[NEohioPAL]AUDITIONS: Cleveland Premier of Thomas Gibbons PERMANENT COLLECTION on November 20 - November 21, 2006 at Karamu

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AUDITIONS: Cleveland Premier of Thomas Gibbons PERMANENT COLLECTION on =
November 19 - November 21, 2006=20

 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. =20

 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."=20

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 27th

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 Concert Hall

When: Monday November 20th - TUESDAY, November 21st

Time: 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

Yolanda Board: Intern Assistant (Kent State U.)=20

Set Design: John Konopka

Lights and Sound Design: Richard Morris Jr.

Costumer: Harold Crawford

Wardrobe: Morris Cammon

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PERMANENT COLLECTION - Barrymore Award for Outstanding New =
Play/Cleveland
Premier (Drama) (Black History Month) By Thomas Gibbons=20
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..

      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."
    =20
      --F. Kathleen Foley, Los Angeles Times

    =20

Karamu House
2355 East 89th
Cleveland, OH 44106
216-795-7070
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<SPAN=20
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Artistic Director Terrence Spivey in 2004. Quoted by Linda Eisenstein in =
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been produced in regional theatres throughout the country and "Permanent =

Collection" has been one of the most produced plays the past two =
seasons. Karamu=20
is delighted to reunite with Mr. Gibbons in bringing this thought =
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play to the audience in <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:City=20
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<P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3DArial color=3Dblack size=3D2><SPAN=20
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<P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3DArial color=3Dblack size=3D2><SPAN=20
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Karamu Concert Hall<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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November=20
20th - TUESDAY, November 21st<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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Tues.11/21-  6:30pm - 9pm, Concert Hall (Call=20
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style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Please bring =
a=20
headshot/resume and two contrasting monologues 2-3 minutes each.=20
Sides<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3DArial color=3Dblack size=3D2><SPAN=20
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<P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3DArial color=3Dblack size=3D2><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">STERLING =
NORTH (Museum=20
Dir.): black, mid-forties, slim,  clean shaven, wears<BR>elegant=20
suits<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3DArial color=3Dblack size=3D2><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">ELLA =
FRANKLIN=20
(Director's Assistant): black, in her sixties, <st1:place=20
w:st=3D"on"><st1:City =
w:st=3D"on">Sterling</st1:City></st1:place>'s<BR>assistant,=20
longtime employee at Morris  =
Foundation<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3DArial color=3Dblack size=3D2><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">PAUL BARROW =
(Dir. of=20
Education): white, in his  forties, wears comfortable<BR>clothes, =
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style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">ALFRED =
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Founder): white, in his  fifties, dresses conservative,<BR>manner =
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formal<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3DArial color=3Dblack size=3D2><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">KANIKA =
WEAVER=20
(<st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:City =
w:st=3D"on">Sterling</st1:City></st1:place>'s=20
Personal Assistant): black,  attractive, in her=20
late<BR>twenties<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt"><FONT face=3DArial =
color=3Dblack=20
size=3D2><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: =
Arial">GILLIAN=20
CRANE (Journalist): white, in her  mid-forties, neatly=20
dressed<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3DArial color=3Dblack size=3D2><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Director: =
Terrence=20
Spivey<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3DArial color=3Dblack size=3D2><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Stage =
Manager: Sarah=20
L. Hyde</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3DArial color=3Dblack size=3D2><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Yolanda =
Board: Intern=20
Assistant (Kent State U.) <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3DArial color=3Dblack size=3D2><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Set Design: =
John=20
Konopka<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3DArial color=3Dblack size=3D2><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Lights and =
Sound=20
Design: Richard Morris Jr.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3DArial color=3Dblack size=3D2><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Costumer: =
Harold=20
Crawford<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3DArial color=3Dblack size=3D2><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Wardrobe: =
Morris=20
Cammon<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3DArial color=3Dblack size=3D2><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: =
Arial"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><STRONG><B><FONT face=3DArial color=3Dblack =
size=3D2><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">PERMANENT =
COLLECTION=20
=96</SPAN></FONT></B></STRONG><FONT face=3DArial color=3Dblack =
size=3D2><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> Barrymore =
Award for=20
Outstanding New Play/Cleveland<BR>Premier (Drama) (Black History Month) =
By=20
Thomas Gibbons <BR>Directed by Terrence Spivey<BR>Arena Theatre, January =
19 =96=20
February 11, 2007<BR>(Previews January 17th & 18th @ 7:30PM) =
=93Permanent=20
Collection=94 explores racial politics within the art world. An =
Impressionistic=20
painting or an African mask; which holds more artistic value? This =
thought=20
provoking drama was inspired by the true controversies surrounding =
<st1:place=20
w:st=3D"on"><st1:City =
w:st=3D"on">Philadelphia</st1:City></st1:place>=92s acclaimed=20
Barnes Foundation. In the play, new museum director, Sterling North, an =
African=20
American, discovers African American art tucked away in storage at =
Morris=20
Foundation and challenges the museum to display them beside European=20
art..<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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