convey different levels of sobriety – or lack thereof. He provides something of a centering factor in a production otherwise ensconced in quick quips. With that noted, he also delivers humorous dialogue with certainty.
Finally, Justin Vaughan portrays Freddy, the beleaguered stage manager. In the end, it is Freddy who is in the midst of the storm that brews between the six overblown divas, an obnoxious theater critic, a troubled playwright and a stalker. For anyone who has spent time backstage, Vaughan provides a believable and at times insightful performance as a theatrical stage manager.
Six Joan Crawfords is the brainchild of playwright Mike Broemmel, who also directed the production. Broemmel’s most recent directorial credit is for last year’s revival of Jeffrey at The Vintage Theatre in Aurora, Colorado. 2015 has seen two of Broemmel’s other scripts hit the boards: The Baptism and Goddess People, both serious and somewhat controversial three-act plays that premiered in Denver’s Art District on Santa Fe earlier in 2015.
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Tickets: http://theatrix-usa.ticketleap.com/six-joan-crawfords/
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