The Tao of John

So I have a gig!  I am Saul Kimmer in People’s Branch Theatre’s production of True West.

Show Info:

TRUE WEST

True West is one of Same Shepard’s funniest plays, as well as one of his most brutal.

Austin is a stable, successful Hollywood screenwriter, Lee his menacing vagabond brother, and True West is the story of their attempt to trade lives.

Their tragicomic quest to change identity ends in a stalemate, but along the way this Pulitzer Prize-winning author takes gleeful potshots at Hollywood, the myth of the frontier, and the escape fantasies that drive the American imagination.

• September 18-27, 2008

For tickets please go here!

Here’s a promotional video for Naked Stages production of 12th Night…

For more videos of 12th Night featuring all the cast members go here!

“Be not afraid of greatness:
Some are born great, some achieve greatness,
And some have greatness thrust upon ’em.”

– TWELFTH NIGHT; Act II, Scene 5

NAKED STAGES and the VALHALLA SHAKESPEARE PROJECT will bring their own modern twist to one of the Bard’s greatest comedies this May with an all-star cast of Nashville favorites joined by promising newcomers.

Founding Artistic Director Mark Cabus plays Orsino and Feste with Nashville Shakespeare Festival Artistic Director Denice Hicks playing Olivia and the Captain. Ensemble Members Claire Syler (Viola/Caesario), Brian Webb Russell (Malvolio/Antonio) and John Mauldin (Sir Toby/Valentine) round out the stellar veteran actors in TWELFTH NIGHT’s cast.

Those veterans are complemented by MTSU student Patrick Benneyworth as Sebastian and Fabian, Belmont student Brianne Angarole playing Maria and the Priest and MTSU student Dustin Napier as Sir Andrew and Curio.

The co-production, directed by Ensemble member Tee Quillin, will start its run in Nashville at Belmont University’s Black Box Theatre (Troutt Theatre Complex, 2100 Belmont Boulevard) May 8-17. Its final performances are at Valhalla Farms in Woodbury (3081 Jimtown Road) on May 31 and June 1.

Jealously, mistaken identity, and cross-dressing all combine in the riotously romantic TWELFTH NIGHT, an audience favorite for the past four hundred years. Don’t miss it!

For NAKED STAGES:
WHEN: May 8-17
WHERE: Belmont University’s Black Box Theatre
TIME: 7:30 PM
TICKETS: $20 in advance at website (www.greenroomprojects.org)
or $25 at door (cash only)

Go to www.greenroomprojects.org to receive a special deal…

And for you, our Naked Stages patrons, we’re offering a special discount. Click on the TicketsNashville icon to the right and, when prompted, write into the discount blank “GRP12″ and receive $10 off our box office ticket price.

That’s right! For $15, you can see quality theatre performed by some of Nashville’s finest: Denice Hicks, Brian Webb Russell, Claire Syler, John Mauldin and Mark Cabus; directed by Tee Quillin.

For the VALHALLA SHAKESPEARE PROJECT:
WHEN: Saturday, May 31, and Sunday, June 1
WHERE: Valhalla Farms; 3081 Jimtown Road, Woodbury
TIME: 2 PM
TICKETS: Absolutely FREE!
Bring blankets, chairs, food and drink (alcohol permitted)!

This year, I have the honor and pleasure of participating in MDA’s Murfreesboro 2008 to help “Jerry’s Kids®”. To reach my goal I need your help!

I’d like to include you on my list of contributors who are helping me reach my goal. Your donation would help MDA continue the important fight against muscular dystrophy. Check out my web page by clicking on the link below. There you’ll find all kinds of information about MDA, and be able to make your tax-deductible donation on-line using your credit card.

MDA serves people in our community with neuromuscular disease by providing clinics, support groups, assistance with the purchase and repair of wheelchairs, braces and communication devices, and summer camp for kids. MDA also funds research grants to help find treatments and cures for some 43 neuromuscular diseases that affect people of all ages, right here in our community.

I sincerely hope that you’ll take the opportunity to support MDA. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to call or e-mail me.

On behalf of the families MDA serves, thank you!

Warmest Regards,

John Mauldin

Click here to visit my Participant Page.
If the link above does not bring you to my Participant Page, cut and paste the address below into the address bar of your web browser.

https://www.mdaevent.org/ParticipantInfo.aspx?j=320db6fc-ea41-46ea-b851-9f9fba6151d0

I am really tired from this past weekend…but it’s a good tired. IDS went to the 32nd Humana Festival at Actor’s Theatre of Louisville and we had a blast! We took in a lot of shows and talked to a lot of great people. I really have to thank Kyle Shepherd for all her hard work in making my experience of the festival top notch. I completely understand why someone would attend this year after year. This is an event that is not to be missed!

To see such top quality of work and the abundance of such work in one weekend is pretty intense to say the very least. But there are some pretty awesome people running around there, too. I am still a little fried…so there will be more to come once I decompress.

HELP ME HELP JERRY WITH SOME KIDS

Dear Naked Stages Patron,

We’re pleased to announce that I AM MY OWN WIFE will premiere at Belmont’s Troutt Theatre on June 5-15 (with a June 4 preview performance). Tickets are $20 in advance, $25 at the door (all discounts still apply) and may be purchased through TicketsNashville as always. We hope you will join us later this spring, but if for some reason this is not satisfactory for you, please contact Ashley at TicketsNashville (615-628-9100) for a full and complete refund.

I AM MY OWN WIFE has stirred an enormous amount of interest in Nashville, and we look forward to presenting this Tony and Pulitzer winner in all its glory very soon. We are grateful for your understanding and your patience. Without you, we are voices crying in the wilderness. Thank you for your patronage.

Mark Cabus

Unforeseeable circumstances have forced us to postpone our upcoming performances of I AM MY OWN WIFE until later this spring. We apologize to our Naked Stages patrons and to the community for any inconvenience this incurs. I AM MY OWN WIFE has stirred an enormous amount of interest in Nashville, and we look forward to presenting this Tony and Pulitzer winner in all its glory very soon.

Please look for our new performance dates to be announced shortly. Thank you for your patience and understanding.

Mark Cabus

Artistic Director

NAKED STAGES: A Green Room Project

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“A man walks across [an] empty space whilst someone else is watching him,

and this is all that is needed for an act of theater to be engaged.” Peter Brook

Wow, last week was insane. It was spring break…and SETC was in Chattonooga. IDS was there. We got some great interviews and those have lead us to Louisville, KY. Later this month, Tee and I will be heading up to the Humana Festival to take in that theatrical event! I can’t wait.

March has had a lot of travel so far. I have met a lot cool people along the way. If you would like to hear some of them…swing on over to the Inexplicable Dumb Show.

I also have to “pimp” the latest Naked Stages show: “I am My Own Wife”

March 19-29, 2008 at Belmont University’s Black Box Theatre (2100 Belmont Boulevard)

All performances of I AM MY OWN WIFE start at 7:30 PM. Performances are March 20-29 and the doors open at 7 PM. Wednesday, March 19 (a preview performance) and 26 are “Pay What You Can” donation nights. There will be a talk-back session after the Thursday, March 27 performance.

Pre-sold tickets are $20 for adults and $15 for seniors and students and are purchased online at www.greenroomprojects.org by clicking on the TicketsNashville.com icon at the top of the home page. Tickets are $25 at the door (cash only).

This is my Nashville Preds commercial…enjoy!

 

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I am directing one of the three plays in this new play reading festival that runs Feb. 21-23 at Bongo Java near Belmont University in Nashville. The play I am working on is Dependence Day by Anne Nelson. The cast is extremely talented and will be a joy to work with…so come on out and enjoy new works of theatre in Nashville!