[NEohioPAL]Auditions for August Wilson's "Fences"

Tue Aug 1 13:30:00 PDT 2006

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Weathervane Playhouse Announces

AUDITIONS - OPEN CALL for

August Wilson's FENCES

Weathervane Playhouse will hold OPEN CALL AUDITIONS for August Wilson's =
compelling "slice-of-life" drama, FENCES. Auditions will be held at =
Weathervane Playhouse, 1301 Weathervane Lane (in the Valley off Merriman =
Road) on Sunday, August 20 at 3 p.m. AND Monday, August 21 at 6:30 p.m. =
Auditioners are asked to prepare a short monologue that is not from an =
August Wilson play and be prepared to read from the script. Callbacks =
will be held Tuesday evening, August 22. Rehearsals will begin on =
September 5. We need African-American actors ages 7 - 57.

Director for the production is Terrence Spivey, Artistic Director for =
Karamu Performing Arts Theatre. Last May, Spivey directed the mostly =
star-studded stage reading of Bridgette Wimberly's Saint Lucy's Eyes =
with legendary Rudy Dee and Bill Cobbs at Cleveland Play House. This =
summer he was theatre curator for the second annual Ingenuity, Arts and =
Technology Festival and showcased two Karamu productions during the fest =
- Al Letson's Julius X and Je Franklin's A Hip Hop Aesop.

Fences was the winner of the 1987 Pulitzer Prize for drama and the New =
York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Play. Set in the 1950s in =
Pittsburgh, the play centers around Troy Maxson, a natural athlete =
convinced he could have become a professional baseball star, and his =
ideas of fatherhood. A hard-headed but big-hearted man, he is determined =
to protect his son from the indignities and disappointments of his own =
youth, and refuses to allow him to accept a college football =
scholarship.

The Ohio Arts Council helped fund this program with state tax dollars to =
encourage economic growth,

education excellence and cultural enrichment for all Ohioans.

Additional Season Sponsors: WKSU, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company

www.weathervaneplayhouse.com

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<P><B>Weathervane Playhouse will hold OPEN</B> <B>CALL AUDITIONS</B> for =
August=20
Wilson=92s compelling "slice-of-life" drama, <B>FENCES</B>. Auditions =
will be held=20
at Weathervane Playhouse, 1301 Weathervane Lane (in the Valley off =
Merriman=20
Road) on <B>Sunday, August 20 at 3 p.m. AND Monday, August 21 at 6:30 =
p.m.=20
</B>Auditioners are asked to prepare a short monologue that is <U>not =
from an=20
August Wilson play</U> and be prepared to read from the script. =
Callbacks will=20
be held Tuesday evening, August 22. Rehearsals will begin on September =
5. We=20
need African-American actors ages 7 =96 57.</P>
<P>Director for the production is <B>Terrence Spivey</B>, Artistic =
Director for=20
Karamu Performing Arts Theatre. Last May, Spivey directed the mostly=20
star-studded stage reading of Bridgette Wimberly=92s <I>Saint Lucy=92s =
Eyes</I> with=20
legendary Rudy Dee and Bill Cobbs at Cleveland Play House. This summer =
he was=20
theatre curator for the second annual Ingenuity, Arts and Technology =
Festival=20
and showcased two Karamu productions during the fest =96 Al Letson=92s =
<I>Julius=20
X</I> and Je Franklin=92s <I>A Hip Hop Aesop.</P><B>
<P>Fences</B></I> was the winner of the <B>1987 Pulitzer Prize</B> for =
drama and=20
the <B>New York Drama Critics Circle Award</B> for Best Play. Set in the =
1950s=20
in Pittsburgh, the play centers around Troy Maxson, a natural athlete =
convinced=20
he could have become a professional baseball star, and his ideas of =
fatherhood.=20
A hard-headed but big-hearted man, he is determined to protect his son =
from the=20
indignities and disappointments of his own youth, and refuses to allow =
him to=20
accept a college football scholarship.</P></FONT><I><FONT =
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<P align=3Dcenter>The Ohio Arts Council helped fund this program with =
state tax=20
dollars to encourage economic growth,</P>
<P align=3Dcenter>education excellence and cultural enrichment for all=20
Ohioans.</P>
<P align=3Dcenter>Additional Season Sponsors: WKSU, Goodyear Tire & =
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Company</P></I>
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align=3Dcenter>www.weathervaneplayhouse.com</P></FONT></FONT></DIV></BODY=
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