[NEohioPAL]AUDITIONS for "A Shayna Maidel" - JCC / Tri C - directed by Fred Sternfeld

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AUDITIONS
for the 1st play  in the Mandel Jewish Community Center of Cleveland's '07 -=
=20
'08 Arts and Culture  Season. =20

The JCC's Arts and Culture Season will include 5 - 6  events, 2 - 3 of which=
=20
will be theatrical productions. =20
The entire  season will be announced in the near future.=20
A SHAYNA  MAIDEL
by Barbara Lebow=20
Directed by Fred Sternfeld

PERFORMANCE DATES:
October 18 - November 4,  2007

AUDITION DATES, TIMES, APPOINTMENTS &  LOCATION:=20
Sunday, July 1, 2007, 2:00 =E2=80=93  5:00pm
Monday, July 2, 2007, 6:00 =E2=80=93  7:30pm

The auditions will be held at  the Mandel Jewish Community Center, 26001 S.=20
Woodland Rd., Beachwood, Ohio,  44122. =20
To make an audition appointment call Susan Sellers at  216-831-0700,=20
extension 1358, M-F, 10:00am =E2=80=93 2:30pm. If you call during other  hou=
rs, or if you=20
leave a message, be sure to indicate which day and time are  best for you an=
d then=20
Sue will call you back with a time. Scripts are available  to check out for=20
perusal at the reception desk at the Mandel JCC, 26001 S.  Woodland Rd.,=20
Beachwood, Oh 44122.=20
**If you are unable to make any of these dates,  please contact director Fre=
d=20
Sternfeld at fsternfeld at aol.com to set up a private  appointment**=20
Callbacks will be on Monday, July 2, 2007 from 7:30pm =E2=80=93  10:30pm.=20
AUDITION PREPARATION:  Please prepare a memorized monologue one minute in=20
length OR you can read a  monologue from the play that will be provided to y=
ou=20
when you arrive. =20
ROLES:=20
2 men, 4 women

Rose Weiss =E2=80=93 20=E2=80=99s; daughter of  Mordechai, she immigrated wi=
th him 18 years=20
earlier.
Mordechai Weiss =E2=80=93 40=E2=80=99s =E2=80=93  60=E2=80=99s; father of Ro=
se and Lusia.
Lusia Weiss Pechenik =E2=80=93 20=E2=80=99s =E2=80=93 30=E2=80=99s; daughter=
  of Mordechai, she survived=20
the Holocaust and arrives in NY as the play  starts.
Duvid Pechenik =E2=80=93 20=E2=80=99s =E2=80=93 30=E2=80=99s; husband of Lus=
ia.
Hanna =E2=80=93 20=E2=80=99s =E2=80=93  30=E2=80=99s; friend of Lusia.
Mama =E2=80=93 40=E2=80=99s =E2=80=93 60=E2=80=99s; mother of Rose &  Lusia.=
=20
ABOUT THE PLAY:=20
"Shayna Maidel" is a Yiddish phrase  meaning literally =E2=80=98pretty girl.=
=E2=80=99 It=20
describes inner beauty and is an expression  of love and of yearning hope. T=
he=20
word =E2=80=98shayna=E2=80=99, besides =E2=80=98pretty=E2=80=99, can also be=
  understood as =E2=80=98dear=E2=80=99, =E2=80=98good=E2=80=99, =E2=80=98
radiant=E2=80=99, or =E2=80=98kind=E2=80=99.

A Shayna Maidel was one of the early winners of the JCC=E2=80=99s  playwriti=
ng=20
contest. Widely produced by America's leading regional theatres, the  play w=
ent on=20
to become a long-run Off-Broadway success. It was also adapted into  a Hallm=
ark=20
Hall of Fame movie, =E2=80=9CMiss Rose White.=E2=80=9D

A powerful, haunting  and deeply affecting portrait of a family, which=20
conveys the aftermath of the  Holocaust through a poignant, imaginatively co=
nceived=20
examination of one divided  family's experience.=20

"=E2=80=A6a tribute to the sustaining power of family and  to man's indomita=
bility."=20
- NY Times.=20

"It's an emotional powerhouse of  almost overwhelming proportions." -=20
Hartford Journal Inquirer.=20

"=E2=80=A6anyone  who sees it will not soon forget it." =E2=80=94Atlanta Con=
stitution.=20

THE STORY: The setting of the play is the stylish Manhattan  apartment of=20
Rose Weiss, the time 1946. Although born in Poland, Rose, now in  her twenti=
es,=20
came to the United States with her father, Mordechai, at the age  of four an=
d=20
is now completely "Americanized." The plan had been for Rose's  mother and=20
sister to join the others, but the sister fell ill with scarlet  fever, the=20=
mother=20
stayed on to care for her, and soon the rise of the Nazis cut  off their=20
escape. Their ordeal in the concentration camps, which only the sister  surv=
ived,=20
has brought a burden of guilt to the aging Mordechai and deeply mixed =20
feelings as he awaits the arrival of his elder daughter, Lusia, who has, at=20=
 last,=20
found her way to America. With her halting English and old world ways  Luisa=
 is=20
a striking contrast to Rose, who is somewhat embarrassed by her  rediscovere=
d=20
sister's presence, and fearful that it will threaten her own  hard-won=20
independence. Distraught, and concerned that she may never be reunited  with=
 her=20
young husband, Lusia embraces a series of memories and fantasies which  make=
 real=20
the joys and horrors of her life before the war, from which her father  and=20
sister were spared. But when Mordechai gives Rose a letter from her mother=
=E2=80=94a =20
letter left many years earlier with a non-Jewish Polish friend=E2=80=94a "pr=
oof" of =20
family is somehow restored, and old barriers and griefs give way to a renewe=
d =20
sense of hope and mutual dependence=E2=80=94and the conviction that a better=
 future may =20
yet arise from the bitter ashes of the troubled past.=20
FOR MORE INFORMATION about the AUDITIONS  & PRODUCTION, please go to this=20
link: _http://www.fredsternfeld.com/ashaynamaidelcleveland.htm_=20
(http://www.fredsternfeld.com/ashaynamaidelcleveland.htm)=20

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1st play=20
in the Mandel Jewish Community Center of Cleveland's '07 - '08 Arts and Cult=
ure=20
Season.  <BR><BR>The JCC's Arts and Culture Season will include 5=20=
- 6=20
events, 2 - 3 of which will be theatrical productions.  <BR>The entire=20
season will be announced in the near future.</FONT></STRONG></P><STRONG><FON=
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<P align=3Dcenter><FONT size=3D6><EM><FONT color=3D#0000ff>A SHAYNA=20
MAIDEL</FONT><BR></EM></FONT>by Barbara Lebow</P>
<P align=3Dcenter>Directed by Fred Sternfeld<BR><BR><FONT=20
color=3D#ff0000>PERFORMANCE DATES:<BR></FONT>October 18 - November 4,=20
2007<BR><BR><FONT color=3D#ff0000>AUDITION DATES, TIMES, APPOINTMENTS &=20
LOCATION:</FONT></FONT><FONT size=3D3> <BR>Sunday, July 1, 2007, 2:00 =E2=
=80=93=20
5:00pm<BR>Monday, July 2, 2007, 6:00 =E2=80=93=20
7:30pm<BR><BR></FONT></STRONG><STRONG><FONT size=3D3>The auditions will be h=
eld at=20
the Mandel Jewish Community Center, 26001 S. Woodland Rd., Beachwood, Ohio,=20
44122. </FONT></STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG><FONT size=3D3>To make an audition appointment call Susan Sellers=
 at=20
216-831-0700, extension 1358, M-F, 10:00am =E2=80=93 2:30pm. If you call dur=
ing other=20
hours, or if you leave a message, be sure to indicate which day and time are=
=20
best for you and then Sue will call you back with a time. Scripts are availa=
ble=20
to check out for perusal at the reception desk at the Mandel JCC, 26001 S.=20
Woodland Rd., Beachwood, Oh 44122.</FONT></STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG><FONT size=3D3><EM>**If you are unable to make any of these dates=
,=20
please contact director Fred Sternfeld at fsternfeld at aol.com to set up a pri=
vate=20
appointment**</EM></FONT></STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG><FONT size=3D3>Callbacks will be on Monday, July 2, 2007 from 7:3=
0pm =E2=80=93=20
10:30pm.</FONT></STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG><FONT color=3D#ff0000 size=3D3>AUDITION PREPARATION:</FONT><FONT=20=
size=3D3>=20
Please prepare a memorized monologue one minute in length OR you can read a=20
monologue from the play that will be provided to you when you arrive.=20
</FONT></STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG><FONT size=3D3><FONT color=3D#ff0000>ROLES:</FONT> </FONT><FONT=20
size=3D3><BR><EM>2 men, 4 women</EM><BR><BR>Rose Weiss =E2=80=93 20=E2=80=
=99s; daughter of=20
Mordechai, she immigrated with him 18 years earlier.<BR>Mordechai Weiss =E2=
=80=93 40=E2=80=99s =E2=80=93=20
60=E2=80=99s; father of Rose and Lusia.<BR>Lusia Weiss Pechenik =E2=80=93 20=
=E2=80=99s =E2=80=93 30=E2=80=99s; daughter=20
of Mordechai, she survived the Holocaust and arrives in NY as the play=20
starts.<BR>Duvid Pechenik =E2=80=93 20=E2=80=99s =E2=80=93 30=E2=80=99s; hus=
band of Lusia.<BR>Hanna =E2=80=93 20=E2=80=99s =E2=80=93=20
30=E2=80=99s; friend of Lusia.<BR>Mama =E2=80=93 40=E2=80=99s =E2=80=93 60=
=E2=80=99s; mother of Rose &=20
Lusia.</FONT></STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG><FONT size=3D3><FONT color=3D#ff0000>ABOUT THE PLAY:</FONT> </FON=
T><FONT=20
size=3D3><BR></FONT><STRONG><FONT size=3D3>"Shayna Maidel" is a Yiddish phra=
se=20
meaning literally =E2=80=98pretty girl.=E2=80=99 It describes inner beauty a=
nd is an expression=20
of love and of yearning hope. The word =E2=80=98shayna=E2=80=99, besides=20=
=E2=80=98pretty=E2=80=99, can also be=20
understood as =E2=80=98dear=E2=80=99, =E2=80=98good=E2=80=99, =E2=80=98radia=
nt=E2=80=99, or =E2=80=98kind=E2=80=99.</FONT></STRONG><BR><FONT=20
size=3D3><BR><EM>A Shayna Maidel</EM> was one of the early winners of the JC=
C=E2=80=99s=20
playwriting contest. Widely produced by America's leading regional theatres,=
 the=20
play went on to become a long-run Off-Broadway success. It was also adapted=20=
into=20
a Hallmark Hall of Fame movie, =E2=80=9CMiss Rose White.=E2=80=9D<BR><BR>A p=
owerful, haunting=20
and deeply affecting portrait of a family, which conveys the aftermath of th=
e=20
Holocaust through a poignant, imaginatively conceived examination of one div=
ided=20
family's experience. <BR><BR>"=E2=80=A6a tribute to the sustaining power of=20=
family and=20
to man's indomitability." - NY Times. <BR><BR>"It's an emotional powerhouse=20=
of=20
almost overwhelming proportions." - Hartford Journal Inquirer. <BR><BR>"=E2=
=80=A6anyone=20
who sees it will not soon forget it." =E2=80=94Atlanta Constitution. <BR><BR=
><FONT=20
color=3D#ff0000>THE STORY:</FONT> The setting of the play is the stylish Man=
hattan=20
apartment of Rose Weiss, the time 1946. Although born in Poland, Rose, now i=
n=20
her twenties, came to the United States with her father, Mordechai, at the a=
ge=20
of four and is now completely "Americanized." The plan had been for Rose's=20
mother and sister to join the others, but the sister fell ill with scarlet=20
fever, the mother stayed on to care for her, and soon the rise of the Nazis=20=
cut=20
off their escape. Their ordeal in the concentration camps, which only the si=
ster=20
survived, has brought a burden of guilt to the aging Mordechai and deeply mi=
xed=20
feelings as he awaits the arrival of his elder daughter, Lusia, who has, at=20
last, found her way to America. With her halting English and old world ways=20
Luisa is a striking contrast to Rose, who is somewhat embarrassed by her=20
rediscovered sister's presence, and fearful that it will threaten her own=20
hard-won independence. Distraught, and concerned that she may never be reuni=
ted=20
with her young husband, Lusia embraces a series of memories and fantasies wh=
ich=20
make real the joys and horrors of her life before the war, from which her fa=
ther=20
and sister were spared. But when Mordechai gives Rose a letter from her moth=
er=E2=80=94a=20
letter left many years earlier with a non-Jewish Polish friend=E2=80=94a "pr=
oof" of=20
family is somehow restored, and old barriers and griefs give way to a renewe=
d=20
sense of hope and mutual dependence=E2=80=94and the conviction that a better=
 future may=20
yet arise from the bitter ashes of the troubled past.</FONT></STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG><FONT color=3D#0000ff size=3D5>FOR MORE INFORMATION about the AUD=
ITIONS=20
& PRODUCTION, please go to this link:</FONT> <A=20
href=3D"http://www.fredsternfeld.com/ashaynamaidelcleveland.htm">http://www.=
fredsternfeld.com/ashaynamaidelcleveland.htm</A></STRONG></P></FONT></FONT><=
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