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Irene Ryan Competition.
He goes on to national corn-
petition April 20 at the Kennedy
Center for the Performing Arts
in Washington, D.C., where the
prize is a $2,000 scholarship.
"I did a monologue from A
Midsummer Night's Dream and
a scene from Brighton Beach
Memoirs," reports Gutman, re-
quired to recite contrasting pre-
sentations and then repeat his
program at the next level.
Because the musical theater
major prefers comedy, he decid-
ed on a contrast that would be
different in the times his selec-
tions were written and not in
their mood.
Gutman, a graduate of Har-
rison High School in Farming-
ton Hills, knew acting was for
him when he played the role of
Danny in a school production of
Grease. He will help new high
school grads entering Western
as he performs in this summer's
Eric Gutman: American College Theater
freshman orientation show.
The grandson of another type Festival winner.
of singer, Cantor David Gut- who gives a client a new lease on
man of Temple Beit Kodesh in life.
"It's easy to get where you want
Livonia, the singer/actor in the
family already has performed pro- to go with a 10-minute play," says
fessionally in a musical revue at Dubin, whose works have been
the Barn Theatre in Augusta, performed by the Jewish En-
semble Theatre.
Mich.
Ehrenfried's play, set at Camp
Maas, was a project for a doctor-
Kitty Dubin, Anita al English class at Wayne State
Ehrenfried and David University.
Stern are among 40 local
"All the characters in Space in
playwrights whose 10-minute the Heart are based on people I
works are being produced in a 12- know, and they relate a camp ex-
hour festival to benefit the perience during a session for di-
Heartlande Theatre Co.
vorced women," reveals
Ehrenfried, a high-school
English teacher and for-
mer actress, who has writ-
ten for The Jewish News.
Stern wrote about Holo-
caust survivors in The Vis-
it, which captures the
realization of a bond be-
tween an uncle and niece.
Stern, who earns his liv-
ing in home improvement,
hopes to become a profes-
sional filmmaker, a
lifestyle he has pursued
since attending New York
University. One film, Sweet
Harry, which is about a
down-and-out cellist
preparing for an audition,
has been shown on public
Kitty Dubin: One of 40 local playwrights whose
television channels across
works will benefit the Heartlande Theatre Co.
the country.
Tickets for Play by Play, which
runs
between
Play by Play
can be seen in part or in its en-
noon and midnight, Saturday, tirety, can be obtained by calling
March 22, at the Millennium
(810) 552-7000. CI
Theatre Center, 15600 J.L. Hud-
son, Dr., Southfield. Proceeds help
ow someone in profession-
Heartlande with instructional
al, community or academic
programs and new play produc-
theater who should take a
tions.
bow? Please let us know by
Dubin, who teaches playwrit-
dropping a line to Take a
ing at Oakland University, show-
Bow, The Detroit Jewish
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News., 27676 Franklin Road,
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Nails. The first is about an aer-
monthly column on theater
obics instructor who gets spiritu-
people will appear the second
al comfort from her work, while !' Friday of each month.
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