[NEohioPAL]Karamu House AUDITIONS Thomas Gibbons PERMANENT COLLECTION

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AUDITIONS: Cleveland Premier of Thomas Gibbons PERMANENT COLLECTION on
November 19 - November 21, 2006 

Karamu House will be holding auditions for Thomas Gibbons award winning play
"Permanent Collection" Sunday, November 19 - Tuesday, November 21. This
Cleveland Premier will be the third production of the 2006/07 season
"Speaking the Gospel In Black and White!" A season that has started off with
a bang with the World Premier of "Otis Sallid's Gospel! Gospel! Gospel!,
breaking house records with a six week run October 5 - November 12.  

About Thomas Gibbons...

Thomas Gibbons last play at Karamu was the critically acclaimed
"bee-luther-hatchee," directed by Artistic Director Terrence Spivey in 2004.
Quoted by Linda Eisenstein in the Cleveland Plain Dealer, "A powerful,
provocative piece of theatrical writing. You want to run down the street
twisting people's arms to see it." Gibbons works have been produced in
regional theatres throughout the country and "Permanent Collection" has been
one of the most produced plays the past two seasons. Karamu is delighted to
reunite with Mr. Gibbons in bringing this thought provoking play to the
audience in Cleveland and beyond.

Permanent Collection by Thomas Gibbons

Rehearsal Starts:  November 28th

Previews: January 17th & 18th

Opens: January 19th

Closes: February 11th

Location: Arena Theatre

Note: Post discussions with audience will be part of this production.

Audition Dates

Where: Karamu Arena and Concert Hall

When: SUNDAY 19th - TUESDAY, November 21st

Time: Sun. 11/19-  11am - 2pm, Arena Theatre

         Mon. 11/20-  6:30pm - 9pm, Concert Hall

         Tues.11/21-  6:30pm - 9pm, Concert Hall (Call Backs)

Please bring a headshot/resume and two contrasting monologues 2-3 minutes
each. Sides

will be available.

Cast Break Down

STERLING NORTH (Museum Dir.): black, mid-forties, slim,  clean shaven, wears
elegant suits

ELLA FRANKLIN (Director's Assistant): black, in her sixties, Sterling's
assistant, longtime employee at Morris  Foundation

PAUL BARROW (Dir. of Education): white, in his  forties, wears comfortable
clothes, academic type

ALFRED MORRIS (Museum Founder): white, in his  fifties, dresses
conservative,
manner is formal

KANIKA WEAVER (Sterling's Personal Assistant): black,  attractive, in her
late
twenties

GILLIAN CRANE (Journalist): white, in her  mid-forties, neatly dressed

Director: Terrence Spivey

Stage Manager: Sarah L. Hyde

Set Design: John Konopka

Lights and Sound Design: Richard Morris Jr.

Costumer: Harold Crawford

Wardrobe: Morris Cammon

PERMANENT COLLECTION - Barrymore Award for Outstanding New Play/Cleveland
Premier (Drama) (Black History Month) By Thomas Gibbons 
Directed by Terrence Spivey
Arena Theatre, January 19 - February 11, 2007
(Previews January 17th & 18th @ 7:30PM) "Permanent Collection" explores
racial politics within the art world. An Impressionistic painting or an
African mask; which holds more artistic value? This thought provoking drama
was inspired by the true controversies surrounding Philadelphia's acclaimed
Barnes Foundation. In the play, new museum director, Sterling North, an
African American, discovers African American art tucked away in storage at
Morris Foundation and challenges the museum to display them beside European
art.(Inspired by a true story that turned the art world on its head; for
ages 17 and up).

Gibbons' intellectually charged drama is a beautifully balanced dialectic
that treats a complicated and emotional issue without cheap conclusions ...
Sophisticated and deft, it is a provocative treatment of the unanswerable."

--F. Kathleen Foley, Los Angeles Times

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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>AUDITIONS: <st1:place =
w:st=3D"on"><st1:City
 w:st=3D"on">Cleveland</st1:City></st1:place> Premier of Thomas =
Gibbons
PERMANENT COLLECTION on November 19 - November 21, =
2006 </span></font><font
size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>=

Karamu House will be holding =
auditions
for Thomas Gibbons award winning play "Permanent Collection" =
Sunday,
November 19 - Tuesday, November 21. This Cleveland Premier will be =
the
third production of the 2006/07 season "Speaking the Gospel In =
Black and
White!" A season that has started off with a bang with the =
World
Premier of "Otis Sallid’s Gospel! Gospel! Gospel!, =
breaking
house records with a six week run October 5 - November =
12.  <o:p></o:p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>=

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>=

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>About Thomas =
Gibbons...</span></font><font
size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>=

Thomas Gibbons last play at Karamu =
was
the critically acclaimed "bee-luther-hatchee," directed by =
Artistic
Director <st1:PersonName w:st=3D"on">Terrence Spivey</st1:PersonName> in =
2004. Quoted
by Linda Eisenstein in the Cleveland Plain Dealer, "A powerful,
provocative piece of theatrical writing. You want to run down the street
twisting people's arms to see it." Gibbons works have been produced =
in
regional theatres throughout the country and "Permanent =
Collection"
has been one of the most produced plays the past two seasons. Karamu is
delighted to reunite with Mr. Gibbons in bringing this thought =
provoking
play to the audience in <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:City =
w:st=3D"on">Cleveland</st1:City></st1:place>
and beyond.<o:p></o:p></spa=
n>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>=

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D5 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
18.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Permanent Collection by =
Thomas Gibbons</span></font><font
size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Rehearsal Starts:  November =
28th<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Previews: January 17th & =
18th<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Opens: January =
19th<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Closes: February =
11th<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Location: Arena =
Theatre<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Note: Post discussions with =
audience will
be part of this production.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>=

<p class=3DMsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3D3 color=3Dblack =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Audition =
Dates</span></font></b></strong><font
size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>=

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Where: Karamu Arena and Concert =
Hall<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>When: SUNDAY 19th - TUESDAY, =
November
21st<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Time: =
Sun. 11/19-  11am -
2pm, Arena Theatre<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>     &nbsp=
;  
Mon. 11/20-  6:30pm - 9pm, Concert =
Hall<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>     &nbsp=
;  
Tues.11/21-  6:30pm - 9pm, Concert Hall (Call =
Backs)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>=

Please bring a headshot/resume and =
two
contrasting monologues 2-3 minutes each. =
Sides<o:p></o:p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>will be =
available.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>=

<p class=3DMsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3D3 color=3Dblack =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Cast Break =
Down</span></font></b></strong><font
size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>=

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>STERLING NORTH (Museum Dir.): =
black,
mid-forties, slim,  clean shaven, wears<br>
elegant suits<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><br>
ELLA FRANKLIN (Director's Assistant): black, in her sixties, =
<st1:place
w:st=3D"on"><st1:City w:st=3D"on">Sterling</st1:City></st1:place>'s<br>
assistant, longtime employee at Morris  =
Foundation<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

PAUL BARROW (Dir. of Education): white, in his  forties, wears =
comfortable 
clothes, academic type<o:p></o:p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><br>
ALFRED MORRIS (Museum Founder): white, in his  fifties, dresses
conservative,<br>
manner is formal<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><br>
KANIKA WEAVER (<st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:City =
w:st=3D"on">Sterling</st1:City></st1:place>'s
Personal Assistant): black,  attractive, in her late<br>
twenties<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><br>
GILLIAN CRANE (Journalist): white, in her  mid-forties, neatly =
dressed<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Director: <st1:PersonName =
w:st=3D"on">Terrence
 Spivey</st1:PersonName><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Stage Manager: Sarah L. =
Hyde<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Set Design: John =
Konopka<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Lights and Sound Design: Richard =
Morris
Jr.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Costumer: Harold =
Crawford<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Wardrobe: Morris =
Cammon<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>=

PERMANENT =
COLLECTION
– Barrymore =
Award for
Outstanding New Play/Cleveland 
Premier (Drama) (Black History Month) By Thomas Gibbons 
Directed by <st1:PersonName w:st=3D"on">Terrence =
Spivey</st1:PersonName> 
Arena Theatre, January 19 – February 11, 2007 
(Previews January 17th & 18th @ 7:30PM) “Permanent =
Collection”
explores racial politics within the art world. An Impressionistic =
painting or
an African mask; which holds more artistic value? This thought provoking =
drama
was inspired by the true controversies surrounding <st1:place =
w:st=3D"on"><st1:City
 w:st=3D"on">Philadelphia</st1:City></st1:place>’s acclaimed =
Barnes
Foundation. In the play, new museum director, Sterling North, an African
American, discovers African American art tucked away in storage at =
Morris
Foundation and challenges the museum to display them beside European
art.(Inspired by a true story that turned the art world on its head; for =
ages
17 and up).<o:p></o:p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>=

<table class=3DMsoNormalTable border=3D0 cellspacing=3D3 cellpadding=3D0 =
width=3D300
 style=3D'width:225.0pt'>
 <tr>
 <td style=3D'padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
 Gibbons' intellectually =
charged
 drama is a beautifully balanced dialectic that treats a complicated =
and
 emotional issue without cheap conclusions ... Sophisticated and deft, =
it is a
 provocative treatment of the =
unanswerable."<o:p></o:p>
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td style=3D'padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
 --F. =
Kathleen Foley, <st1:place
 w:st=3D"on"><st1:City w:st=3D"on">Los =
Angeles</st1:City></st1:place> =
Times<o:p></o:p>
 </td>
 </tr>
</table>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

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