Issue 31 (December '09)

Hi everyone,

This month's index:

*DC PAL of the Month

*Auditions
*Members' Current Events/Performances/Productions
*Members' Limited Engagements
*Members' Upcoming Events/Performances/Productions in October
*Members' Out of Town Events/Performances/Productions/Tours

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DC PAL of the Month

Who: Matt Gillete
Where: Born in State College, PA, grew up in Charlotte, NC; has lived in the area since May '07
What: Studied Vocal performance, as a Baritone, at East Carolina University Under John Kramar.

Why: "Going to sound obvious but.......  Music inspires me!!  I am always moving around when music is on.  I just can't stand still!!!  I am also inspired by good musicians.  Every time I go to a professional production I am inspired to be better!!!"

When: Most recently seen with the DC Cowboys at the Kennedy Center, as part of the Dance/MetroDC Awards this year; Can catch him next in GMCW's Love Concert, Feb 14

Random fact: Bartends at Nellie's Sports Bar

Affiliations: Dancer with the DC Cowboys, in the Gay Men's Chorus, member of the Rock Creek Singers

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Auditions:

e[motion]s and Love Currents (Quest Productions @ Gallaudet University's Elstad Auditorium) - Dec 2 & 3

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Members' Current Events/Performances/Productions:

Lulu (Washington Shakespeare Company) - Nov 12 to Dec 13 / involved DC PAL: S. Lewis Feemster

Dog See God (Little Theatre of Alexandria) - Nov 27 to Dec 19 / involved DC PAL: Patrick Murphy Doneghy

Pearl Bailey...By Request (MetroStage) - Nov 19 to Dec 20 / involved DC PAL: Kevin Laughon

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Members' Limited Engagements:

Iron (CSPAC Rehearsal Room) - Dec 2 / involved DC PAL: Joey Ibanez

The Cast (Katzen Studio Theatre) - Dec 2 & 3 / involved DC PAL: DonMike Hodreal Mendoza

Faux Paz Big Show (UMD's Memorial Chapel) - Dec 4 / involved DC PAL: Samonce Smith

Deviate Theatre's 1st Annual Storyteller's Gala (Deviated Theatre @ American Dance Institute) - Dec 4 & 5 / involved DC PAL: Kimmie Dobbs Chan

Fall Maryland Dance Ensemble (CSPAC's Kay Theatre) - Dec 4 & 5 / involved DC PAL: Alvin Mayes

MT Cabaret... Strikes Back! (AU Players @ Katzen Arts Center) - Dec 4 to 6 / involved DC PALs: Shayna Blass, DonMike Hodreal Mendoza

Passing Notes - The Concert Series: Celebrating the Season with Byron Cage (Duke Ellington School of the Arts) - Dec 5 / involved DC PAL: Mia Jackson

Informal Dance Showcase (AU's Greenberg Theatre) - Dec 6 / involved DC PAL: JR Russ

Doug Bowles & the SingCo Rhythm Orchestra (The Swedish Embassy) - Dec 12 / involved DC PAL: Doug Bowles

Holiday Cabaret (Germano's Italian Trattoria Upper Room) - Dec 12 / involved DC PAL: Kristina Harkness-Granados

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Members' Upcoming Events/Performances/Productions thru Dec 15:

The Solid Gold Cadillac (Studio Theatre) - Dec 2 to Jan 10 / involved DC PAL: Chelsey Christensen

Special Offer: 5th of Fringe Pass (Capital Fringe Festival) - Dec 3 to 31 / involved DC PAL: Julianne Brienza

Look Out Below! (Happenstance Theater @ Round House Theatre Silver Spring) - Dec 4 to 20 / involved DC PAL: Sabrina Mandell

Black Nativity (Theatre Alliance @ H Street Playhouse) - Dec 10 to Jan 3 / involved DC PAL: Paul Douglas Michnewicz

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Members' Out of Town Events/Performances/Productions/Tours:

---Florida---
*Orlando*

Festival of the Lion King (Walt Disney World's Animal Kingdom) - May 9 to Feb 13, 2010

---Massachusetts---
*Cambridge*

Grease (Harvard's Loeb Theater) - Dec 4 to 12 / involved DC PAL: Justin Pereira

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JR