{"id":5008,"date":"2016-09-20T08:00:58","date_gmt":"2016-09-20T13:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/?p=5008"},"modified":"2019-06-04T16:22:27","modified_gmt":"2019-06-04T21:22:27","slug":"embraceable-you-performers-present-workshop-sept-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/2016\/09\/20\/embraceable-you-performers-present-workshop-sept-23\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Embraceable You&#8217; performers present workshop Sept. 23"},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2016\/09\/Embraceable-You-Performers.jpg\"><\/a> Lisa Balkwill and Jody Woodruff will talk to students and the public about their careers Sept. 23.\n<p>\u201cProfessional Journeys,\u201d a workshop featuring cast members from the Performing Arts Association production of \u201cEmbraceable You: The Music of George Gershwin,\u201d will be presented at 2 p.m. Friday, Sept. 23 in the Potter Hall Theater. The workshop is free and open to students and the public.<\/p>\n<p>Lisa Balkwill has performed on Broadway and her film credits include singing and dancing with Catherine Zeta Jones in the Oscar-winning film \u201cChicago.\u201d Director Rob Marshall then cast her in his Broadway production of \u201cCabaret,\u201d where she understudied Teri Hatcher as Sally Bowles. Other credits include Broadway\u2019s \u201cThe Who\u2019s Tommy\u201d and \u201cBeauty and the Beast,\u201d as well as performances across the United States, Canada and Europe.<\/p>\n<p>Jody Woodruff is an educator in the Atlanta Public School System and has recently completed his doctorate at the University of Alabama. He also has a Master of Music degree in voice performance. He is recognized around the Atlanta metro area for a variety of leading theatrical roles. His film and television credits include \u201cSweet Home Alabama,\u201d \u201cThe Adventures of Ociee Nash,\u201d \u201cTangled Web\u201d and \u201cThe Simple Life of Noah Dearborn.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEmbraceable You\u201d will be presented at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 24 at the Missouri Theatre. For tickets or additional information, contact the Performing Arts Association at 816-279-1225 or visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.saintjosephperformingarts.org\">www.saintjosephperformingarts.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Missouri Western State University is a comprehensive regional university providing a blend of traditional liberal arts and professional degree programs. The university offers student-centered, high quality instruction that focuses on experience-based learning, community service, and state-of-the-art technology. Missouri Western is located in St. Joseph, Mo., and is committed to the educational, economic, cultural and social development of the region it serves. Visit <\/em><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\">www.missouriwestern.edu<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cProfessional Journeys,\u201d a workshop featuring cast members from the Performing Arts Association production of \u201cEmbraceable You: The Music of George Gershwin,\u201d will be presented at 2 p.m. Friday, Sept. 23 in the Potter Hall Theater. The workshop is free and open to students and the public. Lisa Balkwill has performed on Broadway and her film [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[81,48,52,60],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5008"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5008"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5008\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8207,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5008\/revisions\/8207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}