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Album: Romeo & Juliet

Released: Apr 10, 2007

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The Northwest Classical Theatre Company is a non-profit organization founded in 1998 by Artistic Director Grant Turner. We specialize in classic works by great authors with an emphasis on the authors' own writing and not the directors' concept. The NWCTC is the resident company of Portland's most intimate performance space, The Shoe Box Theater (2110 SE 10th Ave. Portland, OR 97214). .. .. .. .. .... .. .. ......The Bridge Lady........ .. .. .... .. .... ....Sharon following the habitrail to the top of the Fremont Bridge. Photo by Ed Wortman 7/10/09...... .. .. ..THE BRIDGE LADY...... .. .. A one-woman show written and performed by Sharon Wood Wortman and directed by Kate Hawkes premiers at the Shoe Box Theater (2110 SE 10th Ave. Portland, OR 97214).. .. ..Tuesday, October 13, 2009 through Sunday, October 18..... ..Opening performance benefits the Oregon Writers Colony Closing performance benefits Fertile Ground and the Portland Area Theatre Alliance.... .. In this one-bridge-after-another multimedia event involving narrow escapes and invisible disabilities, the WRBs (Willamette River Bridges) take on human characteristics, a mother and daughter jitterbug to Fats Domino music, and audience members, via footage filmed July 10, 2009, climb through the arch ribs and up to Fremont’s two-foot wide catwalk for a flagpole look at Portland. With guest musician Stephen Cohen and dancer Dori Davenport... .. ..Not appropriate for children.... .. Presented by Urban Adventures in conjunction with the Northwest Classical Theatre Company.. .. For more information contact the NWCTC at:.. nwclassical@hotmail.com or 971-244-3740.. .. or Sharon Wood Wortman at:.. ..www.bridgestories.com.. or 503-222-5535.. .. .. ..The Bridge Lady.. is funded in part by the Regional Arts & Cultural Council.. Copies of the CD “The Band of Bridges,” with the illustrated booklet ..12 Steps for Climbing the Fremont Bridge.., will be available for sale at the performances... .. .. Showtimes: .. ..Tickets are $10 unless otherwise noted (*).... .. Tuesday October 13th at 8:00 pm (*$15).. Wednesday October 14th at 8:00 pm.. Thursday October 15th at 8:00 pm.. Friday October 16th at 6:00 pm.. Saturday October 17th at 2:00 pm.. Sunday October 18th at 2:00 pm.. Sunday October 18th at 6:00 pm (*$15).. .. To purchase tickets, please ..click here for our safe and secure Ticket Turtle site... .. .. .. .. .... .. .. ......The NWCTC 2009-2010 SEASON:........ .. .. ....Tickets for the NWCTC 2009-2010 Season on sale now!.. You can purchase your tickets online through our easy and secure Ticket Turtle page... .. ..CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE YOUR TICKETS TO NWCTC 2009-2010 SEASON SHOWS!........ .. .. .. .. ......HENRY IV Part Two.... ~ October 23-November 22.. ....By William Shakespeare. Directed by Grant Turner.. (in Collaboration with Portland Actors Ensemble)...... .. ......TWELFTH NIGHT.... ~ December 11-January 10.. ....By William Shakespeare. Directed by Don Alder...... .. ......LOVE’S LABOUR’S LOST.... ~ March 19-April 18 .. ....By William Shakespeare. Directed by Michael Mendelson...... .. .. .. All shows perform.. 7:00 PM Thursday-Saturday, 2:00PM Sunday at:.. ..The Shoe Box Theater.. 2110 SE 10th Ave... Portland, OR 97214.... .. .. .. .. .... .. .. ......Donate to the NWCTC........ .. .. For information on how you can help support the NWCTC, please click on:.. ........Become An Active Member of the NWCTC Family! ........ .. ....View the NWCTC 2008-2009 Donor List...... .. .. .. .. .. .... .. .. ......The Shoe Box Theater........ .. Home to and operated by the Northwest Classical Theatre Company since 2004, The Shoe Box Theater is renowned throughout the Portland Metro Area for its intimate and surprisingly versatile auditorium, as well as its distinct and hospitable lobby. When not in use by the NWCTC, the theater is often utilized by other companies for their productions... .. The Shoe Box Theater is located at 2110 SE 10th Ave. Portland, OR 97214 (between Lincoln and Grant). To see photos of the theater, please visit our gallery ..here... .. .. For a map with interactive directions, please visit Google Maps ..here... .. .. .. .... .. .. ......Previous 2008-2009 Season:........ .. .. .. .. .. ...... .. .. ...... .. For photos from our 2008-2009 Season, please visit our gallery ..here... .. .. .. .... .. .. .. .. ....Tickets...... .. .. .. ....You can now purchase tickets to Northwest Classical Theatre Company shows online through Ticket Turtle! It's safe and easy and guarantees your seat at the show! Please visit:.. ..The NWCTC Ticket Turtle page......... .. .. ....Visit our website: ..www.nwctc.org.......... ....Find us on Facebook: ..NWCTC on Facebook........ .. .. ....Purchase gift certificates or the NWCTC 10-Show Punchcard Pass by visiting our Ticket Turtle site:.. ..NWCTC Ticket Turtle Online Store........ .. .. For information or reservations,.. please call us at ..971-244-3740.... or e-mail us at ..nwclassical@hotmail.com.... .. .. .. .. .. ..Current company member photos can be located ..here..... And please check out our video trailer archives ..here........... .. .. .. .. .. ....NOTICE: Advertisements and promotions generated by MySpace.com and its affiliated partners appearing on this site, as well as comments posted by other MySpace.com users, do not necessarily reflect an endorsement for products, services, or opinions by the Northwest Classical Theatre Company or its members..... .. .. .. .. .. .. ........The Bridge Lady.. .. special co-production with Urban Adventures opens Oct. 13th..... Tickets on sale now for ....Henry IV Part Two.., .. opening October 23. Scroll down for details............ .................................................... .. ..
Members
.. ....Artistic Director:.... ..Grant Turner .. ....Managing Director:.... ..Nicole Turner .. ....Associate Artistic Director:.... ..Fred Walton .. ....Technical Director:.... ..David Erickson .. ....Company Photographer:.... ..Rio .. ....Dramaturg:.... ..Rhianna Walton .. .. ....ACTING COMPANY:.... .. Allison Anderson .. Racheal Erickson .. Butch Flowers .. Kelsey Glasser .. Brandee Haynes .. Joe Healy .. Colleen Heidebrecht .. Kenichi Hillis .. Richard Reiten .. Jayson Shanafelt .. Sara Simon .. Bibi Walton .. Tom Walton .. Melissa Whitney .. Elizabeth Young .. .. .. .. ......Biographies:...... .. .. ....Grant Turner...... ..NWCTC Performances.... Grant Turner is the founder and Artistic Director of the NWCTC. Since the company's inception in 1998, he has been involved one way or another (be it as an actor, director, designer or understudy) in all but a handful of their shows. Past favorite roles include; Parolles in ..All’s Well That Ends Well.., Marc Antony in ..Julius Caesar.., Suffolk in ..Henry VI (part 1).., and Oswald in ..Ghosts..... .. ....Nicole Turner...... ..NWCTC Performances.... Nicole Turner is the co-founder and Managing Director of the NWCTC. Her first role in the company was as Bianca in it's inagural production of ..The Taming of the Shrew.. in the Summer of 1998. Since then other favorite shows have included ..She Stoops to Conquer.., ..The Comedy of Errors.., ..The Boar/The Proposal.., and ..Love's Labour's Lost..... .. ....Fred Walton...... Fred is proud to have directed four shows for Northwest Classical - ..Hamlet.., 2003-2003; ..Julius Caesar.., 2004; ..In the Matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer.., 2006; and again ..Hamlet.., 2006. Fred has since retired into the role of resident old coot... .. ....David Erickson...... I like playing with electronic toys!.. .. ....Rio...... ..NWCTC Performances.... A.K.A “Rio of all Trades”… He’s done everything from stage management to videography to acting. He has even used his military and pyro background to create smoke bombs. His stage appearances include Biondello/Curtis (..Taming of the Shrew..), the Thug (..Comedy of Errors..) and a couple much older performances (at the age of 12). He mainly offers his assistance in photography and any other way possible to the theater. Currently working on an adaptation of ..La Carreta.. by Renee Marquez and production of ..Meet Will.. (..www.meetwillshakespeare.com..). Some of his photo work can be seen at ..gallery.iamrio.com..... .. ....Allison Anderson...... ..NWCTC Performances.... "I love working with NWCTC for a hundred reasons - I love Will (of course), I love the language, I love the Shoebox, I love the people, I love what NWCTC aspires to do. A million thank-yous to Grant for inviting me into NWCTC." Prior to working with NWCTC, Allison was a founding member of the Tygres Heart Shakespeare Company here in Portland. Her numerous roles there included Ophelia (..Hamlet..), Joan of Arc (..Henry VI..), Phoebe (..As You Like It..) and Trincula (..Tempest..)... .. ....Racheal Erickson...... ..NWCTC Performances.... Racheal has been working off-and-on with NWCTC since ..Timon of Athens.. in 2001, and is delighted to now call the Shoe Box her second home. She received her BA in Theatre Arts in 1996 from ..Eastern Oregon University.. where she studied Acting, Costuming,Ceramics and Sculpture.You may have seen Racheal in such recent NWCTC productions as ..Romeo and Juliet.. and ..And Then There Were None.., as well as hovering in the kitchen offering you coffee, tea, cookies, & cheese sticks... .. ....Butch Flowers...... ..NWCTC Performances.... Butch was lured to the NWCTC by his good friend Tom a few years ago and has since then made the ShoeBox a home. Aside from appearing regularly in NWCTC productions, Butch designs posters and participates in the company's traveling community outreach program, ..Meet Will Shakespeare..... .. ....Kelsey Glasser...... ..NWCTC Performances.... When home in Portland, Kelsey can most likely be found working on the latest NWCTC show. She's appeared in ..Henry V.., ..As You Like It.., ..Much Ado About Nothing.. and, most recently, as Cressida in ..Troilus & Cressida... Around town, she's also worked with Northwest Children's Theater, Blue Monkey Theater Co. and Portland Actors Ensemble. During the school year she can be found in New York, studying acting at ..NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, at the Atlantic Theater Co... She misses her NWCTC family while on the other coast, but encourages everyone to come visit! Broadway student ticket hook-ups rock..... .. ....Brandee Haynes...... ..NWCTC Performances.... ..Bio coming soon!.... .. ....Joe Healy...... ..NWCTC Performances.... Joe Healy is very excited to be the newest member of NWCTC. He first ventured into acting at the ripe young age of 31 when he took his chances with an acting class at ..Portland Actors Conservatory (PAC)... Two years later in 2000 he was a graduate of that great program and he's been hooked ever since. You may have seen him perform primarily for Triangle Productions in such shows as ..Pageant.., ..Shopping & F***ing.., ..10 Naked Men.. and ..Circle... Other favorite roles (where he kept his clothes on) include ..You Can't Take it With You.. and ..Fuddy Meers.. for PAC; ..Love of the Nightingale.. for Vertigo Theatre, ..All My Sons.. at Profile Theatre, ..Amadeus.. at Lakewood, ..Boy Gets Girl.. for Coho Productions, and the Portland Center Stage JAW Festival. Joe would like to thank Grant Turner and the rest of the company of NWCTC for inviting him to be part of this up and coming ensemble and to fulfilling a dream among many! 'Your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions. And where there is no vision, the people perish.'.. .. ....Colleen Heidebrecht...... ..NWCTC Performances.... Colleen premiered with NW Classical Theatre in their first production at The ShoeBox (..Romeo & Juliet.., 2005) when Grant asked her to play Peter and the apothecary in a cast that included the illustrious Michael Pennington. She immediately felt at home with this lovable troupe family, and favorite roles since have included Ariel in ..The Tempest.., Player Queen/Gravedigger's Daughter in ..Hamlet.., and Amiens in ..As You Like It... .. .. ....Kenichi Hillis...... ..NWCTC Performances.... Originally from San Diego, CA, Kenichi studied acting at ..Humboldt State University.., earning a BA in Theatre Arts. Previous productions have included ..Approaching Zanzibar.., ..The Merry Wives of Windsor.., ..The Philosophy of Fish.., ..The Importance of Being Earnest.., ..Baal.., ..Romeo & Juliet.., and ..The Communist Dracula Pageant... He has appeared onstage with NWCTC in ..The Tempest.., ..Henry V.., and ..Titus Andronicus... He lives with the love of his life Sarah, their son Russell, and Noir--his ever-faithful canine companion... .. ....Richard Reiten...... ..NWCTC Performances.... Richard is an old time member of the NWCTC - in all of the meanings of the term. Grant Turner gave him his first chance at a role with this company when he cast him as the Porter in the 1999 production of ..Macbeth... Since then not a year has gone by that he has not appeared in one or more NWCTC shows. His favorites: The Porter, Hardcastle in ..She Stoops to Conquer.., Polonius in ..Hamlet.., Ward Evans in ..The Matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer.., Paravicini in ..The Mousetrap.., Wargrave in ..And Then There Were None.., and Prospero in The ..Tempest..... .. ....Jayson Shanafelt...... ..NWCTC Performances.... In 2002, Jayson Shanafelt was living out in the middle of the Oregon farmland, literally in a trailer in the middle of nowhere:.. "I remember vividly that it was a summer evening after work. I was coming out of the nearest grocery store in a town about 15 miles away from where I lived. I bought a newspaper as I headed back to my truck. I opened up the Arts and Entertainment section and read that the Northwest Classical Theatre Company was searching for actors for their upcoming production of William Shakespeare’s ..Hamlet... My heart pumped vigorously at just the mention of the possibility, given that although I had plenty of college theatre experience, I had never taken that next step and auditioned for a professional company before. I did love Shakespeare, though. I mustered up the courage to audition…and the funny thing is, I didn’t hear back for weeks. Weeks! By the time I thought I must have totally sucked it and blown the audition, I got a message on my voicemail asking if I would like to be part of their production.".. While he is no doubt thankful for the opportunity to be a part of the NWCTC and its work, he feels much more indebted for the friendships that have been made...and to be allied with such talented, unpretentious people... .. ....Sara Simon...... ..NWCTC Performances.... Sara is absolutely thrilled to be a part of NWCTC where she has most recently appeared in ..Much Ado About Nothing.., ..The Importance of Being Earnest.., and ..Titus Andronicus... She has also performed with Portland Actor's Ensemble, Blue Monkey Theater Company, Oregon Children's Theater, and Portland Center Stage's JAW Festival 2007. A senior at the ..Arts and Communications Magnet Academy.., Sara enjoys good books, good coffee and good people. .. .. ....Bibi Walton...... ..NWCTC Performances.... Bibi made her glorious return to the stage because her adoring son tactfully told her that an old lady was needed in a play he was doing. Since then the NWCTC has not been able to get rid of her. Besides acting and directing she has happily assumed the role of den mother as well as the most frequently noted actor in local newspapers. Love you mom... .. ....Rhianna Walton...... ..NWCTC Performances.... Rhianna Walton has a BA in Literature and Theatre from ..Reed College.. and MA degrees in Modern Jewish Studies and English Literature. She spends most of her time behind the scenes as the NWCTC dramaturg, but occassionally appears on stage, most recently as Rachel Corrie in Think Outside the Shoebox's production of ..My Name is Rachel Corrie.. and as Phoebe in NWCTC's ..As You Like It... She is excited to play Jessica in next season's ..Merchant of Venice.. at the NWCTC! Outside of the theatre, Rhianna teaches English at the ..Art Institute of Portland.. and sells books at ..Powell's... She lives with her handsome husband and their equally attractive cat... .. ....Tom Walton...... ..NWCTC Performances.... Tom's the type of guy that likes to roam around hes never in one place he roam from town to town. And when he finds himself fallin' for some girl he hops right into that car of his and drives around the world, 'Cause hes the wanderer yeah the wanderer he roams around around around around around around... ..(I love you Grant, and you Rhianna, and most of all you scarecrow).... .. ....Melissa Whitney...... ..NWCTC Performances.... Melissa joined NWCTC in 2006 after playing Vera Claythorne in ..And Then There Were None... Since that time, she has worked with NWCTC on a variety of productions and roles; her top favorites being Rosalind in ..As You Like It.., Lavinia in ..Titus Andronicus.., and Montjoy in ..Henry V... During the day, she teaches Special Education for the ..Beaverton School District... Through Northwest Classical, Melissa has been given the opportunity to grow as an artist, travel abroad, as well make some very dear friends along the way!.. .. ....Elizabeth Young...... ..NWCTC Performances.... Elizabeth is originally from England, but she only speaks with a dialect when a role calls for it or if she has too much to drink. She focused on Medieval/Renaissance studies while getting her BS in Theatre from ..Portland State University.., and is happy to be part of a group that actually makes that focus relevant. She maintains the ..website.. for the company and does the trailers (the video kind, not the "Fine, I'll be in my trailer!" kind.).. ..
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