[NEohioPAL]Open Call -- Actors of All Ages -- Marilyn Bianchi Kids' Playwriting Festival

[Marjorie Preston, PR/Marketing Director]

Dobama Theatre’s Marilyn Bianchi Kids' Playwriting Festival Actors'
Auditions May 4th

ALL AGES – Open Call

The 25th ANNUAL Marilyn Bianchi Kids' Playwriting Festival, to be held June
5-8, 2003 at Dobama Theatre, is holding an open call for actors of all ages
to audition on May 4th for the 25th ANNUAL Marilyn Bianchi Kids’ Fest.
Auditions for kids ages 6 to 14 are from 3:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.  Auditions
for actors 15 and up will begin at 7 p.m.  Actors will be asked to do a cold
reading from a script.  Actors must come prepared with a written list of all
scheduling conflicts between May 5th and May 31st, when rehearsals will be
taking place.

Actors will need to be available for several rehearsals in May, as well as
all day Sunday, June 1st and Sunday, June 8th, and the evenings of Monday
through Saturday, June 2nd-7th.  Additional rehearsal schedules will depend
on the number of plays in which actors are cast.

Dobama Theatre’s Artistic Director Joyce Casey says of the festival, “We are
looking forward to the twenty-fifth year of the Marilyn Bianchi Kids’ Fest.
The festival gives us an opportunity to showcase provocative, inspiring and
highly creative original works by kids in our own community.” Every year,
the Marilyn Bianchi Kids' Playwriting Festival at Dobama Theatre, the oldest
festival of its kind in the United States, accepts play submissions from
kids in grades 1-12.  The festival is open to all students home-schooled or
enrolled in Cuyahoga County public and private schools.  Entries submitted
by students in grades 3-12 closed in late January.  Entries from students in
grades 1 and 2 closed in early February.  Final play judging will take place
mid-April, and as soon as the winners are notified, Dobama Theatre will
announce the winners to the public.  Winners will be honored at the Benefit
Night performance on Thursday, June 5th.

For more information, call Dobama Theatre at (216) 932-6838.
For Kids’ Fest reservations, call Dobama’s box office at (216) 932-3396.


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Dobama Theatre is proud to present:
THE 25th ANNUAL MARILYN BIANCHI KIDS' PLAYWRITING FESTIVAL
$25 Benefit Night June 5
FREE Performances June 6-8

2003/2004 SEASON SCHEDULE TO BE ANNOUNCED THIS SUMMER!

Dobama Theatre is located at 1846 Coventry Road in Cleveland Heights.  For
reservations, call Dobama's box office line: (216) 932-3396.