Men in Hats at the Cleveland Playhouse

I was talking to my brother Michael today when I shared with him exactly how Men in Hats came to fruition. He suggested that I blog about this important bit of information

, giving kudos to Lisa K. Lock, my muse.

We were gathered in the photographic studio of Larry Coleman, documenting my new line of men’s fur felt hats. The male models where Butch Armstrong, Fred Collins, Michael Barrick, and myself. Lisa K. Lock, dancer/choreographer and wife of Larry Coleman had joined in observation of the shoot. As the shoot progressed, Lisa put on her art direction hat and began directing the shoot. At the end of the session I mentioned to Lisa how I would like for the two of us to join forces in a creative venture. It didn’t take Lisa very long to engage the call for artistic opportunity at the Cleveland Playhouse. FusionFest 2011 was in search for artistic fusion for the upcoming festival. Lisa convinced me to collaborate with her. “Men in Hats”  it was called.

photo shoot at Coleman Studios

The idea was conceived in December 2010 and here it is four months later and only one week until the curtain shall rise above us in the Brooks Theater at the Playhouse. It is coming to fruition from the photo shoot. Men in Hats has humble beginnings that will hopefully entertain the full house at the Brooks Theater.

Men in Hats is on a triple bill. The other shows are Genius Child with JR Fralick and Megan Pitcher and Somewhere by Eric Schmiedhl and Bellamy Printz. The whole “Local Explosion” bill will run about 1 hour and will be performed Saturday April 23 at 1:30 and 3:30 in the Brooks Theatre.