Lights, Camera, Tarot!

The cast for Naked Came the Painting, a one act comedy by LindaAnn Loschiavo, will begin rehearsals in Manhattan's theatre district on Monday, 18 October 2010.

• • One of the conflicts has to do with a young woman's obsession with Tarot cards when her mother feels MEREDITH ought to be studying for her exams instead.  Exasperated, AMELIA shouts:  "I can predict the future.  Students who fail to study — — FAIL!"

• • • • Lights, Camera, Tarot! • • • •
• • The Tarot deck, by itself, has no power, of course.  The power must come from the person who is reading them.

• • If you are a novice reader, the best deck is the Rider-Waite Tarot card deck. Developed by A.E. Waite, the Rider-Waite Tarot card deck was illustrated by Pamela Colman Smith. This user friendly deck may look simple but the imagery of the major arcana is complex, filled with esoteric symbolism and hidden meanings. The symbols provide additional insight into each card's messages.

• • The reader lays the cards out in a pattern,  with each position corresponding to an aspect of the question. As the reader shuffles the deck, he/ she would focus not only on the question, but also on the spread and the order in which the cards will be placed.

• • When each Tarot card is cast, its position and its values represent the subconscious forces operating around the querent and the situation.  Here is where the true art of divination happens. A skillful, intuitive reader will interpret the symbols on each card in its specific position to describe these forces in light of what the reader knows about the question.  Making a Tarot card reading meaningful and helpful will require no fancy psychedelic deck but rather an intuitive, skilled reader who knows the strengths and limitations of the Tarot.

• • We predict this play will be a success so get your ticket as soon as possible.

• • This spirited three-character comedy — — that explores the boundaries between art and artifice — — will make its debut at the 2010 Harvest One-Act Play Festival.  Variations Theatre Group will offer performances between November 10th — 20th, 2010 at the recently renovated LABA Theatre at the 14th Street Y, 344 East 14th Street, New York, NY 10003.
• • In the cast are: Lila Smith, Katherine Mylenki, and David A. Green.
• • Shela Xoregos will direct.
• • Specific performance dates and times will soon be finalized by Variations Theatre Group and announced.
• • Subway: Union Square Station/ IRT Lexington, 4, 5, 6; First Avenue Station / L line
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The Naked Shame of Procrastination

The cast for Naked Came the Painting, a one act comedy by LindaAnn Loschiavo, will begin rehearsals in Manhattan's theatre district on Monday, 18 October 2010.
• • One of the conflicts in this comedy is the clash between a well-organized mother and her wayward daughter.  Instead of studying for an important exam, MEREDITH keeps stalling and sabotaging herself.  Rather than devote herself to a worthy goal, MEREDITH keeps interfering with her own performance.  Why do people procrastinate?
• • According to Joseph Ferrari, Ph.D., associate professor of psychology at De Paul University in Chicago:  Procrastinators actively look for distractions, particularly ones that don't take a lot of commitment on their part. Checking e-mail is almost perfect for this purpose. They distract themselves as a way of regulating their emotions such as fear of failure.
• • Timothy Pychyl, Ph.D., associate professor of psychology at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada adds to this discussion.  He emphasizes this: Procrastinators are made not born. Procrastination is learned in the family milieu, but not directly. It is one response to an authoritarian parenting  style. Having a harsh, controlling father keeps children from developing the ability to regulate themselves, from internalizing their own intentions and then learning to act on them. Procrastination can even be a form of rebellion, one of the few forms available under such circumstances. What's more, under those household conditions, procrastinators turn more to friends than to parents for support, and their friends may reinforce procrastination because they tend to be tolerant of their excuses.
• • Instead of procrastinating, buy a ticket.
• • This spirited three-character comedy — — that explores the boundaries between art and artifice — — will make its debut at the 2010 Harvest One-Act Play Festival.  Variations Theatre Group will offer performances between November 10th — 20th, 2010 at the recently renovated LABA Theatre at the 14th Street Y, 344 East 14th Street, New York, NY 10003.
• • In the cast are: Lila Smith, Katherine Mylenki, and David A. Green.   
• • Shela Xoregos will direct.
• • Specific performance dates and times will soon be finalized by Variations Theatre Group and announced.
• • Subway: Union Square Station/ IRT Lexington, 4, 5, 6; First Avenue Station / L line
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Naked Came the Painting: Director Aboard

Naked Came the Painting, a one act comedy by LindaAnn Loschiavo, will debut at the 2010 Harvest One-Act Play Festival Festival next month on Wednesday evening,  10 November 2010 in Manhattan.

• • An acclaimed director has been chosen — — and a cast of three will be selected. 
• • Shela Xoregos (Director) has directed and choreographed for many New York and regional companies. Recent productions she has helmed include Medea, Harlem on My Mind, Brief Shorts (five danced one acts).  Regional productions include  The Importance of Being Earnest, Miss Julie, Antigone, Romance, Romance.  Based in Manhattan, Shela is the Artistic Director of Xoregos Performing Company, which premieres new and  forgotten plays, dances, and music.
• • Specific performance dates will soon be finalized by Variations Theatre Group and announced.

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