[NEohioPAL]Tri-C West Announces Auditions for Fuddy Meers

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Tri-C West Announces Auditions for First Mainstage Show of the Year!

Fuddy Meers by David Lindsay-Abaire

These are open auditions to anyone in the community.  Tri-C will also be=20
seeking older actors to play a couple of the more mature roles.  A stipend m=
ay be=20
available for professional, non-union actors.

Directed by Robert W. Ellis
Auditions:  August 30 and 31 at 7 p.m.
at the Tri-C West Mainstage Theater=20
Opening Friday, November 5th at 8pm
Running:    November 5, 6, 10, 12 & 13 at 8pm
        November 7 & 14 at 3pm

Fuddy Meers is a wild ride with Claire, a "memory-challenged" woman, and her=
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alleged family. Kidnapped by one husband and pursued by another, Claire seek=
s=20
the truth. Like the distorted and warped reflections of a funhouse mirror=20
(which the title alludes to), Claire sees herself reflected back to her by a=
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family that wants her to forget the past. There's the all-too-good-to-be-tru=
e=20
husband, a mysterious, limping stranger, the pot-smoking teenage son, a toug=
h lady=20
cop, the ventriloquist with a trash-talking dummy, and Claire's mother=E2=
=80=9A a=20
stroke victim who can only speak gibberish. David Lindsay-Abaire's play is f=
unny,=20
mysterious, and as the puzzle unravels, ultimately empowering.  NOTE: For=20
mature audiences only

About the Director

Robert Ellis - Western Campus Theatre Coordinator, is a tenured faculty=20
member at Cuyahoga Community College West where he has taught for the last s=
even=20
years.  He has directed several productions, including Lobo-A-Go-Go, The=20
Illusion, Blood Wedding, Everyone Comes to Rick's, The Blue Room, Borstal Bo=
y, Miss=20
Julie and others.  Ellis teaches every level of acting, theater appreciation=
,=20
improvisation, rehearsal and performances, and speech courses.  Bob holds th=
ree=20
degrees in theater: A Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theater from the Massachusets=
=20
College of Liberal Arts, a Master of Arts in Theater History and Criticism=20
from Kent State University, and a Master of Fine Arts in Acting from the=20
University of Florida.