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The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

By contributor on May 10, 2013 12:26 PM | No Comments

Southwest High School in association with Debbie's Angels Productions presents the musical The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.

The show is about the highs and lows of elementary school kids trying to win the spelling bee trophy. But there is a twist! We need you to be a part of the show! That's right, we need audience volunteers for every show. Just sign up in the lobby before the performance.

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Auditions: Broadway After Dark - Jacksonville, NC

By Dan Thornton on May 10, 2013 11:55 AM | No Comments

Debbie's Angels Productions is holding auditions for its popular revue Broadway After Dark. This is a racy, rowdy revue of some of Broadway's biggest hits including songs from Chicago, Rent, Gypsy, Smokey Joe's Cafe, etc. They are looking for men and women. You will be performing songs, dances, scenes and monologues from various shows when you audition so please be prepared.

Checklist:

Must be 18 years or older.
32 bars (a verse and a chorus) of a Broadway song. If you don't know any Broadway songs, prepare a pop, rock, gospel or country song. Bring sheet music if you have it but also be prepared to sing acapella.
If you are NOT a singer, please prepare a 1-2 minute comedic or dramatic monologue.
Bring a headshot and resume if you have it. If you don't, no worries. Just come anyway!

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Potpourri

By Dan Thornton on April 18, 2013 11:07 AM | No Comments

Samantha Mills

Photo Credit: Courtesy Eric Graham of Eric Graham Photography

D. J. Barton and Catherine Trail

On the Set of Hangman

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Teaser for The Strange and Unusual

By Dan Thornton on April 4, 2013 9:41 AM | No Comments

Anxious to see what the Strange and Unusual will look like? Here's a teaser to give you and idea.

The Strange and Unusual - Teaser

Also, check out the interview we did with the producers and cast.

The Strange and Unusual - Interview

The Strange and Unusual Website

Swimming With Dolphins

By Dan Thornton on April 3, 2013 4:15 PM | No Comments

Robert Filion, where do you find the time? Here's a teaser for Swimming With Dolphins. Written by Michael Melendez and directed by Robert Filion it's a lighthearted look at friendship with some unusual twists.

Michael Melendez also stars in the film along with Kevin Johnson, Haven Wilson, and Paul Gibson. How's that for using talent from the Carolinas?

Produced by Michael Melendez, Robert W. Filion, and Laney Sifford.

Check out the teaser below.

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Benh Zeitlin: Director/Writer of Beasts of the Southern Wild

By Dan Thornton on April 3, 2013 9:06 AM | No Comments

Louisiana's Wetland (Photo credit: Alicia-Lee-07)

Here is an interview that Benh Zeitlin did with Charlie Rose about his movie Beasts of the Southern Wild. This film has won many awards thoughout the world and was nominated for four Academy Awards.

Discover how he was able to achieve the right chemistry between Quvenzhané Wallis as Hushpuppy and her on screen father. These two roles did not use professional actors and it is interesting to discover how they were chosen.

It's a story about how to survive loss. Filmed in the Louisiana wetland. Benh was just wanting to make a film he could be proud of. He certainly accomplished that goal.

See the interview and learn more about Benh and the movie in the link below

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Music Director for Debbie's Angels Productions

By Dan Thornton on March 23, 2013 1:34 PM | No Comments

Debbie's Angels Productions is seeking a music director for their Spring theatre classes. You must be able to read music, teach vocal parts and play the piano. There is some pay. Please email your resumes to debbiesangelsproductions@gmail.com. Looking for someone in the Onslow County or surrounding areas of North Carolina.

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Funding Campaign for Athena by Robert W. Filion

By Dan Thornton on March 23, 2013 12:21 PM | No Comments

Robert W. Filion, winner of the George A. Romera American Zombie Film Competition 2009, has started an indiegogo campaign to help finish up his new feature length movie Athena.

Robert is dedicated to making his films have the best production quality possible and is raising these finishing funds to make sure the sound design and color grading is done as well as possible.

Go to the indiegogo campaign by clicking on the link below, view the video about the film, and help by participating in this exciting film.

Finishing Funds for Athena

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My Name is Paul - The Feature

By Dan Thornton on March 12, 2013 9:15 AM | No Comments

The feature length version of My Name is Paul has completed filming and is now in post-production. Hopefully we will be able to see it sometime this year or next depending on how long the editing and scoring take. I've seen some the footage and the cinematography is excellent!

This project started with a screenplay by Vanessa Ore. A short was made and directed by her husband Trey Ore along with a sizable cast and crew. The short was very popular on the film festival circuit winning several awards including the Dove Family Appoved seal for ages 12+.

"The short was selected Globally into multiple Film Festivals on 4 continents and was the Short Film winner at Kingdomwood Film Festival, Films with Valor in Acapulco, Mexico and the Redemptive Film Festival in Virginia Beach, Virginia."

After showing the potential of the story, they have expanded it with the help of Tara Lynn Marcelle into a feature length movie. Also, after having shown the potential with the short film, they have brought in a team of investors to make sure they have the resources to do everything to the best of their ability with the feature. From what I've seen they have the footage to make it even better. Now it's up to the editors.

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Find A Way Theatrical Debut This Weekend

By Dan Thornton on February 28, 2013 12:30 PM | No Comments

This weekend, the theatrical debut of Find A Way will be screened in Greensboro, NC. The tragic story of Harry Cohen and Alamance County football player. Harry was a person that always wanted to find a way to do the things that needed to be done. Either in his life or on the football field.

As captain of the football team he was a role model and someone his friends and the Burlington youth could look up to. He always had a smile on his face and was there if you needed him. Harry quarterbacked for the Bulldogs the last time on Friday, August 26th, 2011. He was found unresponsive in his bed the following Sunday and was rushed to the hospital and passed away the next day.

This film is not about how Harry died, it is about the way he lived. That's what inspired Cornelius Muller to write the screenplay. "Find a way" are the words his teammates clung to in order to cope with Harry's death. It involves four fictional families who discover that relationships are what matter most.

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An Evening with Kathy Butler Sandvoss - Part 2

By Anna Wright on February 22, 2013 12:34 PM | No Comments

Kathy Sandvoss spends her time living the American dream, at least to this outsider. She is an actress in the Charlotte/Fort Mill/Rock Hill area who has always been interested in acting since a young girl. She has gone from high school and college ambitions, to a life of auditions and on-set performances. All while raising a family in between! Always grateful for the balancing act she has to make between home, family, acting and the rest of her life. Check out this interview where we figure out how she does it all...

An Evening with Kathy Butler Sandvoss - Part 2

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Meme Simmons Loves Theatre

By Dan Thornton on February 11, 2013 10:00 AM | No Comments

The theatre is something special. Meme Simmons knows that. She was drawn to it as a child. First singing in the choir at age four then performing in high school plays for five years since she did her first musical with the high school when she was still in the eighth grade.

From high school she went straight to college in New York City. Eventually landing roles in off-broadway productions and touring companies.

Now she's back in her hometown bringing her theatrical talent to the people of Jacksonville, North Carolina. Here she has established Debbie's Angels Productions to produce shows and teach acting with the help of her relatives and friends.

In Jacksonville she has helped produce a musical at Southwest High School and directed theatre classes for the city's Parks and Recreation Department. Debbie's Angels produced a musical called Broadway After Dark last year and has plans for two more adult performances this year and one for kids.

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Shovels and Rope on The David Letterman Show

By Dan Thornton on February 1, 2013 8:43 AM | No Comments

A ball of fire singer out of Tennessee with an acoustic guitar, and a harmonica playing rhythm section of a fella from Texas punching out the beat. That's what you get when you see Shovels and Rope.

Cary Ann Hearst and Michael Trent now call Charleston, South Carolina home and have recently been touring the U.S. in support of their new album O' Be Joyful.

Check them out below in their recent appearance on The David Letterman Show.

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A Raisin in the Sun - Jacksonville, NC

By Dan Thornton on January 30, 2013 8:28 AM | No Comments

Debbie's Angels Productions Presents: A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry.

A Raisin in the Sun debuted on Broadway in 1959. Since then it has been featured as a movie, a TV Film, a musical, and a Broadway revival.

Based on the poem Harlem (What happens to a dream deferred?) by Langston Hughes the drama is about a man, living with his family in a small Chicago apartment and barely getting by. He wants to improve his lot in life by opening a business. Unexpectedly his dream of doing so is made possible by a check that Lena receives as an insurance settlement but things don't go as planned.

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Dustin Hoffman on Acting and Directing

By Dan Thornton on January 29, 2013 1:02 PM | No Comments

Dustin Hoffman at the Cannes Film Festival. (Photo credit: Georges Biard via Wikipedia)
I'm a big fan of Dustin Hoffman. My favorite movies of his are The Graduate along with Papillon and Marathon Man.

It was the The Graduate, directed by Mike Nichols, that took him from being a character actor to a star. Before that movie he did not consider himself a leading man. So not wanting to mess up what he had established as a character actor he initially turned down the role. Mike Nichols had to personally call him and convince him to take the part of Benjamin Braddock, a recent college graduate pondering what to do with the rest of his life. Good thing he did.

In addition to his work in theatre and film he has also waded into the director pool with Quartet, a movie about a home for retired musicians and singers. In the interview below he tells about how he directed the actors and has some great stories about acting from his long career.

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Potpourri

By contributor on January 28, 2013 12:00 PM | No Comments

Christy Johnson

performing with Dreamkiller

Photo Credit: Courtesy Mo at One Big Dark Room

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Darren W. Conrad - An Officer and a Gentleman

By Dan Thornton on January 21, 2013 8:10 AM | No Comments

Darren has been an officer of the law since 1990 and a participant in the performing arts since the age of five. First playing drums and piano for talent shows then progressing to theatre for church and school, and eventually the school Jazz Band and a local pop band.

As a youngster he invented film roles for his friends to re-enact with him but put away these thoughts when his father died in an auto accident in 1989. Then he turned his attention to law enforcement. Only occasionally participating in movies for a couple of decades. He has been very active in films since 2010 including acting, writing, producing, and working in various crew positions. It seems to be in his blood; the passion he has for film and performing.

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Film Riot - Filmmaking Tips and Techniques

By Dan Thornton on January 16, 2013 12:00 PM | No Comments

Image by Danilo Prates via Wikipedia

Film Riot from Revision 3 brings you filmmaking techniques, production tips and DIY projects for filmmakers. Directed and hosted by Ryan Connolly.

To Russia With Love

By Dan Thornton on January 7, 2013 1:55 PM | No Comments

Let's send Christy Johnson and the Dreamkiller Band to Russia. You can help by liking them on the ULikeUs page now through January 31st.

ULikeUS is a competition where artists compete to bring their music to Russia. The top twenty bands that gain the most attention at this stage will compete for a panel of judges to see who gets to go to Russia and play their music. More about that here.

To vote for Dreamkiller go to the ULikeUs voting page. Find Dreamkiller and vote by clicking on the Facebook or VK.com icons.

ULikeUs voting page

Check out the Dreamkiller Watch This video below and visit their web page. Also, like this page so all your friends can vote too!

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The Hollow Oak

By Dan Thornton on December 19, 2012 9:20 AM | No Comments

Chris Maney has a lot of responsibility on his shoulders. To whom? The supporters, cast, and crew of The Hollow Oak a feature film set to be released this coming summer and they are behind him 100%.

It started as an idea he had in high school and has developed into the production that now has been underway for over a year. Along the way he met up with Samantha Katelyn and they have built a great filmmaking team that has their focus on the prize. To finish this thriller for release by the summer of next year.

"I held an audition in Jacksonville back in 2010. I wanted to make a movie for fun. Nothing fancy...
But I had met Samantha. She convinced me I could do so much more with The Hollow Oak. And we have been at it ever since." - Chris Maney

This production has come a long way since the first audition in 2010. Some roles have been re-cast and a lot of effort has been put forth in scouting locations, blocking scenes, setting up and tearing down equipment, not to mention the editing and sound design.

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