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UpStage Underground

Performance Venues from the past eight years:

  • Ingenuity Festival in Downtown Cleveland
  • Taste of Tremont
  • West Side Market
  • Shore Cultural Centre
  • Painesville Party in the Park
  • Rock-n-Roll Hall of Fame
  • Daniels Park in Willoughby
  • Glenbrook Park in Euclid
  • Simm's Park in Euclid
  • Edgewater Park
  • Ward 3 Resource Fair in Euclid
  • Various spots in Downtown Cleveland
  • Willow Park
  • West Point Park
  • Waterloo Sculpture Garden

This year upstage underground presented our
8th annual summer show:
"NO AUTOGRAPHS PLEASE"

a rock-n-roll series
A COLLECTION OF ONE ACT PLAYS

PG-13 Rating

The Office
Director Matt Orgovan

#1
-Nora Joyce
#2-Gabbi Cappello

Popcorn Sonata
Director Carrie N. Walsh-Hilf

Mother-Kamille Bremer
Babysitter-Simone Jasper

Don’t Rent the Furniture
Director Carrie N.Walsh-Hilf

Matt-Kaila Johnson
Phil-Jessalyn Bertone

The Road that Lead Here
Director Sarah Bloom

Marcus-William Bloom
Alex-Allison Rollins
Jessie- Jamie Hoddinott

College Money
Director Sarah Bloom

Mother- Elizabeth Quirk
Alana-Chantelle Jones

Ladies and Gentlemen, the Rain
Director Sarah Bloom

Girl-Holly Sciko

Bump
Director Matt Orgovan

Her- Michelle Wilson
Him-Mariah Robertson

Career Counseling
Director Mick Otcasek

Ms. Will-Brenda Looney
Wendy-Nia Dawn Perry Richardson

The Offering
Director Mick Otcasek

Francis-Carissa Mavec
Teacher-Kamille Bremer


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UpStage Underground
is a division of UpStage Players for young adult actors aged 13-18.      
    The actors perform a free, outdoor series of edgier and lesser-known one-act plays.  
Each year, we enlist 6-8 Directors to maximize creativity, instead of having only one director and one inspired vision.  Once our Directors gain some experience, they mentor and foster growth in a new generation of Directors.  
    In the past we have chosen plays from Brad Slaight and
David Ives, as well as many other acclaimed playwrights.      
    This exciting show lasts about two hours and consists of at least 6 unique one-act plays.  The plays are performed several times in one weekend, sometimes 3 different locations a day!  There are also encore performances for special events or as a part of an educational experience  for younger actors.  
    By leaving elaborate set and stages behind, we have the flexibility to go anywhere. 
Our actors can focus on developing characters and acting skills without spending time creating complicated props and costumes.  
    Our actors are dedicated and responsible young adults who give up time at swimming pools and summer jobs to dedicate themselves to rehearsing and performing, as well as adding experience to their acting skills.  By the end of summer, they have faced many challenges from their directors and have pushed themselves to new heights as artists.  Most importantly, they have created something fun and exciting, and shared this experience, as well as themselves, with a wide array of audiences that they might not otherwise have encountered. 

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